[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3697-3698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00941]


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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: Advanced 
Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW), OMB No. 0915-0375 Extension

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 March 23, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 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 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: Advanced Nursing Education 
Workforce (ANEW) Program-Specific Data Collection Forms OMB No. 0915-
0375--Extension.
    Abstract: HRSA provides advanced education nursing training grants 
to educational institutions to increase the numbers of advanced 
education nurses through the ANEW Program. The ANEW Program is 
authorized by Section 811 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
296j), as amended. This request is to extend the use of ANEW Program-
Specific forms, specifically Tables #1 and #2. There are no proposed 
changes to these tables.
    ANEW Table #1 collects information on the types of practice 
settings where graduates, who received ANEW support as students, are 
currently employed. The data on graduates' employment practice settings 
demonstrate the distribution of specialties, i.e., nurse practitioners, 
clinical nurse specialists and nurse midwives, who are practicing in 
rural, underserved, public health nursing, and Health Professional 
Shortage Areas (HPSA) practice settings. ANEW Table #2 requests 
information on the projected number of primary care advanced practice 
registered nursing student enrollees/trainees who will receive 
traineeship support for each upcoming budget year over the entire 
project period. This data provides a baseline for comparison to data 
collected on the numbers of students/enrollees/trainees supported that 
are reported on the Annual Performance Reports.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: ANEW Program-Specific 
Table #1 captures data on the number of graduates of the academic 
partner applicant who received HRSA support and are currently employed 
in rural areas, undeserved areas, public health nursing, and HPSA 
practice settings. The graduate data collected measure the impact of 
the ANEW Program in meeting the legislative and program goals. ANEW 
Program-Specific Table #2 collects information on the projected number 
of students/enrollees to receive traineeship support each budget year 
of the project period and provides a baseline for student/enrollee 
support that is reported in the Annual Performance Reports. Collecting 
this data assists HRSA in carrying out the most impactful program and 
ensuring resources are used responsibly.
    Likely Respondents: Likely respondents will be current ANEW 
awardees, who will submit the data tables as part of a Noncompeting 
Continuation progress report, and applicants for the ANEW program, 
including schools of nursing, nursing centers, academic health centers, 
state or local governments, and other public or private nonprofit 
entities determined appropriate by the Secretary that are accredited to 
carry out primary care nurse practitioner and nurse midwifery programs 
by a national nurse education accrediting agency recognized by the 
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. The school must be 
located in one of the 50 U.S. States, the District of Columbia, Guam, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the 
Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated 
States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the 
Republic of Palau.
    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

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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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ANEW Application including the               236               1             236               7           1,652
 ANEW Program-Specific Tables
 and Attachments................
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                                             236  ..............             236  ..............           1,652
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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.

Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2020-00941 Filed 1-21-20; 8:45 am]
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