[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8758-8759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3406]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to Office of Management and Budget under 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
draft instruments, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 
443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: The Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP): Annual 
Operating Report (AOR) Form--NEW

    Under Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by 
Public Law 107-205, Section 846A, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (HHS) enters into an agreement with a school of nursing to 
establish and operate the NFLP fund. HHS makes an award to the school 
in the form of a Federal Capital Contribution (FCC). The award is used 
to establish a distinct account for the NFLP loan fund at the school or 
is deposited into an existing NFLP fund. The school of nursing makes 
loans from the NFLP fund to eligible students enrolled full-time in a 
master's or doctoral nursing education program that will prepare them 
to become qualified nursing faculty. Following graduation from the NFLP 
lending school, loan recipients may receive up to 85 percent NFLP loan 
cancellation over a consecutive four-year period in exchange for 
service as full-time faculty at a school of nursing. The NFLP lending 
school collects any portion of the loan that is not cancelled and any 
loan in repayment and deposits these monies into the NFLP loan fund to 
make additional NFLP loans. The school of nursing must keep records of 
all NFLP loan fund transactions.
    The NFLP Annual Operating Report will be used to collect 
information relating to the NFLP loan fund operations and financial 
activities for a specified reporting period (July 1 through June 30 of 
the academic year). Participating schools will complete and submit the 
AOR annually to provide the Federal Government with current and 
cumulative information on: (1) The number and amount of loans made, (2) 
the number of NFLP recipients and graduates, (3) the number and amount 
of loans collected, (4) the number and amount of loans in repayment, 
(5) the number of NFLP graduates employed as nurse faculty, (6) NFLP 
loan fund receipts, disbursements and other related cost. The NFLP loan 
fund balance is used to determine future awards to the school.

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    The estimate of burden for this form is as follows:

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                                                                  Responses                              Total
                       Form                          Number of       per         Total     Hours per    burden
                                                    respondents   respondent   responses   responses     hours
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Nurse Faculty Loan Program Annual Operating Report          150            1         150           8        1200
 (AOR)............................................
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    Total Burden..................................          150            1         150           8        1200
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: February 21, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E7-3406 Filed 2-26-07; 8:45 am]
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