[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2676-2677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1261]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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 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, the SAMHSA Reports 
Clearance Officer on (301) 443-8005.
    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: The Annual Census of Patient Characteristics in 
State and County Mental Hospital Inpatient Services--Revision--The 
Census is a

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complete enumeration of all State and county mental hospitals and 
collects aggregate information by age, gender, and diagnosis for each 
State on the number of additions during the year and resident patients 
who are physically present for 24 hours per day in the inpatient 
service at the end of the reporting year. First conducted in 1840, the 
Census has provided information throughout the years that is not 
available from any other sources. The Census is the primary means 
within the Center for Mental Health Services for assessing 
deinstitutionalization practices of State and county mental hospitals. 
The annual burden estimate is as follows:

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                                                                                   No. of     Average           
                                                                       No. of     responses   burden     Total  
                                                                    respondents      per        per      annual 
                                                                                 respondent  response    burden 
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State Statisticians and Superintendents of State Mental Hospitals.         58            1      2 hrs   116 hrs.
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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 within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: January 14, 1997.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-1261 Filed 1-16-97; 8:45 am]
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