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information has been submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Fax written comments on the
collection of information by March 4,
2020.
To ensure that comments on
the information collection are received,
OMB recommends that written
comments be faxed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, Fax: 202–
395–7285, or emailed to oira_
submission@omb.eop.gov. All
comments should be identified with the
OMB control number 0910–0780. Also
include the FDA docket number found
in brackets in the heading of this
document.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amber Sanford, Office of Operations,
Food and Drug Administration, Three
Agency to easily and efficiently elicit
and review information from students
and healthcare professionals who are
interested in becoming involved in
FDA-wide activities. The process will
reduce the time and cost of submitting
written documentation to the Agency
and lessen the likelihood of applications
being misrouted within the Agency mail
system. It will assist the Agency in
promoting and protecting the public
health by encouraging outside persons
to share their expertise with FDA.
In the Federal Register of October 19,
2018 (83 FR 53065), FDA published a
60-day notice requesting public
comment on the proposed collection of
information. Although one comment
was received, it wasn’t responsive to the
four collection of information topics
solicited and therefore will not be
discussed in this document.
FDA estimates the burden of this
collection of information as follows:
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fda.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA
has submitted the following proposed
collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance.
Application for Participation in FDA
Fellowship and Traineeship Programs;
OMB Control Number 0910–0780—
Revision
Sections 1104, 1302, 3301, 3304,
3320, 3361, 3393, and 3394 of Title 5 of
the United States Code authorize
Federal Agencies to rate applicants for
Federal jobs. The proposed information
collection involves brief online
applications completed by applicants
applying to FDA’s Fellowship and
Traineeship programs. These voluntary
online applications will allow the
TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL RECORDKEEPING BURDEN 1
Number of
respondents
Activity
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total annual
responses
Total hours
Medical Device Fellowship Program ...................................
FDA Traineeship Program ...................................................
Reagan-Udall Fellowship at FDA ........................................
250
1,000
50
1
1
1
250
1,000
50
1
1
1
250
1,000
50
Total ..............................................................................
........................
........................
........................
........................
1,300
1 There
are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.
Because FDA is developing two new
training programs, Trainee Program and
Reagan-Udell Fellowship, our estimated
burden for the information collection
reflects an overall increase of 2 hours.
FDA has removed the Commissioner
Fellowship and Regulatory Science
Internship Program from this
information collection as the programs
have been discontinued.
Dated: January 24, 2020.
Lowell J. Schiller,
Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2020–01989 Filed 1–31–20; 8:45 am]
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; The National Health Service
Corps Loan Repayment Programs,
OMB No. 0912–0127 Revision
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
HRSA submitted an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
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. OMB may act on
HRSA’s ICR only after the 30 day
SUMMARY:
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comment period for this Notice has
closed.
DATES: Comments on this Information
Collection Request must be received no
later than March 4, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
including the ICR 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 Lisa
Wright-Solomon, 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 Programs, 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. The NHSC Substance Use
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Disorder (SUD) Workforce LRP and the
NHSC Rural Community LRP were
established to recruit and retain a health
professional workforce with specific
training and credentials to provide
evidence-based SUD treatment in
HPSAs. Under these programs, HHS
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 an NHSCapproved site located in a federallydesignated HPSA approved by the
Secretary for LRP participants.
The forms utilized by each LRP
include the following: (1) The NHSC
LRP Application, the Authorization for
Disclosure of Loan Information form, (2)
the Privacy Act Release Authorization
form, and if applicable, (3) the
Verification of Disadvantaged
Background form, and (4) the Private
Practice Option form. The first three 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 needed to collect
information for all participants who
have applied for that service option.
NHSC-approved sites are health care
facilities that provide comprehensive
outpatient, ambulatory, primary health
care services to populations residing in
HPSAs. Related in-patient services may
be provided by NHSC-approved Critical
Access Hospitals and Indian Health
Service hospitals. In order to become an
NHSC-approved site, new sites must
submit a Site Application for review
and approval. Existing NHSC-approved
sites are required to complete a Site
Recertification Application every 3
years in order to maintain their NHSCapproved status. Both the NHSC Site
Application and Site Recertification
Application request information on the
clinical service site, sponsoring agency,
recruitment contact, staffing levels,
service users, charges for services,
employment policies, and fiscal
management capabilities. Assistance in
completing these applications may be
obtained through the appropriate State
Primary Care Offices and the NHSC. The
information collected on the
applications is used for determining the
eligibility of sites for the assignment of
NHSC health professionals and to verify
the need for NHSC clinicians. NHSC
service site approval is valid for 3 years.
A 60-day notice was published in the
Federal Register on July 18, 2019, vol.
84, No. 138; pp. 34402–03. There were
no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The need and purpose of
this information collection is to assess
an LRP applicant’s eligibility and
qualifications for the LRP and to obtain
information for NHSC site applicants.
The NHSC LRP application asks for
personal, professional and financial/
loan information.
The proposed revisions in this ICR
include asking applicants to provide
their educational information on the
completion of advanced training such as
the Primary Care Training and
Enhancement (PCTE) Champion
fellowship. To identify the PCTE
Champions, the NHSC will require
applicants to respond to the following
additional questions and submit their
National Practitioner Identifier (NPI):
(1) Have you completed a fellowship?
(2) Applicants who selected ‘‘yes’’ to
the question above are required to
submit the NPI number.
NHSC policy requires behavioral
health providers to practice in a
community-based setting that provides
access to comprehensive behavioral
health services. Accordingly, for those
sites seeking to be assigned behavioral
health NHSC participants, additional
Number of
respondents
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Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
site information will be collected from
an NHSC Comprehensive Behavioral
Health Services Checklist. NHSC sites
that do not directly offer all required
behavioral health services must
demonstrate a formal affiliation with a
comprehensive, community-based
primary behavioral health setting or
facility to provide these services.
Likely Respondents: Likely
respondents include: (1) Licensed
primary care medical, dental, and
mental and behavioral health providers
who are employed or seeking
employment, and are interested in
serving underserved populations; (2)
health care facilities interested in
participating in the NHSC and becoming
an NHSC-approved service site; and (3)
NHSC sites providing behavioral health
care services directly, or through a
formal affiliation with a comprehensive
community-based primary behavioral
health setting or facility providing
comprehensive behavioral health
services.
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 ICR are
summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden
Hours:
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
burden hours
NHSC LRP Application ........................................................
Authorization for Disclosure of Loan Information Form .......
Privacy Act Release Authorization Form .............................
Verification of Disadvantaged Background Form ................
Private Practice Option Form ..............................................
NHSC Comprehensive Behavioral Health Services Checklist .....................................................................................
NHSC Site Application (including recertification) ................
9,020
7,150
303
660
330
1
1
1
1
1
9,020
7,150
303
660
330
1.00
.10
.10
.50
.10
9,020
715
30
330
33
4,400
4,070
1
1
4,400
4,070
.13
.50
572
2,035
Total ..............................................................................
25,933
........................
25,933
........................
12,735
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2020–01933 Filed 1–31–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request Information
Collection Request Title: Ryan White
HIV/AIDS Program Part F Dental
Services Report, OMB No. 0915–0151—
Extension
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection
projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 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 ICR should be
received no later than April 3, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 14N136B, 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 Lisa Wright-Solomon, 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:
HRSA’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
SUMMARY:
Part F Dental Services Report, OMB No.
0915–0151—Extension.
Abstract: The Dental Reimbursement
Program (DRP) and the Community
Based Dental Partnership Program
(CBDPP) under Part F of the Ryan White
HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) offer
funding to accredited dental education
programs to support the education and
training of oral health providers in HIV
oral health care, and reimbursement for
the provision of oral health services for
people eligible for the RWHAP.
Institutions eligible for the RWHAP DRP
and CBDPP are accredited schools of
dentistry and other accredited dental
education programs, such as dental
hygiene programs or those sponsored by
a school of dentistry, a hospital, or a
public or private institution that offers
postdoctoral training in the specialties
of dentistry, advanced education in
general dentistry, or a dental general
practice residency. The DRP
Application for the Notice of Funding
Opportunity includes the Dental
Services Report (DSR) that applicants
use to apply for funding of nonreimbursed costs incurred in providing
oral health care to patients with HIV
and to report annual program data.
Awards are authorized under section
2692(b) of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 300ff–111(b)). The DSR
collects data on program information,
client demographics, oral health
services, funding, and training. It also
requests applicants to provide narrative
descriptions of their services and
facilities as well as their links and
collaboration with community-based
providers of oral health services.
There are minor revisions to 12 data
elements in the DSR to be consistent
with other HRSA RWHAP grant
recipient data that are submitted. For
example, the response options for the
data element for gender would be
expanded to include transgender
options; and the age ranges for the data
element age would be changed to align
with how data are submitted for the
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Services
Report. In addition, response options for
ten other data elements would be
reworded or deleted for alignment.
These changes would not affect burden
as they are minor.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The primary purpose of
collecting this information annually is
to verify applicant eligibility and
determine reimbursement amounts for
DRP applicants as well as to document
the program accomplishments of
CBDDP grant recipients. This
information also allows HRSA to learn
about (1) the extent of the involvement
of dental schools and programs in
treating patients with HIV, (2) the
number and characteristics of clients
who receive RWHAP supported oral
health services, (3) the types and
frequency of the provision of these
services, (4) the non-reimbursed costs of
oral health care provided to patients
with HIV, and (5) the scope of grant
recipients’ community-based
collaborations and training of providers.
In addition to meeting the goal of
accountability to Congress, patients,
community-based organizations, and the
general public, information collected in
the DSR is critical for HRSA and for
recipients to help assess the status of
existing HIV-related health service
delivery systems.
Likely Respondents: Accredited
schools of dentistry and other
accredited dental education programs,
such as dental hygiene programs or
those sponsored by a school of
dentistry, a hospital, or a public or
private institution that offers
postdoctoral training in the specialties
of dentistry, advanced education in
general dentistry, or a dental general
practice residency.
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 ICR are
summarized in the table below.
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Type of
respondent
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DRP ...............
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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; The National Health
Service Corps Loan Repayment Programs, OMB No. 0912-0127 Revision
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA
submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for 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. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30 day
comment period for this Notice has closed.
DATES: Comments on this Information Collection Request must be received
no later than March 4, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the ICR Title, to the desk
officer for HRSA, either by email to [email protected] 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 Lisa Wright-Solomon, the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or
call (301) 443-1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: The National Health Service
Corps Loan Repayment Programs, 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. The
NHSC Substance Use
[[Page 5968]]
Disorder (SUD) Workforce LRP and the NHSC Rural Community LRP were
established to recruit and retain a health professional workforce with
specific training and credentials to provide evidence-based SUD
treatment in HPSAs. Under these programs, HHS 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 an NHSC-approved site located in a
federally-designated HPSA approved by the Secretary for LRP
participants.
The forms utilized by each LRP include the following: (1) The NHSC
LRP Application, the Authorization for Disclosure of Loan Information
form, (2) the Privacy Act Release Authorization form, and if
applicable, (3) the Verification of Disadvantaged Background form, and
(4) the Private Practice Option form. The first three 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 needed to
collect information for all participants who have applied for that
service option.
NHSC-approved sites are health care facilities that provide
comprehensive outpatient, ambulatory, primary health care services to
populations residing in HPSAs. Related in-patient services may be
provided by NHSC-approved Critical Access Hospitals and Indian Health
Service hospitals. In order to become an NHSC-approved site, new sites
must submit a Site Application for review and approval. Existing NHSC-
approved sites are required to complete a Site Recertification
Application every 3 years in order to maintain their NHSC-approved
status. Both the NHSC Site Application and Site Recertification
Application request information on the clinical service site,
sponsoring agency, recruitment contact, staffing levels, service users,
charges for services, employment policies, and fiscal management
capabilities. Assistance in completing these applications may be
obtained through the appropriate State Primary Care Offices and the
NHSC. The information collected on the applications is used for
determining the eligibility of sites for the assignment of NHSC health
professionals and to verify the need for NHSC clinicians. NHSC service
site approval is valid for 3 years.
A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register on July 18,
2019, vol. 84, No. 138; pp. 34402-03. There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The need and purpose of
this information collection is to assess an LRP applicant's eligibility
and qualifications for the LRP and to obtain information for NHSC site
applicants. The NHSC LRP application asks for personal, professional
and financial/loan information.
The proposed revisions in this ICR include asking applicants to
provide their educational information on the completion of advanced
training such as the Primary Care Training and Enhancement (PCTE)
Champion fellowship. To identify the PCTE Champions, the NHSC will
require applicants to respond to the following additional questions and
submit their National Practitioner Identifier (NPI):
(1) Have you completed a fellowship?
(2) Applicants who selected ``yes'' to the question above are
required to submit the NPI number.
NHSC policy requires behavioral health providers to practice in a
community-based setting that provides access to comprehensive
behavioral health services. Accordingly, for those sites seeking to be
assigned behavioral health NHSC participants, additional site
information will be collected from an NHSC Comprehensive Behavioral
Health Services Checklist. NHSC sites that do not directly offer all
required behavioral health services must demonstrate a formal
affiliation with a comprehensive, community-based primary behavioral
health setting or facility to provide these services.
Likely Respondents: Likely respondents include: (1) Licensed
primary care medical, dental, and mental and behavioral health
providers who are employed or seeking employment, and are interested in
serving underserved populations; (2) health care facilities interested
in participating in the NHSC and becoming an NHSC-approved service
site; and (3) NHSC sites providing behavioral health care services
directly, or through a formal affiliation with a comprehensive
community-based primary behavioral health setting or facility providing
comprehensive behavioral health services.
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 ICR are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours:
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Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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NHSC LRP Application............ 9,020 1 9,020 1.00 9,020
Authorization for Disclosure of 7,150 1 7,150 .10 715
Loan Information Form..........
Privacy Act Release 303 1 303 .10 30
Authorization Form.............
Verification of Disadvantaged 660 1 660 .50 330
Background Form................
Private Practice Option Form.... 330 1 330 .10 33
NHSC Comprehensive Behavioral 4,400 1 4,400 .13 572
Health Services Checklist......
NHSC Site Application (including 4,070 1 4,070 .50 2,035
recertification)...............
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Total....................... 25,933 .............. 25,933 .............. 12,735
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2020-01933 Filed 1-31-20; 8:45 am]
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