[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9349-9350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3125]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301)-443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

Proposed Project: The Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program 
Application (OMB No. 0915-0140)--Revision

    This is a request for revision of the application form for the 
Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program (NELRP). The NELRP was 
originally authorized by 42 U.S.C. 297b(h) (section 836(h) of the 
Public Health Service Act) as amended by Pub. L. 100-607, November 4, 
1988. The NELRP is currently authorized by 42 U.S.C. 297(n) (section 
846 of the Public Health Service Act) as amended by Pub. L. 102-408, 
October 13, 1992.
    Under the NELRP, registered nurses are offered the opportunity to 
enter into a contractual agreement with the Secretary, under which the 
Public Health Service agrees to repay the nurses' indebtedness for 
nursing education. In exchange, the nurses agree to serve for a 
specified period of time in certain types of health facilities 
identified in the statute.
    Nurse educational loan repayment contracts will be approved by the 
Secretary for eligible nurses who have incurred previous monetary 
indebtedness by accepting a loan for nursing education costs from a 
bank, credit union, savings and loan association, Government agency or 
program, school, or other lender that meets NELRP criteria. Approval is 
requested for the application form. The application form requires 
information from two types of respondents:
    a. Applicants must provide information on the proposed service site 
and on all nursing education loans for which reimbursement is 
requested, and
    b. For those applicants accepted into the NELRP, lenders must 
provide information on loan status for all loans accepted for 
repayment.

                                       Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden
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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Total burden
           Form/regulatory requirement              respondents     respondents      response          hours
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NELRP Application...............................           1,000               1               1           1,000
Loan Verification Form..........................              50               4             .25              50

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Total...........................................           1,050  ..............  ..............           1,050
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
John Morrall, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: February 1, 2001.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 01-3125 Filed 2-6-01; 8:45 am]
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