[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 137 (Monday, July 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43005-43006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16352]


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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.
    Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant (SAPTBG) 
Regulations (45 CFR part 96) and FY2005-2007 Application Format--(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 prior 
year applications for SAPT Block Grant funds, Form 7, ``Treatment 
Utilization Matrix,'' and Form 12, ``Treatment Capacity Matrix,'' the 
States were required to provide 2 or more sub-State planning area 
utilization and capacity reports and a Statewide utilization and 
capacity report. SAMHSA has deleted the sub-State planning area 
reporting requirements for Form 7 and Form 12. SAMHSA has also deleted 
Form 10, ``State Use of Needs Assessment Information Items,'' and the 
Form 11 Supplement.
    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, 
``Living Status,'' Form P4 ``Criminal Activity,'' and Form P5, 
``Alcohol Use,'' have been renamed Form T1 through T4, respectively. 
Form P6, ``Marijuana Use,'' Form P7, ``Cocaine Use,'' Form P8, 
``Amphetamine Use,'' and P9, ``Opiate Use,'' have been replaced by Form 
T5, ``Other Drug Use.'' Form T-6, ``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-7, ``Social Support for Recovery,'' and Form T-8, 
``Retention,'' were added to encourage States to report performance and 
outcome data

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consistent with SAMHSA's proposed performance measures. Each of the 
voluntary treatment performance measure forms (T1-T5, T7) 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, the ``Voluntary Prevention Performance Measures,'' 
were revised to conform with SAMHSA's National Outcome Domains, as well 
as OMB-required outcome domains. Specific changes made are as follows: 
(1) ``30 Day Substance Use (Form P10)'' was renamed Form P6; (2) 
``Initiation of Substance Use (Form P11)'' and ``Intention/Expectation 
to Use (Form P12)'' were deleted; (3) ``Perception of Risk/Harm of 
Substance Use (Form P13)'' was renamed Form P4 and was revised to 
include a 4-item (rather than 8-item) measurement scale; (4) 
``Attitudes About Substance Use (Form P14)'' was renamed Form P5 and 
was revised to include a 4-item (rather than 8-item) measurement scale; 
and (5) ``Number of Persons Served (Form P1),'' ``Number of Services by 
Service Types (Form P2),'' and ``Number of Evidence-Based Programs and 
Strategies (Form P3)'' were added to encourage States to report 
performance and outcome data consistent with SAMHSA's National Outcome 
Domains, as well as OMB-required outcome domains. Additionally, on all 
forms that ask States to report data by race/ethnicity of persons 
served, the race/ethnicity categories were revised to conform with the 
OMB and Census categories.
    In response to comments received from the public on the draft FFY 
2005 application, the voluntary prevention form asking States to report 
on the retail availability of alcohol to minors was eliminated. 
Examples of some additional changes made based on State feedback are as 
follows: (1) The ``Other evidence-based programs'' category on Form P3 
was expanded to include practices, policies and strategies; (2) The 
phrase ``attach information describing any adaptations made'' was 
deleted from Form P3; (3) The instructions on Forms P4, P5 and P6 were 
revised to clarify the reporting of pretest and posttest data for 
environmental and community prevention strategies; (4) The instructions 
on Forms P4, P5 and P6 were revised to clarify confidentiality issues 
in data reporting; and (5) Forms P4 and P5 were revised to include 
table cells for age groupings.
    In addition, the submission includes approval for the information 
collection language requirements in the SAPT Block Grant regulations at 
45 CFR part 96 and for the recordkeeping burden in 45 CFR 
96.129(a)(13), which are currently approved under OMB control number 
0930-0163.

                                             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             470          28,200
Section IV-A....................................              40               1              40           1,600
Section IV-B....................................              20               1              56           1,120
Recordkeeping [45 CFR 96.129(a)(13)]............              60               1              16             960
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    Total.......................................              60  ..............  ..............          31,880
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by August 18, 2004, to: SAMHSA 
Desk Officer, 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: July 14, 2004.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 04-16352 Filed 7-16-04; 8:45 am]
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