21198 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 91 / Thursday, May 9, 1996 / Notices

Dated: February 21, 1996.

Bruce C. Vladeck,

Administrator, Health Care Financing

Administration.

Dated: April 5, 1996.

Donna E. Shalala,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–11627 Filed 5–8–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection:

Comment Request

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

Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA) will publish

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 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 Projects

Organ Procurement and

Transplantation Network (OPTN) Data

System

(OMB No. 0915–0157)—Extension

and Revision—The data collection

system of the OPTN and Scientific

Registry provides for collection of data

on organ transplantation, including

heart, kidney, liver, heart-lung, pancreas

and small intestine transplants. The

OPTN data collection is required under

Section 372 of the Public Health Service

Act and includes data on pre-transplant

activities. This includes cadaveric and

live donor characteristics, and

histocompatibility testing that is used in

the matching of donor organs with

recipients. Section 373 of the Public

Health Service Act requires the

Scientific Registry to collect, analyze

and report on clinical and scientific data

of importance to post-transplant graft

and patient function. This involves a

routine, periodic, submission of data for

each organ transplant patient at the time

of transplant, one-year (or six months

for heart transplant patients), and

annually post-transplant until graft

failure or patient death.

Information and data collected by the

OPTN and Scientific Registry are used

primarily to analyze policies for the

allocation of donor organs, and to assess

the clinical outcomes of transplantation.

The data are also used by the

committees and Board of Directors of

the OPTN for developing and reviewing

policies related to allocation, patient

listing criteria, optimal organ

preservation times, and infectious

disease screening.

Respondents include organ

procurement organizations (for

cadaveric donor data),

histocompatibility laboratories (for

tissue typing data), and transplant

hospitals (for pre- and post-transplant

data on recipients). The data are used to

issue two key reports—the Annual Data

Report and the Report of Patient and

Graft Survival Rates (issued biennially).

HRSA proposes to make only minor

changes to the data elements to obtain

more detailed information on transplant

patients and their post-clinical course.

For example, additional categories will

be added to several items on the forms.

HRSA invites comments on these and

other possible changes to the OPTN and

Scientific Registry datasets.

The estimated annual response

burden is as follows:

Form Type Number of

respondents

No. of responses per

respondent

Total responsesHours per responseTotal burden hours

1. Cadaver Donor Registration/Referral ................................................. 69 217 15,000 1 0.2 3,000

2. Living Donor Registration ................................................................... 69 54 3,700 0.2 740

3. Donor Histocompatibility ..................................................................... 51 196 10,000 0.1 1,000

4. Potential Recipient Form .................................................................... 69 275 19,000 0.1 1,900

5. Recipient Histocompatibility ................................................................ 51 392 20,000 0.1 2,000

6. Transplant Candidate Registration ..................................................... 69 638 44,000 0.1 4,400

7. Thoracic Registration .......................................................................... 166 21 3,500 0.3 1,050

8. Thoracic Follow-Up ............................................................................. 166 101 16,800 0.3 5,040

9. Kidney Registration ............................................................................ 248 49 12,200 0.3 3,660

10. Kidney Follow-Up ............................................................................. 248 399 111,000 2 0.2 22,200

11. Liver Registration .............................................................................. 119 34 4,000 0.4 1,600

12. Liver Follow-Up ................................................................................. 119 176 21,000 0.4 8,400

13. Pancreas Registration ...................................................................... 120 8 1,000 0.2 200

14. Pancreas Follow-Up ......................................................................... 120 34 4,100 0.2 820

15. Intestine Registration ........................................................................ 26 4 100 0.2 20

16. Intestine Follow-Up ........................................................................... 26 8 200 0.2 40

Total ........................................................................................................ 799 357 285,600 20 56,070

1 It is estimated that 15,000 of these forms will be completed each year but approximately 9,500 will be referrals only. For those patients, only

the first page of the form and one question on the second page will be completed. The average completion time for all 14,000 forms is 0.2 hours. 2 Includes an estimated 20,000 kidney transplant patients, transplanted prior to the initiation of the data system, October 1, 1987.
Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 91 / Thursday, May 9, 1996 / Notices 21199

Send comments to Patricia Royston,

HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room

14–36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Dated: May 3, 1996.

J. Henry Montes,

Associate Administrator for Policy

Coordination.

[FR Doc. 96–11599 Filed 5–8–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–P

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:

Health Professions Student Loan

(HPSL) Program and Nursing Student

Loan (NSL) Program Administrative

Requirements (Regulations and Policy)

(0915–0047)—Extension and Revision

The regulations for the Health

Professions Student Loan (HPSL)

Program and Nursing Student Loan

(NSL) Program contain a number of

reporting and recordkeeping

requirements for schools and loan

applicants. The requirements are

essential for assuring that borrowers are

aware of their rights and

responsibilities, that schools know the

history and status of each loan account,

that schools pursue aggressive

collection efforts to reduce default rates,

and that they maintain adequate records

for audit and assessment purposes. For

consistency with the current regulations

which were amended recently

(published in 61 FR 6118 on 2/16/96),

minor changes have been made to the

requirements included in this request

for OMB approval.

Schools are free to use information

technology to manage the information

required by the regulations. The

estimated burden is as follows:

RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS

Reg./section requirement No. of recordkeepers

Hours per

year

Total burden hours

HPSL Program:

57.206(b)(2) Documentation of Cost of Attendance ................................................................................ 290 1.17 339

57.208(a) Promissory Note ...................................................................................................................... 290 1.25 363

57.210(b)(1)(i) Documentation of Entrance Interview .............................................................................. 290 1.25 363

57.210(b)(1)(ii) Documentation of Exit Interview ..................................................................................... 313 .33 103

57.215(a) & (d) Program Records ........................................................................................................... 313 10 3,130

57.215(b) Student Records ...................................................................................................................... 313 10 3,130

57.215(c) Repayment Records ................................................................................................................ 313 18.75 5,869

HPSL Subtotal ................................................................................................................................... 313 42.48 13,297

NSL Program:

57.306(b)(2)(ii) Documentation of Cost of Attendance ............................................................................ 435 .3 131

57.308(a) Promissory Note ...................................................................................................................... 435 .5 218

57.310(b)(1)(i) Documentation of Entrance Interview .............................................................................. 435 .5 218

57.310(b)(1)(ii) Documentation of Exit Interview ..................................................................................... 909 .17 155

57.315(a)(1) & (a)(4) Program Records ................................................................................................... 909 5.0 4,545

57.315(a)(2) Student Records .................................................................................................................. 909 1.0 909

57.315(a)(3) Repayment Records ............................................................................................................ 909 2.5 2,273

NSL Subtotal ..................................................................................................................................... 909 9.29 8,449

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Reg./sect. requirement Number of respondents

Responses per

respondent

Total annual

responses

Hours per responseTotal hour burden

HPSL Program:

57.205(a)(2) Excess Cash ......................................... [Burden included under 0915–0044 and 0915–0046]

57.206(a)(3) Student Financial Aid Transcript .......... 5,000 1 5,000 .25 1,250

57.208(c) Loan Information Disclosure ..................... 290 72.41 21,000 .083 1,743

57.210(a)(3) Deferment Eligibility .............................. [Burden included under 0915–0044]

57.210(b)(1)(i) Entrance Interview ............................. 290 72.41 21,000 .167 3,507

57.210(b)(1)(ii) Exit Interview .................................... 313 15.97 5,000 .483 2,415

57.210(b)(1)(iii) Notification of Repayment ............... 313 35.14 11,000 .167 1,837

57.210(b)(1)(iv) Notification During Deferment ......... 313 28.75 9,000 .083 747

57.210(b)(1)(vi) Notification of Delinquent Accounts 313 15.97 5,000 .167 835

57.210(b)(1)(x) Credit Bureau Notification ................ 313 12.78 4,000 .6 2,400

57.210(b)(4)(i) Write-off of Uncollectible Loans ........ 26 1.8 48 .5 24

57.211(a) Disability Cancellation ............................... 16 1 16 .75 12

57.215(a) Reports ...................................................... [Burden included under 0915–0044]

57.215(a)(2) Admin. Hearings ................................... 0 0 0 0 0

57.216a(d) Admin. Hearings ..................................... 0 0 0 0 0

HPSL Subtotal .................................................... 5,313 15.26 81,064 .182 14,770