[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 88 (Monday, May 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23039-23041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11372]


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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: Participant Feedback Forms for Two CMHS Mental 
Health Education Training Initiatives--New--This project will collect 
feedback from mental health professionals who receive training from any 
of the CMHS-supported Minority Community Based Organizations or 
Behavioral Health Professional Association contractors. The forms 
proposed for use in collecting the feedback are refined versions of 
feedback forms required for use by the Mental Health Care Provider 
Education in HIV/AIDS Program II and approved by OMB under control 
number 0930-0195.
    The range of mental health issues covered is broad and, depending 
on the needs of the audiences, the training sites may use any of the 
following types of curricula: General, ethics, neuropsychiatric, 
neuropsychiatric designed for non-psychiatrists, and an adherence 
curriculum. Education sites also vary the complexity and intensity of 
the training sessions, resulting in sessions of variable length. 
Service providers attending sessions shorter than 6 hours will provide 
feedback by completing a single form at the end of the training 
session. Those attending sessions 6 hours or longer will be asked to 
complete forms both before and after the training session in order to 
assess both satisfaction and perceived knowledge gain. Education sites 
funded under these initiatives will vary considerably in their prior 
experience in conducting trainings, with some organizations having 
significant prior experience while others will be developing their 
training programs. The burden estimates below incorporate and reflect 
reasonable assumptions regarding the volume, type and length of 
training sessions conducted by the various organizations likely to be 
funded under these two initiatives.
    The Minority HIV/AIDS Mental Health Services Initiative is expected 
to be comprised of 12 minority community-based organizations providing 
mental health HIV/AIDS education trainings to traditional and non-
traditional mental health service providers. Estimates of the numbers 
of mental health professionals trained and types of training sessions 
conducted are based on the assumption that half (6) of the funded 
education sites will be existing education programs and the other half 
will be new education sites. The six new education sites are expected 
to train about 300 individuals annually using the general curriculum 
(and corresponding form--The Participant Feedback Form) with their 
training sessions being less than 6 hours long. These sites will 
conduct, on average about 15 training sessions per year with 
approximately 20 people attending each session.
    The remaining six sites are expected to be education sites with 
existing education training programs and are expected to conduct a 
total of 25 training sessions each per year with about 20 individuals 
attending each training session. These six sites should therefore train 
a total 500 individuals each per year. The majority of these sessions 
will be less than 6 hours long (about 76% or 19 sessions of the 25 
sessions). In contrast to the new education sites, however, these sites 
are likely to use all of the following curricula: General, ethics, 
neuropsychiatric, neuropsychiatric designed for non-psychiatrists, and 
the adherence curriculum. Of the 19 training sessions that are shorter 
than 6 hours, 10 are expected to use the general curriculum, 3 will use 
the adherence curriculum, and 2 sessions each for the ethics, 
neuropsychiatric, neuropsychiatric for non-psychiatrists. Four of the 6 
sessions that are longer than 6 hours are expected to use the general 
curriculum and corresponding pre/post participant forms, and 2 will use 
the neuropsychiatric curriculum with the accompanying corresponding 
pre/post neuropsychiatric participant forms. Burden estimates are 
presented in Table 1 below.
    The Behavioral Health Professional Health Association Training 
Initiative is a continuation effort. This initiative will consist of 
three Associations providing training to mental health professionals 
both within and outside of their disciplines. These Associations are 
required to train a minimum of 1,000 mental health professionals per 
year using the general, ethics, neuropsychiatric, neuropsychiatric for 
non-psychiatrists, and adherence curricula. They all have prior 
experience training mental health professionals and will conduct 
sessions that are of variable length (i.e., shorter and longer than 6 
hours long). Each Association will conduct about 57 trainings per year, 
the majority of which

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(about 90% or about 51 training sessions) will be less than 6 hours 
long. Of the shorter trainings, each Association will conduct about 20 
using the general curriculum, 6 using the ethics curriculum, 12 using 
the neuropsychiatric curriculum, 9 using the adherence curriculum and 4 
using the neuropsychiatric curriculum for non-psychiatrists. The 
appropriate post-training feedback form will be administered to 
trainees after each session. Each Association will also conduct about 6 
longer trainings per year; 4 using the neuropsychiatric curriculum and 
2 using the general curriculum. The corresponding pre/post feedback 
form will be administered at each training session. Table 2 below uses 
these assumptions to calculate the burden estimate.

                          Table 1.--Minority HIV/AIDS Mental Health Services Initiative
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                                                                  Estimated        Estimated
                    Form                       Responses per      number of     completion time    Total hours
                                                 respondent      respondents       (in hours)
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                          Minority HIV/AIDS Mental Health Services Initiative--12 Sites
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                      All Sessions--One form per session completed by Program staff/trainer
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Session Report Form.........................               1              240             0.08               19
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                                           Sessions less than 6 hours
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Participant Feedback Form...................               1            3,000            0.167              501
Neuropsychiatric Participant Feedback Form..               1              240            0.167               40
Ethics Participant Feedback Form............               1              240            0.167               40
Adherence Participant Feedback Form.........               1              360            0.167               60
Neuropsychiatric Participant Feedback Form                 1              240            0.167               40
 Non-Physicians.............................
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                                           Sessions 6 hours or longer
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Pre-Training Participant Inventory..........               1              480            0.167               80
Post-Training Participant Inventory.........               1              480             0.25              120
Neuropsychiatric Pre-Training Participant                  1              240            0.167               40
 Inventory..................................
Neuropsychiatric Post-Training Participant                 1              240             0.25               60
 Inventory..................................
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    Total...................................                            5,760                             1,000
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                    Table 2.--Behavioral Health Professional Association Training Initiative
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                                                                            Estimated        Estimated
                         Form                            Responses per      number of     completion time  Total
                                                           respondent      respondents       (in hours)    hours
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                     Behavioral Health Professional Association Training Initiative--3 Sites
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                      All Sessions--One form per session completed by Program staff/trainer
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Session Report Form...................................               1              171             0.08    14
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                                           Sessions less than 6 hours
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Participant Feedback Form.............................               1            1,200            0.167   200
Neuropsychiatric Participant Feedback Form............               1              720            0.167   120
Ethics Participant Feedback Form......................               1              360            0.167    60
Adherence Participant Feedback Form...................               1              540            0.167    90
Neuropsychiatric Participant Feedback Form Non-                      1              240            0.167    40
 Physicians...........................................
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                                           Sessions 6 hours or longer
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Pre-Training Participant Inventory....................               1              120            0.167    20
Post-Training Participant Inventory...................               1              120             0.25    30
Neuropsychiatric Pre-Training Participant Inventory...               1              240            0.167    40
Neuropsychiatric Post-Training Participant Inventory..               1              240             0.25    60
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    Total.............................................                            3,951                    674
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                                    Table 3.--Combined Annual Burden Estimate
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                                                                  Estimated        Estimated
                    Form                       Responses per      number of     completion time    Total hours
                                                 respondent      respondents       (in hours)
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                     Behavioral Health Professional Association Training Initiative--3 Sites
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                      All Sessions--One form per session completed by Program staff/trainer
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Session Report Form.........................               1              411             0.08               33
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                                           Sessions less than 6 hours
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Participant Feedback Form...................               1            4,200            0.167              701
Neuropsychiatric Participant Feedback Form..               1              960            0.167              160
Ethics Participant Feedback Form............               1              600            0.167              100
Adherence Participant Feedback Form.........               1              900            0.167              150
Neuropsychiatric Participant Feedback Form                 1              480            0.167               80
 Non-Physicians.............................
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                                           Sessions 6 hours or longer
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Pre-Training Participant Inventory..........               1              600            0.167              100
Post-Training Participant Inventory.........               1              600             0.25              150
Neuropsychiatric Pre-Training Participant                  1              480            0.167               80
 Inventory..................................
Neuropsychiatric Post-Training Participant                 1              480             0.25              120
 Inventory..................................
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    Total...................................                            9,711                             1,674
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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: April 30, 2001.
Richard Kopanda.
Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-11372 Filed 5-4-01; 8:45 am]
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