98-23133. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 46059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23133]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a list of information collection
requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these documents, call
the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-7978.
Proposed Project
Survey of the Single State Authority (SSA) for Substance Abuse on
the Availability of HIV/AIDS Services for Substance Abusers--New. With
the converging twin epidemics of HIV and substance abuse, and the
rising number of injecting drug users and other substance abusers who
are at high risk of becoming HIV infected, the Division of State and
Community Assistance (DSCA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
(CSAT), intends to survey all Single State Authorities (SSAs) for
Substance Abuse and other designated entities to receive Substance
Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant awards concerning the
availability of HIV/AIDS services and their efforts to provide
comprehensive substance abuse treatment to HIV+ and individuals at high
risk of contracting HIV.
The SAPT Block Grant requires that all entities receiving grants,
who have an AIDS case rate equal to or greater than 10 per 100,000,
expend between 2-5% of the award on HIV Early Intervention Services
(EIS) projects. All SSAs who are or have been required to set aside
funds for HIV EIS projects will be surveyed as to their ability to
monitor the set aside expenditure, to collect meaningful data
concerning these projects, and, in consultation with other entities
concerned with the welfare of HIV+ substance abusers, provide direction
to these projects.
The data collected from this survey will primarily be used to
evaluate what changes are necessary in the annual SAPT Block Grant
application. Secondary uses for this data will be for CSAT to better
target technical assistance activities to/for the SSAs to more
appropriately and more efficiently offer comprehensive treatment
systems for HIV+ clients in substance abuse treatment. Results will be
shared with CDC-funded HIV prevention grantees and HRSA-funded Ryan
White CARE Act grantees so as to better coordinate and collaborate
between substance abuse treatment programs and HIV prevention and
treatment programs. The estimated annualized burden for this project is
summarized below.
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Number of Total
Number of responses/ Hours/ burden
respondents respondent response hours
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SSAs and other designated entities to receive SAPT block
grant funds:
Part I--completed by all entities....................... 60 1 .5 30
Part II--completed only by entities designated as the
HIV Set-aside entities................................. 45 1 2.5 113
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Total................................................. ........... ........... ........... 143
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:
Daniel Chenok, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503.
Dated: August 24, 1998.
Patricia S. Bransford,
Acting Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-23133 Filed 8-27-98; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 08/28/1998
- Department:
- Health and Human Services Department
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Document Number:
- 98-23133
- Pages:
- 46059-46059 (1 pages)
- PDF File:
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98-23133.pdf