[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 229 (Friday, November 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 63353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31208]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

Proposed Project: The Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program 
Application (OMB No. 0915-0140)

    Extension and Revision--This is a request for extension and 
revision of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the 
application form for the Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program 
(NELRP). The NELRP is authorized by 42 U.S.C. 297(n) (section 846 of 
the Public Health Service Act).
    Under the NELRP, registered nurses are offered the opportunity to 
enter into a contractual agreement with the Secretary, under which the 
Public Health Service agrees to repay the nurses' indebtedness for 
nursing education. In exchange, the nurses agree to serve for a 
specified period of time in certain types of health facilities 
identified in the statute.
    Nurse educational loan repayment contracts will be approved by the 
Secretary for eligible nurses who have incurred previous monetary 
indebtedness by accepting a loan for nursing education costs from a 
bank, credit union, savings and loan association, insurance company, 
Government agency or program, school, or other lender that meets NELRP 
criteria.
    Approval is requested for the application form. The application 
form requires information from two types of respondents:
    a. Applicants must provide information on the proposed service site 
and on all nursing education loans for which reimbursement is 
requested, and
    b. Lenders must provide information on loan status for all loans 
accepted for repayment.
    Two items are being added to the application form: race/ethnicity 
of the applicant (for statistical purposes only); and citizenship 
status. The estimates of average burden to complete the forms remains 
the same. Burden estimates are as follows:

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                                                                            Responses                   Total   
                 Form/Regulatory requirement                   Number of       per       Hours per      burden  
                                                              respondents   respondent    response      hours   
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NELRP Application...........................................        2,200            1            1        2,200
Loan Verification Form......................................          *50            1          .25           13
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    Total...................................................        2,250  ...........  ...........       2,213 
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* The remainder of the loans are verified through credit reports.                                               

    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent on or before December 29, 1997 
to: Laura Oliven, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: November 21, 1997.
Jane Harrison,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 97-31208 Filed 11-26-97; 8:45 am]
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