[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70047-70048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32455]
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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.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collections of
information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: State Treatment and Needs Assessment Program
Studies--New
Beginning in Fiscal Year 1999, SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse
Treatment (CSAT), as part of its State Treatment Needs Assessment
Program (STNAP), awards grants to States to conduct studies for the
purpose of determining the need and demand for substance abuse
treatment within each State. In order to receive funds from the
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Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant, States must
submit in their annual block grant applications an assessment of
service needs Statewide, at the sub-state level, and for specified
population groups (as required by Section 1929 of the Public Health
Service Act).
Most States receiving these grants will conduct an adult telephone
household survey to collect information on needed treatment for
substance abuse/dependence. In addition, many States will conduct a
variety of more focused studies which will collect data on treatment
need in special populations, including adolescents, Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients, transients, arrestees
and other criminal justice populations. States are required to use core
protocols comprised of basic study design, data collection methods, and
a core set of questions for these data collections. Previous STNAP
activities under contract awards were approved under OMB Control Number
0930-0186.
The estimated annualized burden for the State needs assessment
studies over the next three years is presented below.
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No. of Total Annual
No. of responses/ Hours/ burden burden
respondents respondent response hours hours
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Sub-State Prevalence Surveys................... 47,537 1 0.55 26,145 8,715
Criminal justice populations................... 63,240 1 0.22 13,913 4,638
Total.................................... 110,777 ........... ........... 40,058 13,353
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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: December 8, 1999.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 99-32455 Filed 12-14-99; 8:45 am]
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