[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2383-2384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00277]


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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; Advanced Education Nursing 
Traineeship (AENT) Program Specific Data Collection Forms

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, 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 no later than February 
8, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the ICR 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 Specific Data Collection Forms for Use with 
the New Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) Program.

OMB No. 0915-0375--Revision

    Abstract: The Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) Program 
is a new program that incorporates elements of HRSA's Advanced 
Education Nursing Traineeship (AENT) and Advanced Nursing Education 
(ANE) programs. The current OMB approved Program Specific Data 
Collection Forms for the former AENT Program will be simplified and 
used for the ANEW program. HRSA provides advanced education nursing 
grants to educational institutions to increase the numbers of advanced 
education nurses through the ANEW Program. The ANEW Program is 
authorized by Title VIII, Section 811 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 296j). This renewal with revision request includes the 
Project Abstract, Program Narrative, Attachments, and Tables. The 
proposed ANEW Tables are very similar to the previous AENT Tables and 
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 (NP), primary care clinical nurse 
specialists (CNS); and nurse-midwives who plan to practice in rural and 
underserved settings. To reduce the reporting burden for applicants, 
HRSA simplified the Tables to focus on the types of providers and 
practice settings that are included in the statute in order to 
determine whether applicants qualify for the preference or special 
consideration in making awards for this program.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA will use this 
information in determining the eligibility for the statutory funding 
preference and special consideration, and to succinctly capture data 
for the number of projected students for subsequent years in the 
project period.
    Likely Respondents: Likely respondents are potential applicants for 
the ANEW program. Eligible applicants for the ANEW program include 
entities that provide registered nurses with primary care NP, primary 
CNS, and nurse-midwife education. Such programs may include accredited 
schools of nursing, nursing centers, academic health centers, state or 
local governments, and other public or private nonprofit entities 
authorized by the Secretary of HHS to confer degrees to registered 
nurses for primary care NP, primary care CNS, or nurse-midwife 
education. Federally recognized Indian Tribal Government and Native 
American Organizations as well as faith-based or community-based 
organizations may apply if they are otherwise eligible.
    Eligible state government entities include 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, 
and 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 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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                                                                                         Number of                      Average  burden
                             Form name                                  Number of      responses per        Total        per  response     Total burden
                                                                       respondents       respondent       responses        (in hours)         hours
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ANEW Application including the ANEW Program Specific Tables and                 236                1              236                7            1,652
 Attachments.......................................................
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    Total..........................................................             236                1              236                7            1,652
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Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2017-00277 Filed 1-6-17; 8:45 am]
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