[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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