Notice2025-15358
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program, OMB No. 0915-0140-Revision
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August 13, 2025
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the review and approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day comment period for this notice has closed.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 13, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38982-38983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15358]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; 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 Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA
submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted
during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB
will accept further comments from the public during the review and
approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day
comment period for this notice has closed.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than September
12, 2025.
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 HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3b4b5a4b5e494c5449507b5349485a155c544d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="691908190c1b1e061b0229011b1a08470e061f">[email protected]</span></a> or call
(301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on May 15, 2025,
vol. 90, No. 93; pp. 20679-80. There were no public comments. After
publication of the 60-day notice, HRSA determined that the
Disadvantaged Background Form is not needed for purposes of this
information collection request. This determination was made because the
Nurse Corps LRP Application already verifies that at least 50 percent
of students enrolled in the school where nurse faculty participants
will serve are from a disadvantaged background. Removing this form will
decrease applicant burden and prevent confusion about program
requirements. The estimated burden table below has been revised
accordingly.
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. There is a decrease in
the estimated annual burden due to the elimination of the Disadvantaged
Background Form and fewer anticipated respondents among Nurse LRP
applicants.
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.
The estimates of reporting for applicants are as follows:
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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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
Confirmation of Interest Form................. 989 1 989 0.20 198
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Total for Applicants...................... 6,450 .............. 20,339 ........... 14,388
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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:
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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In Service Verification Form.................. 989 2 1,978 0.50 989
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.................... 989 .............. 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.... 7,439 ............... 23,694 ............ 15,554
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2025-15358 Filed 8-12-25; 8:45 am]
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