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: Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program:

Lender's Application for Insurance Claim Form and Request for

Collection Assistance Form (OMB No. 0915-0036)--Extension

This clearance request is for a revision of two forms that are

currently approved by OMB. HEAL lenders use the Lenders Application for

Insurance Claim to request payment from the Federal Government for

federally insured loans lost due to borrowers' death, disability,

bankruptcy, or default. The Lenders Application for Insurance Claim

form has been revised to reflect information necessary to approve a

claim and is substantiated in supporting documentation submitted with

each claim request. These revisions will facilitate the Department's

efforts towards electronic claim request submissions. The Request for

Collection Assistance form is used by HEAL lenders to request federal

assistance with the collection of delinquent payments from HEAL

borrowers. No changes are proposed for the Request for Collection

Assistance form.

The estimates of annualized burden are as follows:

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Number of Responses per Hours per Total burden

Form respondents respondent Total responses response hours

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Lender's Application for Insurance Claim....... 20 75 1,500 30 minutes 750

Request for Collection Assistance.............. 20 1,260 25,200 10 minutes 4,208

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Total Burden............................... 20 .............. ....................................... .............. 4,958

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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 23, 1999.

Jane Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 99-4948 Filed 2-26-99; 8:45 am]

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