Notice2025-15348
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program and the Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program-OMB No. 0906-0058-Revision
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August 13, 2025
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
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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 154 (Wednesday, August 13, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38983-38985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15348]
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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: Substance
Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program and the
Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program--OMB No. 0906-0058--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 October
14, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aedecfdecbdcd9c1dcc5eec6dcddcf80c9c1d8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3c4c5d4c594e4b534e577c544e4f5d125b534a">[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#dbabbaabbea9acb4a9b09bb3a9a8baf5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5c2c3d2c392e2b332e371c342e2f3d723b332a">[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: Substance Use Disorder
Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program and the Pediatric
Specialty Loan Repayment Program, OMB No. 0906-0058--Revision.
Abstract: The Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery (STAR)
Loan Repayment Program (LRP) is authorized by section 781 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295h). This program allows HRSA to
provide the repayment of eligible education loans to individuals
working in an eligible full-time substance use disorder treatment job
that involves direct treatment or recovery support of patients with or
in recovery from a substance use disorder and which is located in
either a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designated for Mental
Health, or a county (or municipality, if not contained within any
county) where the average drug overdose death rate per 100,000 people
over the past 3 years for which official data is available from the
State, is higher than the most recent available national average
overdose death rate per 100,000 people, as reported by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. The Pediatric Specialty LRP is
authorized by section 775 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
295f). This program allows HRSA to provide the repayment of education
loans to eligible providers working full-time in or serving a HPSA,
medically underserved area (MUA), or medically underserved population
(MUP).
The Department of Health and Human Services agrees to make payment
of up to $250,000 for the repayment of eligible educational loans in
return for 6 years of obligated service through the STAR LRP, and up to
$100,000 in return for 3 years of obligated service through the
Pediatric Specialty LRP.
Eligible disciplines for the STAR LRP include, but are not limited
to physicians, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, marriage and family
therapists, social workers, counselors, and substance use disorder
counselors. The Pediatric Specialty LRP may make awards to applicants
participating in an accredited pediatric medical subspecialty,
pediatric surgical specialty, and child and adolescent mental health
subspecialty residency or fellowship employed as a pediatric medical
subspecialist, pediatric surgical specialist, or child and adolescent
mental health professional.
Eligible facilities or sites for the STAR LRP and Pediatric
Specialty LRP include, but are not limited to: School-Based Clinics,
Community Health Centers, Inpatient Programs/Rehabilitation Centers,
Federally
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Qualified Health Centers, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services-
approved Critical Access Hospitals, American Indian Health Facilities
(Indian Health Service Facilities, Tribally-Operated 638 Health
Programs, and Urban Indian Health Programs), inpatient rehabilitation
centers, and psychiatric facilities. STAR LRP facilities must be
located in a mental health HPSA or a county where the average drug
overdose death rate exceeds the national average, as described above.
Pediatric Specialty LRP sites must provide pediatric medical
subspecialty care, pediatric surgical specialty care, or child and
adolescent mental and behavioral health care in or to a HPSA, MUA, or
MUP. HRSA will approve and activate sites for the Pediatric Specialty
LRP if:
(1) The facility is already approved for the National Health
Service Corps, Nurse Corps, or STAR LRP and located in or serves a
HPSA, MUA or MUP; or
(2) During the Pediatric Specialty LRP application cycle, the
facility submits to HRSA the site type and the point of contact(s) to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0e5e5d51425c5e515d677a6b7d4e667c7d6f20696178"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="29797a76657b79767a405d4c5a69415b5a48074e465f">[email protected]</span></a>.
HRSA will review and approve eligible new facilities during the
respective application cycle for the STAR LRP and the Pediatric
Specialty LRP, or upon request by a STAR LRP participant. New
facilities must submit to HRSA the facility type and the recruitment
contact(s). HRSA will use the information collected to determine
eligibility of the facility for participants in the respective program.
Note: Despite the similarity in the titles, the STAR LRP is not the
existing National Health Service Corps Substance Use Disorder Workforce
LRP (OMB #0915-0127), which is authorized under Title III of the Public
Health Service Act. The STAR LRP is authorized under Title VII of the
Public Health Service Act and has different service requirements, loan
repayment protocols, and authorized employment facilities.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The need and purpose of
this information collection is to obtain information that is used to
assess an applicant's eligibility and qualifications for the STAR LRP
and the Pediatric Specialty LRP, and to obtain information for eligible
facilities or sites. Clinicians interested in participating in the STAR
LRP or the Pediatric Specialty LRP must apply to the applicable program
to participate. The forms utilized by the STAR LRP and the Pediatric
Specialty LRP include the following: the STAR LRP or Pediatric
Specialty LRP Application, respectively, the Authorization for
Disclosure of Loan Information form, the Privacy Act Release
Authorization form, and the electronic Employment Verification form, if
applicable. The forms collect information needed for selecting
participants and repaying eligible educational loans.
Additionally, health care facilities located in high overdose death
rate areas or mental health HPSAs must submit the facility type and the
site point(s) of contact(s) for HRSA to determine the facility's
eligibility to participate in the STAR LRP. Similarly, sites located in
or serving a HPSA, MUA, or MUP must submit the site type and the site
point(s) of contact(s) for HRSA to determine the sites' eligibility to
participate in the Pediatric Specialty LRP. The STAR LRP and the
Pediatric Specialty LRP application asks for personal, professional,
and financial information needed to determine the applicant's
eligibility to participate in either of the programs. In addition,
applicants must provide information regarding the loans for which
repayment is being requested.
Likely Respondents: Licensed medical, mental, and behavioral health
providers who are employed or seeking employment and are interested in
serving underserved populations; and health care facilities or sites
interested in becoming approved for the STAR LRP and/or the Pediatric
Specialty LRP.
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 for the STAR LRP
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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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STAR LRP Application........................ 1,700 1 1,700 0.50 850
Authorization for Disclosure of Loan 1,700 1 1,700 0.50 850
Information Form...........................
Privacy Act Release Authorization Form...... 1,700 1 1,700 0.50 850
Employment Verification Form................ 1,700 1 1,700 0.50 850
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Total................................... 1,700 .............. 6,800 ........... 3,400
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Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours for the Pediatric Specialty LRP
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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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Pediatric Specialty LRP Application......... 500 1 500 0.50 250
Authorization for Disclosure of Loan 500 1 500 0.50 250
Information Form...........................
Privacy Act Release Authorization Form...... 500 1 500 0.50 250
Employment Verification Form................ 500 1 500 0.50 250
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Total................................... 500 .............. 2,000 ........... 1,000
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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. 2025-15348 Filed 8-12-25; 8:45 am]
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