Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Information Collection: Application for Participation in the IHS Scholarship Program
| Citation | 85 FR 16636 |
| Record Number | 2020-06140 |
| Published date | 24 March 2020 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Indian Health Service |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 57 (Tuesday, March 24, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16636-16637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06140]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Information Collection:
Application for Participation in the IHS Scholarship Program
AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments. Request for extension of
approval.
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SUMMARY: In compliance the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the
Indian Health Service (IHS) invites the general public to comment on
the information collection titled, ``Application for Participation in
the IHS Scholarship Program,'' Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Control No. 0917-0006. IHS is requesting OMB to approve an extension
for this collection, which expires on March 31, 2020. This proposed
information collection project was previously published in the Federal
Register on December 17, 2019, and allowed 60 days for public comment,
as required by the PRA. The IHS received no comments regarding this
collection. The purpose of this notice is to allow 30 days for public
comment to be submitted directly to OMB.
DATES: Comment Due Date: April 23, 2020. Your comments regarding this
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information collection are best assured of having full effect if
received within 30 days of the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: Direct Your Comments to OMB: Send your comments and
suggestions regarding the proposed information collection contained in
this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and
associated response time to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of
Regulatory Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for IHS.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection
Title: ``Application for Participation in the IHS Scholarship
Program,'' OMB Control No. 0917-0006. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of the currently approved information collection
``Application for Participation in the IHS Scholarship Program,'' OMB
Control No. 0917-0006. Form Number(s): IHS-856-07 through 856-16, IHS-
856-19 through 856-23, IHS-817, and IHS-818 are retained for use by the
IHS Scholarship Program (IHSSP) as part of this current Information
Collection Request. Reporting forms are found on the IHS website at
www.ihs.gov/scholarship. Forms IHS-856-03, IHS-856-05, and IHS-856-06
have been moved to the online application process and can be found at
www.ihs.gov/scholarship/applynow/. Need and Use of Information
Collection: The IHS Scholarship Branch needs this information for
program administration and uses the information to: solicit, process,
and award IHS Pre-graduate, Preparatory, and/or Health Professions
Scholarship recipients; monitor the academic performance of recipients;
and to place recipients at payback sites. The IHSSP application is
electronically available on the internet at the IHS website at: http://www.ihs.gov/scholarship/applynow/. Affected Public: Individuals, not-
for-profit institutions and State, local or Tribal Governments. Type of
Respondents: Students pursuing health care professions.
The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments,
Estimated number of respondents, Number of responses per respondent,
Annual number of responses, Average burden hour per response, and Total
annual burden hours.
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Number of Responses per Total annual Annual burden
Data collection instrument(s) respondents respondent response Burden hour per response * hours
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Scholarship Online Application................. 850 1 850 1.00 (60 min).......................... 850
Verification of Acceptance or Decline of Award 300 1 300 0.13 ( 8 min).......................... 39
(IHS-856-7).
Recipient's Initial Program Progress Report 800 1 800 0.13 ( 8 min).......................... 104
(IHS-856-8).
Notification of Academic Problem (IHS-856-9)... 20 1 20 0.13 ( 8 min).......................... 3
Change of Status (IHS-856-10).................. 50 1 50 .045 (25 min).......................... 21
Request for Approval of Deferment (IHS-856-11). 60 1 60 0.13 ( 8 min).......................... 8
Preferred Placement (IHS-856-12)............... 150 1 150 0.50 (30 min).......................... 75
Notice of Impending Graduation (IHS-856-13).... 170 1 170 0.17 (10 min).......................... 28
Notification of Deferment Program (IHS-856-14). 60 1 60 0.13 (8 min)........................... 8
Placement Update (IHS-856-15).................. 170 1 170 0.18 (11 min).......................... 31
Annual Status Report (IHS-856-16).............. 200 1 200 0.25 (15 min).......................... 50
Lost Stipend Payment (IHS-856-19).............. 10 1 10 0.13 ( 8 min).......................... 2
Summer School Request (IHS-856-21)............. 100 1 100 0.10 ( 6 min).......................... 10
Change of Name or Address (IHS-856-22)......... 20 1 20 0.13 (8 min)........................... 3
Request for Credit Validation (IHS-856-23)..... 30 1 30 0.10 (6 min)........................... 3
Scholarship Program Agreement (IHS-817)........ 60 1 60 0.16 (10 min).......................... 10
Health Professions Contract (IHS-818).......... 225 1 225 0.16 (10 min).......................... 38
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Total...................................... .............. .............. 3,275 ....................................... 1,283
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.
There are no direct costs to respondents other than their time to
voluntarily complete the forms and submit them for consideration. The
estimated cost for the federal government is $145,223.00 (contractor)
to work on the program with IHS program staff.
Requests for Comments: The IHS requests your comments on this
collection concerning: (a) The necessity of this information collection
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of the burden (hours and cost) of the
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (c) ways we could enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways we could
minimize the burden of the collection of the information on the
respondents.
Michael D. Weahkee,
Assistant Surgeon General, RADM, U.S. Public Health Service, Principal
Deputy Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-06140 Filed 3-23-20; 8:45 am]
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