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, 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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