[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21435-21436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8275]


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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: 2005 Client/Patient Sample Survey--New

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) will conduct a 
sample survey of mental health programs (i.e., inpatient, residential, 
and less than 24-hour care) within specialty mental health 
organizations. These organizations include psychiatric hospitals, 
general hospitals with separate psychiatric services, multiservice 
mental health organizations, residential treatment centers, and 
freestanding outpatient clinics and partial care organizations.
    A sample of approximately 2,500 mental health organizations/
programs will provide information on an average sample of 8 admissions 
and 8 persons under care in the programs. National estimates will be 
generated on the number of persons admitted to and under care in these 
organizations, and on the sociodemographic, clinical, and service use 
characteristics of these persons. This survey will update a previous 
sample survey conducted in 1997 (OMB No. 0930-0114).
    In addition, the 2005 survey will include a consumer survey for the 
sampled adults under care in the less than 24-hour programs to obtain 
consumers' perceptions of care received. Respondents will have the 
option of responding electronically.
    The annual burden estimate is shown below:

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                                                                      No. of      Average burden/
                   Respondent                         No. of       responses per     response      Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent        (hrs.)      burden  (hrs.)
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Mental Health Organization/Program..............           2,500               1            5.25          13,125
Consumer........................................           8,000               1            0.25           2,000
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    Total.......................................          10,500  ..............  ..............          15,125
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 7-1044, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20850. Written comments 
should be received by June 27, 2005.

    Dated: April 12, 2005.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 05-8275 Filed 4-25-05; 8:45 am]
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