[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 220 (Thursday, November 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78758-78759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25317]


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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; 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 Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA 
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 will be 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 December 
18, 2023.

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 information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 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 Joella Roland, the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at [email protected] or call 
(301) 443-3983.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    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.
    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on September 5, 
2023, vol. 88, No. 170; pp. 60693-94. There were no public comments.
    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.

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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...........             215               1             215            1.00          215.00
Institution/Loan Repayment                 * 215               1             215            1.00          215.00
 Employment Form................
Authorization to Release                     215               1             215            0.25           53.75
 Information Form...............
Disadvantaged Background Form...             215               1             215            0.20           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.


Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2023-25317 Filed 11-15-23; 8:45 am]
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