[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 46 (Thursday, March 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16584-16585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04848]


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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; Information Collection 
Request Title: Advanced Nursing Education Program Specific Form OMB No. 
0915-0375--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 April 8, 
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: Advanced Nursing Education 
(ANE) Program Specific Form OMB No. 0915-0375--Revision.
    Abstract: HRSA provides advanced nursing education grants to 
educational institutions to increase the supply, distribution, quality 
of, and access to advanced education nurses through the ANE Programs. 
The ANE Programs are authorized by section 811 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296j), as amended. This clearance request is for 
continued approval of the information collection OMB No. 0915-0375 with 
revisions. This revision request seeks to add the ANE-Nurse 
Practitioner Residency and Fellowship Program and the Maternity Care 
Nursing Workforce Expansion Program to the ANE Program Specific Form, 
and to remove programs that have closed, which include the ANE-Nurse 
Practitioner Residency Program and the ANE-Nurse Practitioner Residency 
Integration Program. The activities previously supported under the ANE 
Nurse Practitioner Residency Program and the ANE-Nurse Practitioner 
Residency Integration Program are now supported under the ANE-Nurse 
Practitioner Residency and Fellowship Program.
    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on December 28, 
2023, 88 FR 89709-10. There were no public comments.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Section 811 of the Public 
Health Service Act provides the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
with the authority to award grants to and enter into contracts with 
eligible entities to meet the costs of: (1) projects that support the 
enhancement of advanced nursing education and practice; and (2) 
traineeships for individuals in advanced nursing education programs. 
Under this section, HRSA makes awards to entities who train and support 
nurses characterized as ``advanced education nurses.'' In awarding such 
grants, funding preference is given to applicants with projects that 
will substantially benefit rural or underserved populations, or help 
meet public health nursing needs in state or local health departments; 
special consideration is given to an eligible entity that agrees to 
extend the award to train advanced education nurses who will practice 
in designated Health Professional Shortage Areas.
    The ANE Program Specific Form allows HRSA to effectively target

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funding and measure the impact of the ANE Programs in meeting the 
legislative intent and program goals of supporting the enhancement of 
advanced nursing education and creating opportunities for individuals 
in advanced nursing education programs to increase the number of 
advanced practice nurses, especially in rural and underserved areas. 
Additionally, collecting this data assists HRSA in carrying out the 
most impactful program and ensuring resources are used responsibly. The 
proposed updates to this information collection are to accurately list 
the current ANE Programs.
    Likely Respondents: Likely respondents will be current ANE Programs 
awardees and new applicants to ANE Programs.
    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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   Form name (includes the ANE                       Number of                    Average burden
   program specific tables and       Number of     responses per       Total       per response    Total burden
          attachments)              respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)         hours
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Advanced Nursing Education                   156               1             156               7           1,092
 Workforce......................
Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship...              64               1              64               7             448
ANE--Sexual Assault Nurse                     54               1              54               7             378
 Examiners......................
ANE--Nurse Practitioner                       64               1              64               7             448
 Residency and Fellowship.......
Maternity Care Nursing Workforce              10               1              10               7              70
 Expansion......................
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    Total.......................             348  ..............             348  ..............           2,436
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-04848 Filed 3-6-24; 8:45 am]
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