Notice2023-04709
Agency Information Collection Activities: Public Comment Request; Nurse Faculty Loan Program-Program Specific Data Form, Annual Performance Report Financial Data Form and NFLP Due Diligence Form OMB No. 0915-0314 Revision
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Published
March 8, 2023
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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 88, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14378-14379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04709]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Public Comment Request;
Nurse Faculty Loan Program--Program Specific Data Form, Annual
Performance Report Financial Data Form and NFLP Due Diligence Form OMB
No. 0915-0314 Revision
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 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 May 8,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#651504150017120a170e250d1716044b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="502031203522273f223b10382223317e373f26">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
draft instruments, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#abdbcadbced9dcc4d9c0ebc3d9d8ca85ccc4dd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="82f2e3f2e7f0f5edf0e9c2eaf0f1e3ace5edf4">[email protected]</span></a> or call Samantha Miller,
the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at 301-594-4394.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Nurse Faculty Loan Program--Program Specific
Data Form, Annual Performance Report Financial Data Form and Nurse
Faculty Loan Program Due Diligence Form OMB No. 0915- 0314 Revision.
Abstract: This clearance request is for approval of the Nurse
Faculty Loan Program (NFLP)--Program Specific Data Form, NFLP--Annual
Performance Report (APR) Financial Data Form, and the NFLP Due
Diligence Form. The Program Specific Data Form and the NFLP-APR
Financial Data Form are currently approved under OMB Approval No. 0915-
0314, with the expiration date of August 31, 2023. The NFLP Due
Diligence Form is a new form. HRSA seeks to use the NFLP Due Diligence
Form for recipients to formally notify HRSA of any write-off amounts
due to uncollectible debt and loan cancellation due to death and
permanent/total disability. For program efficiency, HRSA is adding the
new NFLP Due Diligence Form to the current NFLP ICR under OMB No. 0915-
0314.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Section 846A of the
Public Health Service Act provides the Secretary of HHS with the
authority to enter into agreements with accredited schools of nursing
for the establishment and operation of student loan funds to increase
the number of qualified nurse faculty. Under the agreements, HRSA makes
awards to accredited schools of nursing and the schools provide loans
to students enrolled in advanced education nursing degree programs who
are committed to becoming nurse faculty. Following graduation from the
NFLP grant recipient school, NFLP borrowers may receive up to 85
percent NFLP loan cancellation over a 4-year period in exchange for
service as full-time faculty at a school of nursing. The NFLP grant
recipient school collects any portion of the loan that is not cancelled
and any loans that go into repayment and deposits these monies into the
NFLP loan fund to make additional NFLP loans.
The NFLP--Program Specific Data Form is a required electronic
attachment within the NFLP application materials. The data provided in
the form is essential for the formula-based criteria used to determine
the award amount to the applicant schools. The form collects
application related data from applicants such as the amount requested,
number of students to be funded, tuition information, and projected
unused loan fund balance. This data collection assists HRSA in
streamlining the application submission process, enabling an efficient
award determination process, and facilitating reporting on the use of
funds and analysis of program outcomes. There have been no changes to
this form.
The NFLP-APR Financial Data Form is an online form that exists in
the HRSA Electronic Handbooks Performance Report module. The NFLP-APR
Financial Data Form collects outcome and financial data to capture the
NFLP loan fund account activity related to financial receivables,
disbursements, and borrower account data related to employment status,
loan cancellation, loan repayment and collections. NFLP grant recipient
schools will provide HHS with current and cumulative information on:
(1) NFLP loan funds received, (2) number and amount of NFLP loans made,
(3) number and amount of loans cancelled, (4) number and amount of
loans in repayment, (5) loan default rate percent, (6) number of NFLP
graduates employed as nurse faculty, and (7) other related loan fund
costs and activities. NFLP grant recipient schools must keep records of
all NFLP loan fund transactions. The NFLP-APR Financial Data Form is
used to monitor grantee performance by collecting information
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related to the NFLP loan fund operations and financial activities for a
specified reporting period (July 1 through June 30 of the academic
year). NFLP grant recipient schools are required to complete and submit
the NFLP-APR Financial Data Form annually. The data provided in the
form is essential for HRSA to effectively monitor the school's use of
NFLP funds in accordance with the statute and program guidelines. There
have been no changes to this form.
The NFLP Due Diligence Form will be a required form to be completed
and submitted electronically by NFLP grant recipient schools. This form
indicates that due diligence has been exercised in the cancellation of
any remaining loan funds for NFLP borrowers due to permanent/total
disability, death, and uncollectible/bad debt write offs. The data
collected on the due diligence form will include the student borrowers
unique ID number, reason for cancelation, the amount of principal
loaned, the total amount of principal loan funds and corresponding
interest canceled, and the outstanding amount of principal/interest
being canceled or written-off. The NFLP Due Diligence Form is essential
for monitoring performance measure outcomes and to verify and validate
accuracy of information submitted on the NFLP Annual Performance
Reports.
Likely Respondents: NFLP grant recipient schools and applicants to
the NFLP program.
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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Nurse Faculty Loan Program-- 90 1 90 8 720
Program Specific Data Form.....
Nurse Faculty Loan Program-- 207 1 207 6 1242
Annual Performance Report
Financial Data Form............
Nurse Faculty Loan Program--Due- 20 1 20 1 20
Diligence Form.................
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Total Burden................ 317 3 317 15 1982
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2023-04709 Filed 3-7-23; 8:45 am]
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