Notice2025-10552
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Nurse Corps Scholarship Program
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Published
June 11, 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 111 (Wednesday, June 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24635-24636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10552]
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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 Scholarship Program
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 August 11,
2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5d2d3c2d382f2a322f361d352f2e3c733a322b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="502031203522273f223b10382223317e373f26">[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#4f3f2e3f2a3d38203d240f273d3c2e61282039"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="027263726770756d7069426a7071632c656d74">[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 Scholarship
Program, OMB No. 0915-0301--Revision.
Abstract: The Nurse Corps Scholarship Program (Nurse Corps SP),
administered by HRSA, provides scholarships to nursing students in
exchange for a minimum 2-year full-time service commitment (or part-
time equivalent), at an eligible health care facility with a critical
shortage of nurses (i.e., Critical Shortage Facility [CSF]). The
scholarship consists of payment of tuition, fees, other reasonable
educational costs, and a monthly support stipend. Program recipients
are required to fulfill Nurse Corps SP service commitments at CSFs
located in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, the
Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The Nurse Corps SP
collects data to determine an applicant's eligibility for the program,
monitor a participant's continued enrollment in a school of nursing,
monitor the participant's compliance with the Nurse Corps SP service
obligation, and prepare annual reports to Congress. The following
information will be collected (1) from the applicants to determine
their eligibility--an application form consisting of personal (such as
proof of citizenship, references, and personal essay), financial (such
as the Student Aid Index), and educational information (including
verification of acceptance and good standing, tuition costs, and
transcripts); (2) from the schools, on a quarterly basis--general
applicant and nursing school data such as full name, location, tuition/
fees, and enrollment status; (3) from the schools, on an annual basis--
data concerning tuition/fees and overall student enrollment status; and
(4) from the participants and their employing CSF on a biannual basis--
data concerning the participant's employment status, work schedule, and
leave usage.
There will be minor changes to this information collection,
including replacing ``gender'' with ``sex'' and a discontinuation of
the collection of resumes within the application as they are not used
to determine eligibility.
Likely Respondents: Nurse Corps SP applicants, participants who are
in school, graduates, educational institutions, and CSFs.
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 Corps Scholarship Program 3,300 1 3,300 2.00 6,600
Application...................
School Enrollment Verification 600 2 1,200 0.33 396
Form..........................
Confirmation of Interest Form.. 200 1 200 0.20 40
Data Collection Worksheet Form. 600 1 600 1.00 600
Graduation Close Out Form...... 200 1 200 0.17 34
Employment Verification Form... 500 2 1,000 0.42 420
In-Service Verification Form... 1,000 2 2,000 0.12 240
Verification of Acceptance Form 3,300 2 6,600 0.33 2,178
Authorization to Release 3,300 1 3,300 0.20 660
Information Form..............
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Total...................... 13,000 ............... 18,400 .............. 11,168
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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. 2025-10552 Filed 6-10-25; 8:45 am]
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