[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 224 (Monday, November 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69779-69780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29564]


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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: Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) 
Block Grant Application Guidance and Instructions, FY 2002--2004 (OMB 
No. 0930-0080, Revision)--Sections 1921 through 1935 of the Public 
Health Service Act (U.S.C. 300x-21 to 300x-35)

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provide for annual allotments to assist States to plan, carry out, and 
evaluate activities to prevent and treat substance abuse and for 
related activities. Under the provisions of the law, States may receive 
allotments only after an application is submitted and approved by the 
Secretary, DHHS. For the federal fiscal year 2002-2004 SAPT block grant 
application cycles, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) will provide States with revised application 
guidance and instructions to implement changes made by Public Law 106-
310, signed by the President on October 17. Revisions to the 
previously-approved application resulting from the new SAMHSA 
authorizing legislation reflect the following changes: (1) Section 
1922(a) under which States were required to use 35% of the funds on 
drug related activities and 35% on alcohol related activities (42 
U.S.C. 300x-22) is repealed. (2) The Section 1925 requirement for the 
States to maintain a revolving fund of $100,000 to assist with half way 
houses for persons recovering from drug or alcohol abuse is now made 
optional (42 U.S.C. 300x-25). (3) Section 1930, which requires the 
States to maintain their financial support for substance abuse services 
at a level equal to the average of what they had spent the previous two 
years, is amended to permit non-recurring expenditures for a singular 
purpose to be excluded from the calculation of the Maintenance of 
Effort (MOE) requirement (42 U.S.C. 300x-30). (4) Section 1952 is 
amended to allow any amount paid to a State for a fiscal year to be 
available for obligation and expenditure until the end of the fiscal 
year following the fiscal year for which the amounts were paid, in 
effect giving a State two years to obligate and spend (42 U.S.C. 300x-
62). These changes do not have an impact on the burden estimate for the 
application.
    In addition, changes are being made to the annual reporting 
requirements associated with Section 1926 (42 U.S.C. 300x-26), which 
requires States to have in effect a law prohibiting access and 
distribution of tobacco products to minors under age 18. In Section II, 
the following changes are being made with respect to Goal #8 and 
Attachment G: (1) In Goal #8, States will not be required to report on 
activities that were reported in previous applications (i.e., the 
requirement to report on prior year compliance information is 
eliminated). (2) In Attachment G: (a) questions are re-ordered so they 
are in chronological order to facilitate reporting on compliance 
activities; (b) seven of the nine questions are revised to define more 
precisely the information that SAMHSA needs in order to review and 
approve applications and eliminate duplication in State reporting; (c) 
Matrix 7a has been renamed Form G3, and Form G3 now requires States to 
report specific ages of the youth inspectors rather than age ranges. 
These changes do not impose additional response burden for the 
application and should shorten the time for review of applications.

                                             Annual Reporting Burden
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                                                                            Responses
                                                              Number of        per       Hours per      Total
                                                             respondents   respondent     response      burden
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Sections I-III--Red Lake Indians...........................        \1\ 1            1           531          531
Sections I-III--States and Territories.....................           59            1           564       33,276
Section IV-A...............................................           40            1            50        2,000
Section IV-B...............................................           20            1            42          840
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    Total..................................................  ...........  ............  ...........      36,647
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\1\ Red Lake Indian Tribe is not subject to tobacco requirements.

    Send comments to Nancy Pearce, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room, 16-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 
20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: November 14, 2000.
Joseph H. Autry III,
Deputy Administrator, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 00-29564 Filed 11-17-00; 8:45 am]
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