[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 56 (Monday, March 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 14257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6897]


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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 Annual Census of Patient Characteristics in State 
and County

    Mental Hospital Inpatient Services (0930-0093, Extension)--The 
Census, which is conducted by SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health 
Services (CMHS), is a complete enumeration of all State and county 
mental hospitals and collects aggregate information by age, gender, 
race/ethnic identity and diagnosis for each State on the number of 
additions during the year and resident patients who are physically 
present for 24 hours per day in the inpatient service at the end of the 
reporting year. First conducted in 1840, the Census has provided 
information throughout the years that is not available from any other 
sources. The Census is the primary means within CMHS for assessing de-
institutionalization practices of State and county mental hospitals. 
The annual burden estimate is shown in the table below.

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                                                                                      Burden/
                                                     Number of      Responses/       response      Annual burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        (Hrs.)          (Hrs.)
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State Statisticians and Superintendents of State              52               1               2             104
 Mental Hospitals...............................
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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: March 18, 2003.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-6897 Filed 3-21-03; 8:45 am]
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