[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 192 (Thursday, October 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61366-61367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24269]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments 
submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided 
to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the 
review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received within 30 days of this 
notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the Information Collection 
Request Title, to the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance 
requests submitted to OMB for review, email the HRSA Information 
Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or call (301) 443-
1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    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 collegiate 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, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana 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 ICR are summarized in the table below.

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                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
    Type of respondent           Form name           Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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Grantee..................  NAT Application                   100               1            4.02             402
                            including
                            attachments.
Grantee..................  Table 1--NAT:                     100               1            3.40             340
                            Enrollment,
                            Traineeship Support,
                            Graduate, Graduates
                            Supported, and
                            Projected Data.
Grantee..................  Table 2A--NAT:                    100               1            2.78             278
                            Graduate Data--
                            Rural, Underserved,
                            or Public Health (7/
                            01/XX-6/30/XX).
Grantee..................  Table 2B--NAT:                    100               1            1.84             184
                            Graduates Supported
                            by Traineeship Data--
                            Rural, Underserved,
                            or Public Health (7/
                            01/XX-6/30/XX).
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    Total................  .....................             100  ..............  ..............            1204
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    Dated: September 26, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-24269 Filed 10-2-13; 8:45 am]
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