[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 211 (Thursday, October 31, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66412-66413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27675]


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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 summary 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.
    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 includes only modest changes to the 
2003 N-SSATS questionnaire, including the addition of buprenorphine to 
the pharmacotherapies list, the addition of beds for children of 
clients in treatment to the ``other services''' list, and the addition 
of a question to obtain outpatient treatment capacity to the outpatient 
treatment section. The

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remaining sections of the N-SSATS questionnaire will remain unchanged 
except for minor modifications to wording.
    Approval is also being 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.
    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:
  TEDS Admission Data...........................              52               4               6        1,248
  TEDS Discharge Data...........................              35               4               6          840
  TEDS Discharge Crosswalks.....................               5               1              10           50
  I-SATS Update.................................              56              67            0.08          300
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    State Subtotal..............................              56  ..............  ..............        2,438
Facilities
  N-SSATS Questionnaire.........................          19,000               1              .6       11,400
  Pretest of N-SSATS revisions..................              50               1               1           50
  Augmentation Screener.........................             500               1             .08           40
  Mini N-SSATS..................................             700               1              .4          280
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    Facility Subtotal...........................          20,250  ..............  ..............       11,770
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      Total.....................................          20,306  ..............  ..............       14,208
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Allison Herron Eydt, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: October 23, 2002.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 02-27675 Filed 10-30-02; 8:45 am]
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