[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 131 (Monday, July 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 35805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17045]


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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.
    The Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) #35 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 studies and is designed to 
assess readers' use of TIPs and the impact of TIPs on changing 
substance abuse treatment practices.
    The TIP #35 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 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 and its 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 is summarized below.

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                                                     Number of      Responses/    Average hours/   Total burden
                   Respondent                       respondents     respondent       response         (hrs.)
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SSA Directors...................................               6               1            1.0                6
Pretest.........................................             577               1             .14              81
    Facility Directors
    Clinical Supervisors........................             577               1             .14              81
    Program Counselors..........................           2,350               1             .14             329
Post-test.......................................             577               1             .19             110
    Facility Directors
    Clinical Supervisors........................             577               1             .19             110
    Program Counselors..........................           2,350               1             .19             447
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Total...........................................           3,510  ..............  ..............           1,164
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Lauren Wittenberg, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: July 2, 2001.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 01-17045 Filed 7-6-01; 8:45 am]
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