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Send comments to Susan G. Queen,
PhD, 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: April 6, 2007.
Caroline Lewis,
Acting Associate Administrator for
Administration and Financial Management.
[FR Doc. E7–6991 Filed 4–12–07; 8:45 am]
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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
(OMB), 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 OMB for review under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995:
Proposed Project: The Health Education
Assistance Loan Program: Physician’s
Certification of Borrower’s Total and
Permanent Disability Form (OMB No.
0915–0204 Extension)
The Health Education Assistance
Loan (HEAL) program provided
federally-insured loans to students in
schools of allopathic medicine,
osteopathic medicine, dentistry,
veterinary medicine, optometry,
podiatric medicine, pharmacy, public
health, allied health or chiropractic, and
graduate students in health
administration or clinical psychology
through September 30, 1998. Eligible
lenders, such as banks, savings and loan
associations, credit unions, pension
funds, State agencies, HEAL schools,
and insurance companies, were
permitted to refinance HEAL loans
which were insured by the Federal
Government against loss due to
borrower’s death, disability, bankruptcy,
and default until the authority to
refinance HEAL loans expired on
September 30, 2004. The basic purpose
of the program was to assure the
Number of
respondents
Type of respondent
Borrower ...............................................................................
Physician ..............................................................................
Loan Holder .........................................................................
Total ..............................................................................
Written comments and
recommendations concerning the
proposed information collection should
be sent within 30 days of this notice to:
Karen Matsuoka, Health Resources and
Services Administration, Human
Resources and Housing Branch, OMB,
New Executive Office Building, Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: April 6, 2007.
Caroline Lewis,
Acting Associate Administrator for
Administration and Financial Management.
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ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) is
publishing this notice of petitions
received under the National Vaccine
Injury Compensation Program (‘‘the
Program’’), as required by Section
2112(b)(2) of the Public Health Service
(PHS) Act, as amended. While the
Secretary of Health and Human Services
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availability of funds for loans to eligible
students who needed to borrow money
to pay for their educational loans.
Currently, the program monitors the
Federal liability and assists in default
prevention activities. The HEAL
borrower, the borrower’s physician, and
the holder of the loan completes the
Physician’s Certification form to certify
that the HEAL borrower meets the total
and permanent disability provisions.
The Department uses this form to
obtain detailed information about
disability claims which includes the
following: (1) The borrower’s consent to
release medical records to the
Department of Health and Human
Services and to the holder of the
borrower’s HEAL loans, (2) pertinent
information supplied by the certifying
physician, (3) the Physician’s
Certification that the borrower is unable
to engage in any substantial gainful
activity because of a medically
determined impairment that is expected
to continue for a long and indefinite
period of time or to result in death, and
(4) information from the lender on the
unpaid balance. Failure to submit the
required documentation will result in
disapproval of a disability claim.
The estimate of burden for the
Physician’s Certification form is as
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Program, the United States Court of
Federal Claims is charged by statute
with responsibility for considering and
acting upon the petitions.
For
information about requirements for
filing petitions, and the Program is
general, contact the Clerk, United States
Court of Federal Claims, 717 Madison
Place, NW., Washington, DC 20005,
(202) 357–6400. For information on
HRSA’s role in the Program, contact the
Director, National Vaccine Injury
Compensation Program, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Room 11C–26, Rockville, MD
20857; (301) 443–6593.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The
Program provides a system of no-fault
compensation for certain individuals
who have been injured by specified
childhood vaccines. Subtitle 2 of Title
XXI of the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 300aa–
10 et seq., provides that those seeking
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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 (OMB), 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 OMB for review under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995:
Proposed Project: The Health Education Assistance Loan Program:
Physician's Certification of Borrower's Total and Permanent Disability
Form (OMB No. 0915-0204 Extension)
The Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) program provided
federally-insured loans to students in schools of allopathic medicine,
osteopathic medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry,
podiatric medicine, pharmacy, public health, allied health or
chiropractic, and graduate students in health administration or
clinical psychology through September 30, 1998. Eligible lenders, such
as banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, pension funds,
State agencies, HEAL schools, and insurance companies, were permitted
to refinance HEAL loans which were insured by the Federal Government
against loss due to borrower's death, disability, bankruptcy, and
default until the authority to refinance HEAL loans expired on
September 30, 2004. The basic purpose of the program was to assure the
availability of funds for loans to eligible students who needed to
borrow money to pay for their educational loans. Currently, the program
monitors the Federal liability and assists in default prevention
activities. The HEAL borrower, the borrower's physician, and the holder
of the loan completes the Physician's Certification form to certify
that the HEAL borrower meets the total and permanent disability
provisions.
The Department uses this form to obtain detailed information about
disability claims which includes the following: (1) The borrower's
consent to release medical records to the Department of Health and
Human Services and to the holder of the borrower's HEAL loans, (2)
pertinent information supplied by the certifying physician, (3) the
Physician's Certification that the borrower is unable to engage in any
substantial gainful activity because of a medically determined
impairment that is expected to continue for a long and indefinite
period of time or to result in death, and (4) information from the
lender on the unpaid balance. Failure to submit the required
documentation will result in disapproval of a disability claim.
The estimate of burden for the Physician's Certification form is as
follows:
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Number of Responses per Number of Minutes per Total burden
Type of respondent respondents respondent responses response hours
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Borrower........................ 80 1 80 5 7
Physician....................... 80 1 80 30 40
Loan Holder..................... 17 5 85 10 14
Total....................... 177 .............. 245 .............. 61
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:
Karen Matsuoka, Health Resources and Services Administration, Human
Resources and Housing Branch, OMB, New Executive Office Building, Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: April 6, 2007.
Caroline Lewis,
Acting Associate Administrator for Administration and Financial
Management.
[FR Doc. E7-6992 Filed 4-12-07; 8:45 am]
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