[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 221 (Friday, November 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67526-67527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27113]


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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)(A) 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) publishes 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 and draft instruments, e-mail [email protected] or 
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (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 or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: The Nursing Scholarship Program (NSP): Extension--
(OMB No. 0915-0301)

    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 program is administered by 
the Bureau of Clinician Recruitment and Service (BCRS) in HRSA. 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 as defined 
by the program.
    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 America 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 and 
its Territories 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 the 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 
BCRS enters the cost information into its computerized data system, 
along with the projected amount for the monthly stipend, to determine 
the amount of each scholarship award.
    The estimated annual burden is as follows:

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                                     Number of    Responses  per       Total        Hours  per     Total  burden
         Type of report             respondents      respondent      responses       response          hours
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Application.....................           4,000               1           4,000               2           8,000
In-school monitoring............             500               1             500               2           1,000

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In-service monitoring...........             600               2           1,200               1           1,200
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    Total.......................           5,100  ..............          10,200  ..............          10,200
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    E-mail comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

    Dated: November 6, 2008.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
 [FR Doc. E8-27113 Filed 11-13-08; 8:45 am]
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