Request for Public Comment; 60-Day Proposed Information Collection: Indian Health Service; Loan Repayment Program (LRP), 11558 [2012-4555]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment; 60-Day
Proposed Information Collection:
Indian Health Service; Loan
Repayment Program (LRP)
Indian Health Service, HHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, which requires
60 days for public comment on
proposed information collection
projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS)
is publishing for comment a summary of
a proposed information collection to be
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review.
Proposed Collection: Title: 0917–
0014, ‘‘Indian Health Service Loan
Repayment Program.’’ Type of
Information Collection Request:
Revision of currently approved
information collection, 0917–0014,
SUMMARY:
‘‘Indian Health Service Loan Repayment
Program.’’ The LRP application has been
revised so that it is now available in an
electronically fillable and fileable
format. Form(s): The IHS LRP
Information Booklet contains the
instructions and the application
formats. Need and Use of Information
Collection: The IHS 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
through which the IHS agrees to repay
part or all of their indebtedness for
professional training 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 LRP. 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 American Indian and
Alaska Native individuals.
The information collected via the online application 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 accepts
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
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses
per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total annual
responses
LRP Application ...............................................................................................
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Data Collection Instrument(s)
510
1
1.5
765
There are no Capital Costs, Operating
Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs to
report.
Requests for Comments: Your
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 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) How the newly created online
application assists the applicant
efficiently and effectively.
Send your comments, requests for
more information on the proposed
collection, or requests to obtain a copy
of the data collection instruments to:
Ms. Tamara Clay, Acting IHS Reports
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Clearance Officer, 801 Thompson
Avenue, TMP, Suite 450–30, Rockville,
MD 20852–1627; call non-toll free (301)
443–4750; send via facsimile to (301)
443–2316; or send your email requests,
comments, and return address to:
Tamara.Clay@ihs.gov. Comment Due
Date: April 27, 2012. Your comments
regarding this information collection are
best assured of having full effect if
received within 60 days of the date of
this publication.
Dated: February 13, 2012.
Yvette Roubideaux,
Indian Health Service Director.
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(Science and Technology for
America’s Reinvestment: Measuring
the Effects of Research on Innovation,
Competitiveness and Science)
Under the provisions of
section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Director, National Institutes of Health
(NIH) 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
was previously published in the Federal
Register on Oct 5, 2011 and allowed 60
days for public comment. One comment
was received from the public. The
purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comment.
The National Institutes of Health may
not conduct or sponsor, and the
respondent is not required to respond
to, an information collection that has
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment; 60-Day Proposed Information
Collection: Indian Health Service; Loan Repayment Program (LRP)
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 60 days for public comment on
proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service
(IHS) is publishing for comment a summary of a proposed information
collection to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review.
Proposed Collection: Title: 0917-0014, ``Indian Health Service Loan
Repayment Program.'' Type of Information Collection Request: Revision
of currently approved information collection, 0917-0014, ``Indian
Health Service Loan Repayment Program.'' The LRP application has been
revised so that it is now available in an electronically fillable and
fileable format. Form(s): The IHS LRP Information Booklet contains the
instructions and the application formats. Need and Use of Information
Collection: The IHS 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 through which the IHS agrees to repay
part or all of their indebtedness for professional training 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 LRP. 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 American Indian and Alaska
Native individuals.
The information collected via the on-line application 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 accepts 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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Data Collection Instrument(s) Number of responses per per response Total annual
respondents respondent (in hours) responses
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LRP Application............................. 510 1 1.5 765
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There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance
Costs to report.
Requests for Comments: Your 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 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) How the newly created online application assists the applicant
efficiently and effectively.
Send your comments, requests for more information on the proposed
collection, or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection
instruments to: Ms. Tamara Clay, Acting IHS Reports Clearance Officer,
801 Thompson Avenue, TMP, Suite 450-30, Rockville, MD 20852-1627; call
non-toll free (301) 443-4750; send via facsimile to (301) 443-2316; or
send your email requests, comments, and return address to:
Tamara.Clay@ihs.gov. Comment Due Date: April 27, 2012. Your comments
regarding this information collection are best assured of having full
effect if received within 60 days of the date of this publication.
Dated: February 13, 2012.
Yvette Roubideaux,
Indian Health Service Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-4555 Filed 2-24-12; 8:45 am]
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