[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 48164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16186]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources And Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) will publish periodic summaries of proposed 
projects being developed for submission to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more 
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-
1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques of other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: The Nursing Scholarship Program (NSP): NEW

    The Nursing Scholarship Program (NSP or ``Nursing Scholarship'') is 
a competitive Federal program which awards scholarships to individuals 
for attendance at schools of nursing. The scholarship consists of 
payment of tuition, fees, other reasonable educational costs, and a 
monthly support stipend. In return, the students agree to provide a 
minimum of 2 years of full-time clinical service (or an equivalent 
part-time commitment, as approved by the NSP) at a health care facility 
with a critical shortage of nurses.
    Nursing scholarship recipients must be willing and are required to 
fulfill their NSP service commitment at a health care facility with a 
critical shortage of nurses in the United States, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Territory of Guam, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the 
Territory of American Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands or the Federated States of Micronesia. Students who 
are uncertain of their commitment to provide nursing in a health care 
facility with a critical shortage of nurses in the United States are 
advised not to participate in this program.
    The NSP needs to collect data to determine an applicant's 
eligibility for the program, to monitor a participant's continued 
enrollment in a school of nursing, to monitor a participant's 
compliance with the NSP service obligation, and to obtain data on its 
program to ensure compliance with legislative mandates and prepare 
annual reports to Congress. The following information will be 
collected: (1) From the applicants and/or the schools, general 
applicant and nursing school data such as full name, location, tuition/
fees, and enrollment status; (2) from the schools, on an annual basis, 
data concerning tuition/fees and student enrollment status; and (3) 
from the participants and their health care facilities with a critical 
shortage of nurses, on a biannual basis, data concerning the 
participant's employment status, work schedule and leave usage.

                                       The Estimated Burden is as Follows:
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                                                      Average
                                     Number of       number of         Total         Hours per     Total burden
         Type of report             respondents    responses per     responses       response          hours
                                                    respondents
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Application.....................           4,000               1           4,000               2           8,000
In-school monitoring............             500             500               1               2           1,000
In-service monitoring...........             600             300               2               1             600
Total...........................           4,800  ..............  ..............  ..............           9,600
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 10-33 Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857. Written comments should be received with 60 days of 
this notice.

    Dated: August 10, 2005.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 05-16186 Filed 8-15-05; 8:45 am]
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