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the Bureau of Clinician Recruitment and
Service (BCRS), HRSA, are both
committed to improving the health of
the nation’s underserved by uniting
communities in need with caring health
professionals and by supporting
communities’ efforts to build better
systems of care. The NHSC and NURSE
Corps Interest Capture Form, which will
be used when exhibiting at national and
regional conferences, as well as when
presenting on campuses to health
profession students, is an optional form
that a health profession student,
licensed clinician, faculty member, or
clinical site administrator can fill out
and submit to BCRS representatives at
the recruitment event. The purpose of
the form is to enable individuals and
clinical sites to ask BCRS for periodic
program updates and other general
information regarding opportunities
with the NHSC and/or the NURSE Corps
via email. Completed forms will contain
information such as the names of the
individuals, their email address(es),
their city and state, the organization
where they are employed (or the school
which they attend), the year they intend
to graduate (if applicable), how they
heard about the NHSC/NURSE Corps,
and the programs in which they are
interested. Assistance in completing the
form will be given by the BCRS staff
person (or BCRS representative) who is
present at the event.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The need and purpose of
this information collection is to share
resources and information regarding the
NHSC and Nurse Corps programs with
interested conference/event
participants.
Likely Respondents: Conference/event
participants interested in the NHSC or
Nurse Corps programs.
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 Information
Collection Request 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 and NURSE Corps Interest Capture Form ..............
2,400
1
2,400
.025
60
Total ..............................................................................
2,400
1
2,400
.025
60
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.
Dated: November 13, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information
Coordination.
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Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 Information
Collection Request must be received
within 60 days of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 10–29, Parklawn
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 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
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information, please include the
information request collection title for
reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Data System for Organ Procurement and
Transplantation Network. OMB No.
0915–0184– Revision.
Abstract: The operation of the Organ
Procurement and Transplantation
Network (OPTN) necessitates certain
recordkeeping and reporting
requirements in order to perform the
functions related to organ
transplantation under contract to HHS.
This is a request for a revision of the
current recordkeeping and reporting
requirements associated with the OPTN
membership application requirements.
The proposed data collection includes
information pertinent to OPTN
membership eligibility and designation,
transplant program eligibility
requirements to receive organs for
transplantation, and changes in OPTN
transplant member personnel. These
data will be used by HRSA in
monitoring the contracts for the OPTN
and the Scientific Registry of Transplant
Recipients (SRTR) and in carrying out
other statutory responsibilities.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: Information is needed to
collect and review submission of
application materials and determine
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eligibility for membership in the OPTN,
to monitor compliance of member
organizations with OPTN rules and
requirements, and to ensure patient
safety.
Likely Respondents: Transplant
programs, organ procurement
organizations, histocompatibility
laboratories, medical scientific
organizations, and public organizations.
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
Number of
respondents
Section/activity
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 Information
Collection Request are summarized in
the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden
Hours:
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
responses
Total
burden
hours
121.3(b)(2) OPTN membership and application requirements ................................................................................
121.3 Application for Non-Institutional Members .................
121.3(b)(4) Appeal for OPTN Membership .........................
121.9(b) Designated Transplant Program Requirements ....
121.3 Personnel Change Application ..................................
121.9(d) Appeal for designation ..........................................
20
20
2
3
360
2
3
1
1
1
2
1
60
20
2
3
720
2
8
8
3
8
8
6
480
160
6
24
5,760
12
Total ..............................................................................
407
........................
........................
........................
6,442
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.
Dated: November 12, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information
Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013–27802 Filed 11–19–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment
Request
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
In compliance with Section
3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Health
Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) has submitted an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
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review and approval. Comments
submitted during the first public review
of this ICR will be provided to OMB.
OMB will accept further comments from
the public during the review and
approval period.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be
received within 30 days of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
including the Information Collection
Request Title, to the desk officer for
HRSA, either by email to OIRA_
submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to
202–395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request a copy of the clearance requests
submitted to OMB for review, email the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance
Officer at paperwork@hrsa.gov or call
(301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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 federally
designated HPSA approved by the
Secretary for LRP participants. The
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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, 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 required by statute (42
U.S.C. 254n(a)) for all participants
wishing to exercise that service option.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The need and purpose of
this information collection is to obtain
information for the NHSC LRP
application. The information is used to
consider an applicant for a NHSC LRP
contract award. Applicants must submit
an application to the NHSC to
participate in the program. The
application asks for personal,
professional, and financial information
required to determine the applicant’s
eligibility to participate in the NHSC
LRP. In addition, applicants must enter
in information regarding the loans for
which repayment is being requested.
Likely Respondents: Licensed primary
care medical, dental, and mental and
behavioral health providers who are
employed or seeking employment, and
are interested in serving underserved
populations.
Burden Statement: Burden in this
context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request
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 Information Collection Request must be received
within 60 days of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 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 information request collection title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Data System for Organ
Procurement and Transplantation Network. OMB No. 0915-0184- Revision.
Abstract: The operation of the Organ Procurement and
Transplantation Network (OPTN) necessitates certain recordkeeping and
reporting requirements in order to perform the functions related to
organ transplantation under contract to HHS. This is a request for a
revision of the current recordkeeping and reporting requirements
associated with the OPTN membership application requirements. The
proposed data collection includes information pertinent to OPTN
membership eligibility and designation, transplant program eligibility
requirements to receive organs for transplantation, and changes in OPTN
transplant member personnel. These data will be used by HRSA in
monitoring the contracts for the OPTN and the Scientific Registry of
Transplant Recipients (SRTR) and in carrying out other statutory
responsibilities.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Information is needed to
collect and review submission of application materials and determine
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eligibility for membership in the OPTN, to monitor compliance of member
organizations with OPTN rules and requirements, and to ensure patient
safety.
Likely Respondents: Transplant programs, organ procurement
organizations, histocompatibility laboratories, medical scientific
organizations, and public organizations.
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 Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours:
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Number of Average burden
Section/activity Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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121.3(b)(2) OPTN membership and 20 3 60 8 480
application requirements.......
121.3 Application for Non- 20 1 20 8 160
Institutional Members..........
121.3(b)(4) Appeal for OPTN 2 1 2 3 6
Membership.....................
121.9(b) Designated Transplant 3 1 3 8 24
Program Requirements...........
121.3 Personnel Change 360 2 720 8 5,760
Application....................
121.9(d) Appeal for designation. 2 1 2 6 12
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Total....................... 407 .............. .............. .............. 6,442
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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.
Dated: November 12, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-27802 Filed 11-19-13; 8:45 am]
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