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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: 2008 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 2008 
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 2008 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 2008 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 2008 survey will also be used to update the 
National Mental Health Information Center's facility locator for 
consumers. In addition, data derived from the 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 2008 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
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers.......             150               1               1             150
Dept. of Veterans Community-Based Outpatient                 810               1               1             810
 Clinics........................................
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
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    Total Facilities............................          13,831  ..............  ..............          13,831
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3-Year Average..................................           4,610  ..............  ..............           4,610
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by February 1, 2008 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: December 21, 2007.
Elaine Parry,
Acting Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E7-25386 Filed 12-31-07; 8:45 am]
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