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

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 (OMB), 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, email

paperwork@hrsa.gov

or call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-0165.

The following request has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Proposed Project: Health Professions Student Loan (HPSL) Program and Nursing Student Loan (NSL) Program Administrative Requirements (Regulations and Policy) (OMB No. 0915-0047)—[Extension]

The regulations for the Health Professions Student Loan (HPSL) Program and Nursing Student Loan (NSL) Program contain a number of reporting and recordkeeping requirements for schools and loan applicants. The requirements are essential for assuring that borrowers are aware of rights and responsibilities, know the history and status of each loan account in order to pursue aggressive collection efforts to reduce default rates, and that they maintain adequate records for audit and assessment purposes. Schools are free to use improved information technology to manage the information required by the regulations.

The estimated total burden is 49,487 hours. The burden estimates are as follows:

Recordkeeping Requirements

Regulatory/section requirements

Number of record-keepers

Hours per year

Total burden hours

HPSL Program:

57.206(b)(2), Documentation of Cost of Attendance

435

1.17

509

57.208(a), Promissory Note

435

1.25

544

57.210(b)(1)(i), Documentation of Entrance Interview

435

1.25

544

57.210(b)(1)(ii), Documentation of Exit Interview

* 477

0.33

157

57.215(a) & (d), Program Records

* 477

10

4,770

57.215(b), Student Records

* 477

10

4,770

57.215(c), Repayment Records

* 477

18.75

8,944

HPSL Subtotal

20,238

NSL Program:

57.306(b)(2)(ii), Documentation of Cost of Attendance

304

0.3

91

57.308(a), Promissory Note

304

0.5

152

57.310(b)(1)(i), Documentation of Entrance Interview

304

0.5

152

57.310(b)(1)(ii), Documentation of Exit Interview

* 486

0.17

83

57.315(a)(1) & (a)(4), Program Records

* 486

5

2,430

57.315(a)(2), Student Records

* 486

1

486

57.215(b)(3), Repayment Records

* 486

2.51

1,220

NSL Subtotal

4,614

* Includes active and closing schools.

HPSL data include active and closing Loans for Disadvantaged Students (LDS) program schools.

Reporting Requirements

Regulatory/Section requirements

Number of

respondents

Responses per respondent

Total annual responses

Hours per

response

Total burden hours

HPSL:

57.206(a)(2), Student Financial Aid Transcript

4,600

1

4,600

0.25

1,150

57.208(c), Loan Information Disclosure

435

68.73

29,898

0.0833

2,490

57.210(b)(1)(i), Entrance Interview

435

68.73

29,898

0.167

4,993

57.210(b)(1)(ii), Exit Interview

* 477

12

5,724

0.5

2,862

57.210(b)(1)(iii), Notification of Repayment

* 477

30.83

14,706

0.167

2,456

57.210(b)(1)(iv), Notification During Deferment

* 477

24.32

11,601

0.0833

966

57.210(b)(1)(vi), Notification of Delinquent Accounts

* 477

10.28

4,904

0.167

819

57.210(b)(1)(x), Credit Bureau Notification

* 477

8.03

3,830

0.6

2,298

57.210(b)(4)(i), Write-off of Uncollectable Loans

20

1

20

3

60

57.211(a), Disability Cancellation

10

1

10

0.75

8

57.215(a)(2), Administrative Hearings

0

0

0

0

0

57.215(a)(d), Administrative Hearings

0

0

0

0

0

HPSL Subtotal

18,102

NSL:

57.306(a)(2), Student Financial Aid Transcript

4,100

1

4,100

0.25

1,025

57.310(b)(1)(i), Entrance Interview

304

23.51

7,147

0.167

1,193

57.310(b)(1)(ii), Exit Interview

* 486

3.77

1,832

0.5

916

57.310(b)(1)(iii), Notification of Repayment

* 486

6.18

3,003

0.167

501

57.310(b)(1)(iv), Notification During Deferment

* 486

0.65

316

0.083

26

57.310(b)(1)(vi), Notification of Delinquent Accounts

* 486

4.61

2,240

0.167

374

57.310(b)(1)(x), Credit Bureau Notification

* 486

8.3

4,034

0.6

2,420

57.310(b)(4)(i), Write-off of Uncollectable Loans

20

1

20

3.5

70

57.311(a), Disability Cancellation

10

1

10

0.8

8

57.315(a)(1)(ii), Administrative Hearings

0

0

0

0

0

57.316(a)(d), Administrative Hearings

0

0

0

0

0

NSL Subtotal

6,533

* Includes active and closing schools.

Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov

or by fax to (202) 395-6974. Please direct all correspondence to the “attention of the desk officer for HRSA.”

Dated: November 15, 2011.

Reva Harris,

Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.

[FR Doc. 2011-29981 Filed 11-18-11; 8:45 am]

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