Notice2026-01754
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Nurse Faculty Loan Program Forms OMB No. 0915-0314-Revision
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Published
January 29, 2026
Issuing agencies
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 91, Number 19 (Thursday, January 29, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3894-3896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-01754]
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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 Faculty Loan Program
Forms OMB No. 0915-0314--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 March 2,
2026.
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#394958495c4b4e564b5279514b4a58175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c7b7a6b7a2b5b0a8b5ac87afb5b4a6e9a0a8b1">[email protected]</span></a> or call
(301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: Nurse Faculty Loan Program
Forms, OMB No. 0915-0314--Revision.
Abstract: This clearance request seeks approval for the Nurse
Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) Forms. The forms included are the NFLP--
Program Specific Data Form, the NFLP--Annual Performance Report (APR)
Financial Data Form, and the NFLP Due Diligence Form. They are
currently approved under OMB Approval No. 0915-0314, with the
expiration date of August 31, 2026. For greater clarity and
consistency, the title of this ICR will be changed from the ``Nurse
Faculty Loan
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Program--Program Specific Data Form, Annual Performance Report
Financial Data Form, and NFLP Due Diligence Form'' to the ``Nurse
Faculty Loan Program Forms.'' In addition, the ICR will update the
NFLP--Program Specific Data Form to reflect that the National League
for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation is now an
accrediting body for graduate nursing programs.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on September 12,
2025, vol. 90, No. 175; pp. 44199-44200. There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Section 846A of the
Public Health Service Act provides the Secretary of HHS with the
authority to provide grants to accredited schools of nursing for the
establishment and operation of student loan funds to increase the
number of qualified nurse faculty. 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 of 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 an essential component of the formula-based criteria used
to determine the amount awarded 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 are no changes
to this form.
The NFLP--APR Financial Data Form is an online form that 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, and 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.
The NFLP--APR Financial Data Form is used to monitor grantee
performance by collecting information 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 are no changes to this
form.
The NFLP Due Diligence Form is a required form that is 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 borrower's
unique ID number, reason for cancellation, the amount of principal
loaned, the total amount of principal loan funds and corresponding
interest canceled, and the outstanding amount of principal/interest
that would be canceled because of death or permanent disability or
written-off as uncollectible/bad debt. 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. There are no changes to this form.
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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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 Faculty Loan Program--Program 90 1 90 8 720
Specific Data Form......................
Nurse Faculty Loan Program--Annual 207 1 207 6 1,242
Performance Report Financial Data Form..
Nurse Faculty Loan Program--Due Diligence 20 1 20 1 20
Form....................................
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Total................................ 317 .............. 317 ........... 1,982
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* The number of respondents is added up because there are three separate groups that complete forms at different
points within the grant period.
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2026-01754 Filed 1-28-26; 8:45 am]
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