[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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