[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 16 (Thursday, January 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3399-3401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1090]


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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

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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: Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block 
Grant Uniform Application Guidance and Instructions FY 2008-2010 (OMB 
No. 0930-0080)--Revision

    Sections 1921 through 1935 of the Public Health Service Act (U.S.C. 
300x-21 to 300x-35) provide for annual allotments to assist States to 
plan, carry out and evaluate activities to prevent and treat substance 
abuse and for related activities. Under the provisions of the law, 
States may receive allotments only after an application is submitted 
and approved by the Secretary, HHS. For the Federal fiscal year 2008-
2010 SAPT Block Grant application cycles, the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will provide States with 
revised application guidance and instructions to implement changes made 
in accordance with the recommendations of the Office of Management and 
Budget's (OMB) Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) analysis. In 
addition, SAMHSA has incorporated recommendations from the National 
Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors and their member 
States in the revisions and clarification of data reporting 
requirements and instructions. Revisions to the previously-approved 
application resulting from such stakeholder input reflect the following 
changes: (1) In Section I, Form 2, ``Table of Contents,'' was revised 
to appropriately enumerate the specific items within each section; (2) 
In Section II, the Narrative description of certain maintenance of 
effort and expenditure base calculations was simplified to require 
submission of such information only if it represented a revision from 
previous years' submissions. This section was also moved to its more 
appropriate place in the application immediately preceding reporting on 
maintenance of efforts; (3) In Section II, Form 4, ``Substance Abuse 
State Agency Spending Report,'' was amended to use consistent language 
for services expenditure reporting and planning across Forms 4, 6, and 
11. On Form 4 and Form 11, Row 1, the activity to be reported on is 
entitled: SAPT Block Grant funds for Substance Abuse Prevention (other 
than primary prevention) and Treatment Services to be consistent with 
the terminology used in Form 6, Column 5; (4) In Section II, Form 6, 
Entity Inventory, instructions were clarified to communicate that 
information on all substance abuse prevention and treatment service 
providers funded through the Single State Agency (SSA) was sought; (5) 
In section II, Form 7A, ``Treatment Utilization Matrix,'' instructions 
were clarified to communicate that information on persons admitted and 
served within the specific reporting period was sought to enable the 
SAPT Block Grant Program to address the recommendations of the FY 2003 
OMB PART analysis; (6) In Section II, Form 7B, ``Number Of Persons 
Served (Unduplicated Count) For Alcohol And Other Drug Use In State 
Funded Services,'' instructions were clarified in a similar manner as 
Form 7a and a separate data cell was added to accommodate States' 
desires to report on clients admitted in a prior reporting period but 
also continuing to be served within the current reporting period; (7) 
In Section II, Table I (Maintenance), ``Single State Agency (SSA) 
Expenditures for Substance Abuse'' was amended to reflect the 
appropriate State fiscal year and the corresponding instructions were 
amended; (8) In Section II, Table II (Maintenance), ``Statewide Non-
Federal Expenditures for Tuberculosis Services to Substance Abusers in 
Treatment,'' was amended to reflect the appropriate State fiscal year 
and the corresponding instructions were amended; (9) In Section II, 
Table III (Maintenance), ``Statewide Non-Federal Expenditures for HIV 
Early Intervention Services to Substance Abusers in Treatment,'' was 
amended to allow States to enter the appropriate State fiscal year and 
the corresponding instructions were amended; (10) In Section II, Table 
IV (Maintenance), ``SSA Expenditures for Women's Services,'' was 
amended to reflect the appropriate fiscal year and the corresponding 
instructions were amended; (11) In Section III, Form 11, ``Intended Use 
Plan,'' was amended to use consistent language for services expenditure 
reporting and planning; (12) In Section IV, subpart IV-A, ``Voluntary 
Treatment Performance Measures,'' the general instructions were amended 
to implement mandatory reporting on performance measure forms T1-T7 and 
a narrative requirement is proposed to collect information on States 
internal practices to use performance measure data to manage their 
systems; (13) In Section IV-A, ``Treatment Performance Measures'' Forms 
T1-T7 data specifications replaced State detail sheet narrative 
requirements for forms T1-T7 to reduce the burden of reporting and 
improve the uniformity of data quality information being collected; 
(14) In Section IV-A, ``Voluntary Treatment Performance Measures,'' T6 
on infectious disease control efforts was deleted because it was 
determined to be duplicative of information requirements in Section II 
of the application; (15) In Section IV, subpart IV-B, Voluntary 
Prevention Performance Measures,'' Forms P5 and P6 were removed, P1-P15 
were substituted for the previous Forms P1-P4 and the instructions were 
amended to address pre-population of prevention performance data.
    The total annual reporting burden estimate is shown below:

 
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                                                                                     Number of
                                                     Number of     Responses per     hours per      Total hours
                                                    respondents     respondent       response
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Sections I-III--States and Territories..........              60               1          470.00          28,200
Section IV-A....................................              60               1           40.00           2,400
Section IV-B....................................              60               1           42.75           2,565
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      Total.....................................              60  ..............  ..............          33,165
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 7-1044, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments 
should be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: January 19, 2007.
Elaine Parry,
Acting Director, Office of Program Services.
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