[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48168-48169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16179]


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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 (240) 276-1243.

Proposed Project: SAMHSA/CMHS Initiative To Reduce/Eliminate Seclusion 
and Restraint: 8 State Incentive Grants and Coordinating Center--NEW

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), has funded an 
Initiative to Reduce/Eliminate Seclusion and Restraint (S/R) which 
consists of 8 State Incentive Grants to Build Capacity for Alternatives 
to Restraint and Seclusion (SM04-007) and a Coordinating Center to 
Support S/R State Incentive Grants. This initiative is designed to 
promote the implementation and evaluation of best practice approaches 
to reducing the use of restraint and seclusion in mental health 
facilities. Grantees consist of 8 sites (state mental health agencies), 
most of which will be implementing interventions in multiple facilities 
(a total of 49 facilities). These include

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facilities serving adults and those serving children and/or 
adolescents, with various subgroups such as forensic and sexual 
offender populations.
    With input from multiple experts in the field of restraint and 
seclusion and alternatives to restraint and seclusion, the project 
created a common core of data collection instruments that will be used 
for this cross-site project. The facilities will complete four 
different instruments: (1) Facility/Program Characteristics Inventory 
(information about type of facilities, characteristics of persons 
served, staffing patterns, and unit specific data); (2) Inventory of 
Seclusion and Restraint Reduction Interventions; (3) Treatment Episode 
Data (admission data for all clients/patients); and (4) Event Data 
(data about the use of restraint and seclusion). Data will be submitted 
by the sites electronically via a secured Web site.
    The Facility/Program Characteristic Inventory and Inventory of 
Seclusion and Restraint Reduction Intervention will be collected 
annually. The Treatment Episode Data and Event Data will be collected 
monthly.
    The resulting data will help to identify the: (1) Number of 
programs adopting best practices involving alternative approaches to 
restraint and seclusion; and (2) program's impact of reducing restraint 
and seclusion use and adoption of alternative practices. The estimated 
annual response burden to collect this information is as follows:

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                                                                                      Burden/
                   Instrument                        Number of      Responses/       response      Annual burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        (hours)         (hours)
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Facility/Program Characteristic Inventory.......              49               1               4             196
Inventory of Seclusion and Restraint Reduction                49               1               2              98
 Interventions..................................
Treatment Episode Data..........................              49              12               8           4,704
Event Data......................................              49              12               8           4,704
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    Total.......................................              49  ..............  ..............           9,702
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by September 15, 2005 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: August 9, 2005.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 05-16179 Filed 8-15-05; 8:45 am]
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