Notice2024-07590
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; The National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Programs
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Published
April 10, 2024
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the review and approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day comment period for this notice has closed.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25272-25273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07590]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; The National Health
Service Corps Loan Repayment Programs
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA
submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted
during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB
will accept further comments from the public during the review and
approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day
comment period for this notice has closed.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than May 10,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Joella Roland, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#522233223720253d2039123a2021337c353d24"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b0c0d1c0d5c2c7dfc2dbf0d8c2c3d19ed7dfc6">[email protected]</span></a> or call
(301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: The National Health Service
Corps Loan Repayment Programs, OMB No. 0915-0127--Revision
Abstract: The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment
Program (LRP) was established to assure an adequate supply of trained
primary care health professionals to provide services in Health
Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) of the United States with the
greatest need. The NHSC Substance Use Disorder Workforce LRP and the
NHSC Rural Community LRP were established to recruit and retain a
health professional workforce with specific training and credentials to
provide evidence-based substance use disorder treatment in HPSAs. Under
these programs, HHS agrees to repay the qualifying educational loans of
selected primary care health professionals. In return, the health
professionals agree to serve for a specified period of time in an NHSC-
approved site located in a federally-designated HPSA approved by the
Secretary of HHS for LRP participants.
The forms used by each LRP include the following: (1) the NHSC LRP
Application; (2) the Authorization for Disclosure of Loan Information
Form; (3) the Privacy Act Release Authorization Form, and, if
applicable; (4) the Verification of Disadvantaged Background Form; (5)
the Private Practice Option Form; (6) the NHSC Comprehensive Behavioral
Health Services Checklist; (7) the NHSC Spanish Language Assessment
Proficiency Test Form; and (8) the NHSC Site Application. The first
four of these NHSC LRP forms collect information that is needed for
selecting participants and repaying qualifying educational loans. The
Private Practice Option and Spanish Language Assessment forms are
needed to collect
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information from applicants who wish to be considered for those
options. The NHSC Comprehensive Behavioral Health Services Checklist
collects information to ascertain whether behavioral health providers
are practicing in a community-based setting that provides access to
comprehensive behavioral health services. The NHSC Site Application
collects information used for determining the eligibility of sites for
the assignment of NHSC health professionals and to verify the need for
NHSC clinicians.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on January 23,
2024, vol. 88, No. 249; pp. 90191-92. There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The need and proposed use
of this information collection is to assess an LRP applicant's
eligibility and qualifications for the LRP, and to determine LRP
applicants' Spanish language proficiency if relevant to their
application, and to obtain information for NHSC site applicants. The
NHSC LRP application asks for personal, professional, and financial/
loan information.
Likely Respondents: Likely respondents include licensed primary
care medical, dental, and behavioral health providers who are employed
or seeking employment and are interested in serving underserved
populations.
Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the
information requested. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for
this ICR are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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NHSC LRP Application........... 9,020 1 9,020 1.00 9,020
Authorization for Disclosure of 7,150 1 7,150 0.10 715
Loan Information Form.........
Privacy Act Release 303 1 303 0.10 30
Authorization Form............
Verification of Disadvantaged 660 1 660 0.50 330
Background Form...............
Private Practice Option Form... 330 1 330 0.10 33
NHSC Comprehensive Behavioral 4,400 1 4,400 0.13 572
Health Services Checklist.....
NHSC Spanish Language 3,006 1 3,006 0.50 1,503
Assessment Proficiency Test
Form..........................
NHSC Site Application 4,070 1 4,070 0.50 2,035
(including recertification)...
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Total...................... 28,939 .............. 28,939 ............... 14,238
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-07590 Filed 4-9-24; 8:45 am]
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