76648 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 236 / Thursday, December 7, 2000 / Notices

Dated: November 29, 2000.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office

of Information Services, Information

Technology Investment Management Group,

Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 00–31180 Filed 12–6–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[HCFA–R–0108]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration, HHS.

In compliance with the requirement

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Health Care Financing Administration

(HCFA), Department of Health and

Human Services, is publishing the

following summary of proposed

collections for public comment.

Interested persons are invited to send

comments regarding this burden

estimate or any other aspect of this

collection of information, including any

of the following subjects: (1) The

necessity and utility of the proposed

information collection for the proper

performance of the agency’s functions;

(2) the accuracy of the estimated

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and (4) the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology to

minimize the information collection

burden.

Type of Information Collection

Request: Extension of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Criteria for

Medicare coverage of liver transplants;

Form No.: HCFA–R–108 (OMB# 0938–

0580); Use: Medicare participating

hospitals must file an application to be

approved for coverage and payment of

liver transplants performed on medicare

beneficiaries.; Frequency: Annually;

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Number of Respondents: 12;

Total Annual Responses: 12; Total

Annual Hours: 2,110.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms for the

proposed paperwork collections

referenced above, access HCFA’s Web

Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/

regs/prdact95.htm, or E-mail your

request, including your address, phone

number, OMB number, and HCFA

document identifier, to

Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports

Clearance Office on (410) 786–1326.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collections must be mailed

within 60 days of this notice directly to

the HCFA Paperwork Clearance Officer

designated at the following address:

HCFA, Office of Information Services,

Security and Standards Group, Division

of HCFA Enterprise Standards,

Attention: Julie Brown, Room N2–14–

26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

Maryland 21244–1850.

Dated: November 29, 2000.

John P. Burke III,

Reports Clearance Officer, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 00–31181 Filed 12–06–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[HCFA–R–0170]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration, HHS.

In compliance with the requirement

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Health Care Financing Administration

(HCFA), Department of Health and

Human Services, is publishing the

following summary of proposed

collections for public comment.

Interested persons are invited to send

comments regarding this burden

estimate or any other aspect of this

collection of information, including any

of the following subjects: (1) The

necessity and utility of the proposed

information collection for the proper

performance of the agency’s functions;

(2) the accuracy of the estimated

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and (4) the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology to

minimize the information collection

burden.

Type of Information Collection

Request: Extension of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Criteria for

Medicare Coverage of Lung Transplants;

Form No.: HCFA–R–170 (OMB# 0938–

0670); Use: Medicare participating

hospitals must file an application to be

approved for coverage and payment of

lung transplants performed on Medicare

beneficiaries; Frequency: Annually;

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Number of Respondents: 6; Total

Annual Responses: 6; Total Annual

Hours: 900.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms for the

proposed paperwork collections

referenced above, E-mail your request,

including your address, phone number,

OMB number, and HCFA document

identifier, to Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or

call the Reports Clearance Office on

(410) 786–1326. Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collections must be mailed

within 60 days of this notice directly to

the HCFA Paperwork Clearance Officer

designated at the following address:

HCFA, Office of Information Services,

Information Technology Investment

Management Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards, Attention: Julie

Brown, Room N2–14–26, 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244–

1850.

Dated: November 29, 2000.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office

of Information Services, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 00–31182 Filed 12–6–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

Request for Public Comment: 60-Day;

Proposed Collection: IHS Scholarship

Program Application

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, to provide a 60-

day advance opportunity for public

comment on proposed information

collection projects, the Indian Health

Service (IHS) is publishing for comment

a summary of a proposed information

collection to be submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for

review.

Proposed Collection

Title: 0917–0006, ‘‘IHS Scholarship

Program Application.’’ This collection

was formerly titled, ‘‘Application for

Participation in the IHS Scholarship

Program’’. Type of Information

Collection Request: 3-year extension,

with change, of previously approved

information collection, 0917–0006,

‘‘Application for Participation in the

IHS Scholarship Program’’ which

expires April 4, 2001. Form Number(s):

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IHS–856, 856–2, through 856–8, IHS–

815. IHS–816, IHS–818, D–02, F–02, F–

04, G–02, G–04, H–07, H–08, J–06, J–07,

K–03, K–04, and L–03. Reporting

formats are contained in an IHS

Scholarship Program application

booklet. Need and Use of Information

Collection: The IHS Scholarship Branch

needs this information for program

administration and uses the information

to solicit, process and award IHS PreGraduate, Preparatory and/or Health

Professions Scholarship grantees and

monitor the academic performance of

awardees, to place awardees at payback

sites, and for awardees to request

additional program. The IHS

Scholarship Program is streamlining the

application to reduce the time needed

by applicants to complete and provide

the information, and plans on using

information technology to make the

application electronically available on

the Internet.

Affected Public: Individuals, not-forprofit institutions and State, local or

Tribal Government.

Type of Respondents: Students

pursuing health care professions.

The table below provides: Types of

data collection instruments, Estimated

number of respondents, Number of

responses per respondent, Annual

number of responses, Average burden

hour per response, and Total annual

burden hour(s).

Data collection instrument(s) Number of

respondents

Responses

per

respondent

Total annual

response

Burden hour per

response*

Annual

burden

hours

Scholarship Application (IHS–856) ............................................ 875 1 875 1.50 (90 min) ........... 1,312

Checklist (856–2) ....................................................................... 875 1 875 0.13 (8 min) ............. 114

Course Verification (856–3) ....................................................... 875 1 875 0.70 (42 min) ........... 613

Faculty/Employer Application (856–4) ....................................... 1,750 1 1,750 0.83 (50 min) ........... 1,453

Justification (856–5) ................................................................... 875 1 875 0.75 (45 min) ........... 656

Federal Debt (856–6) ................................................................. 875 1 875 0.13 (8 min) ............. 114

MPH only (856–7) ...................................................................... 50 1 50 0.83 (50 min) ........... 42

Accept/Decline (856–8) .............................................................. 875 1 875 0.13 (8 min) ............. 114

Stipend Checks (D–02) .............................................................. 100 1 100 0.13 (8 min) ............. 13

Enrollment (F–02) ...................................................................... 1,400 1 1,400 0.13 (8 min) ............. 182

Academic Problem/Change (F–04) ............................................ 100 1 100 0.13 (8 min) ............. 13

Request Assistance (G–02) ....................................................... 217 1 217 0.13 (8 min) ............. 28

Summer School (G–04) ............................................................. 193 1 193 0.10 (6 min) ............. 19

Contract (818) ............................................................................ 1,400 1 1,400 0.27 (16 min) ........... 378

Placement (H–07) ...................................................................... 250 1 250 0.18 (11 min) ........... 45

Graduation (H–08) ..................................................................... 250 1 250 0.17 (10 min) ........... 43

Site Preference (J–04) ............................................................... 150 1 150 0.13 (8 min) ............. 20

Travel Reimb (J–05) .................................................................. 150 1 150 0.10 (6 min) ............. 15

Status Report (K–03) ................................................................. 250 1 250 0.25 (15 min) ........... 63

Preferred Assignment (K–04) .................................................... 200 1 200 0.75 (45 min) ........... 150

Deferment (L–03) ....................................................................... 20 1 20 0.13 (8 min) ............. 3

Total .................................................................................... 11,730 .................... .................... ................................. 5,390

*For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.

There are no Capital Costs, Operating

Costs and/or Maintenance Costs to

report.

Request for Comments: Your written

comments and/or suggestions are

invited on one or more of the following

points: (a) Whether the information

collection activity is necessary to carry

out an agency function; (b) whether the

agency processes the information

collected in a useful and timely fashion;

(c) the accuracy of public burden

estimate (the estimated amount of time

needed for individual respondents to

provide the requested information; (d)

whether the methodology and

assumptions used to determine the

estimate are logical; (e) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information being collected; and (f)

ways to minimize the public burden

through the use of automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

SEND COMMENTS AND REQUESTS FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION: Send your written

comments, requests for more

information on the proposed collection,

or requests to obtain a copy of the data

collection instrument(s) and

instructions to: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen,

Sr., M.P.H., IHS Reports Clearance

Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway,

Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852–1601 or

call non-toll free (301) 443–5938, send

via facsimile to (301) 443–2316, or send

your e-mail requests, comments, and

return address to:

lhodahkw@hqe.ihs.gov.

COMMENT DUE DATE: Your comments

regarding this information collection are

best assured of having their full effect if

received on or before February 5, 2001.

Dated: November 29, 2000.

Michael H. Trujillo,

Assistant Surgeon General, Director.

[FR Doc. 00–31153 Filed 12–6–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Proposed Collection: Comment

Request; Revision of OMB No. 0925–

0001/exp.02/28/01, ‘‘Research and

Research Training Grant Applications

and Related Forms’’

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

for opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects, the

Office of Extramural Research, the

National Institutes of Health (NIH) will

publish periodic summaries of proposed

projects to be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and approval.

Proposed Collection

Title: Research and Research Training

Grant Applications and Related Forms.

Type of Information Collection

Request: Revision, OMB 0925–0001,

Expiration Date 02/28/01. Form