Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 14 / Monday, January 22, 2001 / Notices 6633

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: January 12, 2001.

Jane M. Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and

Coordination.

[FR Doc. 01–1611 Filed 1–19–01; 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) publishes 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: Grantee Data

Reporting System for the Rural Health

Outreach Grant Program (RHOGP):

New

The Rural Health Outreach Grant

Program (RHOGP) is one of the major

grant programs managed and funded by

the Office of Rural Health Policy, Health

Resources and Services Administration.

The overall objectives of the program

are to expand access to, coordinate,

restrain the cost of, and improve the

quality of essential health care services,

including preventive and emergency

services, through the development of

integrated health care delivery systems

or networks in rural areas and regions.

While each project has different

objectives and activities, all grantee

projects involve the use of Networks of

three or more organizations working

together to improve health care in their

communities. Projects may be carried

out by networks of the same providers

(e.g., all hospitals) or more diversified

networks.

The proposed data collection

instruments are intended to strengthen

the Office of Rural Health Policy’s

(ORHP) Outreach Grant Program’s

existing grantee evaluation process and

grantee data collection. This

information collection activity will

provide ORHP with an increased

capacity for monitoring and evaluation

and will permit the efficient review of

the grant projects in relation to HRSA’s

strategic objectives.

The estimated response burden is as

follows:

Form Number of

respondents

Responses

per

respondent

Hours per

response

Total burden

hours

Grantee Reporting Form .................................................................................. 53 1 8 424

Year 1 Progress Report ................................................................................... 140 1 8 1120

Year 2 Progress Report ................................................................................... 140 1 8 1120

Final Report ..................................................................................................... 53 1 12 636

Total ...................................................................................................... 193 ........................ ........................ 3300

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: January 11, 2001.

Jane M. Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and

Coordination.

[FR Doc. 01–1613 Filed 1–19–01; 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: Scholarship Program

for Students of Exceptional Financial

Need (EFN) and Program of Financial

Assistance for Disadvantaged Health

Professions Students (FADHPS):

Regulatory Requirements (OMB No.

0915–0028)—Reinstatement, With

Change

The EFN Scholarship Program,

authorized by section 736 of the Public

Health Service (PHS) Act, and the

FADHPS Program, authorized by section

740(a)(2)(F) of the PHS Act, provides

financial assistance to schools of

allopathic and osteopathic medicine

and dentistry for awarding tuition

scholarships to health professions

students who are of exceptional

financial need. To be eligible for

support under the FADHPS Program, a

student must also be from a