[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 151 (Monday, August 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48191-48193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16907]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of information 
collection requests under the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
review, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
chapter 35). To request a copy of these documents, call the SAMHSA 
Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-0361.

Proposed Project: Rural Emergency Medical Services Training (EMS 
Training) Monitoring

    SAMHSA will monitor program performance of its Rural Emergency 
Medical Services Training (EMS Training) grant program. The EMS 
Training grantees will recruit and train EMS personnel in rural areas 
with a particular focus on addressing mental and substance use 
disorders. To accomplish this, the EMS Training grantees conduct 
courses that qualify graduates to serve in an EMS agency, train EMS 
personnel as appropriate to maintain licenses and certifications and 
ensure EMS personnel are trained on mental and substance use disorders 
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care for people with such disorders in emergency situations.
    The EMS Training grantees hold a variety of trainings. A training 
event is defined as a Rural EMS Training sponsored or co-sponsored 
event that focuses on teaching of a skill, knowledge, or experience for 
personal or professional development. Higher education classes must be 
included in this definition. Each course is considered as one training 
event. SAMHSA intends to use one (1) instrument for program monitoring 
of Rural EMS Training grantees activities as well as ongoing quality 
improvement, which is described below.
    1. Rural EMS Training Program Monitoring Report: This form collects 
aggregated event information. This instrument asks eight (8) questions 
of EMS Training grant staff relating to the number of participants they 
recruited and have trained. It allows the grantees and SAMHSA to track 
the number of EMS personnel recruited, trained and number of 
certifications accomplished (See Attachment 1).
    SAMHSA recognizes the need for emergency services in rural areas 
and the critical role EMS personnel serve across the country. The 
information collected is crucial to support SAMHSA in complying with 
Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) reporting requirements 
and will inform future development of knowledge dissemination 
activities.
    The chart below summarizes the annualized burden for this project.

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                                             Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total annual     Hourly wage     Total hour
           Type of respondent               respondents     respondent       responses       response      burden hours        cost            cost
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Rural EMS Staff:
    Rural EMS Training Program                        27               2              54             .17            9.18          $19.92         $182.87
     Monitoring Report..................
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        Total...........................              27               2              54             .17            9.18           19.92          182.87
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                                                  Summary Table
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                                                                      Number       Responses per
                           Instrument                               respondents     respondents    Burden hours
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Rural EMS Training Program Monitoring Report....................              27               2            9.18
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    Total.......................................................              27               2            9.18
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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.

Carlos Graham,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-16907 Filed 8-5-22; 8:45 am]
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