[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 250 (Thursday, December 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 73570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33946]
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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 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: Survey of Organized Consumer Self-Help Entities--
New
The self-help movement in the United States has mushroomed, and
increasingly serves mental health consumers and family members as a
complement to, or substitution for, traditional mental health services.
The purposes of this project of SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health
Services are to estimate the number of self-help entities nationwide
and to describe their characteristics--structure, types of activities
engaged in, approaches to well-being and recovery, resources, and
linkages to other entities in the community, such as the mental health
service delivery system. The survey will gather information from a
sample of 3,000 mental health self-help entities run by and for
recipients of mental health services and/or their family members. Data
will be collected from three types of self-help entities: mutual
support groups; self-help organizations; and, consumer-operated
businesses and services. Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing
(CATI) will be used to conduct interviews with in-scope entities. The
total response burden estimate is shown below.
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Average
Number of Responses/ burden/ Total
Instrument respondents respondent response burden
(Hrs) (Hrs)
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Screener......................................................... 7,600 1 .17 1,292
Questionnaire.................................................... 3,000 1 .42 1,260
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Total........................................................ ........... .......... ......... 2,552
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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: December 23, 1999.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 99-33946 Filed 12-29-99; 8:45 am]
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