[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 63 (Thursday, April 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16269-16270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8608]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed
collections of information, 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 information collection plans, call the SAMHSA
Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-7978.
Proposed Project
Survey of Single State Authorities for Substance Abuse Regarding
Availability of HIV/AIDS Services--New. With the converging twin
epidemics of HIV and substance abuse, and the rising number of
injecting drug users and other substance abusers who are at high risk
of becoming HIV infected, the Division of State and Community
Assistance (DSCA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), intends
to survey all Single State Authorities (SSAs) for Substance Abuse and
other designated entities to receive Substance Abuse Prevention and
Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant awards concerning the availability of HIV/
AIDS services and their efforts to provide comprehensive substance
abuse treatment to HIV+ and individuals at high risk of contacting HIV.
The SAPT Block Grant requires that all entities receiving grants,
who have an AIDS case rate equal to or greater than 10 per 100,000,
expend between 2-5% of the award on HIV Early Intervention Services
(EIS) projects. All SSAs who are or have been required to set aside
funds for HIV EIS projects will be surveyed as to their ability to
monitor the set aside expenditure, to collect meaningful data
concerning these projects, and, in consultation with other entities
concerned with the welfare of HIV+ substance abusers, provide direction
to these projects.
The data collected from this survey will primarily be used to
evaluate what changes are necessary in the annual SAPT Block Grant
application. Secondary uses for this data will be for CSAT to better
target technical assistance activities to/for the SSAs to more
appropriately and more efficiently offer comprehensive treatment
systems for HIV+ clients in substance abuse treatment. Results will be
shared with CDC-funded HIV prevention grantees and HRSA-funded Ryan
White CARE Act grantees so as to better coordinate and collaborate
between substance abuse treatment programs and HIV prevention and
treatment programs. The estimated annualized burden for this project is
summarized below.
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Number of Total
Number of responses/ Hours/response Total burden annualized
respondents respondent hours burden hours
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SSAs and other designated entities to receive SAPT block grant
funds............................................................. 60 1 .50 30 30
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Send comments to Nancy Pearce, 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: March 27, 1998.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-8608 Filed 4-1-98; 8:45 am]
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