Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request,

[Federal Register: June 15, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 114)]

[Notices]

[Page 32674-32675]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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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, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will publish 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) 443-1129.

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: Disadvantaged Assistance Tracking and Outcome Report (New)

The Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) and the Centers of Excellence (COE) Program (sections 740 and 739 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, respectively) provide opportunities for under- represented minorities and disadvantaged individuals to enter and graduate from health professions schools. The Disadvantaged Assistance Tracking and Outcome Report (DATOR) will be used to track program participants through the health professions pathway to a health professions practice outcome. The current inability to track students' education progression in the health professions is a major impediment in assessing the outcome of these programs. There is no identifier used that transcends the various education levels, professional disciplines, and educational institutions.

The DATOR, to be completed annually by HCOP and COE grantees, includes basic data on student participants (name, social security number, gender, race/ethnicity; targeted health professions, their status in the educational pipeline from pre-professional through professional training; financial assistance received through the grants funded under sections 739 and 740 of the PHS Act in the form of stipends, fellowships or per diem; and their employment or practice setting following their entry into the health care work force).

The proposed reporting instrument is not expected to add significantly to the grantees reporting burden. This reporting instrument complements the grantees internal automated reporting mechanisms of using name and social security number in tracking students. Estimates of annualized burden are as follows:

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Number of Responses per Hours per Total burden Type of report

respondents respondent

response

hours

Disadvantaged Assistance Tracking Outcome

Report (DATOR).............................

200

1

10

2,000

Send comments to the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 14-36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857; telephone number (301) 443-1129. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this Notice.

Dated: June 5, 1998. Jane Harrison, Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 98-15764Filed6-12-98; 8:45 am]

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