[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 232 (Monday, December 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74428-74429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26342]


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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; Nurse Corps Scholarship 
Program--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 February 
3, 2023.

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 the acting 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 Corps Scholarship 
Program, OMB No. 0915-0301--Extension.
    Abstract: The Nurse Corps Scholarship Program (NCSP), administered 
by the HRSA Bureau of Health Workforce, provides scholarships to 
nursing students in exchange for a minimum two-year full-time service 
commitment (or part-time equivalent), at an eligible health care 
facility with a critical shortage of nurses (i.e. Critical Shortage 
Facility (CSF)). The scholarship consists of payment of tuition, fees, 
other reasonable educational costs, and a monthly support stipend. 
Program recipients are required to fulfill NCSP service commitments at 
CSFs located in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. 
Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, the 
Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The NCSP collects data to 
determine an applicant's eligibility for the program, monitor a 
participant's continued enrollment in a school of nursing, monitor the 
participant's compliance with the NCSP service obligation, and prepare 
annual reports to Congress. The following information will be collected 
(1) from the schools, on a quarterly basis--general applicant and 
nursing school data such as full name, location, tuition/fees, and 
enrollment status; (2) from the schools, on an annual basis--data 
concerning tuition/fees and overall student enrollment status; and (3) 
from the participants and their employing CSF on a biannual basis--data 
concerning the participant's employment status, work schedule, and 
leave usage.
    Likely Respondents: NCSP scholars in school, graduates, educational 
institutions, and CSFs.
    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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Eligible Applications/                     2,600               1           2,600            2.00           5,200
 Application Program Guidance...
School Enrollment Verification               500               4           2,000             .33             660
 Form...........................
Confirmation of Interest Form...             250               1             250             .20              50
Data Collection Worksheet Form..             500               1             500            1.00             500
Graduation Close Out Form.......             200               1             200             .17              34
Initial Employment Verification              500               1             500             .42             210
 Form...........................
Employer--Participant Service              1,000               2           2,000             .12             240
 Verification Form..............
CSF Verification Form...........             200               1             200             .20              40
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    Total.......................           5,750  ..............           8,250  ..............           6,934
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2022-26342 Filed 12-2-22; 8:45 am]
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