[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63120-63121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22023]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request Information Collection Request Title: Faculty 
Loan Repayment Program OMB No. 0915-0150--Revision

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

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 December 
7, 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: Faculty Loan Repayment 
Program OMB No. 0915-0150--Revision.
    Abstract: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 
HRSA, Bureau of Health Workforce administers the Faculty Loan Repayment 
Program (FLRP). FLRP provides degree-trained health professionals from 
disadvantaged backgrounds based on environmental and/or economic 
factors the opportunity to enter into a contract with the HHS in 
exchange for the repayment of qualifying educational loans for a 
minimum of 2 years of service as a full-time or part-time faculty 
member at eligible health professions schools.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The information collected 
will be used to evaluate applicants' eligibility to participate in FLRP 
and to monitor FLRP-related activities. For this revised ICR, the FLRP 
proposes to include a Disadvantaged Background (DB) form to the FLRP 
application. FLRP applicants are required to provide certification from 
a health professions school previously attended that identifies the 
individual as coming from an economically or environmentally 
disadvantaged background. In the past, applicants provided this 
information in varying formats. The DB form will not request new 
information from FLRP applicants but will allow for an easier method 
for applicants to compete and convey their DB status in addition to 
standardizing the collection of information. The information collected 
will be used to evaluate applicants' rank and tier in the FLRP award 
process.
    Likely Respondents: FLRP applicants and institutions providing 
employment to the applicants.
    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

[[Page 63121]]

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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                      Average
                                     Number of       Number of         Total        burden per     Total burden
            Form name               respondents    responses per     responses     response  (in       hours
                                                    respondent                        hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eligible Applications...........             186               1             186               1             186
Institution/Loan Repayment                 * 186               1             186               1             186
 Employment Form................
Authorization to Release                     186               1             186             .25            46.5
 Information Form...............
Disadvantaged Background Form...             186               1             186             .20            37.2
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total.......................             744  ..............             744  ..............          455.70
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Respondent for this form is the institution for the applicant.

    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. 2020-22023 Filed 10-5-20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-15-P