[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64731-64732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26329]


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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, Pub. L. 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 
(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, e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1b6b7a6b7e696c7469705b7369687a357c746d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="96e6f7e6f3e4e1f9e4fdd6fee4e5f7b8f1f9e0">[email protected]</span></a> or 
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (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: The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship 
Program Application (OMB No. 0915-0146)--Revision

    The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program 
provides the NHSC with the health professionals it requires to carry 
out its mission of providing primary health care to populations 
residing in areas of greatest need. Under this program, health 
professions students are awarded scholarships in return for service in 
a federally designated Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA). 
Students are supported who are well qualified to participate in the 
NHSC Scholarship Program and who want to assist the NHSC in its 
mission, both during and after their period of obligated service. The 
NHSC Scholarship Program forms are used to collect relevant information 
necessary to make determinations of award. Scholars are selected for 
these competitive awards based on the

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information provided in the application, forms, and supporting 
documentation. Awards are made to applicants who demonstrate a high 
potential for providing quality primary health care services in HPSAs.
    The program forms include the following: The NHSC Scholarship 
Program Application, Letter of Recommendation, the Authorization to 
Release Information, the Verification of Acceptance/Good Standing 
Report, the Receipt of Exceptional Financial Need Scholarship, and the 
Verification Regarding Disadvantaged Background.
    The annual estimate of burden is as follows:

 
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                                     Number of      Responses/         Total         Hours per     Total burden
           Instrument               respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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NHSC Scholarship Program                    1800               1            1800             2.0            3600
 Application....................
Letter of Recommendation........            1800               2            3600             .50            1800
Authorization to Release                    1800               1            1800             .10             180
 Information....................
Verification of Acceptance/Good             1800               1            1800             .25             450
 Standing Report................
Receipt of Exceptional Financial             100               1             100             .25              25
 Need Scholarship...............
Verification Regarding                       300               1             300             .25              75
 Disadvantaged Background.......
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............            9400  ..............            6130
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    E-mail comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d4a4b5a4b1a6a3bba6bf94bca6a7b5fab3bba2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81f1e0f1e4f3f6eef3eac1e9f3f2e0afe6eef7">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

    Dated: October 14, 2010.
Robert Hendricks,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-26329 Filed 10-19-10; 8:45 am]
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