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: National Health Service Corps Waiver Request

Worksheets--In Use Without Approval

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

Primary Health Care (BPHC) assists underserved communities through the

development, recruitment and retention of primary health care

clinicians dedicated to serving people in health professional shortage

areas. The Public Health Service Act, Section 334 (b) contains

provisions which permit a waiver of the reimbursement requirement for

entities which are assigned Corps members. The Waiver Request

Worksheets are used to collect the necessary information from sites

which are requesting a waiver of the mandated reimbursable costs.

Estimates of the annualized reporting burden are as follows:

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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total hour

Form respondents respondent responses response burden

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Billing form................. 750 1 750 15 minutes 188

Budget form.................. 450 1 450 1 450

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Total.................... .............. .............. 1,200 ................. 638

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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: March 17, 1999.

Jane Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 99-6951 Filed 3-22-99; 8:45 am]

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