[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23267-23268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11512]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a list of information collection 
requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these documents, call 
the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-7978.

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) 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U.S.C. 300x-22) is repealed.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).
    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

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7a has been renamed Form G3, and Form G3 now requires States to report 
specific ages of the youth inspectors rather than age ranges.

                                             Annual Reporting Burden
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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per
                                                    respondents     respondent       response      Total burden
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Sections I-III--Red Lake Indians................           \1\ 1               1             530             530
Sections I-III--States and Territories..........              59               1             563          33,217
Section IV-A....................................              40               1              50           2,000
Section IV-B....................................              20               1              42             840
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............         36,587
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\1\ Red Lake Indian Tribe is not subject to tobacco requirements.

    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Stuart Shapiro, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: May 1, 2001.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 01-11512 Filed 5-7-01; 8:45 am]
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