[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 76 (Friday, April 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9611]



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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.
    State Treatment and Needs Assessment Program Studies--New--
Beginning in Fiscal Year 1999, SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse 
Treatment (CSAT), as part of its State Treatment Needs Assessment 
Program (STNAP), awards grants to States to conduct studies for the 
purpose of determining the need and demand for substance abuse 
treatment within each State. In order to receive funds from the 
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant, States must 
submit in their annual block grant applications an assessment of 
service needs Statewide, at the sub-state level, and for specified 
population groups (as required by Section 1929 of the Public Health 
Service Act).
    Most States receiving these grants will conduct an adult telephone 
household survey to collect information on needed treatment for 
substance abuse/dependence. In addition, many States will conduct a 
variety of more focused studies which will collect data on treatment 
need in special populations, including adolescents, Temporary 
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients, transients, arrestees 
and other criminal justice populations. There are also two separate, 
yet related, criminal justice studies that focus on the need for 
treatment resources among arresters (implemented in conjunction with 
the National Institute of Justice Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) 
program) and among recently incarcerated inmates. States are required 
to use core protocols comprised of basic study design, data collection 
methods, and a core set of questions for these data collections.
    In addition, there are three protocols that do not require primary 
data collection. All States are required to implement the 
Administrative, Client-Level Treatment protocol, which involves use of 
a unique client identifier to enable linking substance abuse treatment 
client admissions and discharges and to identify multiple episodes for 
the same client. Under Section 1935 of the PHS Act, once a State 
receives funding under the STNAP program, it must continue to collect, 
analyze and report these client data to SAMHSA after grant funding 
ends. There are two other protocols that employ analytic techniques for 
existing secondary data. These are the Database Linkage Core Protocol 
and the Social Indicators Core Protocol.
    The estimated annualized burden for the State needs assessment 
studies over the next three years is presented below.

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                                                     Number of
              Study                  Number of      responses/         Total         Hours per      Total hour
                                    respondents     respondent       responses       response         burden
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Administrative Client--Level                  14               1              14               6              84
 State data file 1..............
Database Linkage--State data                 (6)               1               6               6              36
 file \2\.......................
Social Indicators--State data                (4)               1               4               6              24
 file \3\.......................
STNAP Survey....................          13,200               1          13,200            0.30           3,960
STNAP Survey State data file \4\             (6)               1               6               6              36
ADAM-CSAT Partner...............           4,350               1           4,350            0.51           2,240
ADAM-CSAT Partner State data                 (6)               1               6               6              36
 file \5\.......................
Inmate Population (2 States)....             900               1             900            0.50             450
Inmate Population State data                 (2)               1               2               6              12
 file \6\.......................
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      Annualized burden.........          18,464  ..............          18,488  ..............          6,878
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\1\ Based on 7 new cooperative agreements per year. Each State must submit a file annually thereafter.
  7+14+21=42 or an average 14 data files per year.
\2\ Based on 6 States per year proposing a database linkage study and submitting a data file at the end of the
  study. The studies are to be conducted once in the three year cooperative agreement.
\3\ Based on 4 States per year proposing a social indicator study and submitting a data file at the end of the
  study. The studies are to be conducted once in the three year cooperative agreement.
\4\ Based on 6 States per year proposing a STNAP Survey study and submitting a data file at the end of the
  study. The studies are to be conducted once in the three year cooperative agreement.
\5\ Based on 2 States proposing a new ADAM-CSAT Partner site and submitting a data file annually for three years
  (2 data files in first year + 2 more in second year = 4 data files + 2 more in third year or 6 data files = 12
  data files in three years); 3 States proposing an addenda to an existing ADAM site (collected twice a year)
  and submitting a data file at the end of the one-time study in three years; and 2 States proposing an ADAM
  outreach study conducted once in three years. (Total data files in three years of 12 (new sites) +3+2=17 in
  three years or an average of 6 data files per year.)
\6\ Based on 2 States per year proposing an Inmate Population study and submitting a data file at the end of the
  study. The studies will be conducted once in the three year cooperative agreement.

    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, DC 20503.

    Dated: April 15, 2002.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 02-9611 Filed 4-18-02; 8:45 am]
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