[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 34 (Friday, February 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9270-9271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03525]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (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 April 21, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail to the 
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn 
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

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 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: Rural Access to Emergency 
Devices Grant Program OMB No. 0915-xxxx--[New]
    Abstract: This program is authorized by the Public Health 
Improvement Act title IV--Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2000, subtitle 
B-Rural Access to Emergency Devices, section 413, (42 U.S.C. 254c 
(Note)) and the

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Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 113-
235). The purpose of this grant program is to: (1) Purchase automated 
external defibrillators (AEDs) that have been approved, or cleared for 
marketing, by the Food and Drug Administration; (2) provide 
defibrillator and basic life support training in automated external 
defibrillator usage through the American Heart Association, the 
American Red Cross, or other nationally recognized training courses; 
and (3) place the AEDs in rural communities with local organizations.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: For this program, 
performance measures were drafted to provide data useful to the program 
and to enable HRSA to provide aggregate program data required by 
Congress under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 
1993 (Pub. L.103-62). These measures cover the principal topic areas of 
interest to the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, including: (a) 
The number of counties served by the program; (b) the number of AEDs 
purchased and placed and the locations of the placements; (c) the 
number of training sessions and the number of individuals trained; (d) 
the number of times an AED is used and the outcome; and (e) the number 
of lay persons and first responders who administer CPR or use an AED on 
an individual. These measures will speak to the Office's progress 
toward meeting the set goals.
    Likely Respondents: Rural Access to Emergency Devices Grant Program 
award recipients.
    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 Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below.
    Total Estimated Annualized burden hours:

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                                                                                      Average
                                     Number of       Number of         Total        burden per     Total  burden
            Form name               respondents   responses  per     responses     response  (in       hours
                                                     respondent                       hours)
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Rural Access to Emergency                     12               1              12               4              48
 Devices Grant Program
 Performance Measures...........
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    Total.......................              12               1              12               4              48
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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.

Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2015-03525 Filed 2-19-15; 8:45 am]
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