[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 105 (Thursday, May 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29581-29582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13657]


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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) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget 
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.

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    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 the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

Proposed Project: The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) 
Recruitment and Retention Assistance Application (OMB No. 0915-
0230)--Revision

    The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) of the Bureau of Primary 
Health Care (BPHC), HRSA, is committed to improving the health of the 
Nation's underserved by uniting communities in need with caring health 
professionals and by supporting communities' efforts to build better 
systems of care.
    The Application for NHSC Recruitment and Retention Assistance 
submitted by sites or clinicians request information on the practice 
site, sponsoring agency, recruitment contact, staffing levels, service 
users, site's 5-year infant mortality or low birth rate averages, and 
next nearest site. Assistance in completing the application may be 
obtained through the appropriate State Primary Care Offices, State 
Primary Care Associations and HRSA field offices. The information on 
the application is used for determining eligibility of sites and to 
verify the need for NHSC providers. Sites must submit an application 
annually or when they need a provider.
    Estimates of annualized reporting burden are as follows:

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                                                 Number of       Response per      Hours per       Total burden
               Type of report                   respondents      respondents        response          hours
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Application.................................            2900                1              .25              725
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: May 24, 2001.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
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