[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 250 (Thursday, December 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 73570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33946]


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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: Survey of Organized Consumer Self-Help Entities--
New

    The self-help movement in the United States has mushroomed, and 
increasingly serves mental health consumers and family members as a 
complement to, or substitution for, traditional mental health services. 
The purposes of this project of SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health 
Services are to estimate the number of self-help entities nationwide 
and to describe their characteristics--structure, types of activities 
engaged in, approaches to well-being and recovery, resources, and 
linkages to other entities in the community, such as the mental health 
service delivery system. The survey will gather information from a 
sample of 3,000 mental health self-help entities run by and for 
recipients of mental health services and/or their family members. Data 
will be collected from three types of self-help entities: mutual 
support groups; self-help organizations; and, consumer-operated 
businesses and services. Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing 
(CATI) will be used to conduct interviews with in-scope entities. The 
total response burden estimate is shown below.

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                                                                                             Average
                                                                    Number of   Responses/   burden/     Total
                            Instrument                             respondents  respondent   response    burden
                                                                                              (Hrs)      (Hrs)
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Screener.........................................................       7,600            1        .17      1,292
Questionnaire....................................................       3,000            1        .42      1,260
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    Total........................................................  ...........  ..........  .........      2,552
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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 23, 1999.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 99-33946 Filed 12-29-99; 8:45 am]
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