[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45931-45932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18310]


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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: Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship 
(NAT) 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 Nurse Anesthetists through the 
NAT Program. The NAT 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, Public Law 111-148. The NAT application will use the SF-424 R&R 
Short Form which includes the Project Abstract, Program Narrative, NAT 
Attachments and the NAT Tables. The application and proposed NAT Tables 
will request information on program participants such as the number of 
enrollees, number of enrollees/trainees supported, number of graduates, 
number of graduates supported, projected data on enrollees/trainees and 
graduates 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 Nurse Anesthetists to practice in underserved, 
rural, or public health practice settings.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Funds appropriated for 
the NAT Program are distributed among eligible institutions based on a 
formula. NAT award amounts are based on enrollment and graduate data 
and two funding factors (Statutory Funding Preference and Special 
Consideration) reported on the NAT Tables. HRSA will use the data from 
the application, specifically the NAT Tables to determine the award, 
ensure programmatic compliance, and provide information to the public 
and Congress.
    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 nurse anesthesia educational program by designated 
accrediting organizations. Eligible applicants must be accredited by 
the Council on Accreditation (COA) of Nurse Anesthesia Educational 
Programs of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists. 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

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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.
    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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NAT Application including the                100               1             100               6             600
 NAT Attachments and NAT Tables.
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    Total.......................             100               1             100               6             600
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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.

    Dated: July 24, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-18310 Filed 7-29-13; 8:45 am]
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