[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 46059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23133]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

    Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request
    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) 443-7978.

Proposed Project

    Survey of the Single State Authority (SSA) for Substance Abuse on 
the Availability of HIV/AIDS Services for Substance Abusers--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 contracting 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/       burden  
                                                              respondents   respondent    response      hours   
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SSAs and other designated entities to receive SAPT block                                                        
 grant funds:                                                                                                   
    Part I--completed by all entities.......................           60            1           .5           30
    Part II--completed only by entities designated as the                                                       
     HIV Set-aside entities.................................           45            1          2.5          113
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      Total.................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........          143
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Daniel Chenok, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: August 24, 1998.
Patricia S. Bransford,
Acting Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-23133 Filed 8-27-98; 8:45 am]
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