[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 55445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20687]


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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 (240) 276-1243.
    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: Performance Partnership Grants (PPGs) Pilot Study 
for Performance Measures for Treatment of Co-occurring Dis orders--
New--SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services and Center for 
Substance Abuse Treatment will conduct a pilot study to examine the 
feasibility of collecting performance measures for treatment of co-
occurring disorders. The pilot project will be conducted over a one-
year period concluding at the close of 2005. Seven States with Co-
occurring State Infrastructure Grants, and four additional non-grant 
States, together with multiple local sites within each of these States, 
will participate in the pilot project. Current data systems in each of 
the eleven States were reviewed in the first half of 2004, and actual 
data will be collected for the first two quarters of 2005. The balance 
of 2005 will be used for data analysis and report preparation, with 
recommendations for future steps.
    Information will be collected about three performance areas: the 
number and percent of programs that offer screening, assessment, and 
treatment services for co-occurring disorders; the number of clients 
actually screened, assessed, and treated through these programs; and 
the effects of this care on client outcomes: reduction in symptoms and 
improved functioning, as well as better quality of life in the 
community.
    If demonstrated to be feasible, these measures will subsequently be 
incorporated into the proposed set of performance measures for the 
mental health and substance abuse Performance Partnership Grants 
(PPGs). PPGs will be the next generation of block grants to be funded 
by SAMHSA, in which States will be granted additional program 
flexibility in return for reporting system performance measures.
    Annual burden for the activities is shown below:

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Total burden
                    Activity                        respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Measure 1: State-level performance measures.....             730               2            0.45             650
Measure 2: Capacity to screen, assess, and treat             350               2            1.25             880
Measure 3: Outcomes.............................           1,050               2            0.67           1,420
    Total.......................................           2,130  ..............  ..............           2,950
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
OAS, Room 7-1044, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857. Written 
comments should be received by November 15, 2004.

    Dated: September 8, 2004.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 04-20687 Filed 9-13-04; 8:45 am]
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