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: Health Professions Student Loan (HPSL) and

Nursing Student Loan (NSL) Programs: Forms (OMB No. 0915-0044)--

Revision

The HPSL Program provides long-term, low-interest loans to students

attending schools of medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry,

veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatric medicine, and pharmacy. The

NSL Program provides long-term, low-interest loans to students who

attend eligible schools of nursing in programs leading to a diploma in

nursing, an associate degree, a baccalaureate degree, or a graduate

degree in nursing. Participating HPSL and NSL schools are responsible

for determining eligibility of applicants, making loans, and collecting

monies owed by borrowers on their outstanding loans. The deferment form

(HRSA form 519) provides the schools with documentation of a borrower's

eligibility for deferment. The Annual Operating Report (AOR--HRSA form

501) provides the Federal Government with information from

participating and non-participating schools (schools that are no longer

granting loans but are required to report and maintain program records,

student records, and repayment records until all student loans are

repaid in full and all monies due the Federal Government are returned)

relating to HPSL and NSL program operations and financial activities.

The estimate of burden is as follows:

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Number of Response per Total annual Hours per Total burden

Form No. respondents response respondents respondents hours

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Defer-HRSA-519.................. 10,358 1 10,358 \1\ 10 1,726

AOR-HRSA-501.................... 1,302 1 1,302 \2\ 4 5,208

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Total Burden................ 11,660 .............. 11,660 .............. 6,934

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\1\ Minutes.

\2\ Hours.

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, D.C. 20503.

Dated: September 30, 1999.

Jane Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 99-26225 Filed 10-7-99; 8:45 am]

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