[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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