[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 155 (Friday, August 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46238-46239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13133]


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

    The request for OMB approval is a supplement to the full DASIS 
request approved on November 8, 2005, and is being submitted in 
accordance with the Terms of Clearance in that 2005 OMB Notice of 
Action. The supplemental submission requests extension and revision of 
DASIS, including approval to revise and conduct the National Survey of 
Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) following the pretest of 
the questionnaire changes. The request revises only the N-SSATS-related 
portion of the DASIS data collection. There are no changes to the other 
DASIS components.
    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 includes changes to the N-SSATS survey 
and the Mini-N-SSATS. The Mini-N-SSATS is a procedure for collecting 
services data from newly identified facilities between main cycles of 
the N-SSATS survey and will be used to improve the listing of treatment 
facilities in the on-line treatment facility Locator. The request 
includes the following changes to the 2007 N-SSATS questionnaire, as 
refined by the pretest findings: modification of the treatment 
categories to incorporate terminology currently used in the substance 
abuse 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 
questions on clinical/therapeutic approaches; the addition of a 
question on quality control procedures used by the facility; the 
addition of a question on how many annual admissions to treatment were 
funded by Access to Recovery (ATR) vouchers; and, the addition of a 
question on whether the facility has a National Provider Identifier 
(NPI.) The request will also include changes to the Mini-N-SSATS 
questionnaire to modify the treatment categories to incorporate 
terminology currently used in the substance abuse treatment field. The 
remaining sections of the N-SSATS questionnaires will remain unchanged 
except for minor modifications to wording. The request for OMB approval 
will include a change in burden hours to include the full three years 
of N-SSATS and mini-N-SSATS data collection, now that the N-SSATS 
pretest has been completed. Also, the burden hours for the pretest are 
being dropped.
    No significant changes are expected in the other DASIS activities.
    The estimated annual burden for the DASIS activities is as follows 
[note--only the estimates for N-SSATS-related activities are changing]:

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                                                      No. of       Responses 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...............................              56              67             .08             300
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        State Subtotal \1\......................              56  ..............  ..............           2,878
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FACILITIES:
    I-SATS update...............................             100               1             .08               8
    N-SSATS questionnaire.......................          17,000               1             .67          11,390
    Augmentation screener.......................           1,000               1             .08              80
    Mini-N-SSATS................................             700               1             .42             294
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        Facility Subtotal.......................          19,000  ..............  ..............          11,772
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            Total...............................          19,056  ..............  ..............         14,650
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\1\ The burden for the listed State activities is unchanged from the currently approved level. Only the burden
  for N-SSATS and Mini-N-SSATS is changing, and the burden for the N-SSATS pretest, which is now complete, has
  been removed.

    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by September 11, 2006 to: SAMHSA 
Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office

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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 7, 2006.
Anna Marsh,
Director, Office of Program Services.
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