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.

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The following request has been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995:

Proposed Project: National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Professional

Training and Information Questionnaire (PRIQ) OMB No. 0915-0208:

Revision

The Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary

Health Care, NHSC, assists medically underserved communities through

the placement of primary health care professionals in health

professional shortage areas.

The PTIQ is used to collect data related to professional issues,

family concerns, and assignment preferences from NHSC obligated

Scholarship Program Recipients including physicians, physician

assistants (PAs), nurse practitioners (NPs), certified nurse midwives

(CNMs), and other disciplines in the current year's placement cycle.

These data are used to match an individual health care professional

with the most appropriate clinical practice setting.

The PTIQ will be mailed twelve months in advance of the intended

service availability date.

The burden estimate is as follows:

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Hours per

Type of respondent Number of Responses per response Total hour

respondents respondent (minutes) burden

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Health care professionals....................... 339 1 12 68

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Total....................................... 339 .............. .............. 68

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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: July 12, 1999.

James J. Corrigan,

Associate Administrator for Management and Program Support.

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