Notice2022-27696
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request Information Collection Request Title: Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program; OMB No. 0915-0140 Extension
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Published
December 21, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the ICR.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78114-78115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27696]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request Information Collection Request Title: Nurse
Corps Loan Repayment Program; OMB No. 0915-0140 Extension
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the
public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the
ICR.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than January
20, 2023.
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 Samantha Miller, the acting
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3e4e5f4e5b4c49514c557e564c4d5f10595148"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="324253425740455d4059725a4041531c555d44">[email protected]</span></a> or
call 301-594-4394.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Nurse Corps Loan Repayment
Program (Nurse Corps LRP), OMB No. 0915-0140--Extension.
Abstract: The Nurse Corps LRP assists in the recruitment and
retention of professional Registered Nurses (RNs), including Advanced
Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs), by decreasing the financial
barriers associated with pursuing a nursing education. RNs in this
instance include APRNs (e.g., nurse practitioners, certified registered
nurse anesthetists, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse
specialists) dedicated to working at eligible health care facilities
with a critical shortage of nurses (i.e., a Critical Shortage Facility)
or working as nurse faculty in eligible, accredited schools of nursing.
The Nurse Corps LRP provides loan repayment assistance to these nurses
to repay a portion of their qualifying educational loans in exchange
for full-time service at a public or private Critical Shortage Facility
or in an eligible, accredited school of nursing.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on September 29,
2022, vol. 87, No. 188; pp. 59106-07. There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Individuals must submit
an application in order to participate in the program. The application
asks for personal, professional, educational, and financial information
required to determine the applicant's eligibility to participate in the
Nurse Corps LRP. This information collection is used by the Nurse Corps
program to make award decisions about Nurse Corps LRP applicants and to
monitor a participant's compliance with the program's service
requirements. The Nurse Corps LRP is requesting an extension and is
seeking to use the previously approved forms.
Likely Respondents: Professional RNs or APRNs who are interested in
participating in the Nurse Corps LRP, and official representatives at
their service sites.
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 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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Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per responses response (in hours
respondent hours)
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Nurse Corps LRP Application *... 7,100 1 7,100 2.00 14,200
Authorization to Release 7,100 1 7,100 .10 710
Information Form **............
Employment Verification Form **. 7,100 1 7,100 .10 710
Disadvantaged Background Form... 450 1 450 .20 90
Confirmation of Interest Form... 500 1 500 .20 100
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Total for Applicants........ 22,250 .............. 22,250 .............. 15,810
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* The burden hours associated with this instrument account for both new and continuation applications.
Additional (uploaded) supporting documentation is included as part of this instrument and reflected in the
burden hours.
** The same respondents are completing these instruments.
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The estimates of reporting for Participants are as follows:
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Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per responses response (in hours
respondent hours)
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Participant Semi-Annual In 500 2 1,000 .50 500
Service Verification Form......
Nurse Corps Critical Shortage 500 1 500 .10 50
Facility.......................
Verification Form...............
Nurse Corps Nurse Faculty 450 1 450 .20 90
Employment Verification Form...
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Total for Participants...... 1,450 .............. 1,950 .............. 640
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Total for Applicants and 23,700 .............. 24,200 .............. 16,450
Participants...........
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* The 16,450 figure is a combination of burden hours for applicants and participants. This revision adds an
additional form (the Disadvantaged Background Form).
HRSA specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and
utility of the proposed information collection for the proper
performance of the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected, and (4) the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection burden.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2022-27696 Filed 12-20-22; 8:45 am]
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