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provision of primary health services in
a HPSA with the greatest shortage. For
the program year October 1, 2015,
through September 30, 2016, HPSAs of
greatest shortage for determination of
priority for assignment of NHSC
scholarship-obligated Corps personnel
will be defined as follows: (1) Primary
medical care HPSAs with scores of 16
and above are authorized for the
assignment of NHSC scholars who are
primary care physicians, family nurse
practitioners, physician assistants, or
certified nurse midwives; (2) mental
health HPSAs with scores of 16 and
above are authorized for the assignment
of NHSC scholars who are psychiatrists
or mental health nurse practitioners;
and (3) dental HPSAs with scores of 16
and above are authorized for the
assignment of NHSC scholars who are
dentists. The NHSC has determined that
a minimum HPSA score of 16 for all
service-ready NHSC scholars will enable
it to meet its statutory obligation to
identify a number of entities eligible for
placement at least equal to, but not
greater than, twice the number of NHSC
scholars available to serve in the 2015–
2016 placement cycle.
The number of new NHSC placements
through the Scholarship Program
allowed at any one site is limited to one
of the following provider types:
Physician (MD/DO), nurse practitioner,
physician assistant, certified nurse
midwife, or dentist. The NHSC will
consider requests for up to two scholar
placements at any one site on a case-bycase basis. Factors that are taken into
consideration include community need,
as measured by demand for services,
patient outcomes, and other similar
factors. Sites wishing to request an
additional scholar must complete an
Additional Scholar Request form
available at https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/
downloads/additionalrequestform.pdf.
NHSC-approved sites that do not meet
the authorized threshold HPSA score of
16 may post job openings on the NHSC
Jobs Center; however, scholars seeking
placement between October 1, 2015, and
September 30, 2016, will be advised that
they can only compete for open
positions at sites that meet the threshold
placement HPSA score of 16. While not
eligible for scholar placements in 2015–
2016, vacancies in HPSAs scoring less
than 16 will be used by the NHSC in
evaluating the HPSA threshold score for
the next scholarship placement cycle.
Application Requests, Dates, and
Address
The list of HPSAs and entities that are
eligible to receive priority for the
placement of NHSC scholars may be
updated periodically. New entities may
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be added to the NHSC Jobs Center
during a site application competition.
Likewise, entities that no longer meet
eligibility criteria, including those sites
whose 3-year approval as an NHSC
service site has lapsed or whose HPSA
designation has been withdrawn or
proposed for withdrawal, will be
removed from the priority listing.
Additional Information
Entities wishing to provide additional
data and information in support of their
inclusion on the proposed list of entities
that would receive priority in
assignment of NHSC Scholars, or in
support of a higher priority
determination, must do so in writing no
later than June 8, 2015. This information
should be submitted to: Beth Dillon,
Director, Division of Regional
Operations, Bureau of Health
Workforce, 1961 Stout Street, Denver,
CO 80294. This information will be
considered in preparing the final list of
entities that are receiving priority for the
assignment of scholarship-obligated
Corps personnel.
The program is not subject to the
provisions of Executive Order 12372,
Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs (as implemented through 45
CFR part 100).
Dated: April 30, 2015.
James Macrae,
Acting Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier: HHS–OS–0990–New–
60D]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection; Public
Comment Request
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In compliance with section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Secretary (OS), Department of Health
and Human Services, announces plans
to submit a new Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to
OMB, OS seeks comments from the
public regarding the burden estimate,
below, or any other aspect of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be
received on or before July 7, 2015.
SUMMARY:
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Submit your comments to
Information.CollectionClearance@
hhs.gov or by calling (202) 690–6162.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information Collection Clearance staff,
Information.CollectionClearance@
hhs.gov or (202) 690–6162.
When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
document identifier HHS–OS–0990–
New–60D for reference. Information
Collection Request Title: State and
Territorial Health Disparities Survey
Abstract: The Office of Minority Health
(OMH), Office of the Secretary (OS) is
requesting approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for a
new data collection activity for the State
and Territorial Health Disparities
Survey (STHD Survey).
OMH has a long history of
collaborating with states to improve
minority health outcomes and reduce
health and health care disparities. A
strong partnership with state and
territorial offices is a key to continue
progress toward eliminating health
disparities. To best facilitate continued
partnerships, OMH needs information
about the current activities, challenges,
and resources within state and
territorial offices of minority health. The
State and Territorial Health Disparities
Survey is intended to support OMH
informational needs by collecting,
organizing, and presenting a variety of
information about states and U.S.
territories, including the current status
of minority health and health
disparities, the organization and
operation of state and territorial offices
of minority health, and state/territorial
implementation of federal standards and
evidence-based practices designed to
address disparities and improve
minority health. The STHD Survey,
which will focus on the activities,
staffing, and funding of State Minority
Health Entities, is part of a larger project
to catalog the extent of health disparities
and the activities underway to reduce
them in each state and U.S. territory.
The STHD Survey supports OMH’s
goals of working with states and
territories to improve the health of racial
and ethnic minority populations and
eliminate health disparities. While
existing, state/territorial-specific
information sources (e.g., quantitative
data points available from the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality’s
National Healthcare Disparities Report
State Snapshots) offer important facts
about the status of health disparities,
they do not provide context around the
efforts underway to reduce them.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Likely Respondents—Data will be
collected using semi-structured
telephone interviews with state/
territorial minority health entity
directors (or their designees) in
approximately 54 states and territories
(50 states plus the District of Columbia
and the U.S. territories of Guam, Puerto
Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). The
purpose of this interview is to collect
qualitative information about state/
territory program goals and activities,
partnerships, and organizational
structure, as well as quantitative data
elements on staffing and funding.
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS
Form name
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses
per
respondents
Average hours
per response
Total burden
hours
State and Territorial Survey .............................................................................
54
1
1.5
81
Total ..........................................................................................................
54
........................
........................
81
OS 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.
Terry S. Clark,
Asst Information Collection Clearance
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier: HHS–OS–0990–0331–
60D]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection; Public
Comment Request
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
Notice.
In compliance with section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Secretary (OS), Department of Health
and Human Services, announces plans
to submit an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). The ICR is for extending the use
of the approved information collection
assigned OMB control number 0990–
0331 (which expires on August 21,
2015) through December 31, 2015. Prior
to submitting that ICR to OMB, OS seeks
comments from the public regarding the
burden estimate, below, or any other
aspect of the ICR.
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Comments on the ICR must be
received on or before July 7, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
Information.CollectionClearance@
hhs.gov or by calling (202) 690–6162.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information Collection Clearance staff,
Information.CollectionClearance@
hhs.gov or (202) 690–6162.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
document identifier HHS–OS–0990–
0331–60D for reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Evaluation of the Responsible
Fatherhood, Marriage and Family
Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated
and Reentering Fathers and Their
Partners
Abstract: The Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
(ASPE) is conducting an evaluation of a
demonstration program called
Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage and
Family Strengthening Grants for
Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and
Their Partners (MFS–IP). This
demonstration program, funded in 2006
by the Office of Family Assistance
within the Administration for Children
and Families (ACF), supported healthy
marriage and responsible fatherhood
activities among incarcerated and
recently released fathers, their partners,
and children. The MFS–IP evaluation
assesses the effects of these activities by
comparing relationship quality and
stability, positive family interactions,
family financial well-being, recidivism,
and community connectedness between
intervention and control groups.
Data collection for the entire
evaluation is expected to last 7 years,
from the time the first participant was
enrolled in late 2008 until the last
qualitative follow-back interview is
administered. The burden table below
includes completion of a set of followback qualitative interviews with a small
group of respondents (previously
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approved under OMB No. 0990–0331).
The current approval expires on August
21, 2015, and we are requesting an
extension until December 31, 2015, to
enable us to complete all of the
interviews that have been previously
approved by OMB under this
information collection.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: Primary data for the
evaluation comes from in-person
surveys with incarcerated and released
fathers and their partners at baseline, 9,
18, and 34 month interviews and the
qualitative follow-back. This qualitative
follow-back is the focus of the current
amendment request and it will only be
conducted with a very small subsample
of the original couples. As previously
described and approved under OMB No.
0990–0331, being able to do additional
qualitative follow-back with these cases
will enable us to better understand how
reentry success and family well-being
are interrelated for the survey
population, inform future research and
evaluation with this population
(particularly development and selection
of appropriate quantitative measures of
family relationship quality), and better
identify meaningful leverage points for
reentry intervention. This information
will assist federal, state, and community
policymakers and patrons in
understanding what policy and
programmatic supports could help to
strengthen families and improve reentry
outcomes in this population.
Likely Respondents: A small subsample of couples from the MFS–IP
impact study sample, which includes
1,991 fathers incarcerated at the time of
the baseline survey and 1,481 of their
female partners.
Burden Statement: 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
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-0990-New-60D]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Public Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of
Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit a new Information
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, OS seeks comments
from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other
aspect of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before July 7, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
Information.CollectionClearance@hhs.gov or by calling (202) 690-6162.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance
staff, Information.CollectionClearance@hhs.gov or (202) 690-6162.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the document identifier HHS-OS-0990-New-60D
for reference. Information Collection Request Title: State and
Territorial Health Disparities Survey Abstract: The Office of Minority
Health (OMH), Office of the Secretary (OS) is requesting approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a new data collection
activity for the State and Territorial Health Disparities Survey (STHD
Survey).
OMH has a long history of collaborating with states to improve
minority health outcomes and reduce health and health care disparities.
A strong partnership with state and territorial offices is a key to
continue progress toward eliminating health disparities. To best
facilitate continued partnerships, OMH needs information about the
current activities, challenges, and resources within state and
territorial offices of minority health. The State and Territorial
Health Disparities Survey is intended to support OMH informational
needs by collecting, organizing, and presenting a variety of
information about states and U.S. territories, including the current
status of minority health and health disparities, the organization and
operation of state and territorial offices of minority health, and
state/territorial implementation of federal standards and evidence-
based practices designed to address disparities and improve minority
health. The STHD Survey, which will focus on the activities, staffing,
and funding of State Minority Health Entities, is part of a larger
project to catalog the extent of health disparities and the activities
underway to reduce them in each state and U.S. territory. The STHD
Survey supports OMH's goals of working with states and territories to
improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations and
eliminate health disparities. While existing, state/territorial-
specific information sources (e.g., quantitative data points available
from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National
Healthcare Disparities Report State Snapshots) offer important facts
about the status of health disparities, they do not provide context
around the efforts underway to reduce them.
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Likely Respondents--Data will be collected using semi-structured
telephone interviews with state/territorial minority health entity
directors (or their designees) in approximately 54 states and
territories (50 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S.
territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). The
purpose of this interview is to collect qualitative information about
state/territory program goals and activities, partnerships, and
organizational structure, as well as quantitative data elements on
staffing and funding.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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Number of
Form name Number of responses per Average hours Total burden
respondents respondents per response hours
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State and Territorial Survey................ 54 1 1.5 81
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Total................................... 54 ............... ............... 81
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OS 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.
Terry S. Clark,
Asst Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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