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TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
burden hours
ANEW Application including the ANEW Program Specific
Tables and Attachments ..................................................
236
1
236
7
1,652
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236
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236
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1,652
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2020–08126 Filed 4–16–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
National Practitioner Data Bank
Temporary Waiver of User Fees for
Eligible Entities
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to its authority
under federal regulations for the
National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB),
HRSA’s Division of Practitioner Data
Bank announces a temporary waiver of
user fees for NPDB queries from March
1, 2020, through May 31, 2020, to
support our eligible entities in making
credentialing, hiring, privileging, and
licensing decisions in combatting the
COVID–19 pandemic. The waiver
includes all one-time queries and
continuous queries during the waiver
time period. Fees for self-queries will
not be waived. The NPDB is a
confidential information clearinghouse
created by Congress and is intended to
facilitate a comprehensive review of the
professional credentials of health care
practitioners, entities, providers, and
suppliers. In response to President
Trump’s declaration of a national
emergency and associated emergency
declarations by all states, the federal
government, state governments, and
many health care entities have taken
unprecedented steps regarding licensure
portability and the deployment of health
workforce resources, including the
expansion of telemedicine and granting
of disaster privileges. HRSA’s NPDB is
in a unique position to temporarily
waive fees, granting NPDB access to the
nation’s hospitals, health centers, health
plans, state licensing boards, federal
agencies, and other eligible health care
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entities in support of their efforts to
mobilize and appropriately deploy
health workforce professionals.
DATES: The NPDB waiver is effective
immediately, but will have retroactive
effect to March 1, 2020, and will remain
in effect through May 31, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Loewenstein, Director, Division
of Practitioner Data Bank, Bureau of
Health Workforce, HRSA, (301) 443–
2300, NPDBPolicy@hrsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPDB
will waive fees retroactively from March
1, 2020, through May 31, 2020, for
eligible entity queries (one-time query
and continuous query). The NPDB will
not refund the cost of queries
performed, but can issue query credits
to reimburse entities for one-time and
continuous queries performed beginning
March 1, 2020. Regulations regarding
the NPDB are codified at 45 CFR part
60.
made after carefully examining the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention’s recommendations to
restrict all non-essential travel, and the
widespread health risks posed by
COVID–19 to the American public. The
webinar link, conference number,
meeting materials, and updates for the
May 12, 2020, meeting will be available
on the NACNEP website: https://
www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/
nursing/meetings.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Camillus Ezeike, Ph.D., LL.M. J.D., RN,
PMP, Designated Federal Official,
NACNEP, Bureau of Health Workforce,
HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
Maryland 20857; 301–443–2886; or
BHWNACNEP@hrsa.gov.
Correction [Meeting will be a one-day
webinar and conference call only, rather
than two-days and in-person as
previously announced].
Thomas J. Engels,
Administrator.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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Health Resources and Services
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ACTION: Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
The National Advisory
Council on Nurse Education and
Practice (NACNEP) meeting scheduled
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020, has changed
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will now be a one-day webinar and
conference call only on Tuesday, May
12, 2020, from 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time. The decision to
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
National Practitioner Data Bank Temporary Waiver of User Fees for
Eligible Entities
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to its authority under federal regulations for the
National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), HRSA's Division of Practitioner
Data Bank announces a temporary waiver of user fees for NPDB queries
from March 1, 2020, through May 31, 2020, to support our eligible
entities in making credentialing, hiring, privileging, and licensing
decisions in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. The waiver includes all
one-time queries and continuous queries during the waiver time period.
Fees for self-queries will not be waived. The NPDB is a confidential
information clearinghouse created by Congress and is intended to
facilitate a comprehensive review of the professional credentials of
health care practitioners, entities, providers, and suppliers. In
response to President Trump's declaration of a national emergency and
associated emergency declarations by all states, the federal
government, state governments, and many health care entities have taken
unprecedented steps regarding licensure portability and the deployment
of health workforce resources, including the expansion of telemedicine
and granting of disaster privileges. HRSA's NPDB is in a unique
position to temporarily waive fees, granting NPDB access to the
nation's hospitals, health centers, health plans, state licensing
boards, federal agencies, and other eligible health care entities in
support of their efforts to mobilize and appropriately deploy health
workforce professionals.
DATES: The NPDB waiver is effective immediately, but will have
retroactive effect to March 1, 2020, and will remain in effect through
May 31, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Loewenstein, Director, Division
of Practitioner Data Bank, Bureau of Health Workforce, HRSA, (301) 443-
2300, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPDB will waive fees retroactively from
March 1, 2020, through May 31, 2020, for eligible entity queries (one-
time query and continuous query). The NPDB will not refund the cost of
queries performed, but can issue query credits to reimburse entities
for one-time and continuous queries performed beginning March 1, 2020.
Regulations regarding the NPDB are codified at 45 CFR part 60.
Thomas J. Engels,
Administrator.
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