[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3338-3339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00337]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request; Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship (NAT) Program

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 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 ICR should be received no later than February 
10, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N39, 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.: 0915-0374--Revision
    Abstract: 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 authorized by 
Section 811 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 296j). 
The NAT Tables request information on program participants from the 
previous year, including the number of enrollees; number of enrollees/
trainees supported; number of graduates; number of graduates supported; 
projected data on the number of enrollees/trainees and graduates; the 
degree program (Master's and Doctoral) the Nurse Anesthesia student 
trainees are enrolling into and/or from which enrollees/trainees are 
graduating; and the distribution of Nurse Anesthetists who practice in 
underserved, rural, and/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, as permitted by PHS Act Section 806(e)(1). HRSA uses the data 
from the NAT Tables to determine the award amount, ensure compliance 
with programmatic and grant requirements, and provide information to 
the public and Congress.
    HRSA is streamlining the data collection forms from three tables to 
two tables by making the following changes:
     Table 1--NAT: Enrollment, Traineeship Support, Graduates, 
Graduates Supported, and Projected Data will no longer capture data by 
students in the first 12 months of study and students beyond the first 
12 months of study in the program. Data will continue to be captured by 
Master's and Doctoral students.
     Table 2A--NAT: Graduate Data-- Rural, Underserved, or 
Public Health is now Table 2 due to the elimination of Table 2B. There 
are no other changes to this form.
     Table 2B--NAT: Graduates Supported by Traineeship Data--
Rural, Underserved, or Public Health (7/01/15-6/30/16) will be 
discontinued.
    Rationale: The NAT Program Specific Data Forms will be revised to 
streamline the process and capture only essential data for use in the 
formula calculation, ensure grantee compliance, and measure and 
evaluate the program.
    Likely Respondents: Eligible applicants are education programs that 
provide registered nurses with full-time nurse anesthesia education and 
are accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA) of Nurse 
Anesthesia Educational Programs. Such programs may include schools of 
nursing, nursing centers, academic health centers, state or local 
governments, and other public or private nonprofit entities authorized 
by the Secretary to confer degrees to registered nurses for full-time 
nurse anesthesia education. Faith-based and community-based 
organizations, Tribes, and tribal organizations may apply for these 
funds if otherwise eligible. In addition to 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 may apply.
    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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                                                     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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Table 1: NAT: Enrollment,                    100               1             100             3.4             340
 Traineeship Support, Graduate,
 Graduates Supported and
 Projected Data.................
Table 2--NAT: Graduate Data--                100               1             100            2.78             278
 Rural, Underserved, or Public
 Health.........................
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    Total.......................           * 100  ..............             100  ..............             618
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* The same respondents are completing Table 1 and Table 2.


Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2017-00337 Filed 1-10-17; 8:45 am]
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