[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 29, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57878-57879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23564]


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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; Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship (NAT) Program 
Specific Data Forms, OMB Control 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 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 have been 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 November 
29, 2019.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Information Collection Request Title: Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship 
(NAT) Program Specific Data Forms, OMB Control No. 0915-0374--Revision.
    Abstract: HRSA provides advanced education nursing training grants 
to educational institutions to increase the numbers of Certified 
Registered 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 such as the number of enrollees/trainees, number of 
enrollees/trainees supported, number of graduates, number of graduates 
supported, number of projected enrollees/trainees, degree program 
(Master's and Doctoral), and the distribution of Nurse Anesthetists who 
practice in underserved, rural, and/or public health practice settings.

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    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 if the Funding Factors (either the 
Statutory Funding Preference or Special Consideration) are met, 
determine the award amount, ensure compliance with programmatic and 
grant requirements, and provide information to the public and Congress. 
The 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 columns to collect Year 2 and Year 3 
data for the number of prospective students. While Table 2 data 
collection elements will not change, the header will change to provide 
further clarification about the data being collected.
    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 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.


Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2019-23564 Filed 10-28-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4165-15-P