[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 192 (Thursday, October 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61368-61369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24308]


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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: 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)). This new request includes the Project Abstract, Program 
Narrative, Attachments and Tables. The proposed AENT Tables will 
include data on the distribution of graduates from the organization who 
are working in rural, underserved, or public health settings, as well 
as the distribution of graduates who received traineeship support and 
are working in rural, underserved, or public health settings; and the 
number of projected students to receive traineeship support by their 
enrollment status (full-time or part-time), the degree program 
(master's, post-nursing master's certificate or doctoral) and the 
specialty they are enrolled in (nurse practitioner or nurse

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midwifery) by budget year one and by budget year two.
    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 gathered from the tables 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 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, American 
Samoa, 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.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of        Number        burden per      Total hour
    Type of  respondent           Form name         respondents   responses  per   response  (in      burden
                                                                     respondent       hours)
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Grantee...................  AENT application and              70               1            49.2            3444
                             attachments.
Grantee...................  Table 1a: Rural,                  70               1            3.19             223
                             Underserved, or
                             Public health
                             Practice Settings:
                             Graduate Data.
Grantee...................  Table 1b: Rural,                  70               1            3.19             223
                             Underserved, or
                             Public health
                             Practice Settings:
                             Graduates Supported
                             Data.
Grantee...................  Table 2a: Number of               70               1             3.1             217
                             Projected Master
                             Degree and Post
                             Nursing Master's
                             Certificate Student
                             to Receive
                             Traineeship Support
                             by Role (budget
                             year 1 and budget
                             year 2).
Grantee...................  Table 2b: Number of               70               1             3.1             217
                             Projected Doctoral
                             (PhD and/or DNP)
                             Degree Nursing
                             Students to Receive
                             Traineeship Support
                             by Role (budget
                             year 1 and budget
                             year 2).
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    Total.................  ....................              70  ..............  ..............            4324
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    Dated: September 26, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-24308 Filed 10-2-13; 8:45 am]
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