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(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
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Project: 2021 Behavioral Health
Workforce Surveys, Part of the Mental
and Substance Use Disorder
Practitioner Data Grant Funded by
SAMHSA, Grant Number
H79FG000028
SAMHSA is requesting from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval to administer two
surveys being developed as part of the
Mental and Substance Use Disorder
Practitioner Data grant: (1) A one-time
survey to employers of behavioral
health providers and, (2) a one-time
survey of licensed clinical behavioral
health providers. The information
gathered by these surveys will be used
to gain critical new insights into, and to
document, challenges in recruiting and
retaining behavioral health staffing and
to assess the strength of available data
on the clinical behavioral health
workforce actively providing care for
mental health and substance use
disorders.
Employer Survey
The survey includes questions to
assess the following measures: Facility
type (e.g., outpatient facility, inpatient,
residential); type of behavioral health
staff employed (e.g., addiction medicine
specialists, psychiatric Nurse
Practitioners, marriage and family
therapists); services offered (e.g.,
assertive community treatment, partial
hospitalization); roles and training
needs of peer support specialists, case
managers, care managers, and
pharmacists (e.g., certification,
population served, paid status,
reimbursement); professions with
recruitment and retention challenges
(e.g., select from list of professions);
reasons behind the challenges (e.g., low
wages, high case load) and workarounds (e.g., use of locum tenens);
average wait-time for appointments
(e.g., new patient visits); staffing needed
to address gaps in care (e.g., estimated
FTEs needed by profession type); use of
telehealth (e.g., percent of visits);
patient mix (e.g., immigrants, LGBTQ
communities, number of clients); and
form of payment (e.g., percent
commercial, Medicaid, self-pay). The
survey will be administered online
through Qualtrics.
The target population will be the
2,800 member organizations of the
National Council of Behavioral Health
(NCBH). NCBH members are healthcare
organizations and management entities
that offer treatment and supports to
more than eight million adults and
children living with mental illnesses
and addictions.
Provider Survey
The survey will help identify how
many licensed clinical behavioral health
specialists (licensed psychologists,
licensed clinical social workers,
licensed marriage and family therapists,
and licensed professional counselors)
are seeing clients for behavioral health
needs and the populations served. The
survey includes questions to assess the
following measures: Demographics (e.g.,
age, race/ethnicity, sex); professional
and practice setting (e.g., self-employed,
outpatient mental health clinic, zip
code, hours worked); level of education
(e.g., Masters in Social Work, Doctorate
in Social Work); types of services
provided (e.g., assertive community
treatment); number of and type clients
served (e.g., Medicaid, Medicare,
veteran, immigrants); telehealth use
(e.g., current or prior to COVID–19
outbreak); and career satisfaction and
burnout (e.g., very satisfied, ‘‘I enjoy my
work, I have no symptoms of burnout’’).
The target population will be a
random sample of 5,000 licensed
clinical behavioral health providers
(licensed psychologists, licensed
clinical social workers, licensed
marriage and family therapists, and
licensed professional counselors) in
states where email addresses are
available with state licensure data.
The primary objectives of the surveys
are to:
• Better understand factors associated
with challenges in both recruitment and
retention at behavioral health provider
organizations.
• Estimate the workforce needed to
better address gaps in care for mental
health and substance use disorder.
• Obtain new insights on staffing
models for treatment of serious mental
illness, such as assertive community
treatment.
• Collect new data on use of peer
support specialists, care coordinators,
and pharmacists in behavioral health
care.
• Assess whether state licensure data
is a reliable data source for building a
comprehensive database on clinical
behavioral health practitioners who are
actively providing client services that
require licensure.
EXHIBIT 1—TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN BY INSTRUMENT
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Responses
per
participant
Number of
participants
Type of participant activity
Total
responses
Total
burden
hours
Hours per
response
Wage rate
Total hour
cost
Employer Survey ...............................................................
Provider Survey .................................................................
2,800
5,000
1
1
2,800
5,000
.25
.25
700
1,250
$21.79
21.79
$15,253
27,237.50
Total ...........................................................................
7,800
........................
7,800
....................
1,950
....................
42,490.50
Send comments Carlos Graham,
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57–B,
Rockville, Maryland 20857, OR email a
copy to Carlos.Graham@
samhsa.hhs.gov. Written comments
should be received by March 1, 2021.
Carlos Graham,
Social Science Analyst.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection
New Dates for the April and October
2021 Customs Broker’s License
Examinations
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
General notice.
This document announces
that U.S. Customs and Border Protection
has changed the dates on which the
semi-annual examination for an
individual broker’s license will be held
in April and October 2021.
DATES: The customs broker’s license
examination scheduled for April 2021
will be held on Wednesday, April 21,
2021, and the customs broker’s license
SUMMARY:
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examination scheduled for October 2021
will be held on Thursday, October 21,
2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melba Hubbard, Acting Director,
Commercial Operations, Revenue and
Entry, Office of Trade, (202) 325–6986,
or brokermanagement@cbp.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 641 of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (19 U.S.C. 1641), provides
that a person (an individual,
corporation, association, or partnership)
must hold a valid customs broker’s
license and permit in order to transact
customs business on behalf of others,
sets forth standards for the issuance of
brokers’ licenses and permits, and
provides for the taking of disciplinary
action against brokers that have engaged
in specified types of infractions. This
section also provides that an
examination may be conducted to assess
an applicant’s qualifications for a
license.
The regulations issued under the
authority of section 641 are set forth in
Title 19 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, part 111 (19 CFR part 111).
Part 111 sets forth the regulations
regarding the licensing of, and granting
of permits to, persons desiring to
transact customs business as customs
brokers. These regulations also include
the qualifications required of applicants
and the procedures for applying for
licenses and permits. Section 111.11 of
the CBP regulations (19 CFR 111.11) sets
forth the basic requirements for a
broker’s license, and in paragraph (a)(4)
of that section provides that an
applicant for an individual broker’s
license must attain a passing grade (75
percent or higher) on the examination.
Section 111.13 of the CBP regulations
(19 CFR 111.13) sets forth the
requirements and procedures for the
examination for an individual broker’s
license and states that the customs
broker’s license examinations will be
given on the fourth Wednesday in April
and October unless the regularly
scheduled examination date conflicts
with a national holiday, religious
observance, or other foreseeable event.
Due to the limited availability of
testing sites caused by state and local
restrictions during the COVID–19
pandemic, CBP has changed the
regularly scheduled dates of the
examination. This document announces
that CBP has scheduled the April 2021
customs broker’s license examination
for Wednesday, April 21, 2021, and the
October 2021 customs broker’s license
examination for Thursday, October 21,
2021.
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Dated: December 27, 2020.
Cynthia F. Whittenburg,
Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner,
Office of Trade.
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Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID FEMA–2020–0016]
Meeting To Implement Pandemic
Response Voluntary Agreement Under
Section 708 of the Defense Production
Act
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION: Announcement of meeting.
AGENCY:
The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) held a
meeting remotely via web conference to
implement the Voluntary Agreement for
the Manufacture and Distribution of
Critical Healthcare Resources Necessary
to Respond to a Pandemic.
DATES: The meeting took place on
Monday, December 21, 2020, from 11
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time (ET).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Glenn, Office of Business,
Industry, Infrastructure Integration, via
email at OB3I@fema.dhs.gov or via
phone at (202) 212–1666.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of
these meetings is provided as required
by section 708(h)(8) of the Defense
Production Act (DPA), 50 U.S.C.
4558(h)(8), and consistent with 44 CFR
part 332.
The DPA authorizes the making of
‘‘voluntary agreements and plans of
action’’ with, among others,
representatives of industry and business
to help provide for the national
defense.1 The President’s authority to
facilitate voluntary agreements was
delegated to the Secretary of Homeland
Security with respect to responding to
the spread of COVID–19 within the
United States in Executive Order
13911.2 The Secretary of Homeland
Security has further delegated this
authority to the FEMA Administrator.3
On August 17, 2020, after the
appropriate consultations with the
Attorney General and the Chairman of
SUMMARY:
1 50
U.S.C. 4558(c)(1).
FR 18403 (Apr. 1, 2020).
3 DHS Delegation 09052, Rev. 00.1 (Apr. 1, 2020);
DHS Delegation Number 09052 Rev. 00 (Jan. 3,
2017).
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the Federal Trade Commission, FEMA
completed and published in the Federal
Register a ‘‘Voluntary Agreement for the
Manufacture and Distribution of Critical
Healthcare Resources Necessary to
Respond to a Pandemic’’ (Voluntary
Agreement).4 Unless terminated prior to
that date, the Voluntary Agreement is
effective until August 17, 2025, and may
be extended subject to additional
approval by the Attorney General after
consultation with the Chairman of the
Federal Trade Commission. The
Agreement may be used to prepare for
or respond to any pandemic, including
COVID–19, during that time.
On December 7, 2020, the first plan of
action under the Voluntary
Agreement—the Plan of Action to
Establish a National Strategy for the
Manufacture, Allocation, and
Distribution of Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) to Respond to COVID–
19 (Plan of Action)—was finalized.5 The
Plan of Action established the Personal
Protective Equipment Sub-Committee to
Define COVID–19 PPE Requirements
(Sub-Committee).
The meetings covered by this notice
were held by the Sub-Committee to
implement the Voluntary Agreement.
The meetings were chaired by the
FEMA Administrator or his delegate,
and attended by the Attorney General or
his delegate and the Chairman of the
Federal Trade Commission or his
delegate. In implementing the Voluntary
Agreement, FEMA adheres to all
procedural requirements of 50 U.S.C.
4558 and 44 CFR part 332.
Meeting Objectives: The objectives of
the meetings were to:
(1) Finalize the priority tasks that
should be completed first under the
Plan of Action;
(2) Identify which Sub-Committees
should begin meeting in January 2021;
and
(3) Identify additional Participants
and Attendees who should be invited to
participate in the Plan of Action.
Meetings Closed to the Public: By
default, the DPA requires meetings held
to implement a voluntary agreement or
plan of action be open to the public.6
However, attendance may be limited if
4 85 FR 50035 (Aug. 17, 2020). The Attorney
General, in consultation with the Chairman of the
Federal Trade Commission, made the required
finding that the purpose of the voluntary agreement
may not reasonably be achieved through an
agreement having less anticompetitive effects or
without any voluntary agreement and published the
finding in the Federal Register on the same day. 85
FR 50049 (Aug. 17, 2020).
5 See 85 FR 78869 (Dec. 7, 2020). See also 85 FR
79020 (Dec. 8, 2020).
6 See 50 U.S.C. 4558(h)(7).
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
New Dates for the April and October 2021 Customs Broker's License
Examinations
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: General notice.
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SUMMARY: This document announces that U.S. Customs and Border
Protection has changed the dates on which the semi-annual examination
for an individual broker's license will be held in April and October
2021.
DATES: The customs broker's license examination scheduled for April
2021 will be held on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, and the customs
broker's license
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examination scheduled for October 2021 will be held on Thursday,
October 21, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melba Hubbard, Acting Director,
Commercial Operations, Revenue and Entry, Office of Trade, (202) 325-
6986, or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 641 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1641),
provides that a person (an individual, corporation, association, or
partnership) must hold a valid customs broker's license and permit in
order to transact customs business on behalf of others, sets forth
standards for the issuance of brokers' licenses and permits, and
provides for the taking of disciplinary action against brokers that
have engaged in specified types of infractions. This section also
provides that an examination may be conducted to assess an applicant's
qualifications for a license.
The regulations issued under the authority of section 641 are set
forth in Title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 111 (19 CFR
part 111). Part 111 sets forth the regulations regarding the licensing
of, and granting of permits to, persons desiring to transact customs
business as customs brokers. These regulations also include the
qualifications required of applicants and the procedures for applying
for licenses and permits. Section 111.11 of the CBP regulations (19 CFR
111.11) sets forth the basic requirements for a broker's license, and
in paragraph (a)(4) of that section provides that an applicant for an
individual broker's license must attain a passing grade (75 percent or
higher) on the examination.
Section 111.13 of the CBP regulations (19 CFR 111.13) sets forth
the requirements and procedures for the examination for an individual
broker's license and states that the customs broker's license
examinations will be given on the fourth Wednesday in April and October
unless the regularly scheduled examination date conflicts with a
national holiday, religious observance, or other foreseeable event.
Due to the limited availability of testing sites caused by state
and local restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, CBP has changed
the regularly scheduled dates of the examination. This document
announces that CBP has scheduled the April 2021 customs broker's
license examination for Wednesday, April 21, 2021, and the October 2021
customs broker's license examination for Thursday, October 21, 2021.
Dated: December 27, 2020.
Cynthia F. Whittenburg,
Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Trade.
[FR Doc. 2020-28966 Filed 12-30-20; 8:45 am]
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