[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32189-32190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14321]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request Information Collection Request Title: Nurse 
Anesthetist Traineeship Program Specific Data Forms, OMB No. 0915-
0374--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 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 September 
3, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 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 Lisa Wright-
Solomon, the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 
443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship 
(NAT) Program Specific Data Forms (Application), OMB Number 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. 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 such as the 
total number of enrollees, number of enrollees/trainees supported, 
total number of graduates, number of graduates supported, projected 
data on the number of enrollees/trainees, and the distribution of Nurse 
Anesthetists who practice in underserved, rural, 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: (1) Determine whether funding preferences or 
special considerations are met; (2) calculate award amounts; ensure 
compliance with programmatic and grant requirements; and (3) provide 
information to the public and Congress. NAT Tables currently collect 
one year of data, which allows HRSA to calculate award amounts for a 
single-year project period. For fiscal year 2020, HRSA is revising the 
forms that previously collected one year of data on prospective 
students to capture three years of data, thereby allowing HRSA to 
calculate award amounts for a multi-year project period. Table 1 will 
add an option to add year 2 and year 3 data for the number of 
prospective students. Table 2 will not be changed.
    Likely Respondents: Respondents will be applicants to HRSA's NAT 
program.
    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

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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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Table 1--NAT: Enrollment,                    100               1             100             3.5             350
 Traineeship Support, Graduate,
 Graduates Supported and
 Projected Data.................
Table 2--NAT: Graduate Data--                100               1             100             2.8             280
 Rural, Underserved, or Public
 Health.........................
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    Total.......................           * 100  ..............             100  ..............             630
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* The same respondents are completing Tables 1 and Table 2.

    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.

Maria G. Button,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2019-14321 Filed 7-3-19; 8:45 am]
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