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technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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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; Information Collection
Request Title: Substance Use Disorder
Treatment and Recovery Loan
Repayment Program, OMB No. 0906–
xxxx—New
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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.
SUMMARY:
Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than October 8, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under Review—Open for
Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
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:
Substance Use Disorder Treatment and
Recovery Loan Repayment Program
OMB No. 0906–xxxx—New
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Abstract: The Further Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2020 included no
less than $12,000,000 for HRSA to
establish the Loan Repayment Program
for Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Workforce. This funding will allow
HRSA to provide the repayment of
education loans for individuals working
in either a full-time substance use
disorder treatment job that involves
direct patient care in a Health
Professional Shortage Area (HPSA)
designated for Mental Health or a
county where the average drug overdose
death rate exceeds the national average.
Eligible disciplines include but are
not limited to behavioral health
paraprofessionals, occupational
therapists and counselors. Eligible
treatment facilities include but are not
limited to inpatient psychiatric
facilities, recovery centers, detox
facilities, emergency department and
local community jails and detention
centers. The Department of Health and
Human Services agrees to repay the
qualifying educational loans up to
$250,000.00 in return for six years of
service obligation. The forms utilized by
the Substance Use Disorder Treatment
and Recovery (STAR) Loan Repayment
Program (LRP) include the following:
the STAR LRP Application, the
Authorization for Disclosure of Loan
Information form, the Privacy Act
Release Authorization form, the
Employment Verification form, and the
Site Application form, if applicable. The
aforementioned forms collect
information that is needed for selecting
participants and repaying qualifying
educational loans.
Eligible facilities for the STAR LRP
are facilities that provide in-patient and
outpatient, ambulatory, primary and
mental/behavioral health care services
to populations residing in a mental
health HPSA or a county where the
average drug overdose death rate
exceeds the national average. The
facilities that may provide related inpatient services may include, but are not
limited to Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services-approved Critical
Access Hospitals, American Indian
Health Facilities (Indian Health Service
Facilities, Tribally-Operated 638 Health
Programs, and Urban Indian Health
Programs), inpatient rehabilitation
centers and psychiatric facilities. HRSA
will recruit facilities for approval. New
facilities must submit an application for
review and approval. The application
requests will contain supporting
information on the clinical service site,
recruitment contact and services
provided. Assistance in completing this
application may be obtained through the
appropriate HRSA personnel. HRSA
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will use the information collected on
the applications to determine eligibility
of the facility for the assignment of
health professionals and to verify the
need for clinicians.
Note: Despite the similarity in the titles,
the STAR LRP is not the existing NHSC
Substance Use Disorder LRP (OMB #0915–
0127), which is authorized under Title III of
the Public Health Service Act. The STAR
LRP is a newly authorized Title VII program
that has different service requirements, loan
repayment protocols, and authorized
employment facilities.
A 60-day notice published in the
Federal Register on June 4, 2020, vol.
85, No. 108; pp. 34454–34456. There
were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The need and purpose of
this information collection is to obtain
information that is used to assess a
STAR LRP applicant’s eligibility and
qualifications for the program, and to
obtain information for eligible site
applicants. Clinicians interested in
participating in the STAR LRP must
submit an application to the program in
order to participate, and health care
facilities located in a high overdose rate
or Mental Health HPSAs must submit a
Site Application to determine the
eligibility of sites to participate in the
STAR LRP. The STAR LRP application
asks for personal, professional and
financial information needed to
determine the applicant’s eligibility to
participate in the STAR LRP. In
addition, applicants must provide
information regarding the loans for
which repayment is being requested.
Likely Respondents: Likely
respondents include: licensed primary
care medical, mental and behavioral
health providers, and other
paraprofessionals who are employed or
seeking employment, and are interested
in serving underserved populations;
health care facilities interested in
participating in the STAR LRP, and
becoming an approved service site;
STAR LRP sites providing behavioral
health care services directly, or through
a formal affiliation with a
comprehensive community-based
primary behavioral health setting,
facility providing comprehensive
behavioral health services, or various
substance abuse treatment facility subtypes.
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
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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
Number of
respondents
Form name
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
STAR LRP Application .........................................................
Authorization for Disclosure of Loan Information Form .......
Privacy Act Release Authorization Form .............................
Employment Verification Form .............................................
Site Application ....................................................................
300
300
300
300
400
1
1
1
1
1
300
300
300
300
400
.50
.50
.50
.50
1.00
150
150
150
150
400
Total ..............................................................................
1,600
........................
1,600
........................
1000
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.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Health Resources and Services
Administration
Meeting of the Advisory Council on
Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, this
notice announces that the Secretary’s
Advisory Council on Blood Stem Cell
Transplantation (ACBSCT) has
scheduled a public meeting. Information
about ACBSCT and the agenda for this
meeting can be found on the ACBSCT
website at https://
bloodstemcell.hrsa.gov/about/advisorycouncil.
DATES: September 25, 2020, from 12:00
p.m.–6:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET).
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held
by webinar and conference call. The
webinar link, conference call-in
number, registration information, and
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meeting materials can be accessed
through the registration link on the
ACBSCT website at https://
bloodstemcell.hrsa.gov/about/advisorycouncil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Walsh, Designated Federal
Official, (DFO), at Division of
Transplantation, HRSA, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857; 301–
443–6839; or ACBSCTHRSA@hrsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ACBSCT
provides advice and recommendations
to the Secretary of HHS (Secretary) and
the HRSA Administrator on the
activities of the C.W. Bill Young Cell
Transplantation Program (CWBYCTP)
and the National Cord Blood Inventory
(NCBI) Program. The principal purpose
of these programs is to make blood stem
cells from adult donors and cord blood
units available for patients who need a
transplant to treat life-threatening
conditions such as leukemia, and who
lack a suitably matched relative who
can be the donor.
During the September 25, 2020,
meeting, the ACBSCT will receive
updates on the operation of the
CWBYCTP and the NCBI and discuss
cord blood as a continued source of
blood stem cells for transplant in the
context of other available sources of
blood stem cells for transplant. Agenda
items are subject to change as priorities
dictate. Refer to the ACBSCT website for
any updated information concerning the
meeting.
Members of the public will have the
opportunity to provide comments.
Public participants may submit written
statements in advance of the scheduled
meeting. Oral comments will be
honored in the order they are requested
and may be limited as time allows.
Requests to submit a written statement
or make oral comments to ACBSCT
should be sent to Robert Walsh, DFO,
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using the contact information above at
least three business days prior to the
meeting.
Individuals who plan to attend and
need special assistance or another
reasonable accommodation should
notify Robert Walsh at the address and
phone number listed above at least 10
business days prior to the meeting.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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Meeting of the President’s Council on
Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition
Office of Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of
the Secretary, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
As stipulated by the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice
that the President’s Council on Sports,
Fitness & Nutrition (PCSFN) will hold
its annual meeting. The meeting will be
open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will take place on
Thursday, September 17, 2020, from
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EDT).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
virtually using an online platform. To
register to attend the meeting, please
visit the registration website at https://
kauffmaninc.adobeconnect.com/ch_
pcsfn_sept2020/event/event_info.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Anne Bishop, Sc.D., M.P.H.,
Designated Federal Officer for the
PCSFN, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite
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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; Information Collection
Request Title: Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan
Repayment Program, OMB No. 0906-xxxx--New
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
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 ICR should be received no later than October 8,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
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:
Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program
OMB No. 0906-xxxx--New
Abstract: The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
included no less than $12,000,000 for HRSA to establish the Loan
Repayment Program for Substance Use Disorder Treatment Workforce. This
funding will allow HRSA to provide the repayment of education loans for
individuals working in either a full-time substance use disorder
treatment job that involves direct patient care in a Health
Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designated for Mental Health or a
county where the average drug overdose death rate exceeds the national
average.
Eligible disciplines include but are not limited to behavioral
health paraprofessionals, occupational therapists and counselors.
Eligible treatment facilities include but are not limited to inpatient
psychiatric facilities, recovery centers, detox facilities, emergency
department and local community jails and detention centers. The
Department of Health and Human Services agrees to repay the qualifying
educational loans up to $250,000.00 in return for six years of service
obligation. The forms utilized by the Substance Use Disorder Treatment
and Recovery (STAR) Loan Repayment Program (LRP) include the following:
the STAR LRP Application, the Authorization for Disclosure of Loan
Information form, the Privacy Act Release Authorization form, the
Employment Verification form, and the Site Application form, if
applicable. The aforementioned forms collect information that is needed
for selecting participants and repaying qualifying educational loans.
Eligible facilities for the STAR LRP are facilities that provide
in-patient and outpatient, ambulatory, primary and mental/behavioral
health care services to populations residing in a mental health HPSA or
a county where the average drug overdose death rate exceeds the
national average. The facilities that may provide related in-patient
services may include, but are not limited to Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services-approved Critical Access Hospitals, American Indian
Health Facilities (Indian Health Service Facilities, Tribally-Operated
638 Health Programs, and Urban Indian Health Programs), inpatient
rehabilitation centers and psychiatric facilities. HRSA will recruit
facilities for approval. New facilities must submit an application for
review and approval. The application requests will contain supporting
information on the clinical service site, recruitment contact and
services provided. Assistance in completing this application may be
obtained through the appropriate HRSA personnel. HRSA will use the
information collected on the applications to determine eligibility of
the facility for the assignment of health professionals and to verify
the need for clinicians.
Note: Despite the similarity in the titles, the STAR LRP is not
the existing NHSC Substance Use Disorder LRP (OMB #0915-0127), which
is authorized under Title III of the Public Health Service Act. The
STAR LRP is a newly authorized Title VII program that has different
service requirements, loan repayment protocols, and authorized
employment facilities.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on June 4, 2020,
vol. 85, No. 108; pp. 34454-34456. There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The need and purpose of
this information collection is to obtain information that is used to
assess a STAR LRP applicant's eligibility and qualifications for the
program, and to obtain information for eligible site applicants.
Clinicians interested in participating in the STAR LRP must submit an
application to the program in order to participate, and health care
facilities located in a high overdose rate or Mental Health HPSAs must
submit a Site Application to determine the eligibility of sites to
participate in the STAR LRP. The STAR LRP application asks for
personal, professional and financial information needed to determine
the applicant's eligibility to participate in the STAR LRP. In
addition, applicants must provide information regarding the loans for
which repayment is being requested.
Likely Respondents: Likely respondents include: licensed primary
care medical, mental and behavioral health providers, and other
paraprofessionals who are employed or seeking employment, and are
interested in serving underserved populations; health care facilities
interested in participating in the STAR LRP, and becoming an approved
service site; STAR LRP sites providing behavioral health care services
directly, or through a formal affiliation with a comprehensive
community-based primary behavioral health setting, facility providing
comprehensive behavioral health services, or various substance abuse
treatment facility sub-types.
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
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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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Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per responses response (in hours
respondent hours)
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STAR LRP Application............ 300 1 300 .50 150
Authorization for Disclosure of 300 1 300 .50 150
Loan Information Form..........
Privacy Act Release 300 1 300 .50 150
Authorization Form.............
Employment Verification Form.... 300 1 300 .50 150
Site Application................ 400 1 400 1.00 400
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Total....................... 1,600 .............. 1,600 .............. 1000
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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.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2020-19776 Filed 9-4-20; 8:45 am]
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