Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Proposed Information Collection: Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program, 48387 [E8-19053]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 30-Day
Proposed Information Collection:
Indian Health Service Loan Repayment
Program
Indian Health Service, HHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 which requires
30 days for public comment on
proposed information collection
projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS)
has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a
request to review and approve the
information collection listed below.
This proposed information collection
project was previously published in the
Federal Register (73 FR 29520) on May
21, 2008 and allowed 60 days for public
comment. No public comment was
received in response to the notice. The
purpose of this notice is to allow 30
days for public comment to be
submitted directly to OMB.
Proposed Collection: Title: 0917–
0014, ‘‘Indian Health Service Loan
Repayment Program.’’ Type of
Information Collection Request:
Extension, without revision, of currently
approved information collection, 0917–
0014, ‘‘Indian Health Service Loan
Repayment Program.’’ Form Number(s):
The IHS Loan Repayment Program
Information Booklet contains the
instructions and the application
formats. Need and Use of Information
Collection: The IHS Loan Repayment
Program (LRP) identifies health
professionals with pre-existing financial
obligations for education expenses that
meet program criteria and who are
qualified and willing to serve at, often
remote, IHS health care facilities. Under
the program, eligible health
professionals sign a contract under
which the IHS agrees to repay part or all
of their indebtedness for professional
training education. In exchange, the
health professionals agree to serve for a
specified period of time in IHS health
care facilities. This program is necessary
to augment the critically low health
professional staff at IHS health care
facilities.
Any health professional wishing to
have their health education loans
repaid, may apply to the IHS Loan
Repayment Program. A two-year
contract obligation is signed by both
parties, and the individual agrees to
work at an IHS location and provide
health services to Native American and
Alaska Native individuals.
The information collected from
individuals is analyzed and a score is
given to each applicant. This score will
determine which applicants will be
awarded each fiscal year. The
administrative scoring system assigns a
score to the geographic location
according to vacancy rates for that fiscal
year and also considers whether the
location is in an isolated area. When an
applicant takes employment at a
location, they in turn ‘‘pick-up’’ the
score of that location. Affected Public:
Individuals and households. Type of
Respondents: Individuals.
The table below provides: Types of
data collection instruments, Estimated
number of respondents, Number of
responses per respondent, Annual
number of responses, Average burden
hour per response, and Total annual
burden hour(s).
ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS
Estimated
number of
respondents
Data collection instrument
Responses
per
respondent
Average
burden hour
per response
Total annual
burden hours
510
510
510
510
510
2,000
1
1
4
1
1
........................
18/60
30/60
15/60
20/60
10/60
15/60
153.0
255.0
128.0
170.0
85.0
500.0
Total ..........................................................................................................
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Section I ...........................................................................................................
Section II ..........................................................................................................
Section III .........................................................................................................
Contract ...........................................................................................................
Affidavit ............................................................................................................
Lender’s Certification .......................................................................................
4,550
........................
........................
1,291.0
There are no Capital Costs, Operating
Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs to
report.
Request for Comments: Your written
comments and/or suggestions are
invited on one or more of the following
points: (a) Whether the information
collection activity is necessary to carry
out an agency function; (b) whether the
agency processes the information
collected in a useful and timely fashion;
(c) the accuracy of the public burden
estimate (the estimated amount of time
needed for individual respondents to
provide the requested information); (d)
whether the methodology and
assumptions used to determine the
estimates are logical; (e) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information being collected; and
(f) ways to minimize the public burden
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through the use of automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Direct Comments to OMB: Send your
written comments and suggestions
regarding the proposed information
collection contained in this notice,
especially regarding the estimated
public burden and associated response
time to: Office of Management and
Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs,
New Executive Office Building, Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503,
Attention: Desk Officer for IHS. To
request more information on the
proposed collection or to obtain a copy
of the data collection instrument(s) and/
or instruction(s) contact: Ms. Janet
Ingersoll, Acting IHS Reports Clearance
Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway,
PO 00000
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Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852–1601;
call non-toll free (301) 443–6177; send
via facsimile to (301) 443–2316; or send
your e-mail requests, comments, and
return address to:
Janet.Ingersoll@ihs.gov.
Comment Due Date: Comments
regarding this information collection are
best assured of having full effect if
received within 30 days of the date of
this publication.
Dated: August 11, 2008.
Robert G. McSwain,
Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. E8–19053 Filed 8–18–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Proposed Information
Collection: Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program
AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 which requires 30 days for public comment on
proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service
(IHS) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a
request to review and approve the information collection listed below.
This proposed information collection project was previously published
in the Federal Register (73 FR 29520) on May 21, 2008 and allowed 60
days for public comment. No public comment was received in response to
the notice. The purpose of this notice is to allow 30 days for public
comment to be submitted directly to OMB.
Proposed Collection: Title: 0917-0014, ``Indian Health Service Loan
Repayment Program.'' Type of Information Collection Request: Extension,
without revision, of currently approved information collection, 0917-
0014, ``Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program.'' Form Number(s):
The IHS Loan Repayment Program Information Booklet contains the
instructions and the application formats. Need and Use of Information
Collection: The IHS Loan Repayment Program (LRP) identifies health
professionals with pre-existing financial obligations for education
expenses that meet program criteria and who are qualified and willing
to serve at, often remote, IHS health care facilities. Under the
program, eligible health professionals sign a contract under which the
IHS agrees to repay part or all of their indebtedness for professional
training education. In exchange, the health professionals agree to
serve for a specified period of time in IHS health care facilities.
This program is necessary to augment the critically low health
professional staff at IHS health care facilities.
Any health professional wishing to have their health education
loans repaid, may apply to the IHS Loan Repayment Program. A two-year
contract obligation is signed by both parties, and the individual
agrees to work at an IHS location and provide health services to Native
American and Alaska Native individuals.
The information collected from individuals is analyzed and a score
is given to each applicant. This score will determine which applicants
will be awarded each fiscal year. The administrative scoring system
assigns a score to the geographic location according to vacancy rates
for that fiscal year and also considers whether the location is in an
isolated area. When an applicant takes employment at a location, they
in turn ``pick-up'' the score of that location. Affected Public:
Individuals and households. Type of Respondents: Individuals.
The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments,
Estimated number of respondents, Number of responses per respondent,
Annual number of responses, Average burden hour per response, and Total
annual burden hour(s).
Estimated Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated Average burden
Data collection instrument number of Responses per hour per Total annual
respondents respondent response burden hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Section I....................................... 510 1 18/60 153.0
Section II...................................... 510 1 30/60 255.0
Section III..................................... 510 4 15/60 128.0
Contract........................................ 510 1 20/60 170.0
Affidavit....................................... 510 1 10/60 85.0
Lender's Certification.......................... 2,000 .............. 15/60 500.0
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Total....................................... 4,550 .............. .............. 1,291.0
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There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance
Costs to report.
Request for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are
invited on one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the
information collection activity is necessary to carry out an agency
function; (b) whether the agency processes the information collected in
a useful and timely fashion; (c) the accuracy of the public burden
estimate (the estimated amount of time needed for individual
respondents to provide the requested information); (d) whether the
methodology and assumptions used to determine the estimates are
logical; (e) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information being collected; and (f) ways to minimize the public burden
through the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Direct Comments to OMB: Send your written comments and suggestions
regarding the proposed information collection contained in this notice,
especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated
response time to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for IHS. To request more information on
the proposed collection or to obtain a copy of the data collection
instrument(s) and/or instruction(s) contact: Ms. Janet Ingersoll,
Acting IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite
450, Rockville, MD 20852-1601; call non-toll free (301) 443-6177; send
via facsimile to (301) 443-2316; or send your e-mail requests,
comments, and return address to: Janet.Ingersoll@ihs.gov.
Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having full effect if received within 30 days of
the date of this publication.
Dated: August 11, 2008.
Robert G. McSwain,
Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. E8-19053 Filed 8-18-08; 8:45 am]
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