[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72673-72674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33562]


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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: National Registry of Effective Prevention 
Programs

    New--Section 515(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 USC 290bb-
21) requires that the Director of SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse 
Prevention (CSAP)establish a national data base providing information 
on programs for the prevention of substance abuse and specifies that 
the data base shall contain information appropriate for use by public 
entities and information

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appropriate for use by nonprofit private entities. Since 1994, CSAP has 
met this responsibility through the High Risk Populations Databank on 
programs for the prevention of substance abuse funded by direct CSAP 
grants. Because relatively few direct grants of this type have been 
issued in recent years, CSAP must expand its information collection to 
include voluntary submission of descriptions of effective substance 
abuse prevention conducted by state and local governments, nonprofit 
entities, and the private sector.
    CSAP has developed a template to enable practitioners who have 
evidence that their program reduces risk factors or increases 
protective factors pertaining to substance abuse to nominate their own 
standardized program for the Registry. Each program that is nominated 
should have been standardized (including curriculum manuals, 
implementation manuals, videotapes, etc.), well implemented, and 
findings should derive from well designed research efforts. Program 
models nominated will be reviewed and rated by experts annually to be 
recommended to the field.
    CSAP will promote selected models by providing funds to support 
development of program materials for dissemination, by connecting 
program developers with organizations able to help in the dissemination 
efforts, and by promoting model programs nationally through CSAP's 
State Incentive Grant recipients and regional Centers for Applied 
Prevention Technology. Annual burden estimates for the Registry are 
shown in the table below.

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                                            Number of             Total
          Number of respondents            responses/   Hours/    burden
                                           respondent  response   hours
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250......................................          1       1.25      313
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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 20, 1999.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 99-33562 Filed 12-27-99; 8:45 am]
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