SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: VA Health Professional Scholarship Programs (HPSP, VIOMPSP)—VA Forms 10-0491, 10-0491c-e, 10-0491g-k.

OMB Control Number: 2900-0793. https://www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRASearch.

Type of Review: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection.

Abstract: The VA Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP) and Visual Impairment and Orientation and Mobility Professionals Scholarship Program (VIOMPSP) were authorized under Public Law (Pub. L.) 111-163 on May 5, 2010, and extended through December 31, 2033, by Section 301 of Public Law 115-182, VA Mission Act of 2018. These programs help address health care workforce needs and allow VA to provide services to the public by awarding scholarships to VA and non-VA employees, who will be required to become VA employees, in the professions for which they were educated under these programs. This information collection is necessary for VA to determine an applicant's eligibility to receive a scholarship award and compliance with program requirements.

1. Academic Verification, VA Form 10-0491.

2. Annual VA Employment or Deferment Verification, VA Form 10-0491c.

3. Obligated Service, VA Form 10-0491d.

4. Evaluation and Recommendation Form, VA Form 10-0491e.

5. Application, VA Form 10-0491g.

6. Notice of Expected Graduation, VA Form 10-0491h.

7. Notice of Change, VA Form 10-0491i.

8. Request for Deferment, VA Form 10-0491j.

9. VA Scholarship Offer Response, VA Form 10-0491k.

Each program uses the forms in this collection for the applications, verifications, recommendations, etc., necessary to meet scholarship award requirements. The forms have been updated to clarify instructions and add required PRA language. There is an overall increase in the estimated number of respondents (applicants) and burden hours based upon program data. However, two pilot scholarship programs and two associated forms have been removed from the collection, as the pilot programs have ended since the last PRA clearance.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of information was published at 91 FR 28105, May 15, 2026. VA received one public comment on the 60-day notice. It was not specifically related to this information collection, and VA will not make any changes based upon the comment.

Total Annual Number of Responses = 2,050. ( printed page 50608)

Total Annual Time Burden = 8,017 hours.

HPSP

Affected Public: Individuals or Households.

Estimated Annual Burden: 7,809 hours.

Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 3.905 hours.

Frequency of Response: Once annually.

Estimated Number of Responses: 2,000.

VIOMPSP

Affected Public: Individuals or Households.

Estimated Annual Burden: 208 hours.

Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 4.15 hours.

Frequency of Response: Once annually.

Estimated Number of Responses: 50.

Authority:44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

91 FR 50607