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: Application for NHSC Recruitment and Retention

Assistance (in Use Without Approval)

The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) of the HRSA's Bureau of

Primary Health Care assists underserved communities through the

development, recruitment, and retention of primary health care

clinicians dedicated to serving people in health professional shortage

areas.

The Application for NHSC Recruitment and Retention Assistance

submitted by sites or clinicians requests information on the practice

site, sponsoring agency, recruitment contact, staffing levels, service

users, site's 5-year infant mortality or low birth rate averages, and

next nearest site. The information on the application is used for

determining eligibility of sites and to verify the need for NHSC

providers. Sites must submit applications annually or when they need a

provider.

Estimates of annualized reporting burden are as follows:

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Number of Responses per Hours per Total burden

Type of report respondents respondent response hour

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Application................................. 1,000 1 .75 750

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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed

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

Wendy A. Taylor, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of

Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: October 23, 1998.

Jane Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 98-29112 Filed 10-29-98; 8:45 am]

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