82 FR 19067 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Information Collection Title: Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP)-Program Specific Data Form; Revision

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 78 (April 25, 2017)

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 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.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19067-19068]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08295]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

[OMB No. 0915-0378]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Information Collection 
Title: Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP)--Program Specific Data Form; 
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 
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 no later than May 25, 
2017.

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: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information request collection title 
for reference, in compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
    Information Collection Request Title: Nurse Faculty Loan Program 
(NFLP)--Program Specific Data Form, OMB No. 0915-0378--Revision.
    Abstract: This clearance request is for continued approval of the 
Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) revised Program Specific Data Form. 
HRSA is streamlining the data collection form by making the following 
changes:
     Line Item D will be renamed ``D1. NFLP Loan Fund Balance/
Unused Accumulation.''
     Addition of Line Item D2 titled ``NFLP Loan Fund Default 
Rate,'' requesting information regarding the status of an institution's 
default rate.
     Addition of Line Item D3 titled ``Last NFLP Student Loan 
Award,'' requesting information regarding the disbursement of NFLP loan 
funds within the last 2 academic years.
     Line Item E2 Column Header will be renamed ``E.2 NFLP 
Enrollees Information by Degree--New Students Expected to Request NFLP 
Support.''
     Under Section B of instructions, ``other attachments'' 
will be updated to reflect the current list of NFLP Funding Opportunity 
Announcement attachments.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The NFLP--Program 
Specific Data Form is a required electronic attachment within the NFLP 
application materials. The data provided in the form is essential for 
the formula-based criteria used to determine the award amount to the 
applicant schools. Continued approval of the revised NFLP--Program 
Specific Data Form allows HRSA to efficiently capture data to generate 
the formula-based award and facilitates reporting on the use of funds 
and analysis of program outcomes.
    The addition of Line Item D2, NFLP Loan Fund Default Rate, will 
allow HRSA to easily assess and consider an existing performance 
standard for those applicants with existing NFLP loan accounts. Used in 
combination with an existing NFLP institution's self-reported NFLP loan 
balance, the addition of Line Item D3, Last NFLP Student Loan Award, 
will allow HRSA to assess the loan fund activity (i.e., incidence of 
loans to students) of an existing NFLP institution applying for 
additional funding.
    Likely Respondents: NFLP eligible applicants. This includes 
accredited schools of nursing offering eligible advanced masters and/or 
doctoral degree nursing education programs that will prepare students 
to serve as qualified nursing faculty.
    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 burden for this revised form has decreased by 480 hours 
due to an estimated decrease in number of respondents. 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       Number of         Total        burden per     Total burden
            Form name               respondents   responses  per     responses     response  (in       hours
                                                     respondent                       hours)
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NFLP--Program Specific Data Form              90               1              90               8             720
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    Total Burden................              90  ..............              90  ..............             720
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Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2017-08295 Filed 4-24-17; 8:45 am]
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