[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 179 (Thursday, September 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 56546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23135]


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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 the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) 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, e-mail <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5c2c3d2c392e2b332e371c342e2f3d723b332a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="97e7f6e7f2e5e0f8e5fcd7ffe5e4f6b9f0f8e1">[email protected]</span></a> or 
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (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: Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) Annual 
Operating Report (AOR) Form (OMB No. 0915-0314)--[Extension]. This 
clearance request is for approval of the modified AOR for applicants to 
report NFLP loan fund activity annually. The modified form will collect 
additional data from applicants will include information on the total 
number of enrollees, graduates, and graduates employed as nurse faculty 
by, (1) Age and Gender, (2) Nursing Programs, (3) Nursing Degrees. 
Under Title VIII, section 846A of the Public Health Service Act, as 
amended by Public Law 111-148, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (HHS) enters into an agreement with a school of nursing and 
makes an award to the school. The award is used to establish a distinct 
account for the NFLP loan fund at the school. The school of nursing 
makes loans from the NFLP fund to 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 located in the U.S. 
and all of its territories where a school of nursing may be located. 
The NFLP lending school collects any portion of the loan that is not 
cancelled and any loans that go into 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 is 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. 
In addition to the newly required data, participating schools will 
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.
    The estimate of burden for this form is as follows:

 
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                                                                    Number of       Responses per                         Hours per       Total burden
                             Form                                  respondents       respondent      Total responses      responses           hours
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Nurse Faculty Loan Program Annual Operating Report (AOR)......               150                 1               150                 8              1200
Total Burden..................................................               150                 1               150                 8              1200
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    E-mail comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ccbcadbca9bebba3bea78ca4bebfade2aba3ba"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5626372633242139243d163e24253778313920">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the 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: September 10, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-23135 Filed 9-15-10; 8:45 am]
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