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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request; Information
Collection Request Title: Advanced
Nursing Education Program Specific
Form OMB No. 0915–0375—Revision
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection
projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, HRSA announces plans to
submit an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to
OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the
public regarding the burden estimate,
below, or any other aspect of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than October 25, 2021.
SUMMARY:
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Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and draft
instruments, email paperwork@hrsa.gov
or call Lisa Wright-Solomon, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer
at (301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
information request collection title for
reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Advanced Nursing Education (ANE)
Program Specific Form OMB No. 0915–
0375—Revision.
Abstract: HRSA provides advanced
nursing education grants to educational
institutions to increase the supply,
distribution, quality of, and access to
advanced education nurses through the
ANE Programs. The ANE Programs are
authorized by Section 811 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296j), as
amended. This clearance request is for
continued approval of the information
collection OMB No. 0915–0375 with
revisions.
This revision request includes a title
change from the Advanced Nursing
Education Workforce (ANEW) ProgramSpecific Data Collection Forms to ANE
Program Specific Form. This revision
also merges forms used by the ANEW
Program and adds several other new
forms from the ANE Programs,
including the Advanced Nursing
Education Nurse Practitioner Residency
(ANE–NPR) Program, Advanced
Nursing Education Nurse Practitioner
Residency Integration Program (ANE–
NPRIP), Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship
(NAT) Program, and Advanced Nursing
Education Sexual Assault Nurse
Examiners (ANE–SANE) Program. The
revision of the ANE Program Specific
Form incorporates elements from these
four programs (ANE–NPR, ANE–NPRIP,
NAT, and ANE–SANE) into the ANE
Program Specific Form.
A 60-day notice published in the
Federal Register on July, 13 2021 vol.
86, No. 131; pp. 36756–57. There were
no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: Section 811 of the Public
Health Service Act provides the
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Secretary of HHS with the authority to
award grants to and enter into contracts
with eligible entities to meet the costs
of—(1) projects that support the
enhancement of advanced nursing
education and practice; and (2)
traineeships for individuals in advanced
nursing education programs. Under this
section, HRSA makes awards to entities
who train and support nurses
characterized as ‘‘advanced education
nurses.’’ In awarding such grants,
funding preference is given to
applicants with projects that will
substantially benefit rural or
underserved populations, or help meet
public health nursing needs in state or
local health departments; special
consideration is given to an eligible
entity that agrees to extend the award to
train advanced education nurses who
will practice in designated health
professional shortage areas.
The ANE Program Specific Form will
allow HRSA to effectively target funding
and measure the impact of the ANE
Programs in meeting the legislative
intent and program goals of supporting
the enhancement of advanced nursing
education, creating opportunities for
individuals in advanced nursing
education programs, and increasing the
number of advanced practice nurses in
rural and underserved areas. The
proposed updates to this information
collection will assist HRSA in:
Streamlining the application submission
process across programs; enabling an
efficient award determination process;
and facilitating HRSA’s ability to
monitor the use of funds and analyze
program outcomes. Additionally,
collecting this data assists HRSA in
carrying out the most impactful program
and ensuring resources are used
responsibly.
More specifically, the changes include
the following:
• Form name change from ANEW to
ANE Program Specific Form.
• Additional instructions for
applicants are provided in each funding
opportunity.
• Modifications to both Table #1 and
Table #2:
Æ Revision to instructions to
incorporate elements for added
programs. Instructions about completion
of each table are included within the
electronic application materials.
Æ Table titles are rephrased for
clarity.
Æ New ‘‘Additional Specialty’’
column is created to yield a flexible data
collection option.
• Table #1 rows are numbered for
clarity and more rows are added to:
Æ Capture auto-tabulation, and
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Æ Reformat/separate Statutory
Funding Preference data from Special
Consideration data.
• Table #2 has:
Æ ‘‘Students’’ reworded to
‘‘participants/trainees;’’
Æ One column labeled, ‘‘Budget
Year,’’ to identify the project budget
year;
Æ One column to create a space for
entering the sum for each row;
Æ Rows to more clearly indicate the
budget year for up to 5 years; and,
Æ One final row to create a space for
entering the total for each column.
• Frequency of data collection: Data
is collected (through the two tables)
once during the application period for
each funding announcement.
• Information determines:
Æ If applicants meet the funding
preference or special consideration for
funding, and
Æ Projected target and baseline
numbers of trainees/participants to be
supported throughout the project
period.
Likely Respondents: Likely
respondents will be current ANE
Programs awardees and new applicants
to the ANE Programs.
Burden Statement: Burden in this
context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose, or provide the information
requested. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; to
develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose
of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information; to search
data sources; to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. The total annual burden
hours estimated for this ICR are
summarized in the table below.
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Form name
(includes the ANE program specific tables and
attachments)
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
burden
hours
ANEW ..................................................................................
NAT ......................................................................................
ANE–NPR ............................................................................
ANE–NPRIP .........................................................................
ANE–SANE ..........................................................................
236
115
101
15
54
1
1
1
1
1
236
115
101
15
54
7
7
7
7
7
1,652
805
707
105
378
Total ..............................................................................
521
........................
521
........................
3,647
HRSA specifically requests comments
on (1) the necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the
proper performance of the agency’s
functions, (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected, and (4) the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Office of Inspector General
OIG Modernization Initiative To
Improve Its Publicly Available
Resources—Request for Information
Office of Inspector General
(OIG), HHS.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Request for information.
This request for information
seeks input from the public on OIG
resources and how OIG could enhance
the usefulness and timeliness of such
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resources and improve their
accessibility and usability.
DATES: Please submit comments
electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
‘‘Submit a comment’’ instructions and
refer to file code OIG–0922–N.
Comments must be received no later
than January 31, 2022, to ensure
consideration. In light of the broad
scope of the RFI and to provide
adequate opportunity for input from a
wide range of stakeholders, we are
providing an extended comment period
for this RFI. Thank you in advance for
your valued input. For information on
viewing public comments, please see
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Edwards, (202) 619–0335.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Inspection
of Public Comments: All comments
received before the close of the
comment period are available for
viewing by the public, including any
personally identifiable or confidential
business information that is included in
a comment. We post all comments
received before the close of the
comment period on the following
website as soon as possible after they
have been received: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the search
instructions on that website to view
public comments.
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I. Introduction
The Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) Office of Inspector
General (OIG) is working to modernize
the accessibility and usability of our
publicly available resources, including
guidance, program integrity resources,
publicly available data, and advisory
opinions (collectively, resources). Given
the significant passage of time since
many of our resources launched and
corresponding advancements in
technology, we are looking holistically
at where we can make improvements to
delivering publicly available resources
effectively and efficiently. We want to
continue producing useful and timely
resources that, among other things,
advance the health care industry’s
voluntary compliance and help prevent
fraud, waste, and abuse. Further, we are
mindful that stakeholders increasingly
use new technologies to ingest, manage,
and operationalize data and
information, and we are interested in
delivering data and information in ways
that are compatible with the
technologies used by stakeholders. To
modernize our publicly available
resources, we anticipate a multistep,
multiyear process that prioritizes highvalue changes. Input collected from this
RFI will help inform decisions about
which areas to address first. By tailoring
our resources in response to stakeholder
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Advanced
Nursing Education Program Specific Form OMB No. 0915-0375--Revision
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the
public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the
ICR.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than October
25, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
draft instruments, email [email protected] or call Lisa Wright-
Solomon, the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301)
443-1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the information request collection title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Advanced Nursing Education
(ANE) Program Specific Form OMB No. 0915-0375--Revision.
Abstract: HRSA provides advanced nursing education grants to
educational institutions to increase the supply, distribution, quality
of, and access to advanced education nurses through the ANE Programs.
The ANE Programs are authorized by Section 811 of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296j), as amended. This clearance request is for
continued approval of the information collection OMB No. 0915-0375 with
revisions.
This revision request includes a title change from the Advanced
Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) Program-Specific Data Collection
Forms to ANE Program Specific Form. This revision also merges forms
used by the ANEW Program and adds several other new forms from the ANE
Programs, including the Advanced Nursing Education Nurse Practitioner
Residency (ANE-NPR) Program, Advanced Nursing Education Nurse
Practitioner Residency Integration Program (ANE-NPRIP), Nurse
Anesthetist Traineeship (NAT) Program, and Advanced Nursing Education
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (ANE-SANE) Program. The revision of the
ANE Program Specific Form incorporates elements from these four
programs (ANE-NPR, ANE-NPRIP, NAT, and ANE-SANE) into the ANE Program
Specific Form.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on July, 13 2021
vol. 86, No. 131; pp. 36756-57. There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Section 811 of the Public
Health Service Act provides the Secretary of HHS with the authority to
award grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities to meet
the costs of--(1) projects that support the enhancement of advanced
nursing education and practice; and (2) traineeships for individuals in
advanced nursing education programs. Under this section, HRSA makes
awards to entities who train and support nurses characterized as
``advanced education nurses.'' In awarding such grants, funding
preference is given to applicants with projects that will substantially
benefit rural or underserved populations, or help meet public health
nursing needs in state or local health departments; special
consideration is given to an eligible entity that agrees to extend the
award to train advanced education nurses who will practice in
designated health professional shortage areas.
The ANE Program Specific Form will allow HRSA to effectively target
funding and measure the impact of the ANE Programs in meeting the
legislative intent and program goals of supporting the enhancement of
advanced nursing education, creating opportunities for individuals in
advanced nursing education programs, and increasing the number of
advanced practice nurses in rural and underserved areas. The proposed
updates to this information collection will assist HRSA in:
Streamlining the application submission process across programs;
enabling an efficient award determination process; and facilitating
HRSA's ability to monitor the use of funds and analyze program
outcomes. Additionally, collecting this data assists HRSA in carrying
out the most impactful program and ensuring resources are used
responsibly.
More specifically, the changes include the following:
Form name change from ANEW to ANE Program Specific Form.
Additional instructions for applicants are provided in
each funding opportunity.
Modifications to both Table #1 and Table #2:
[cir] Revision to instructions to incorporate elements for added
programs. Instructions about completion of each table are included
within the electronic application materials.
[cir] Table titles are rephrased for clarity.
[cir] New ``Additional Specialty'' column is created to yield a
flexible data collection option.
Table #1 rows are numbered for clarity and more rows are
added to:
[cir] Capture auto-tabulation, and
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[cir] Reformat/separate Statutory Funding Preference data from
Special Consideration data.
Table #2 has:
[cir] ``Students'' reworded to ``participants/trainees;''
[cir] One column labeled, ``Budget Year,'' to identify the project
budget year;
[cir] One column to create a space for entering the sum for each
row;
[cir] Rows to more clearly indicate the budget year for up to 5
years; and,
[cir] One final row to create a space for entering the total for
each column.
Frequency of data collection: Data is collected (through
the two tables) once during the application period for each funding
announcement.
Information determines:
[cir] If applicants meet the funding preference or special
consideration for funding, and
[cir] Projected target and baseline numbers of trainees/
participants to be supported throughout the project period.
Likely Respondents: Likely respondents will be current ANE Programs
awardees and new applicants to the ANE Programs.
Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the
information requested. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for
this ICR are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Form name (includes the ANE Number of Average burden
program specific tables and Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
attachments) respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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ANEW............................ 236 1 236 7 1,652
NAT............................. 115 1 115 7 805
ANE-NPR......................... 101 1 101 7 707
ANE-NPRIP....................... 15 1 15 7 105
ANE-SANE........................ 54 1 54 7 378
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Total....................... 521 .............. 521 .............. 3,647
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HRSA specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and
utility of the proposed information collection for the proper
performance of the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected, and (4) the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection burden.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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