[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 145 (Monday, July 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45540-45541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18162]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) announces plans to submit an Information 
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks 
comments from the public regarding the burden estimate below, or any 
other aspect of the ICR.

DATES: Comments on this Information Collection Request must be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn 
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
draft instruments, email [email protected] or call the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information request collection title 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Advanced Education Nursing 
Traineeship (AENT) Program application.
    OMB No. 0915-XXXX--New.
    Abstract: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) 
provides advanced education nursing training grants to educational 
institutions to increase the numbers of advanced education nurses 
through the AENT Program. The AENT Program is governed by Title VIII, 
Section 811(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act, (42 U.S.C. 
296j(a)(2)), as amended by Section 5308 of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act of 2010, Public Law 111-148. This new request 
includes the Project Abstract, Program Narrative, Attachments and 
Tables. The proposed AENT Tables will include information on program 
participants such as the projected number of enrollees/trainees 
receiving traineeship support; projected number of graduates receiving 
traineeship support for the previous fiscal year; the types of programs 
they are enrolling into and/or from which enrollees/trainees are 
graduating; and the distribution of primary care nurse practitioners 
and nurse midwives who plan to practice in rural, underserved, or 
public health practice settings.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The Project Abstract is 
often distributed to provide information to the public and Congress. 
HRSA will use this information in determining the amount of traineeship 
support to be awarded per student per institution and to succinctly 
capture data for the number of projected students for determining 
eligibility for Special Consideration and Statutory Funding Preference.
    Likely Respondents: Eligible applicants are schools of nursing, 
nursing centers, academic health centers, state or local governments, 
and other public or private nonprofit entities determined appropriate 
by the Secretary that submit an application and are accredited for the 
provision of primary care nurse practitioner and nurse midwifery 
programs accredited by a national nurse education accrediting agency 
recognized by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. The 
school must be located in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, 
Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the 
Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 
or the Republic of Palau.
    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 Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below.

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                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours:
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                                                                                      Average
                                     Number of       Number of         Total        burden per     Total Burden
            Form name               respondents    responses per     responses     response  (in       hours
                                                    respondent                        hours)
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AENT Application including the               236               1             236               7           1,652
 AENT Tables and Attachments....
Total...........................             236               1             236               7           1,652
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    HRSA specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and 
utility of the proposed information collection for the proper 
performance of the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the 
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected, and (4) the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology to 
minimize the information collection burden.

Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-18162 Filed 7-26-13; 8:45 am]
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