[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11228-11229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03316]


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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 Faculty Loan Program, Annual Performance 
Report Financial Data Form

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

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 April 24, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, 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, in compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
    Information Collection Request Title: Nurse Faculty Loan Program, 
Annual Performance Report Financial Data Form, OMB No. 0915-0314--
Revision.
    Abstract: This collection request is for continued approval of the 
Nurse Faculty Loan Program's revised Annual Performance Report (NFLP-
APR) Financial Data Form. The form was previously titled as the Nurse 
Faculty Loan Program, Annual Operating Report (NFLP-AOR).
    Section 846A of the Public Health Service Act provides the 
Secretary of HHS with the authority to enter into an agreement with 
schools of nursing for the establishment and operation of a student 
loan fund to increase the number of qualified nurse faculty. Under the 
agreement, HRSA makes awards to schools for the NFLP loan fund, which 
must be maintained in a distinct account. A school of nursing makes 
loans from the NFLP account to students enrolled full-time or, at the 
discretion of the Secretary, part-time in a master's or doctoral 
nursing education program that will prepare them to become qualified 
nursing faculty. Following graduation from the NFLP lending school, 
loan recipients may receive up to 85 percent NFLP loan cancellation 
over a consecutive 4-year period in exchange for service as full-time 
faculty at a school of nursing. The NFLP lending school collects any 
portion of the loan that is not cancelled and any loans that go into 
repayment due to default, and deposits these monies into the NFLP loan 
fund to make additional NFLP loans.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The online NFLP-APR 
Financial Data Form is an online form in the HRSA Electronic Handbooks 
(EHBs) Performance Report module as part of the NFLP, Bureau of Health 
Workforce performance report (OMB No: 0915-0061, expiration date of 6/
30/2019). The revised NFLP-APR financial data form will collect less 
data from applicants and will no longer include nursing student 
demographic data. The nursing student demographic data is currently 
collected under OMB approval number No: 0915-0061. The revised NFLP-APR 
form will only collect financial data to capture the NFLP loan fund 
account activity related to financial receivables, disbursements, and 
borrower account data related to employment status, loan cancellation, 
loan repayment, and collections. Participating schools will provide 
HRSA with current and cumulative information on: (1) NFLP loan funds 
received, (2) number and amount of NFLP loans made, (3) number and 
amount of loans cancelled, (4) number and amount of loans in repayment, 
(5) loan default rate percent, (6) number of NFLP graduates employed as 
nurse faculty, and (7) other related loan fund costs and activities.
    The school of nursing must keep records of all NFLP loan fund

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transactions. The NFLP-APR financial data form is used to monitor 
grantee performance by collecting information related to the NFLP loan 
fund operations and financial activities for a specified reporting 
period (July 1 through June 30 of the academic year). Participating 
schools are required to complete and submit the NFLP-APR financial data 
form annually. The revised NFLP-APR financial data form will allow HRSA 
to better determine future awards to nursing schools.
    Likely Respondents: Participating NFLP schools are required to 
adhere to reporting requirements.
    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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                                                     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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Nurse Faculty Loan Program--                 260               1             260               6           1,560
 Annual Performance Report
 Financial Data Form............
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    Total Burden................             260  ..............             260  ..............           1,560
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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.

Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2017-03316 Filed 2-17-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4165-15-P