[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 138 (Friday, July 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38568-38569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18907]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Period Proposed 
Information Collection: Evaluation of the IHS-Supported Alcohol and 
Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for American Indian/Alaska Native 
Women

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed 
information collection projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review and approve the information collection listed below. This 
proposed information collection project was previously published in the 
Federal Register (62 FR 15191) and allowed 60 days for public comment. 
No public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to 
allow 30 days for public comment to be submitted to OMB.

Proposed Collection.

    Title: Evaluation of the IHS-Supported Alcohol and Substance Abuse 
Treatment Program for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women. Type 
of Information Collection Request: New. Need and Use of the Information 
Collection: Section 703, ``Indian Women Treatment Programs'' of Public 
Law 102-573, the Indian Health Care Amendments of 1992, (the act) 
authorizes the IHS to develop and implement a comprehensive alcohol and 
alcohol and substance abuse (A/SA) program that specifically addresses 
the cultural, historical, social, and child care needs of AI/AN women. 
Section 801 of these Amendments requires a report on the progress made 
in meeting the objectives of the Act, a review of programs established 
or assisted pursuant to the Act, and an assessment of such programs. 
Support Services International, Inc, (SSI) an Indian-owned consulting 
firm, will develop the data collection instruments and conduct the 
study. The information collected will be used to assess and improve the 
effectiveness of the IHS-supported A/SA treatment program.
    Data will be collected from a sample of AI/AN women who use the 
services provided by the IHS-supported A/SA treatment programs, and 
from a sample of treatment program staff. Findings from the study will 
be used to determine (1) What works, what does not work, and why; (2) 
what resources are required for successful A/SA treatment for AI/AN 
women; (3) what factors help or hinder women from maintaining sobriety; 
(4) how many women achieve success (3-, 6-, and 12-months after 
admission into A/SA treatment; (5) what are the characteristics, life 
conditions, and service needs of the women who use the treatment 
programs; (6) what are the common strengths and problems of the 
treatment programs, and what are recommendations for improvement. The 
study is expected to be completed in FY 1998. Affected Public: 
Individuals.
    See Table 1 below for Types of Data Collection Instruments, 
Estimated Number of Respondents, Number of Responses per Respondent, 
Average Burden Hour per Response, and Total Annual Burden Hour.

                                                     Table 1                                                    
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                                             Estimated    Responses                                     Total   
        Data collection Instrument             no. of        per         Average burden hour per        annual  
                                            respondents   respondent            response*             burden hrs
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Project Director..........................           24            1  0.75 hr (45 minutes).........         18.0
Project Staff.............................          216            1  0.50 hr (30 minutes).........        108.0

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Client Intake.............................          550            1  0.50 hr (30 minutes).........        275.0
Client History............................          550            1  1.00 hr (60 minutes).........        550.0
Client Discharge..........................          523            1  0.50 hr (30 minutes).........        261.5
Client 3-month follow-up..................          467            1  0.4175 hr (25 minutes).......        194.9
Client 6-month follow-up..................          440            1  0.50 hr (30 minutes).........        220.0
Client 12-month follow-up.................          412            1  0.41752 hr (25 minutes)......        172.0
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      Total...............................          790  ...........  .............................      1,799.4
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are alos provided in actual minutes.                                  

    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report for this information collection.

Request for Comments

    Your written comments and/or suggestions are invited on one or more 
of the following points: (a) Whether the information collection 
activity is necessary to carry out an agency function and whether the 
IHS processes the information collected in a useful and timely fashion; 
(b) the accuracy of the public burden estimate (this is the amount of 
time needed for individual respondents to provide the requested 
information) and the methodology and assumptions used to determine the 
estimate; (c) way to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information being collected; and (d) ways to minimize the public burden 
through the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology

Direct Comments To OMB

    Send your written comments and suggestions regarding the proposed 
information collection contained in this notice, especially regarding 
the estimated public burden and associated response time, to: Office of 
Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk 
Officer for IHS. To request more information on the proposed collection 
or to obtain a copy of the data collection plan(s) and/or 
instruction(s), contact: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen, Sr., M.P.H., IHS Reports 
Clearance Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 
20852. 1601, or call non-toll free (301) 443-0461, or send via 
facsimile to (301) 443-1522, or send your E-mail requests, comments, 
and return address to: I[email protected].

Comment Due Date

    Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of 
having their full effect if received within 30-days of the date of this 
publication.

    Dated: July 8, 1997.
Michael H. Trujillo,
Assistant Surgeon General Director.
[FR Doc. 97-18907 Filed 7-17-97; 8:45 am]
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