99-30082. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 222 (Thursday, November 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63048-63049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30082]


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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: Employment Sites of Nursing Graduates Supported 
by the Professional Nurse Traineeship Program: New

    Under Section 830 of Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act, 
Professional Nurse Traineeship (PNT) grants are awarded to eligible 
institutions for the support of students in advanced nursing education. 
Traineeships are then awarded by the institutions to individuals 
enrolled in graduate programs to prepare for practice as advanced 
practice nurses. These funds are distributed to institutions based on a 
formula that incorporates three statutory funding factors. The factor 
to be studied is the funding preference which is given to institutions 
that can demonstrate either a high rate of placing graduates in 
medically underserved communities (MUCs), or achieving a significant 
increase in the rate of placing graduates in such settings.
    This study is intended to assess the influence of funding 
preference on program performance and to determine program success in 
placing PNT graduates in MUCs. Approximately 5,000 graduates who 
received Master's or Doctoral degrees in academic years 1996-1997 and 
1997-1998, including 1,200 who received PNT funds but were not 
graduates of the schools receiving the preference, will be included in 
this survey. Data will be obtained on the graduates place of residence 
and place

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of employment before, during and after their program of study. The 
study will examine various measures associated with the career paths 
chosen by these graduates and by comparing these measures within and 
between the two groups of graduates. Comparisons of employment sites of 
graduates in schools receiving the preference with those of graduates 
in schools not receiving the preference will indicate the significance 
of funding preference in promoting program objectives of increasing 
access to care in underserved communities. Information on both the 
nursing-specialty of graduates and their current employment setting 
will be analyzed for each of the two groups.
    The estimated burden is as follows:

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Total burden
                      Form                          respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Nurses..........................................            4000               1          20 (in            1320
                                                                                        minutes)
Ineligible nurses...............................              37               1  5 (in minutes)               4
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    Total.......................................            4037  ..............  ..............            1324
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Wendy A. Taylor, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: November 10, 1999.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 99-30082 Filed 11-17-99; 8:45 am]
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