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children in school-based health centers.

Grants are made to organizations that

demonstrate that the communities they

serve are subject to poverty and a wide

range of health risks, including school

failure and poor health. Many of these

programs are located in medically

underserved communities which are

geographically and ethnically diverse.

Programs are located in elementary,

middle, high and k-12 schools.

The school-based health centers are

collecting data through School

HealthCare ONLINE!!! (SHO), a software

program developed for school-based and

school-linked health centers, Headstart

through High School. Grantees abstract

information from health center records

on persons served, services provided,

and health status, and enter the data

into the SHO System.

The software system is programmed

to generate user profiles (aggregate data

only) which are submitted to the BPHC.

BPHC uses the profiles to monitor

program activities, assess where

technical assistance is needed, and to

respond to inquiries from Congress and

others.

The SHO system is also programmed

to produce export files containing

person-level information (stripped of

personal identifiers) which are

submitted to the national evaluator. The

export data serves as the basis for the

program evaluation and is used for

analysis beyond the scope of the user

profiles.

There will be no changes in the forms.

Estimates of respondent burden are as

follows:

Burden type No. of respondents

Responses

per respondent

Total annual

responses

Hours per responseResponse burden (hours)

SHO System data entry ........................................................ 26 600 15,600 0.2 3,120

User Profiles ......................................................................... 26 4 104 0.5 52

Data Export Files .................................................................. 26 4 104 0.5 52

Total ............................................................................... 26 ........................ 15,808 ........................ 3,224

Send comments to Patricia Royston,

HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room

14–36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Written

comments should be received on or

before January 27, 1998.

Dated: November 21, 1997.

Jane Harrison,

Acting Director.

Division of Policy Review and Coordination

[FR Doc. 97–31217 Filed 11–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

In compliance with the requirement

for opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects

(section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Title 44, United

States Code, as amended by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13), the Health

Resources and Services Administration

(HRSA) will publish periodic

summaries of proposed projects being

developed for submission to OMB under

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

To request more information on the

proposed project or to obtain a copy of

the data collection plans and draft

instruments, call the HRSA Reports

Clearance Officer on (301) 443–1129.

Comments are invited on: (a) whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Proposed Project: The Health Education

Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program:

Physician’s Certification of Borrower’s

Total and Permanent Disability Form

(OMB No. 0915–0204)—Extension and

Revision

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 borrower’s 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 loans.

The HEAL borrower, the borrower’s

physician, and the holder of the loan

completes the Physician’s Certification

form to certify that the HEAL borrower

meets the total and permanent disability

provisions.

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

Physician’s Certification of Borrower’s

Total and Permanent Disability Form,

HRSA–539 because this form will be

used throughout the repayment period

for existing loans. The Department uses

this form to obtain information about

disability claims which includes the

following: (1) the borrower’s consent to

release medical records to the

Department of Health and Human

Services and to the holder of the

borrower’s HEAL loans, (2) pertinent

information supplied by the certifying

physician, (3) the physician’s

certification that the borrower is unable

to engage in any substantial gainful

activity because of a medically

determinable impairment that is

expected to continue for a long and

indefinite period of time or to result in

death, and (4) information from the

lender on the unpaid balance. Failure to

submit the required documentation will

result in disapproval of a disability

claim. The form is being revised to make
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submission of medical documentation

mandatory rather than optional.

The estimate of burden for the

Physician’s Certification form is as

follows:

Type of respondent Number of

respondents

Responses per

respondent

Number of

responses

Hours per

response

Total burden

hours

Borrower ................................................................................ 100 1 100 5 min ........... 8

Physician ............................................................................... 100 1 100 30 min ......... 50

Loan Holder ........................................................................... 32 3.1 100 10 min ......... 17

Total ............................................................................... 232 .......................... 300 ..................... 75

Send comments to Patricia Royston,

HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room

14–36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Dated: November 21, 1997.

Jane Harrison,

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review

and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 97–31225 Filed 11–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–P

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 Nursing

Education Loan Repayment Program

Application (OMB No. 0915–0140)

Extension and Revision—This is a

request for extension and revision of

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) approval of the application form

for the Nursing Education Loan

Repayment Program (NELRP). The

NELRP is authorized by 42 U.S.C.

297(n) (section 846 of the Public Health

Service Act).

Under the NELRP, registered nurses

are offered the opportunity to enter into

a contractual agreement with the

Secretary, under which the Public

Health Service agrees to repay the

nurses’ indebtedness for nursing

education. In exchange, the nurses agree

to serve for a specified period of time in

certain types of health facilities

identified in the statute.

Nurse educational loan repayment

contracts will be approved by the

Secretary for eligible nurses who have

incurred previous monetary

indebtedness by accepting a loan for

nursing education costs from a bank,

credit union, savings and loan

association, insurance company,

Government agency or program, school,

or other lender that meets NELRP

criteria.

Approval is requested for the

application form. The application form

requires information from two types of

respondents:

a. Applicants must provide

information on the proposed service site

and on all nursing education loans for

which reimbursement is requested, and

b. Lenders must provide information

on loan status for all loans accepted for

repayment.

Two items are being added to the

application form: race/ethnicity of the

applicant (for statistical purposes only);

and citizenship status. The estimates of

average burden to complete the forms

remains the same. Burden estimates are

as follows:

Form/Regulatory requirement Number of

respondents

Responses

per respondent

Hours per

response

Total burden hours

NELRP Application ........................................................................................................... 2,200 1 1 2,200

Loan Verification Form ..................................................................................................... *50 1 .25 13

Total ........................................................................................................................... 2,250 .................... .................... 2,213

* The remainder of the loans are verified through credit reports.

Written comments and

recommendations concerning the

proposed information collection should

be sent on or before December 29, 1997

to: Laura Oliven, Human Resources and

Housing Branch, Office of Management

and Budget, New Executive Office

Building, Room 10235, Washington,

D.C. 20503.

Dated: November 21, 1997.

Jane Harrison,

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review

and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 97–31208 Filed 11–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–P

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