[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55031-55032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21729]


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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: Drug and Alcohol Services Information System 
(DASIS)--(OMB No. 0930-0106)--Revision--The DASIS consists of three 
related data systems: The Inventory of Substance Abuse Treatment 
Services (I-SATS ); the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment 
Services (N-SSATS), and the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). The I-
SATS includes all substance abuse treatment facilities known to SAMHSA. 
The N-SSATS is an annual survey of all substance abuse treatment 
facilities listed in the I-SATS. The TEDS is a compilation of client-
level admission data and discharge data submitted by States on clients 
treated in facilities that receive State funds. Together, the three 
DASIS components provide information on the location, scope and 
characteristics of all known drug and alcohol treatment facilities in 
the United States, the number of persons in treatment, and the 
characteristics of clients receiving services at publicly-funded 
facilities. This information is needed to assess the nature and extent 
of these resources, to identify gaps in services, to provide a database 
for treatment referrals, and to assess demographic and substance-
related trends in treatment.
    The request for OMB approval will include only modest changes to 
the 2003 N-SSATS questionnaire, including the addition of several drugs 
to the pharmacotherapies list and the addition of services such as beds 
for dependent children of women in treatment to the ``other services'' 
list. The remaining sections of the N-SSATS questionnaire will remain 
unchanged except for minor modifications to wording.
    Approval will also be requested for an additional component, the 
Mini-N-SSATS. The Mini-N-SSATS is a procedure for collecting services 
data from newly identified facilities between main cycles of the survey 
and will be used to improve the listing of treatment facilities in the 
on-line treatment facility Locator. The between-survey telephone calls 
to newly identified facilities allow facilities to be added to the 
Locator in a more timely manner. No significant changes are expected in 
the other DASIS activities.

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    Estimated annual burden for the DASIS activities is shown below:

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Total burden
         Type of respondent and activity            respondents     respondent       response          hours
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                                                     States
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TEDS Admission Data.............................              52               4            6              1,248
TEDS Discharge Data.............................              35               4            6                840
I-SATS Update \1\...............................              56              67            0.08             300
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    State subtotal..............................              56  ..............  ..............           2,388
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                                                   Facilities
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N-SSATS Questionnaire...........................          17,000               1             .6           10,200
Pretest of N-SSATS revisions....................              50               1            1                 50
Prescreening of newly-identified facilities.....           2,000               1             .08             160
Mini-N-SSATS....................................             700               1             .4              280
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    Facility Subtotal...........................          19,000  ..............  ..............          10,690
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      Total.....................................          19,056  ..............  ..............         13,078
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\1\ States forward to SAMHSA information on newly licensed/approved facilities and on changes in facility name,
  address, status, etc. This is done electronically by nearly all States.

    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: August 21, 2002.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 02-21729 Filed 8-26-02; 8:45 am]
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