[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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