[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 77 (Friday, April 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20922-20923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8093]


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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: Drug and Alcohol Services Information System 
(DASIS)--(OMB No. 0930-0106)--Revision

    The DASIS consists of three related data systems: the Inventory of 
Substance Abuse Treatment Services (I-SATS ); the National Survey of 
Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), and the Treatment Episode 
Data Set (TEDS). The I-SATS includes all substance abuse treatment 
facilities known to SAMHSA. The N-SSATS is an annual survey of all 
substance abuse treatment facilities listed in the I-SATS. The TEDS is 
a compilation of client-level admission data and discharge data 
submitted by States on clients treated in facilities that receive State 
funds. Together, the three DASIS components provide information on the 
location, scope and characteristics of all known drug and alcohol 
treatment facilities in the United States, the number of persons in 
treatment, and the characteristics of clients receiving services at 
publicly-funded facilities. This information is needed to assess the 
nature and extent of these resources, to identify gaps in services, to 
provide a database for treatment referrals, and to assess demographic 
and substance-related trends in treatment.
    The request for OMB approval will include several changes to the 
2006 N-SSATS questionnaire, including: modification of the treatment 
categories to better reflect the practices and terminology currently 
used in the treatment field; modification of the detoxification 
question, including the addition of a follow-up question on whether the 
facility uses drugs in detoxification and for which substances; the 
addition of nicotine replacement therapy and psychiatric medications to 
the pharmacotherapies list; the addition of questions on treatment 
approaches and behavioral interventions; the addition of new services 
to the list of services provided; the addition of a question on quality 
control procedures used by the facility; and, the addition of a 
question on whether the facility accepts Access to Recovery (ATR) 
vouchers and how many annual admissions were funded by ATR vouchers. 
The remaining sections of the N-SSATS questionnaire will remain 
unchanged except for minor modifications to wording. The OMB request 
will also include the addition of several new data elements to the TEDS 
client-level record. To the extent that states already collect the 
elements from their treatment providers, the following elements will be 
included in the TEDS data collection: number of arrests, substances 
used at discharge, employment at discharge, and living arrangement at 
discharge. The additional data elements are being requested by the 
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, for use in estimating 
national treatment outcomes. No significant changes are expected in the 
other DASIS activities.
    Estimated annual burden for the DASIS activities is shown below:

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                                                     Number of       Hours per       Hours per     Total burden
         Type of respondent and activity            respondents     respondent       response          hours
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STATES:
    TEDS Admission Data.........................              52               4               6           1,248
    TEDS Discharge Data.........................              40               4               8           1,280
    TEDS Discharge Crosswalks...................               5               1              10              50
        I-SATS Update\1\........................              56              67             .08             300
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        State Subtotal..........................              56  ..............  ..............           2,878
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FACILITIES:
    I-SATS Update\2\............................             100               1             .08               8
    Pretest of N-SSATS revisions................             200               1             .37              74
    Augmentation Screener.......................             500               1             .08              40
    N-SSATS Questionnaire.......................          19,000               1             .67          12,730
    Mini N-SSATS................................             700               1              .4             280
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        Facility Subtotal.......................          20,500  ..............  ..............          13,132
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            TOTAL...............................          20,556  ..............  ..............         16,010
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\1\ States forward to SAMHSA information on newly licensed/approved facilities and on changes in facility name,
  address, status, etc. This is done electronically by nearly all States.
\2\ Facilities forward to SAMHSA information on new facilities and on changes to existing facilities. This can
  be done by fax or e-mail.


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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 June 21, 2005.

    Dated: April 15, 2005.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 05-8093 Filed 4-21-05; 8:45 am]
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