[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 220 (Friday, November 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61132-61133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30027]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:
    Proposed Project: The Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL)
    Program: Application Form--0915-0038--Extension, No Change. The 
Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) program provides federally-
insured loans to students in schools of allopathic medicine, 
osteopathic medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, 
podiatric medicine, pharmacy, public health, allied health, or 
chiropractic, and graduate students in health administration or 
clinical psychology. Eligible lenders, such as banks, savings and loan 
associations, credit unions, pension funds, State agencies, HEAL 
schools, and insurance companies, make HEAL loans which are insured by 
the Federal Government against loss due to borrowers' death, 
disability, bankruptcy, and default. The basic purpose of the program 
is to assure the availability of funds for loans to eligible students 
who need to borrow money to pay for their educational costs.
    The HEAL program is being phased out and no new loans will be made 
after September 30, 1998, unless reauthorization is enacted. We are, 
however, requesting a 3-year extension of the OMB approval of the HEAL 
Application Form HRSA-700 because lenders will continue to use this 
form for consolidation loans through fiscal year (FY) 2000. Students 
use the application to apply for HEAL loans (through FY 1998) and 
consolidation of loans, schools use the application to determine a 
student's eligibility and maximum approval amount of each loan (through 
FY 1998 only), and lenders use the application to determine student 
eligibility and the amount of the installment or disbursement to be 
given to the borrower, and to process consolidation loans.
    The estimate of burden for the application form for FY 1998 is as 
follows:

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                                                               Responses      Total      Burden per     Total   
               Type of respondent                 Number of       per       number of     response      burden  
                                                 respondents   respondent   responses    (minutes)      hours   
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Applicants.....................................        8,230            1        8,230           25        3,429
Schools........................................          190           41        7,730           32        4,123
Lenders........................................           11          748        8,230           35        4,801
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      Total....................................        8,431  ...........       24,190  ...........       12,353
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    The estimate of burden for the application form for FY 1999 and 
2000 (for consolidation loans only) is as follows:

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                                                               Responses      Total      Burden per     Total   
               Type of respondent                 Number of       per       number of     response      burden  
                                                 respondents   respondent   responses    (minutes)      hours   
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Applicants.....................................          500            1          500           25          208
Lenders........................................           11           45          500           35          292
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      Total....................................          511  ...........        1,000  ...........          500
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Laura Oliven, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: November 7, 1997.
Jane M. Harrison,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 97-30027 Filed 11-13-97; 8:45 am]
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