[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 75 (Friday, April 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21446-21447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08126]


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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; Information Collection 
Request Title: Advanced Nursing Education Workforce, 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 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. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30 day 
comment period for this Notice has closed.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than May 18, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

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: 
Advanced Nursing Education Workforce 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 Advanced Nursing Education Workforce 
(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.
    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on January 22, 
2020, vol. 85, No. 14; pp. 3697-3698. There were no public comments.
    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 transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this ICR are summarized in the table below.

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                                     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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    Total.......................             236  ..............             236  ..............           1,652
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2020-08126 Filed 4-16-20; 8:45 am]
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