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received by the applicant for the following

expenses of enrollment:

a. tuition expenses;

b. all other reasonable educational

expenses such as fees, books, supplies,

educational equipment and materials

required by the school, and incurred by the

applicant; or

c. reasonable living expenses as

determined by the Secretary.

2. If the applicant agrees to serve 2 or more

years:

a. Except as provided in subparagraph b. of

this paragraph, pay up to $20,000 of the

outstanding principal and interest of a

participant’s non delinquent educational

loans, but not more than half of the 20

percent of the qualified outstanding

educational loans for such year for each year

of eligible faculty service; or

b. The Secretary’s liability will not exceed

a cap of $20,000 of principal and interest

annually. This would include the 10 percent

waived under Sec. 738(a) of the Act for the

School’s proportionate share of the loan

repayment amounts. The applicant must pay

that portion not covered.

3. Make loan repayments for a year of

obligated service no later than the end of the

fiscal year in which the applicant completes

such year of service.

4. The effective date of the Contract will be

the date it is signed by the Director, Division

of Disadvantaged Assistance or the date

employment begins as a faculty member of

the contracting school whichever is later.

Section B—Obligations of the Participant

1. The applicant agrees to:

a. Continue loan repayments to lenders for

the first quarter after which the Secretary will

make delayed quarterly payments to

applicant for the years stated in paragraph c

of this section. Applicant must pay lender(s)

these payments.

b. Serve his or her period of obligated

faculty service as contracted with the school

and as determined by the Secretary to be

acceptable.

e. Serve in accordance with paragraph b. of

this section for lll years at

llllllllll. The applicant must

serve a minimum of two years.

2. If the applicant’s eligibility to participate

in the Faculty Loan Repayment Program is

based on section 738(a)(2) of the Act (i.e.

based on his or her enrollment in an

accredited health professions school), he or

she also agrees to:

a. Maintain full-time enrollment, (as

determined by the School), in good academic

standing as determined by the School, in the

final year of the course of study leading to

a degree in medicine, osteopathic medicine,

dentistry, pharmacy, podiatric medicine,

optometry, veterinary medicine, nursing, or

public health, or schools offering graduate

programs in clinical psychology in which the

applicant is currently enrolled, until

completion of such course of study;

b. Enter into a contract with an accredited

school described in subsection (a) of Section

738 to serve as a ‘‘new’’ member of the

faculty of the school for not less than 2 years

according to the requirements described in

subsection (a)(5) of section 738.

c. Begin service obligation as contracted.

Section C—Breach of Written Loan

Repayment Contract

1. If the participant fails to comply with

section B.1.c. of this contract or is dismissed

for disciplinary reasons or voluntarily

terminates the contracts, neither the

Secretary nor the School is obligated to

continue loan repayments as stated in Sec. A

of this Contract. The participant shall be

liable to the United States and the School for

the amounts specified in paragraph 2 of this

section.

2. If the applicant agrees to serve as a fulltime faculty member for two years or more

and fails to serve the 2-year minimum

requirement, he or she is liable to pay

monetary damages to the United States

amounting to the sum of (a) the total amounts

specified in Section A.2 of this contract plus

(b) an ‘‘unserved obligation penalty’’ of

$1,000 for each month unserved as set forth

in paragraph 3 of this section plus (c) any tax

assistance paid plus (d) interest, penalties

and administrative charges for past due

payments.

3. The ‘‘Unserved Obligation Penalty’’

means the amount equal to the number of

months of obligated service that were not

completed by an individual, multiplied by

$1,000 except that in any case in which the

individual fails to serve 1 year, the unserved

obligated penalty shall be equal to the full

period of obligated service multiplied by

$1,000.

4. It the applicant agrees to serve more than

the 2-year minimum service obligation and

has completed the 2-year minimum he or she

will be liable for such sums paid for any

months that are not a full year beyond the 2-

year minimum requirement as agreed to in

Section B.1.c of this contract, plus an

‘‘unserved obligation penalty’’ of $1,000 for

each month unserved.

5. Any amount the United States is entitled

to recover shall be paid within one year of

the date the Secretary determines that the

applicant is in breach of this written contract.

Failure to pay by the due date will incur

delinquent charges provided by Federal Law.

(45 CFR 30.13).

Section D—Cancellation, Suspension, and

Waiver of Obligation

Any service or payment obligation may be

canceled, suspended, or waived under

certain circumstances described below: (1) In

the event of death or permanent and total

disability, the Secretary will cancel

obligations under this contract. To receive

cancellation in the event of death, the

executor of the estate must submit an official

death certificate to the Secretary. To receive

cancellation for permanent and total

disability, applicant or his/her representative

must apply to the Secretary, submitting

medical evidence of my condition, and the

Secretary may cancel this obligation in

accordance with applicable Federal statutes

and regulations; (2) Upon receipt of

supporting documentation the Secretary may

waive or suspend service or payment

obligation under this contract if the Secretary

determines that: (a) meeting the terms and

conditions of the contract is impossible or

would involve extreme hardship; and (b)

enforcement of the obligations would be

unconscionable. (3) Deferment will be

granted in the event of long term illness.

Supporting documentation should be sent to:

Division of Disadvantaged Assistance, Room

8A–09 Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

The Secretary or his/her authorized

representative must sign this contract before

it becomes effective.

lllllllllllllllllllll

Applicant Name (Please Print)

lllllllllllllllllllll

Applicant Signature * Date

lllllllllllllllllllll

Secretary of Health and Human Services or

Designee

lllllllllllllllllllll

Date

*Before signing, be sure you have

completed section B.1.c. on page 1 of this

contract indicating the number of years of

service you agree to perform.

[FR Doc. 95–4964 Filed 2–28–95; 8:45 am]

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National Practitioner Data Bank:

Change in User Fee

The Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA), Public Health

Service (PHS), Department of Health

and Human Services (DHHS), is

announcing a change in the fee that is

charged entities authorized to request

information from the National

Practitioner Data Bank (Data Bank).

The current user fee of $6.00 for

queries submitted by diskette or

telecommunications network, with a

$4.00 surcharge added for queries

submitted on paper, has been in effect

since July 1, 1993. Those fees were

announced in the Federal Register on

June 1, 1993 (58 FR 31215). A

subsequent change in the fee structure

was announced in the Federal Register

on July 14, 1994 (59 FR 35936), at which

time a $1.00 discount from the $6.00 fee

was offered for queries who would

submit their queries over the

telecommunications network and who

would pay by credit card. That

announcement also indicated that the

fee charged for authorized queries for

information concerning an individual

physician, dentist, or other health care

practitioner would be reviewed

periodically and revised as necessary,

based upon experience. Any further

changes in the fee, and the effective date

of the change, would be announced in

the Federal Register.

The Data Bank is authorized by the

Health Care Quality Improvement Act of

1986 (the Act), title IV of Public Law

99–660, as amended (42 U.S.C. 11101 et

seq.). Section 427(b)(4) of the Act

authorizes the establishment of fees for
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the costs of processing requests for

disclosure and of providing such

information.

Final regulations at 45 CFR part 60 set

forth the criteria and procedures for

information to be reported to and

disclosed by the Data Bank. Section 60.3

of these regulations should be consulted

for the definition of terms used in this

announcement.

A reassessment of the full operating

costs related to processing requests for

disclosure of Data Bank information, as

required by the DHHS Appropriations

Act of 1994 (title II of Pub. L. 103–112,

dated October 21, 1993), as well as the

comparative costs of the various

methods for filing and paying for

queries, has resulted in a decision to

offer a further discount to users when

they both query pay via the

telecommunications network as well as

pay query fees by credit card, electronic

funds transfer or such other electronic

transfer options as may be offered in the

future. The options to query and pay

user fees by these means facilitate the

querying process and make it less costly

to both users and the Data Bank than all

other available options.

Accordingly, the Department is

adjusting the user fee to provide a $2.00

discount from the basic $6.00 fee per

name per query submitted and paid via

the method described above, with

receipt by electronic method. This

change is effective immediately.

The criteria set forth in § 60.12(b) of

the regulations and allowable costs are

required by the Appropriations Act of

1994 were used in determining the

amount of this new fee. The criteria

include such cost factors as: (1)

Electronic data processing time,

equipment, materials, computer

programmers and operators or other

employees; and (2) preparation of

reports—materials, photocopying,

postage, and administrative personnel.

When a request is for information on

one or more physician, dentist, or other

health care practitioner, the appropriate

total fee will be $6.00 (minus a $2.00

discount for submission and payment as

described above; or, plus a $4.00

surcharge for queries filed on paper

forms) times the number of individuals

about whom information is being

requested. For examples, see the table

below.

The fee charged will be reviewed

periodically, and revised as necessary,

based upon experience. Any changes in

the fee, and the effective date of the

change, will be announced in the

Federal Register.

Query method Fee per name in query, by method of payment Examples

Paper ................................................................. $10.00 (irrespective of payment method) ............................................... 10 names in query.

10×10=$100.00.

Electronic (Diskette) ........................................... $6.00 (irrespective of payment method) ................................................. 10 names in query.

10×$6=$60.00.

Electronic (Telecom network) ............................ $6.00 (if not paid via credit card or other electronic means or if paper

response received).

10 names in query.

10×$6.00=$60.00.

Electronic (Telecom network) ............................ $4.00 (if paid electronically via credit card or other electronic means

and response received electronically).

10 names in query.

10×$4=$40.00.

Dated: February 23, 1995.

Ciro V. Symaya,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 95–4963 Filed 2–28–95; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Assistant Secretary of Health

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service

National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory

Council: Notice of Meeting

SUMMARY: The National Nutrition

Monitoring Advisory Council will hold

its sixth meeting on March 15 from 9

a.m. to 5 p.m. e.s.t., and March 16 from

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. e.s.t., at the Hotel

Sofitel, 1914 Connecticut Avenue N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20009. The meeting

will be open to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Meyers, HHS Co-Executive

Secretary to the Council, U.S.

Department of Health and Human

Services, Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Health, Office of Disease

Prevention and Health Promotion, Room

2132, Switzer Building, 330 C Street

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201, (202)

205–9007; or Debra Reed, USDA CoExecutive Secretary to the Council, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Agricultural

Research Service, Building 005, Room

215, BARC West, Beltsville, Maryland

20705, (301) 504–6964.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

responsibilities of the National

Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council

are to evaluate the scientific and

technical quality of the Ten-Year

Comprehensive Plan for the National

Nutrition Monitoring and Related

Research Program and the effectiveness

of the coordinated program and to

provide guidance to the Secretaries of

USDA and HHS. This Council is also

required by Public Law 101–445 to

prepare annual reports to the Secretaries

of USDA and HHS that include

recommendations for strengthening the

Program.

The Council is chaired by Shiriki K.

Kumanyika, Pennsylvania State College

of Medicine, Hershey Pennsylvania.

Other members are Cutberto Garza,

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York;

Sue Greig, Manhattan, Kansas; Suzanne

Harris, International Life Sciences

Institute, Washington, D.C.; Shirley J.

Humphrey, Department of Education,

Cheyenne, Wyoming; Sheryl Lee,

Arizona Department of Health Services,

Phoenix, Arizona; Kailash Mathur,

South Carolina State University,

Orangeburg, South Carolina; Suzanne P.

Murphy, University of California,

Berkeley, California; and Lynn Parker,

Food Research and Action Center,

Washington, D.C.

The Council meeting agenda will

include updates on progress on the TenYear Comprehensive Plan for the

National Nutrition Monitoring and

Related Research Program, on data

release and future plans for the

Program’s cornerstone surveys—the

HHS National Health and Nutrition

Examination Surveys and the USDA

Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by

Individuals, and on related ongoing

nutrition monitoring projects.

The public may file statements with

the Council before or after the meeting

by addressing them to either of the

contact persons listed above. Please call

Linda Meyers (202/205–9007) by March

5 if you will require a sign language

interpreter.

Done at Washington, D.C. this 22d day of

February, 1995.

James A. Harrell,

Acting Director, Office of Disease Prevention

and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services.

[FR Doc. 95–4930 Filed 2–28–95; 8:45 am]

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