[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 63 (Thursday, April 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17760-17761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07577]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) announces plans to submit an Information 
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks 
comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any 
other aspect of the ICR.

DATES: Comments on this Information Collection Request must be received 
no later than June 1, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#790918091c0b0e160b1239110b0a18571e160f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c7b7a6b7a2b5b0a8b5ac87afb5b4a6e9a0a8b1">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 10C-03, Parklawn 
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
draft instruments, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3e4e5f4e5b4c49514c557e564c4d5f10595148"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d1a1b0a1b4a3a6bea3ba91b9a3a2b0ffb6bea7">[email protected]</span></a> or call the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting

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information, please include the information request collection title 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Faculty Loan Repayment 
Program OMB No. 0915-0150, Revision.
    Abstract: Under the HRSA Faculty Loan Repayment Program, degree-
trained health professionals from disadvantaged health backgrounds may 
enter into a contract under which the Department of Health and Human 
Services will make payments on eligible educational loans in exchange 
for a minimum of 2 years of service as a full-time or part-time faculty 
member of an accredited health professions college or university.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The Faculty Loan 
Repayment Program needs to collect data to determine an applicant's 
eligibility for the program. Information is collected from the 
applicants and/or the educational institutions which includes general 
applicant data, applicant educational loan history, employment status, 
and information regarding the educational institution which employs the 
applicant.
    Likely Respondents: Faculty Loan Repayment Program applicants and 
institutions providing employment to the applicants.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and 
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below.

                                     Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                               Number of                  Average
                                                  Number of    responses      Total      burden per     Total
                   Form name                     respondents      per       responses     response      burden
                                                               respondent                (in hours)     hours
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Eligible Applications..........................          111            1          111            1          111
Institution/Loan Repayment Employment Form.....        * 111          * 1          111            1          111
Authorization to Release Information Form......          111            1          111          .25        27.83
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    Total......................................          222  ...........  ...........  ...........       249.83
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* Respondent for this form is the institution for the applicant.

    HRSA specifically requests comments on (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.

Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2015-07577 Filed 4-1-15; 8:45 am]
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