[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16590-16591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6983]


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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

    Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant 
Application Guidance and Instructions, FY 2005--2007 (OMB No. 0930-
0080, Revision)--Sections 1921 through 1935 of the Public Health 
Service Act (U.S.C. 300x-21 to 300x-35) provide for annual allotments 
to assist States to plan, carry out, and evaluate activities to prevent 
and treat substance abuse and for related activities. Under the 
provisions of the law, States may receive allotments only after an 
application is submitted and approved by the Secretary, DHHS. For the 
Federal fiscal year 2005-2007 SAPT Block Grant application cycles, the 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will 
provide States with revised application guidance and instructions to 
implement changes made by 42 U.S.C. 290kk and 42 U.S.C. 300x-65, 
implemented by 45 CFR part 54 and 45 CFR 96.122(f)(5), and the 
recommendations of the Office of Management and Budget's Program 
Assessment Rating Tool (PART) analysis of the SAPT Block Grant program.
    Revisions to the previously-approved application resulting from the 
authorizing legislation, new regulation, and PART analysis reflect the 
following changes: (1) In Section I, the Funding Agreements/
Certifications (Form 3) are being amended to include the requirement of 
42 U.S.C. 300x-65 and 45 CFR part 54 ; (2) In Section II.2, the annual 
report and plan includes a new reporting requirement, Goal 17, 
``Services Provided By Non-Governmental Organizations,'' and Attachment 
J, ``Charitable Choice Notice to Program Beneficiaries.'' In Section 
II.4, the ``Treatment Utilization Matrix (Form 7),'' is being replaced 
with the ``Treatment Utilization Matrix (Form 7A),'' which includes 
clarification in its column headings to improve collection of number of 
persons served and the average cost of services for each modality. A 
column has been added to collect information on the number of State 
approved facilities in each level or category of service to facilitate 
understanding of the States' capacities. The information on number of 
persons served and treatment costs is being collected in response to 
the OMB PART analysis of the SAPT Block Grant. Form 7A replaces 
``Number of Persons Served (Form P1),'' that appeared in Section IV-A, 
``Voluntary Treatment Performance Measures.'' A new Form 7B, ``Number 
of Persons Served (Unduplicated Count) of Persons Served for Alcohol 
and Other Drug Use in State Funded Services,'' has been added to 
collect treatment utilization data by age, gender, and race/ethnicity 
in order to facilitate comparisons with the currently collected Forms 8 
and 9. In Section III.7, the ``Purchasing Services Checklist(s)'' has 
been revised to include information on competitive and non-competitive 
contracts as well as information on the estimated percent of clients 
served and estimated percent of SAPT Block Grant expenditures.
    In Section IV-A, ``Voluntary Treatment Performance Measures,'' the 
``Number of Persons Served (Form P1)'' has been revised and renamed as 
described in Section II.4. Form P2, ``Employment Status,'' Form P3, 
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Status,'' Form P4 ``Criminal Activity,'' and Form P5, Alcohol Use,'' 
have been renamed Form T2 through T5, respectively. Form P6, 
``Marijuana Use,'' Form P7, ``Cocaine Use, `` Form P8, ``Amphetamine 
Use,'' and P9, ``Opiate Use,'' have been replaced by Form T6, ``Other 
Drug Use.'' Form T-7, ``Infectious Disease Performance Measure,'' is a 
checklist to determine the degree to which the Single State Agency 
provides and/or coordinates delivery of appropriate infection control 
practices within its service system for substance abuse treatment and 
prevention services. Form T-8, ``Social Support for Recovery,'' and 
Form T-9, ``Retention,'' were added to encourage States to report 
performance and outcome data consistent with SAMHSA's proposed 
performance measures. Each of the voluntary treatment performance 
measure forms (T2-T6, T8-T9) includes a corresponding detail sheet 
(checklist) in which States will be asked to identify the source(s) of 
the performance data used and, if unable to provide such data, the 
State will be asked to identify the reason(s) why such data are 
unavailable. The accompanying detail sheets (checklists) will provide 
SAMHSA with a description of the States' data reporting capabilities 
and will provide SAMHSA with a baseline for determining the States' 
technical assistance needs with regard to data collection, analysis, 
and reporting.
    In Section IV-B, ``Voluntary Prevention Performance Measures (Forms 
P10-P13),'' have been renumbered P1-P7.

                                             Annual Reporting Burden
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                                                 Number of      Responses per      Hours per
                                                respondents       respondent        response       Total burden
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Sections I-III--States and Territories......               60                1              502           30,120
Section IV-A................................               40                1               50            2,000
Section IV-B................................               20                1               42              840
    Total...................................               60  ...............  ...............           32,960
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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 23, 2004.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 04-6983 Filed 3-29-04; 8:45 am]
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