[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12847-12849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03331]
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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; Health Professions Student
Loan Program, Loans for Disadvantaged Students Program, Primary Care
Loan Program, and Nursing Student Loan Program Administrative
Requirements, OMB No. 0915-0047--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 March 21,
2024.
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 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: Health Professions Student
Loan (HPSL) Program, Loans for Disadvantaged Students (LDS) Program,
Primary Care Loan (PCL) Program, and Nursing Student Loan (NSL) Program
Administrative Requirements, OMB No. 0915-0047--Revision.
Abstract: This clearance request is for approval of the HPSL
Program, LDS Program, PCL Program, and NSL Program Administrative
Requirements.
The HPSL Program, authorized by Public Health Service (PHS) Act
sections 721-722 and 725-735, is a grant program where recipients
provide long-term, low-interest loans to students attending schools of
medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine,
optometry, podiatric medicine, and pharmacy. The LDS Program,
authorized by PHS Act sections 721-722 and 724-735, is a grant program
where recipients provide long-term, low interest loans to certain
students attending schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic
medicine, podiatric medicine, dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, and
veterinary medicine. The PCL Program, authorized by PHS Act sections
721-723 and 725-735, is a grant program where recipients provide long-
term, low interest loans to students attending schools of allopathic
medicine and osteopathic medicine to practice primary health care. The
NSL Program, authorized by PHS Act sections 835-842, is a grant program
where recipients provide long-term, low-interest loans to students who
attend eligible schools of nursing in programs leading to a diploma
degree, an associate degree, a baccalaureate degree, or a graduate
degree in nursing. These programs have a number of recordkeeping and
reporting requirements for academic institutions and loan applicants.
The applicable program regulations are found in 42 CFR 57.201-218 and
57.301-318. HRSA proposes revisions to the Annual Operating Report
(AOR)-HRSA Form 501 completed by institutions participating in the
HPSL, LDS, PCL, and NSL Programs to obtain additional information about
those institutions and their student borrowers.
A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register on September
7, 2023, vol. 88, No. 172; pp. 61602-04. There were no public comments.
There was a miscalculation of the total burden hours as previously
reported in the 60-day FRN, which is updated below to properly account
for the 25,080 HPSL/LDS/PCL and NSL Recordkeeping Requirement total
hours that were shown but not added in the overall total. The total
burden hours are now 353,059, which represents a 7.6 percent increase
when compared to the total burden reported in the last ICR.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Participating HPSL, LDS,
PCL, and NSL schools are responsible for determining the eligibility of
applicants, making loans, and collecting monies owed by borrowers on
their outstanding loans. Participating schools include schools that are
no longer disbursing loans but are required to report and maintain
program records, student records, and repayment records until all
student loans are repaid in full, and all monies due to the federal
government are returned. The Deferment Form, HRSA Form 519, provides
the schools with documentation of a borrower's deferment status, as
detailed for the HPSL Program under 42 CFR 57.210 and NSL under 42 CFR
57.310, and is included with minor revisions. The proposed revisions to
the AOR are to modify the options selected for gender identification
consistent with Executive Order 14075 and best practices in data
collection recommended by the Office of Management and Budget.
Additionally, the Deferment Form is being updated to provide specific
directions for the submission requirements to notify students that the
deferment request must be submitted to the institution 30 days prior to
the payment due date. The institution must respond to the student 30
days after receipt of the student request.
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Likely Respondents: Institutions who have received HPSL, LDS, PCL,
and/or NSL Program awards.
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 Table 1 below.
Table 1--Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Total
Instrument (HPSL, LDS, PCL, & NSL) Number of Responses per Total Hours per burden
respondents respondent responses response hours
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Deferment--HRSA Form 519............ 2,060 1 2,060 0.500 1,030
AOR-HRSA--Form 501.................. 726 1 726 12.000 8,712
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Total........................... 2,786 .............. 2,786 .............. 9,742
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Table 2 shows the estimated burden for schools to maintain required
records on the history and status for each loan account, which is
necessary to complete the forms listed in Table 1 above.
Table 2--Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours for Recordkeeping Requirements
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Number of Total burden
Data required to be submitted record keepers Hours per year hours
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HPSL, LDS, and PCL Program:
Documentation of Cost of Attendance......................... 432 1.050 454
Promissory Note............................................. 432 1.250 540
Documentation of Entrance Interview......................... 432 1.250 540
Documentation of Exit Interview............................. * 475 0.370 176
Program Records............................................. * 475 10.000 4,750
Student Records............................................. * 475 10.000 4,750
Repayment Records........................................... * 475 19.550 9,286
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HPSL/LDS/PCL Subtotal................................... 475 .............. 20,496
NSL Program:
Documentation of Cost of Attendance......................... 304 0.250 76
Promissory Note............................................. 304 0.500 152
Documentation of Entrance Interview......................... 304 0.500 152
Documentation of Exit Interview............................. * 486 0.140 68
Program Records............................................. * 486 5.000 2,430
Student Records............................................. * 486 1.000 486
Repayment Records........................................... * 486 2.510 1,220
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NSL Subtotal............................................ 486 .............. 4,584
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* Includes active and closing schools.
Table 3 shows the estimated burden for schools to complete
reporting requirements for loan records, which is necessary to complete
the forms listed in Table 1 above.
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Total
Number of Responses per Total annual Hours per burden
respondents respondent responses response hours
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HPSL, LDS, and PCL:
Student Financial Aid Transcript 4,600 1.0 4,600 0.250 1,150
Loan Information Disclosure..... 325 299.5 97,338 0.630 61,323
Entrance Interview.............. 325 139.5 45,338 0.500 22,669
Exit Interview.................. * 334 113.5 37,909 1.000 37,909
Notification of Repayment....... * 334 862.5 288,075 0.380 109,469
Notification During Deferment... * 333 17.0 5,661 0.630 3,566
Notification of Delinquent 334 172.5 57,615 1.250 72,019
Accounts.......................
Credit Bureau Notification...... 334 6.0 2,004 0.500 1,002
Write-off of Uncollectable Loans 520 1.0 520 3.000 1560
Disability Cancellation......... 3 1.0 3 1.000 3
Administrative Hearings record 0 0.0 0 0.000 0
retention......................
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Administrative Hearings 0 0.0 0 0.000 0
reporting requirements.........
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HPSL Subtotal............... .............. .............. .............. .............. 310,670
NSL:
Student Financial Aid Transcript 4,100 1.0 4,100 0.250 1,025
Entrance Interview.............. 282 17.5 4,935 0.420 2,073
Exit Interview.................. 348 9.0 3,132 0.420 1,315
Notification of Repayment....... 348 9.0 3,132 0.270 846
Notification During Deferment... 348 1.5 522 0.290 151
Notification of Delinquent 348 42.5 14,790 0.040 592
Accounts.......................
Credit Bureau Notification...... 348 709.0 246,732 0.006 1,480
Write-off of Uncollectable Loans 23 1.0 23 3.000 69
Disability Cancellation......... 16 1.0 16 1.000 16
Administrative Hearings......... 0 0.0 0 0.000 0
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NSL Subtotal................ .............. .............. .............. .............. 7,567
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-03331 Filed 2-16-24; 8:45 am]
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