[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 78 (Monday, April 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 21030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6056]


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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 (SAMHSA) 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: The National Executive Training Institutes To Reduce 
the Use of Seclusion and Restraint--NEW

    The Center for Mental Health Services within the Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration proposes to survey the 
recipients of the training and technical assistance provided through 
the National Technical Assistance Center's (NTAC) National Executive 
Training Institutes (NETI). The NETI was established to assist states 
in the reduction and elimination of seclusion and restraint (S&R). Six 
Regional NETI training events took place in 2003 and 2005. A total of 
47 states and staff of 80 facilities were involved in the trainings. A 
NETI Survey was developed to identify the impact of the training on the 
implementation of strategies for the reduction of seclusion and 
restraint and adoption of alternative practices.
    The NETI Survey is broken into 9 sections: Section I collects 
general information about the facility (name and state) and the person 
completing the questionnaire (name, title, phone number, if 
participated in NETI training and what NETI training participated in); 
Section II collects information about the type of facility or program 
that received the NETI training; Section III collects information about 
the types of persons served by the facility or program; and Sections IV 
though IX collect information about the strategies taught in the NETI 
training (Leadership, S/R Prevention and Reduction Tools, Use of S/R 
Data and Statistics, Staffing/Workforce Development, Consumer/
Stakeholder Involvement, Barriers and Facilitators and other comments), 
specifically what strategies or changes were implemented before the 
NETI training, which were implemented after the NETI training, and 
which have not been implemented.
    Among the data to be collected through the NETI Survey is 
information about the strategies taught in the NETI training for 
reducing the use of seclusion and restraint and adopting alternative 
practices. The NETI training has been accepted as a promising and best 
practice for reducing the use of seclusion and restraint, and as being 
on the evidence-based practices ladder. Current efforts are underway to 
move the NETI training up the evidence-based ladder to an effective 
practice. The use of evidence-based practices is one of the domains in 
the SAMHSA National Outcome Measures (NOMs).
    Respondents will have the option of completing a paper or on-line 
version of the survey. The estimated annual response burden to collect 
this information is as follows:

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                                                 Burden/       Annual
     Number of facilities         Responses     response       burden
                                per facility     (hours)       (hours)
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80............................            1          1.50           120
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 7-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857. Written 
comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: April 13, 2006.
Anna Marsh,
Director, Office of Program Services.
 [FR Doc. E6-6056 Filed 4-21-06; 8:45 am]
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