Locality Pay System for Nurses and Other Health Care Personnel

ICR 201110-2900-006

OMB: 2900-0519

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Form and Instruction
Modified
Supporting Statement B
2011-10-27
Supporting Statement A
2011-12-19
IC Document Collections
ICR Details
2900-0519 201110-2900-006
Historical Active 200807-2900-012
VA 2900-0519
Locality Pay System for Nurses and Other Health Care Personnel
Extension without change of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 04/09/2012
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 12/19/2011
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
04/30/2015 36 Months From Approved 04/30/2012
90 0 351
67 0 263
0 0 0

This collection is necessary to comply with PL 101-366 (Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Nurse Pay Act of 1990) as amended by 106-419 (Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2002), which requires specifically provides for a locality pay system for certain health care personnel. VA uses data from the BLS, other third party salary survey sources or VA surveys to determine a location appropriate pay scale for these health care personnel.

PL: Pub.L. 101 - 366 201 Name of Law: Nurses Pay Act of 1990
   US Code: 38 USC 7451 Name of Law: Nurses and other health-care personnel: competitive pay
   PL: Pub.L. 106 - 419 1402 Name of Law: Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000
  
PL: Pub.L. 106 - 419 1402 Name of Law: Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000

Not associated with rulemaking

  76 FR 197 10/12/2011
76 FR 243 12/19/2011
No

1
IC Title Form No. Form Name
Locality Pay System for Nurses and Other Health Care Personnel 10-0132 Locality Pay system for Nurses and Other Health Care Personnel

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 90 351 0 0 -261 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 67 263 0 0 -196 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
No
PL 106-419 modified the law to allow VA to use third party salary sources. It also eliminated the mandatory annual survey requirement. These two factors have significantly reduced the amount of data collection VA must perform. Facilities now seek survey data only when they believe they need to review the competitiveness of their pay rates. In most instances, facilities are able to accomplish this through the use of third party salary data. In addition, the President mandated a Federal pay freeze starting in January 2010 which is expected to last at least through Dec 2012. During this time, nurse locality pay schedules will only be established or increased if a facility can demonstrate an

$3,034
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Denise McLamb 202-565-8374 denise.mclamb@mail.va.gov

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
12/19/2011


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