Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request

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) publishes 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: National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Professional

Training and Information Questionnaire (PTIQ) 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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Number of Responses per Total hour

Type of respondent respondents respondent Hours per response burden

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Health care professionals......... 377 1 12 minutes 76

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Total......................... 377 76

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Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., 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: February 12, 1999.

Jane Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 99-4109 Filed 2-18-99; 8:45 am]

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