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Families is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
Copies of the proposed collection of
information can be obtained and
comments may be forwarded by writing
to the Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant
Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447,
Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer.
Email address: infocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection.
The Department specifically requests
comments 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)
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden
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.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request; the National Health
Service Corps Loan Repayment
Program
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection
projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) announces
plans to submit an Information
Collection Request (ICR), described
below, to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the
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ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments
from the public regarding the burden
estimate, below, or any other aspect of
the ICR.
DATES: Comments on this ICR must be
received no later than October 28, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 14N–
39, Rockville, MD 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and draft
instruments, email paperwork@hrsa.gov
or call the HRSA Information Collection
Clearance Officer at (301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
The National Health Service Corps Loan
Repayment Program.
OMB No.: 0915–0127—Revision.
Abstract: The National Health Service
Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program
(LRP) was established to assure an
adequate supply of trained primary care
health professionals to provide services
in the neediest Health Professional
Shortage Areas (HPSAs) of the United
States. Under this program, the
Department of Health and Human
Services agrees to repay the qualifying
educational loans of selected primary
care health professionals. In return, the
health professionals agree to serve for a
specified period of time in a NHSCapproved site located in a federallydesignated HPSA approved by the
Secretary for LRP participants. The
forms utilized by the LRP include the
following: The NHSC LRP Application,
the Authorization for Disclosure of Loan
Information form, the Privacy Act
Release Authorization form, and if
applicable, the Verification of
Disadvantaged Background form and the
Private Practice Option form. The first
four of the aforementioned NHSC LRP
forms collect information that is needed
for selecting participants and repaying
qualifying educational loans. The last
referenced form, the Private Practice
Option Form, is needed to collect
information for all participants who
have applied for that service option.
NHSC-approved sites are health care
facilities that provide comprehensive
outpatient, ambulatory, primary health
care services to populations residing in
HPSAs. Related in-patient services may
be provided by NHSC-approved Critical
Access Hospitals (CAHs). In order to
become an NHSC-approved site, new
sites must submit a Site Application for
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review and approval. Existing NHSCapproved sites are required to complete
a Site Recertification Application in
order to maintain their NHSC-approved
status. Both the NHSC Site Application
and Site Recertification Application
request information on the clinical
service site, sponsoring agency,
recruitment contact, staffing levels,
service users, charges for services,
employment policies, and fiscal
management capabilities. Assistance in
completing these applications may be
obtained through the appropriate State
Primary Care Offices and the NHSC. The
information collected on the
applications is used for determining the
eligibility of sites for the assignment of
NHSC health professionals and to verify
the need for NHSC clinicians. NHSC
service site approval is valid for 3 years.
Sites wishing to remain eligible for the
assignment of NHSC providers, must
submit a Site Recertification
Application every 3 years.
The proposed ICR is a revision to
OMB control number 0915–0127 (NHSC
LRP) by combining OMB control
number 0915–0230 (NHSC Site
Application) and adding a new form to
the ICR entitled the NHSC
Comprehensive Behavioral Health
Services Checklist.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The need and purpose of
this information collection is to obtain
information that is used to assess an
LRP applicant’s eligibility and
qualifications for the LRP and to obtain
information for NHSC site applicants.
Clinicians interested in participating in
the NHSC LRP must submit an
application to the NHSC to participate
in the program, and health care facilities
located in HPSAs must submit an NHSC
Site Application and Site Recertification
Application to determine the eligibility
of sites to participate in the NHSC as an
approved service site. The NHSC LRP
participant application asks for
personal, professional and financial
information needed to determine the
applicant’s eligibility to participate in
the NHSC LRP. In addition, applicants
must provide information regarding the
loans for which repayment is being
requested. NHSC policy requires
behavioral health providers to practice
in a community-based setting that
provides access to comprehensive
behavioral health services. Accordingly,
for those sites seeking to be assigned
behavioral health NHSC participants,
additional site information collected
from an NHSC Comprehensive
Behavioral Health Services Checklist
will be used. NHSC sites that do not
directly offer all required behavioral
health services must demonstrate a
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formal affiliation with a comprehensive,
community-based primary behavioral
health setting or facility to provide these
services.
Likely Respondents: Likely
respondents include the following:
Licensed primary care medical, dental,
and mental and behavioral health
providers who are employed or seeking
employment, and are interested in
serving underserved populations; health
care facilities interested in participating
in the NHSC and becoming an NHSCapproved service site; NHSC sites
providing behavioral health care
services directly, or through a formal
affiliation with a comprehensive
community-based primary behavioral
health setting or facility providing
comprehensive behavioral health
services.
Burden Statement: Burden in this
context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide the information
requested. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; to
develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose
of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information; to search
data sources; to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. The total annual burden
hours estimated for this ICR are
summarized in the table below.
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
NHSC LRP Application ........................................................
Authorization for Disclosure of Loan Information Form .......
Privacy Act Release Authorization Form .............................
Verification of Disadvantaged Background Form ................
Private Practice Option Form ..............................................
NHSC Comprehensive Behavioral Health Services Checklist .....................................................................................
NHSC Site Application (including recertification) ................
8,200
6,500
275
600
300
1
1
1
1
1
8,200
6,500
275
600
300
1
.10
.10
.50
.10
8,200
650
27.5
300
30
4,000
3,700
1
1
4,000
3,700
.13
.5
520
1,850
Total ..............................................................................
23,575
........................
23,575
........................
11,577.50
HRSA specifically requests comments
on (1) the necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the
proper performance of the agency’s
functions, (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected, and (4) the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is
hereby given of the following meeting.
The meeting will be closed to the
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invasion of personal privacy.
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Name of Committee: National Human
Genome Research Institute Special Emphasis
Panel; Kids First Conflict Review.
Date: September 9, 2016.
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
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Place: Embassy Suites at the Chevy Chase
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Washington, DC 20015, (Telephone
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Contact Person: Rudy O. Pozzatti, Ph.D.,
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Branch, National Human Genome Research
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Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is
hereby given of the following meetings.
The meetings will be closed to the
public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in sections
552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,
as amended. The grant applications and
the discussions could disclose
confidential trade secrets or commercial
property such as patentable material,
and personal information concerning
individuals associated with the grant
applications, the disclosure of which
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
Dated: August 22, 2016.
Sylvia L. Neal,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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Date: September 22, 2016.
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: Hilton Garden Inn Bethesda, 7301
Waverly Street, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Contact Person: David Filpula, Ph.D.,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request; the National Health Service Corps Loan
Repayment Program
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) announces plans to submit an Information
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks
comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any
other aspect of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on this ICR must be received no later than October 28,
2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 14N-
39, Rockville, MD 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
draft instruments, email paperwork@hrsa.gov or call the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: The National Health Service
Corps Loan Repayment Program.
OMB No.: 0915-0127--Revision.
Abstract: The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment
Program (LRP) was established to assure an adequate supply of trained
primary care health professionals to provide services in the neediest
Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) of the United States. Under
this program, the Department of Health and Human Services agrees to
repay the qualifying educational loans of selected primary care health
professionals. In return, the health professionals agree to serve for a
specified period of time in a NHSC-approved site located in a
federally-designated HPSA approved by the Secretary for LRP
participants. The forms utilized by the LRP include the following: The
NHSC LRP Application, the Authorization for Disclosure of Loan
Information form, the Privacy Act Release Authorization form, and if
applicable, the Verification of Disadvantaged Background form and the
Private Practice Option form. The first four of the aforementioned NHSC
LRP forms collect information that is needed for selecting participants
and repaying qualifying educational loans. The last referenced form,
the Private Practice Option Form, is needed to collect information for
all participants who have applied for that service option.
NHSC-approved sites are health care facilities that provide
comprehensive outpatient, ambulatory, primary health care services to
populations residing in HPSAs. Related in-patient services may be
provided by NHSC-approved Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). In order to
become an NHSC-approved site, new sites must submit a Site Application
for review and approval. Existing NHSC-approved sites are required to
complete a Site Recertification Application in order to maintain their
NHSC-approved status. Both the NHSC Site Application and Site
Recertification Application request information on the clinical service
site, sponsoring agency, recruitment contact, staffing levels, service
users, charges for services, employment policies, and fiscal management
capabilities. Assistance in completing these applications may be
obtained through the appropriate State Primary Care Offices and the
NHSC. The information collected on the applications is used for
determining the eligibility of sites for the assignment of NHSC health
professionals and to verify the need for NHSC clinicians. NHSC service
site approval is valid for 3 years. Sites wishing to remain eligible
for the assignment of NHSC providers, must submit a Site
Recertification Application every 3 years.
The proposed ICR is a revision to OMB control number 0915-0127
(NHSC LRP) by combining OMB control number 0915-0230 (NHSC Site
Application) and adding a new form to the ICR entitled the NHSC
Comprehensive Behavioral Health Services Checklist.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The need and purpose of
this information collection is to obtain information that is used to
assess an LRP applicant's eligibility and qualifications for the LRP
and to obtain information for NHSC site applicants. Clinicians
interested in participating in the NHSC LRP must submit an application
to the NHSC to participate in the program, and health care facilities
located in HPSAs must submit an NHSC Site Application and Site
Recertification Application to determine the eligibility of sites to
participate in the NHSC as an approved service site. The NHSC LRP
participant application asks for personal, professional and financial
information needed to determine the applicant's eligibility to
participate in the NHSC LRP. In addition, applicants must provide
information regarding the loans for which repayment is being requested.
NHSC policy requires behavioral health providers to practice in a
community-based setting that provides access to comprehensive
behavioral health services. Accordingly, for those sites seeking to be
assigned behavioral health NHSC participants, additional site
information collected from an NHSC Comprehensive Behavioral Health
Services Checklist will be used. NHSC sites that do not directly offer
all required behavioral health services must demonstrate a
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formal affiliation with a comprehensive, community-based primary
behavioral health setting or facility to provide these services.
Likely Respondents: Likely respondents include the following:
Licensed primary care medical, dental, and mental and behavioral health
providers who are employed or seeking employment, and are interested in
serving underserved populations; health care facilities interested in
participating in the NHSC and becoming an NHSC-approved service site;
NHSC sites providing behavioral health care services directly, or
through a formal affiliation with a comprehensive community-based
primary behavioral health setting or facility providing comprehensive
behavioral health services.
Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the
information requested. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for
this ICR are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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NHSC LRP Application............ 8,200 1 8,200 1 8,200
Authorization for Disclosure of 6,500 1 6,500 .10 650
Loan Information Form..........
Privacy Act Release 275 1 275 .10 27.5
Authorization Form.............
Verification of Disadvantaged 600 1 600 .50 300
Background Form................
Private Practice Option Form.... 300 1 300 .10 30
NHSC Comprehensive Behavioral 4,000 1 4,000 .13 520
Health Services Checklist......
NHSC Site Application (including 3,700 1 3,700 .5 1,850
recertification)...............
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Total....................... 23,575 .............. 23,575 .............. 11,577.50
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HRSA specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and
utility of the proposed information collection for the proper
performance of the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected, and (4) the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection burden.
Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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