[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10222-10223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5281]


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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: The Persistent Effects of Treatment Studies 
(PETS)--(OMB No. 0930-0202, extension)--SAMHSA's Center for Substance 
Abuse Treatment (CSAT) will request an extension of OMB approval to 
allow for completion of data collection in two studies being conducted 
under the PETS program. CSAT has developed PETS as a family of 
coordinated studies that evaluates the outcomes of drug and alcohol 
treatment received through a wide range of publicly funded programs. 
Populations being studied are diverse in the nature and severity of 
their substance abuse and in their personal characteristics and 
circumstances. The conceptual underpinning of the PETS studies is a 
recognition that substance abuse disorders, while variable in their 
manifestations, are often chronic and prone to relapse. PETS focuses on 
the longitudinal course of substance abuse and treatment. While most 
previous outcome studies in the field have examined changes taking 
place for only several months after a particular treatment episode, 
PETS looks at outcomes over a longer time period of three years or 
more. In the context of the client's life history, careful attention 
has been given to the stage in his or her experience of substance abuse 
and treatment to what has preceded their current treatment episode, and 
to any

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sequence of aftercare, relapse, and subsequent treatment that may 
follow.
    The PETS Chicago study continues data collection activities 
initiated under a grant to local investigators as part of CSAT's Target 
Cities project. This study will collect two- to six-year treatment 
followup data on a sample of clients originally assessed for treatment 
services at any of 22 service delivery units on Chicago's West Side.
    The PETS Longer-term Adolescent Study builds upon CSAT's adolescent 
substance abuse treatment outcome studies in the Adolescent Treatment 
Models (ATM) and Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) grant programs. This 
study includes all four CYT sites and three first-round ATM sites, and 
will collect followup interviews for as long as 42 months after 
admission to treatment.
    CSAT is conducting these studies in order to develop a better 
understanding of the longer-term outcomes for adults and adolescents 
receiving substance abuse treatment and factors that influence these 
outcomes. The information will be used to refine treatment approaches 
for these populations. The tables that follow summarize the burden for 
the two-year period of data collection for which approval will be 
sought.

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                                                                           Number of respondents
                                                                    ----------------------------------    Responses/        Burden/        Total burden
                            Adult study                                  60-month          72-mo.         respondent     response  (in      (in hours)
                                                                        interview        interview                           hours)
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Chicago............................................................             706              550                1              1.5            1,884
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                                                                  Number of Respondents                                     Burden/
                Adolescent Studies                 ---------------------------------------------------    Responses/     Response  (in     Total Burden
                                                        24-month         30-month         42-month        Respondent         hours)         (in hours)
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7 site total......................................              30              183              993                1             1.85            2,231
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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: February 28, 2002.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 02-5281 Filed 3-5-02; 8:45 am]
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