[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 35827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17272]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

    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)443-8005.
    The Annual Census of Patient Characteristics in State and County 
Mental Hospital Inpatient Services--Revision--The Census is a 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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                                                                          Number of      Average                
                                                            Number of     responses    burden per   Total annual
                                                           respondents       per        response       burden   
                                                                         respondent      (hours)       (hours)  
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State Statisticians and Superintendents of State Mental                                                         
 Hospitals..............................................           58             1             2           116 
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Virginia Huth, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10236, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: June 12, 1997.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-17272 Filed 7-1-97; 8:45 am]
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