# Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A98-10657 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** April 22, 1998 - **Citation:** 63 FR 19927 ## Text DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources and Services Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1891. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Proposed Project: The Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program: Refinancing Loan Application/Promissory Note--NEW. The HEAL program provides federally-insured loans to students in schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatric medicine, pharmacy, public health, chiropractic, or allied health, and graduate students in health administration or clinical psychology. Eligible lenders, such as banks, State agencies, and HEAL schools make HEAL loans which are insured by the Federal Government against loss due to the borrower's death, disability, bankruptcy, and default. The basic purpose of the program is to assure the availability of funds for loans to eligible students who need to borrow money to pay for their educational costs. In July 1993 the HEAL refinancing program was implemented. This allowed HEAL borrowers who had graduated to refinance all of their HEAL loans into one new HEAL loan, often times at better rates and provisions than their original loans. A new combined HEAL refinancing loan application/promissory note is being developed for lenders. Previously, the standard HEAL student application form (HRSA-700) and promissory note (HRSA 500-3) were used by lenders to process the loan refinancing. The application contained items that were not needed for refinancing loans. Some lenders combined the two forms into one application/promissory note using all appropriate items from each form. Because of the successful use of the combined form developed by the lenders, and the Department's desire to make the refinancing process easier for all parties concerned, the Department has developed an official combined form. In addition, certain items that were previously required of the borrower (e.g., citizenship, date of birth, delinquent and default responses, etc.) were deleted since they are presently available to the lenders and the Department from other sources. The estimate of burden for the new refinancing loan application/ promissory note form per year is as follows: [[Page 19928]] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Burden per Type of respondent No. of Responses per Total number response Total burden respondents respondent of responses (minutes) hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Applicants...................... 2,800 1 2,800 12 560 Lenders......................... 9 311 2,800 30 1,400 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total....................... 2,809 .............. 5,600 .............. 1,960 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send comments to Lyman Van Nostrand, HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice. Dated: April 16, 1998. Jane Harrison, Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination. [FR Doc. 98-10657 Filed 4-21-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-15-U --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A98-10657. Public record. Not legal advice.