[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 23 (Friday, February 2, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4918-4919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02107]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed
collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) will publish periodic summaries of
proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects
or to obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collections of
information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: Networking Suicide Prevention Hotlines--Evaluation of
Imminent Risk (OMB No. 0930-0333)--Revision
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) funds a National
Suicide Prevention Lifeline Network (``Lifeline''), consisting of a
toll-free telephone number that routes calls from anywhere in the
United States to a network of local crisis centers. In turn, the local
centers link callers to local emergency, mental health, and social
service resources. This project is a revision of the Evaluation of
Imminent Risk and builds on previously approved data collection
activities [Evaluation of Networking Suicide Prevention Hotlines
Follow-Up Assessment (OMB No. 0930-0274) and Call Monitoring of
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Form (OMB No. 0930-0275)]. The
extension data collection is an effort to advance the understanding of
crisis hotline utilization and its impact.
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The overarching purpose of the proposed Evaluation of Imminent Risk
data collection is to evaluate hotline counselors' management of
imminent risk callers and third party callers concerned about persons
at imminent risk, assess counselor adherence to the Lifeline Policies
and Guidelines for Helping Callers at Imminent Risk of Suicide, and
identify the types of interventions implemented with imminent risk
callers. Specifically, the Evaluation of Imminent Risk will collect
data, using the Imminent Risk Form-Revised, to inform the network's
knowledge of the extent to which counselors are aware of and being
guided by Lifeline's imminent risk guidelines; counselors' definitions
of imminent risk; the rates of active rescue of imminent risk callers;
the types of rescue and non-rescue interventions used; barriers to
intervention; and the circumstances in which active rescue is
initiated, including the caller's agreement to receive the
intervention. To capture differences across centers, the form also
collects information on counselors' employment status and hours worked/
volunteered, level of education, license status, training status,
source of safety planning protocols, and responsibility for follow up.
Clearance is being requested for one activity to assess the
knowledge, actions, and practices of counselors to aid callers who are
determined to be at imminent risk for suicide and who may require
active rescue. This evaluation will allow researchers to examine and
understand the actions taken by counselors to aid imminent risk
callers, the need for active rescue, the types of interventions used,
and, ultimately, improve the delivery of crisis hotline services to
imminent risk callers. A total of seven centers will participate in
this evaluation. Thus, SAMHSA is requesting OMB review and approval of
the Imminent Risk Form-Revised.
Crisis counselors at seven participating centers will record
information discussed with imminent risk callers on the Imminent Risk
Form-Revised, which does not require direct data collection from
callers. As with previously approved evaluations, callers will maintain
anonymity. Participating counselors will be asked to complete the form
for 100% of their imminent risk calls. At centers with high call
volumes, data collection may be limited to designated shifts. This form
requests information in 15 content areas, each with multiple sub-items
and response options. Response options include open-ended, yes/no,
Likert-type ratings, and multiple choice/check all that apply. The form
also requests demographic information on the caller, the identification
of the center and counselor submitting the form, and the date of the
call. Specifically, the form is divided into the following sections:
(1) Counselor information, (2) center information, (3) call
characteristics (e.g., line called, language spoken, participation of
third party), (4) suicidal desire, (5) suicidal intent, (6) suicidal
capability, (7) buffers to suicide, (8) interventions agreed to by
caller or implemented by counselor without caller's consent, (9)
whether imminent risk was reduced enough such that active rescue was
not needed, (10) interventions for third party callers calling about a
person at imminent risk, (11) whether supervisory consultation occurred
during or after the call, (12) barriers to getting needed help to the
person at imminent risk, (13) steps taken to confirm whether emergency
contact was made with person at risk, (14) outcome of attempts to
rescue person at risk, and (15) outcome of attempts to follow-up on the
case. The form also includes an Additional Counselor Training section
that counselors complete only when applicable. This section includes
one new question specifically related to the use of the Lifeline
Simulation Training System. The form will take approximately 15 minutes
to complete and will be completed by the counselor after the call. It
is expected that a total of 440 forms will be completed by 116
counselors over the two-year data collection period.
The estimated response burden to collect this information is
annualized over the requested two-year clearance period and is
presented below:
Total and Annualized Burden: Respondents, Responses and Hours
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Number of Responses/ Total Hours per Total burden
Instrument respondents respondent responses response hours
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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline--Imminent Risk Form-Revised... 116 1.9 220 .26 57
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
SAMHSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57B, Rockville, MD 20857 OR email a
copy at [email protected]. Written comments should be received
by April 3, 2018.
Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2018-02107 Filed 2-1-18; 8:45 am]
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