[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 51295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21735]


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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.
    Administration and Financing of Group Homes and Residential 
Facilities for Persons With Mental Illness--New--The Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will conduct a 
survey of state health officials to determine what types of residential 
care programs for persons with mental illness are operated in each 
State and the District of Columbia. The state health officials will be 
identified through Web searches of State Mental Health Departments and 
other relevant agencies on a State-by-State basis.
    The survey will contact identified state health officials in all 
fifty States (and the District of Columbia) and will gather information 
on the following six survey domains: Facility characteristics (for 
approximately five different types of group homes); Licensing and 
certification; Facility programs and treatment services; Seclusion and 
restraint; Facility monitoring and oversight; and, Financing. The 
questionnaire will identify and describe the types of residential 
facilities for persons with mental illness that are licensed, 
certified, and/or financed by State governments; the target population 
served by each facility type; the range of services provided in each 
facility type; provisions for monitoring each facility type, including 
the use of seclusion and restraints; and, sources of financing for each 
facility type.
    This information collection supports the New Freedom Initiative, 
one of SAMHSA's current priorities; the New Freedom Initiative is the 
President's comprehensive plan to reduce barriers to full community 
integration for people with disabilities. The national survey will 
provide new information to SAMHSA and to other policymakers regarding 
the ways in which group homes and other types of residential facilities 
for adults, adolescents, and children with mental illness are 
established, regulated, and financed.
    The questionnaire will be distributed to identified state health 
officials in electronic and/or paper formats. State health officials 
may either return the completed questionnaire via email or regular mail 
or request a telephone interview. In addition, respondents who do not 
return a completed paper questionnaire will be contacted and 
interviewed by telephone.

                                       Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden
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                                                              Responses per       Hours per        Total hour
                   Number of respondents                       respondent         response           burden
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240.......................................................                 1                 1               240
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    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; due to potential delays in OMB's receipt and 
processing of mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service, respondents 
are encouraged to submit comments by fax to: 202-395-6974.

    Dated: August 18, 2003.
Anna Marsh,
Acting Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 03-21735 Filed 8-25-03; 8:45 am]
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