[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 232 (Thursday, December 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 66811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32194]
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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 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 (301) 443-7978.
Comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed collection of
information is 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: State Treatment and Needs Assessment Program
Studies (OMB No. 0930-0186--Revision)
SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), as part of
its State Treatment and Needs Assessment Program (STNAP), awards
contracts to States to conduct studies for the purpose of determining
the need and demand for substance abuse treatment within each State. In
order to receive funds from the Substance Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Block Grant, States must submit in their annual block grant
applications an assessment of service needs Statewide, at the sub-state
level, and for specified population groups (as required by Section 1929
of the Public Health Service Act). Most States plan to conduct an adult
telephone household survey to collect information on needed treatment
for substance abuse/dependence. In addition, many States plan to
conduct a variety of more focused studies which will collect data on
treatment need in special populations, including adolescents, pregnant
women, American Indians, arrestees and other criminal justice
populations.
This submission reflects changes to the previously approved annual
burden for survey activities in two States previously funded (changes
to their previously approved survey plans) and in the nine States
receiving new contracts in FY 1998 that are engaging in primary data
collection. The burden will be as presented below:
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No. of
Total No. of responses/ Hours/ Annualized
respondents respondent response burden hours
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Previous submission............................ 75,521 1 0.54 41,093
Decrease: (Adolescent Survey not being done) -3,000 1 0.55 -1,650
New Activities:
Household Telephone Surveys................ 5,567 1 0.55 3,062
Criminal justice populations............... 1,590 1 .87 1,377
Medicaid recipients........................ 1,556 1 0.55 856
Other population groups.................... 1,733 1 .53 919
Treatment providers........................ 360 1 .81 291
Treatment clients.......................... 600 2.7 0.45 729
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Total.................................. 83,927 ............... .............. 46,677
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Send comments to Nancy Pearce, SAMHSA, Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 16-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: November 27, 1998
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-32194 Filed 12-2-98; 8:45 am]
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