[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60378-60379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20940]


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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 (OMB), 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 OMB 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 Nursing Education Loan 
Repayment Program (NELRP) application and participant monitoring forms. 
The NELRP was originally authorized by 42 U.S.C. 297b(h) (section 
836(h) of the Public Health Service Act) as amended by Public Law 100-
607, November 4, 1988. The NELRP is currently authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
297n (section 846 of the Public Health Service Act) as amended by 
Public Law 107-205, August 1, 2002.
    Under the NELRP, registered nurses are offered the opportunity to 
enter into a contractual agreement with the Secretary to receive loan 
repayment for up to 85 percent of their qualifying educational loan 
balance as follows: 30

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percent each year for the first 2 years and 25 percent for the third 
year. In exchange, the nurses agree to serve full-time as a registered 
nurse for 2 or 3 years at a health care facility with a critical 
shortage of nurses.
    NELRP requires the following information:
    1. Applicants must provide information on their nursing education, 
employment, and proposed service site;
    2. Applicants must provide information on their outstanding nursing 
educational loans;
    3. Applicants must provide banking information from their financial 
institution; and
    4. Employers must provide information on the health care facility 
and on the employment status of applicants and participants.

                        Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden Are as Follows for Applicants
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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
              Form                  respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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NELRP Application...............           5,000               1           5,000             1.5           7,500
Loan Verification Form..........           5,000               3          15,000               1          15,000
Applicant Employment                       5,000               1           5,000              .5           2,500
 Verification Form..............
Payment Information Form........           5,000               1           5,000               1           5,000
Application Checklist...........           5,000               1           5,000              .5           2,500
Pre-Award Confirmation Checklist             600               1             600             .25             150
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    Total.......................           5,000  ..............          35,600  ..............          32,650
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                       Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden Are as Follows for Participants
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Participant semi-annual                    1,300               2           2,600              .5           1,300
 employment verification form...
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    Total.......................           1,300               2           2,600              .5           1,300
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to 
the desk officer for HRSA, either by e-mail to [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974. Please direct all 
correspondence to the ``attention of the desk officer for HRSA.''

    Dated: October 17, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E7-20940 Filed 10-23-07; 8:45 am]
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