98-6363. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 48 (Thursday, March 12, 1998)]
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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 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data 
collection projects, 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 data collection plans and instruments, call the 
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on [phone].
    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

    Community Mental Health Center Construction (CMHC) Grant Monitoring 
Program; Extension.
    SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) will seek 
extension of OMB approval of the regulations and data collection form 
for the Community Mental Health Center Construction (CMHC) Grant 
Monitoring Program. Recipients of Federal CMHC construction funds are 
obligated to use the constructed facilities to provide mental health 
services. The CMHC Act was repealed in 1981 except for the provision 
requiring grantees to continue using the facilities for mental health 
purposes for a 20-year period. In order for CMHS to monitor compliance 
of construction grantees, the grantees are required to submit an annual 
report. A Chceklist will be used which enables grantees to supply the 
needed information efficiently and with a minimum of burden. The annual 
burden estimate is as follows:

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                                                                  Number of      Average burden                 
                                                 Number of      responses per     per response     Total burden 
                                                respondents       respondent        (hours)          (hours)    
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CMHC........................................             177                1              .33               58 
Construction................................                                                                    
Grantee.....................................                                                                    
Checklist...................................                                                                    
(form SMA-101)..............................                                                                    
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    Send comments to Beatrice Rouse, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 16-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. 
Written comments should be received on or before May 11, 1998.

    Dated: March 15, 1998.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-6363 Filed 3-11-98; 8:45 am]
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