[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 41 (Monday, March 3, 2014)] [Notices] [Pages 11799-11800] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2014-04575] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has 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. DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received within 30 days of this notice. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the Information Collection Request Title, to the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-5806. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, email the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or call (301) 443- 1984. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Information Collection Request Title: NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program OMB No.: 0915-0140--Revision Abstract: The NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program (NURSE Corps LRP), formerly known as the Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program (NELRP), assists in the recruitment and retention of professional Registered Nurses (RNs), including advanced practice RNs (i.e., nurse practitioners, certified registered nurse anesthetists, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists), dedicated to working at eligible health care facilities with a critical shortage of nurses (i.e., a Critical Shortage Facility) or working as nurse faculty in eligible, accredited schools of nursing, by decreasing the financial barriers associated with pursuing a nursing profession. The NURSE Corps LRP provides loan repayment assistance to these nurses to repay a portion of their qualifying educational loans in exchange for full-time service at a public or private nonprofit Critical Shortage Facility or in an eligible, accredited school of nursing. Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The need and purpose of this information collection is to obtain information for NURSE Corps LRP applicants and participants. The information is used to consider an applicant for a NURSE Corps LRP contract award and to monitor a participant's compliance with the service requirements. Individuals must submit an application in order to participate in the program. The application asks for personal, professional, educational, and financial information required to determine the applicant's eligibility to participate in the NURSE Corps LRP. The semi-annual employment verification form asks for personal and employment information to determine if a participant is in compliance with the service requirements. Likely Respondents: Professional RNs or advanced practice RNs (i.e., nurse practitioners, certified registered nurse anesthetists, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists) who are interested in participating in the NURSE Corps LRP, and official representatives at their service sites. 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: The estimates of reporting burden for Applicants are as follows: [[Page 11800]] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Responses/ Total Hours per Total burden Instrument respondents respondents responses response hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NURSE Corps LRP Application*.... 5,500 1 5,500 2.00 11,000 Authorization to Release 5,500 1 5,500 .10 550 Information Form............... Authorization to Release 5,500 1 5,500 .10 550 Employment Information......... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total....................... .............. .............. 16,500 .............. 12,100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Please note that the burden hours associated with this instrument account for both new and continuation applications. Additional (uploaded) supporting documentation is included as part of this instrument and reflected in the burden hours. The estimates of reporting burden for Participants are as follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Participant Semi-Annual 2,300 2 4,600 .5 2,300 Employment Verification Form... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total....................... 2,300 2 4,600 .5 2,300 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total for Applicants and .............. .............. 21,100 .............. 14,400 Participants........... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dated: February 21, 2014. Jackie Painter, Deputy Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination. [FR Doc. 2014-04575 Filed 2-28-14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165-15-P