Notice2025-08610
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program, OMB No. 0915-0140-Revision
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May 15, 2025
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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 90, Number 93 (Thursday, May 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20679-20680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08610]
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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--Revision
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 July 14,
2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3a4a5b4a5f484d5548517a5248495b145d554c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a3d3c2d3c6d1d4ccd1c8e3cbd1d0c28dc4ccd5">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14NWH04, 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#443425342136332b362f042c3637256a232b32"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="423223322730352d3029022a3031236c252d34">[email protected]</span></a> or call Samantha Miller,
the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at (301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Nurse Corps Loan Repayment
Program, OMB No. 0915-0140--Revision.
Abstract: The Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program (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 a minimum of 2 years of full-time
service at a public or private Critical Shortage Facility or in an
eligible, accredited school of nursing.
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. An Employment Verification Form verifies the
applicant's name and address of the Critical Shortage Facility or
eligible school of nursing where they will serve their service
commitment, which must be completed by the appropriate official or
authorized point of contact at the Critical shortage Facility or school
of nursing. 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 a revision and is
seeking to use the previously approved forms. The revisions are because
of a decrease in the annualized burden due to a fewer number of
anticipated respondents.
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 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: The estimates of reporting
for applicants are as follows:
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Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Total
Form name respondents responses per responses response burden
respondent (in hours) hours
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Nurse Corps LRP Application *................ 6,450 1 6,450 2.00 12,900
Authorization to Release Information Form **. 6,450 1 6,450 0.10 645
Employment Verification Form **.............. 6,450 1 6,450 0.10 645
Disadvantaged Background Form................ 388 1 388 0.20 78
Confirmation of Interest Form................ 989 1 989 0.20 198
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Total for Applicants..................... 20,727 ............... 20,727 ........... 14,466
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*The burden hours associated with this instrument account for both new and continuation applications.
**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
Form name respondents responses per responses response burden
respondent (in hours) hours
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Participant Semi-Annual In Service 989 2 1,978 0.50 989
Verification Form...........................
Nurse Corps Critical Shortage Facility 989 1 989 0.10 99
Verification Form...........................
Nurse Corps Nurse Faculty Employment 388 1 388 0.20 78
Verification Form...........................
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Total for Participants................... 2,366 ............... 3,355 ........... 1,166
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The total estimates for Applicants and Participants are as follows:
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Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Total
Form name respondents responses per responses response (in burden
respondent hours) hours
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Total for Applicants and Participants.. 23,093 ................ 24,082 ............ 15,632
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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. 2025-08610 Filed 5-14-25; 8:45 am]
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