[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 110 (Friday, June 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31843-31844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-11092]


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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: 2007 National Survey of Mental Health Treatment 
Facilities (NSMHTF) (OMB No. 0930-0119)--Revision

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's 
(SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) will conduct a 2007 
NSMHTF. This national survey represents a re-design of the biennial 
Survey of Mental Health Organizations (SMHO) last conducted in 2004 
under OMB No. 0930-0119. Instead of surveying each mental health 
organization as a whole, the 2007 NSMHTF will survey all of the mental 
health treatment locations. These separate mental health service 
locations are called facilities, in contrast to mental health 
organizations, which may include multiple facilities (service 
locations). This survey will be (a) a 100 percent enumeration of all 
known mental health treatment facilities nationwide, (b) more consumer-
oriented in describing services available at each facility location, 
and (c) patterned after SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies National 
Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (OMB No. 0930-0106).
    The 2007 NSMHTF will utilize one questionnaire for all mental 
health treatment facility types including hospitals, residential 
treatment centers and outpatient clinics. The information collected 
will include intake telephone numbers for services, types of services 
offered and acceptable forms of payment, emergency hotline numbers, 
facility caseload, and facility bed counts, if applicable. All 
treatment facilities will be contacted by telephone prior to the 
mailing to verify their eligibility, and facility type.
    The resulting database will be used to provide both state and 
national estimates of facility types and their patient caseloads. 
Information from the 2007 survey will also be used to update the 
National Mental Health Information Center's facility locator for 
consumers. In addition, data derived from the

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survey will be published by CMHS in Data Highlights, in Mental Health, 
United States, and in professional journals such as Psychiatric 
Services and the American Journal of Psychiatry. The publication Mental 
Health, United States is used by the general public, State governments, 
the U.S. Congress, university researchers, and other health care 
professionals. The following Table summarizes the estimated response 
burden for the survey.

                               Estimated Total Response Burden for the 2007 NSMHTF
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                                                     Number of     Responses per   Average hours    Total hour
                  Facility type                     respondents     respondent     per response       burden
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Public psychiatric hospitals....................             502               1               1             502
Private Psychiatric Hospitals...................             557               1               1             557
General Hospitals...............................           1,599               1               1           1,599
Residential Treatment Centers for SED...........           1,456               1               1           1,456
Outpatient Clinics..............................           3.493               1               1           3,493
Multi-Setting Facilities........................           5,264               1               1           5,264
    Total Facilities............................          12,871               1               1          12,871
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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: May 31, 2007.
Elaine Parry,
Acting Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E7-11092 Filed 6-7-07; 8:45 am]
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