[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60693-60694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19054]


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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: Faculty 
Loan Repayment Program OMB No. 0915-0150--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 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 November 
6, 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 Joella Roland, the 
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at (301) 443-3983.

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: HRSA administers the Faculty Loan Repayment Program 
(FLRP). FLRP provides health professionals from disadvantaged 
backgrounds based on environmental and/or economic factors the 
opportunity to enter into a contract with the Department of Health and 
Human Services to receive repayment of qualifying educational loans in 
exchange for a minimum of 2 years of service as a full-time or part-
time faculty member at an eligible health professions school. The 
applicant completes and submits an electronic application that 
identifies for the Secretary of Health and Human Services that the 
applicant comes from an economically or environmentally disadvantaged 
background who has a contract with an eligible health professions 
school to serve as a full-time or part-time faculty member for a 
minimum of 2 years and has qualifying outstanding educational loans. In 
addition, for each undergraduate and/or graduate loan for which 
repayment is sought, the applicant is required to submit loan 
documentation verifying the establishment of the educational loan(s) 
and lender account statements, promissory notes including the original 
date, and current balance of the outstanding educational loan(s). The 
sole change in this version of the ICR from previous ICR versions is 
that there is an increase in the estimated burden hours related to an 
increased number of respondents/applicants to the FLRP.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The information collected 
will be used to evaluate applicants' eligibility to participate in the 
FLRP and to monitor FLRP related activities.
    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 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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Eligible Applications...........             215               1             215            1.00          215.00

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Institution/Loan Repayment                 * 215               1             215            1.00          215.00
 Employment Form................
Authorization to Release                     215               1             215             .25           53.75
 Information Form...............
Disadvantaged Background Form...             215               1             215             .20           43.00
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    Total.......................             860  ..............  ..............  ..............          526.75
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* Respondents for this form is the institution on behalf of 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. 2023-19054 Filed 9-1-23; 8:45 am]
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