Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration

(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under

review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a

copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the

HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301)-443-1129.

The following request has been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995:

Proposed Project: The Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program

Regulations--42 CFR Part 60--OMB No. 915-0108--Extension and Revision

This clearance request is for extension of approval for the

notification, reporting and recordkeeping requirements in the HEAL

program to insure that the lenders, holders and schools participating

in the HEAL program follow sound management procedures in the

administration of federally-insured student loans. While the regulatory

requirements are approved under this OMB number, much of the burden

associated with the regulations is cleared under the OMB numbers for

the HEAL forms used to report required information (listed below). The

table listed at the end of this notice contains the estimate of burden

for the remaining regulations.

Annual Response Burden for the following regulations is cleared by

OMB when the reporting forms are cleared:

OMB Approval No. 0915-0034, Lender's Application, Borrower Status,

Manifest, Loan Transfer, Contract for Loan Insurance

Reporting

42 CFR 60.7(c)(3), Employer certification of nonstudent status

42 CFR 60.31(a), Lender annual application

42 CFR 60.38(a), Loan reassignment

Notification

42 CFR 60.12(c)(1), Borrower deferment

OMB Approval No. 0915-0036, Lender's Application for Insurance Claim

Reporting

42 CFR 60.35(a)(2), Lender skip-tracing activities

42 CFR 60.40(a), Lender documentation to litigate a default

42 CFR 60.40(c)(1)(i),(ii),and (iii), Lender default claim

42 CFR 60.40(c)(2), Lender death claim

42 CFR 60.40(c)(3), Lender disability claim

42 CFR 60.40(c)(4), Lender report of student bankruptcy

OMB Approval No.0915-0038, Student Application

Reporting

42 CFR 60.7(a)(1)(ii), Student application

42 CFR 60.7(a)(3), School section of the application

42 CFR 60.51(a), School section of the application

Notification

42 CFR 60.7(a)(2), Federal debt collection policies-student

42 CFR 60.33(c), Creditworthiness of applicant

OMB Approval No.0915-0043, Promissory Note, Repayment Schedule, Call

Report

Notification

42 CFR 60.7(c)(2) Federal debt collection policies--nonstudent

42 CFR 60.11(e), Establishment of repayment terms--borrower

42 CFR 60.11(f)(5), Borrower notice of supplemental repayment agreement

42 CFR 60.33(e), Executed note to borrower

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42 CFR 60.34(b)(1), Establishment of repayment terms--lender

OMB Approval No. 0915-0204, Physician's Certification of Permanent and

Total Disability

Reporting

42 CFR 60.39(b)(2), Holder request to Secretary to determine borrower

disability

The estimate of burden for the regulatory requirements of this

clearance are as follows:

Table of Regulatory Sections and Respondent Burden

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Annual

Type of burden Transactions Estimated time per transaction response

per year burden (hrs.)

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REPORTING

Subpart D: Lender--32 Participating Lenders

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60.32(b) Application for Loan......... \1\ 0 0.00.................................... 0

60.40(c)(1)(iv) Bankruptcy Report to 140 12 min.................................. 28

the Secretary.

60.42(d) Audit........................ 32 240 min. (4 hrs.)....................... 128

60.42(e) Evidence of Fraud............ 3 120 min. (2 hrs.)....................... 6

60.43(b) Evidence of Cause for 2 180 min. (3 hrs.)....................... 6

Administrative Hearing.

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Subtotal.......................... 177 ........................................ 168

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Subpart E: School--190 Participating Schools

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60.56(c) Biennial Audit............... 190 240 min. (4 hrs.)....................... 760

60.60(b) Evidence of Cause for 3 180 min. (3 hrs.)....................... 9

Administrative Hearing.

60.61(b) Evidence of Fraud............ 0.00 0.00.................................... 0.00

60.61(d) Bankruptcy Documentation..... 140 10 min.................................. 23

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Subtotal.......................... 333 ........................................ 792

Total Reporting: 960 hrs.

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NOTIFICATION

Subpart B: Borrower--20,640 Borrowers

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60.0(a)(5) Sale or Transfer of Loan...

(2) Burden included in 60.38a

60.8(b)(3) Status change.............. 20,500 10 min.................................. 3,417

60.61(d) \2\ Bankruptcy............... 140 10 min.................................. 23

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Subtotal.......................... 20,640 ........................................ 3,440

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Subpart C: Loan/Lender--32 Participating Lenders

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60.18 Loan Consolidation.............. 5,000 40 min.................................. 3,333

60.21(b)(2) Refund Check Transfer..... 1,000 30 min.................................. 500

60.21(b)(2) Refund Check Notification. 1,000 15 min.................................. 250

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Subpart D: Lender--32 Participating Lenders

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60.33(g) Denial of Loan............... 133 14 min.................................. 31

60.33(h) Borrower Indebtedness........ 15,227 1 min................................... 254

60.34(c) Biannual Debt Status......... 250,000 10 min.................................. 41,667

60.35(a)(1) Delinquent Payment Notice 9,500 30 min.................................. 4,750

to Borrower.

60.35(c)(2) Delinquent Notice to 1,300 15 min.................................. 325

Credit Reporting Agency.

60.35(e) Demand Letter................ 1,300 10 min.................................. 217

60.37(a) Right to Forbearance......... 2,400 5 min................................... 200

60.37(c)(3) Reminder of obligation to 1,200 10 min.................................. 200

pay.

60.38(a) Notification to Borrower of 7,500 5 min................................... 625

Loan Reassignment.

60.40(c)(1)(iv) and (c)(4) Default 140 25 min.................................. 58

Notification to Courts.

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Subtotal.......................... 295,700 ........................................ 52,410

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Subpart E: School--190 Participating Schools

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60.53 Change in Student Status........

(2) Burden included with 60.61(a)(7)

60.54 Notice of Refund Payment........ 190 25 min.................................. 79

60.57 Borrower Identifying Information 1,240 8 min................................... 165

60.61(a)(1) Entrance Interview........ 6,818 35 min.................................. 3,977

60.61(a)(2) Exit Interview............ 6,818 50 min.................................. 5,682

60.61(a)(2) Student Departure 190 35 min.................................. 111

Notification to Lender.

60.61(a)(3) Unresolved Discrepancies 204 12 min.................................. 41

to Lender.

60.61(a)(7) Change in Student Address 10,227 10 min.................................. 1,136

to Lender.

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Subtotal.......................... 25,687 ........................................ 11,191

Total Notification: 67,041 hrs.

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RECORDKEEPING

Subpart B: Borrower

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60.7(a)(2) Student Signed Stmt.-Gov.

Debt Collection Procedures.

(2) Burden included in 60.34(b)(2) and

60.61(a)(1)&(2)

60.7(c)(2) Non-Student signed Stmt.- 0.00 ........................................ 0.00

Gov. Debt Collection.

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Subpart D: Lender 32 Participating Lenders

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60.31(c)Procedures for Servicing & 32 240 min. (4 hrs.)....................... 128

Collecting Loans.

60.33(e)Promissory Note...............

(2)Burden included in 60.42(a)(2)

60.34(b)(2) Terms of Repayment 15,227 5 min................................... 1,269

Schedules.

60.35(a)(1) Attempts to Collect 10,000 5 min................................... 833

Delinquent Payment.

60.35(a)(2) Documentation of Skip- 2,500 10 min.................................. 417

tracing.

60.37(a)(1) Documentation of 2,500 15 min.................................. 625

Borrower's Inability to Pay.

60.37(c) Renewals of Forbearance...... 1,200 10 min.................................. 200

60.37(c)(1) Basis for Belief of 300 10 min.................................. 50

Borrower Itent to Default.

60.40(a) Documentation of Insurance 978 70 min.................................. 1,141

Claims.

60.42(a)(1) Loan Records..............

(2)Burden included in 60.42(a)(2)

60.42(a)(2) Borrower's Payment History 125,000 15 min.................................. 31,250

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Subtotal.......................... 157,737 ........................................ 35,913

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Subpart E: School--190 Participating Schools

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60.51(f)(1) Documentation of Needs

Analysis Adjustment.

(2) Burden included in 60.61(a)(5)

60.51(f)(2) Documentation of Standard

Student Budget Adjustments.

(2) Burden included in 60.61(a)(5)

60.56(a) Required Retention of HEAL

Borrower Records.

(2) Burden included in 60.61(a)(5)

60.56(b) Five year Retention of

Student Records.

(2) Burden included in 60.61(a)(5)

60.57 Retention of Reports to the 190 45 min.................................. 143

Secretary.

60.61(a)(1) Entrance Interview........ 6,818 5 min................................... 568

60.61(a)(2) Exit Interview............ 6,818 5 min................................... 568

60.61(a)(4) HEAL Check Receipt........ 190 300 min. (5 hrs.)....................... 950

60.61(a)(5) Complete Records of HEAL 125,000 15 min.................................. 31,250

Borrowers.

60.61(a)(6) Criteria for Student 10,227 2 min................................... 227

Budgets.

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Subtotal.......................... 145,834 ........................................ 33,706

Total Recordkeeping: 69,619 Hrs.

Total Annual Burden: 137,620

Hrs.

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\1\ No new HEAL loans.

\2\ Burden is from Subpart E--School.

Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed

information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Laura Oliven, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management

and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C.

20503.

Dated: September 11, 1997.

Jane Harrison,

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 97-24729 Filed 9-17-97; 8:45 am]

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