[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 166 (Friday, August 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51841-51842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21712]


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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: Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPs) Evaluation 
Project--Prospective Study--New--Since 1993, SAMHSA's Center for 
Substance Abuse Treatment has published 37 Treatment Improvement 
Protocols, which provide administrative and clinical practice guidance 
to the substance abuse treatment field. This is the third of three 
major studies and is designed to assess readers' use of TIPs and the 
impact of TIPs on changing substance abuse treatment practices.
    The Prospective Study seeks to determine the most cost effective 
level of support needed by substance abuse treatment providers to 
implement in practice the information contained in TIPs. Specifically, 
this study will

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examine the use of TIP #35, ``Enhancing Motivation for Change in 
Substance Abuse Treatment,'' by treatment professionals in four 
different areas of the country. The study will use a pretest/post-test 
experimental design in which treatment facilities will be randomly 
assigned to one of four conditions: (1) The control group (which will 
receive the TIP and no additional support); (2) a TIP-plus curriculum 
group; (3) a TIP-plus curriculum and training group; and (4) a TIP-plus 
curriculum, training, and ongoing support group.
    Data will be collected at baseline and follow-up. Measures will 
include providers' awareness of TIP 35, their knowledge of the content 
contained in this TIP, their attitudes toward the TIP and its content, 
and their use of this TIP an dits impact on practices within their 
facilities. Burden for State substance abuse (SSA) agency directors in 
the four areas of the country chosen will consist of information 
gathering by telephone. Burden for other respondents will consist of 
completing the pretest and post-test questionnaires. The total 
estimated burden for this project, to be completed in a 1-year period, 
is summarized below.

 
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                                          Number of          Responses/      Average burden/      Total burden
             Respondent                  respondents         respondent      response (hrs.)         (hrs.)
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SSA Directors.......................                 10                  1                1.0                 10
Facility Directors..................                560                  2                 .5                560
Clinical Supervisors................                560                  2                 .5                560
Program Counselors..................              1,680                  2                 .5              1,680
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    Total...........................  .................  .................  .................              2,810
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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: August 21, 2000.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 00-21712 Filed 8-24-00; 8:45 am]
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