[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19068-19069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08297]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

[OMB No. 0915-0314]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Information Collection 
Request Title: Nurse Faculty Loan Program, Annual Performance Report 
Financial Data Form; Revision

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 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 May 25, 
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: 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 
(NFLP), Annual Performance Report Financial Data Form, OMB No. 0915-
0314--Revision.
    Abstract: This clearance request is for approval of a revision to 
the Nurse Faculty Loan Program, 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 an award to a participating school for the NFLP 
loan fund, which must be maintained in a distinct account. Each school 
of nursing then 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 prepares the 
students 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 the 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 NFLP-APR Financial 
Data Form collects financial data online through HRSA's Electronic 
Handbooks to capture the NFLP loan fund account activity related to 
financial receivables, disbursements, and borrower account data 
regarding employment status, loan cancellation, loan repayment, and 
collections. Participating schools 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. Participating schools 
must keep records of all NFLP loan fund transactions.
    The revised NFLP-APR Financial Data Form no longer includes nursing 
student demographic data, which is collected under another form (OMB 
approval number 0915-0061). As a result, the annual burden is estimated 
to decrease by 440 hours. The information requested from participating 
schools in the revised NFLP-APR Financial Data Form is not available 
from any other source.
    In accordance with statute and program guidelines, 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 the July 1 through June 30 academic year. 
Participating schools must submit the NFLP-APR Financial Data Form 
annually.
    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 burden 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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NFLP--Annual Performance Report              260               1             260               6           1,560
 Financial Data Form............
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    Total.......................             260  ..............             260  ..............           1,560
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Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2017-08297 Filed 4-24-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4165-15-P