[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 68 (Monday, April 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15162-15164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07176]


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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; NURSE Corps Loan Repayment 
Program, OMB #0915-0140--Revision

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

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 9, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the ICR Title, to the desk 
officer for HRSA, either by email to

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[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 Lisa Wright-Solomon, the 
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or 
call (301) 443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Information Collection Request Title: NURSE Corps Loan Repayment 
Program OMB No. 0915-0140--Revision.
    Abstract: The NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program (NURSE Corps LRP) 
assists in the recruitment and retention of professional Registered 
Nurses (RNs), including advanced practice RNs (i.e., nurse 
practitioners, certified registered nurse anesthetists, certified 
nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists), dedicated to working 
at eligible health care facilities with a critical shortage of nurses 
(i.e., a Critical Shortage Facility) or working as nurse faculty in 
eligible, accredited schools of nursing, by decreasing the financial 
barriers associated with pursuing a nursing profession. The NURSE Corps 
LRP provides loan repayment assistance to these nurses to repay a 
portion of their qualifying educational loans in exchange for full-time 
service at a public or private nonprofit Critical Shortage Facility 
(CSF) or in an eligible, accredited school of nursing.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The need and purpose of 
this information collection is to obtain information for NURSE Corps 
LRP applicants and participants. HRSA uses this information to consider 
an applicant for a NURSE Corps LRP contract award and to monitor a 
participant's compliance with the service requirements. Individuals 
must submit an application in order to participate in the program. The 
application asks for personal, professional, educational, and financial 
information required to determine the applicant's eligibility to 
participate in the NURSE Corps LRP. The semi-annual employment 
verification form asks for personal and employment information to 
determine if a participant is in compliance with the service 
requirements.
    This revision to the clearance package will incorporate two new 
forms: (1) The CSF Verification Form is used to verify transfers to 
CSFs not already recorded in the online portal; and (2) the NURSE Corps 
Nurse Faculty Employment Verification Form asks for personal and 
employment information to specifically determine if nurse faculty 
participants are eligible to transfer to another approved accredited 
school of nursing.
    Likely Respondents: Professional RNs or advanced practice RNs who 
are interested in participating in the NURSE Corps LRP, and official 
representatives at their service sites.
    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:
    The estimates of reporting burden for Applicants are as follows:

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                                     Number of      Responses/         Total         Hours per     Total burden
           Instrument               respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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NURSE Corps LRP Application *...           5,500               1           5,500             2.0          11,000
Authorization to Release                   5,500               1           5,500             0.1             550
 Employment Information Form **.
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    Total for Applicants........           5,500  ..............          11,000  ..............          11,550
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* The burden hours associated with this instrument account for both new and continuation applications.
  Additional (uploaded) supporting documentation is included as part of this instrument and reflected in the
  burden hours.
** The same respondents are completing these instruments.

    The estimates of reporting burden for participants are as follows:

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                                     Number of      Responses/         Total         Hours per     Total burden
           Instrument               respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Participant Semi-Annual                    2,300               2           4,600             0.5           2,300
 Employment Verification Form...
NURSE Corps CSF Verification                 550               1             550             0.1              55
 Form...........................
NURSE Corps Nurse Faculty                    250               1             250             0.2              50
 Employment Verification Form...
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    Total for Participants......           3,100               4           5,400              .8           2,405
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        Total for Applicants and           8,600  ..............          16,400  ..............        * 13,955
         Participants...........
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* The 13,955 figure is a combination of burden hours for applicants and participants. This revision adds two
  forms (the CSF Verification Form and NURSE Corps Nurse Faculty Employment Verification Form). Participants,
  not applicants, only use these forms. The 13,955 total burden hours represents the net decrease in applicant
  burden, and the net increase in participant burden.



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    Dated: April 3, 2018.
Lori Roche,
Acting Deputy Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2018-07176 Filed 4-6-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4165-15-P