[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 55 (Thursday, March 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14992-14993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5570]


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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 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 (301) 443-7978.
    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 Coordinating Center to Support State 
Incentive Grants to Build Capacity for Alternatives to Restraint and 
Seclusion (OMB No. 0930-0271) Revision.
    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's 
(SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services has funded a Data Collection 
and Analysis for the Alternatives to Restraint and Seclusion Grant 
Program. This contract is an evaluation of SAMHSA's State Incentive 
Grants to Build Capacity for Alternatives to Restraint and Seclusion. 
These grants are designed to promote the implementation and evaluation 
of best practice approaches to reducing the use of restraint and 
seclusion in mental health facilities. Grantees consist of 8 sites 
(state mental health agencies), all of which will be implementing

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interventions in multiple facilities (a total of 21 facilities). These 
include facilities serving adults and those serving children and/or 
adolescents, with various subgroups such as forensic and sexual 
offender populations.
    With input from multiple experts in the field of restraint and 
seclusion and alternatives to restraint and seclusion, the project 
created a common core of data collection instruments that will be used 
for this cross-site project. The facilities will complete three 
different instruments over a 3-year time period: (1) Facility/Program 
Characteristics Inventory (information about type of facilities, 
characteristics of persons served, staffing patterns, and unit specific 
data); (2) Inventory of Seclusion and Restraint Reduction 
Interventions; (3) Seclusion and Restraint Event Data Matrix (data 
about restraint and seclusion rates within facilities and units). Data 
will be submitted by the sites electronically via a secured Web site.
    The Facility/Program Characteristics Inventory and Inventory of 
Seclusion and Restraint Reduction Intervention will be collected 
annually. The Seclusion and Restraint Event Data Matrix will be 
collected monthly.
    The resulting data will help to identify the: (1) Number of 
programs adopting best practices involving alternative approaches to 
restraint and seclusion; and (2) program's impact of reducing restraint 
and seclusion use and adoption of alternative practices. The estimated 
maximal annual response burden to collect this information is as 
follows:

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                                                                                      Burden/
           Instrument annual  (hours)                Number of      Responses/       response         Maximal
                                                    respondents     respondent        (hours)         burden
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Facility/Program Characteristics Inventory......              21           \a\ 1               2              42
Inventory of Seclusion and Restraint Reduction                21           \b\ 1               8             168
 Interventions..................................
Seclusion and Restraint Event Data Matrix.......              21          \c\ 29               8           4,872
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    Total.......................................              21  ..............  ..............          5,082
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\a\ The Facility/Program Characteristics Inventory will only be collected during for the first grant year (and
  not during grant years 2 and 3).
\b\ For the Inventory of Seclusion and Restraint Interventions, one response per respondent will be collected
  during grant years 1 and 2. However, two responses per respondent will be collected during grant year 3.
\c\ The Seclusion and Restraint Event Data Matrix will be collected during grant years 2 and 3. Twenty-nine
  responses per respondent will be collected for grant year 2. However, 18 responses per respondent will be
  collected during grant year 3.

    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 7-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 and e-mail her 
a copy at [email protected]. Written comments should be 
received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: March 12, 2008.
Elaine Parry,
Acting Director, Office of Program Services.
 [FR Doc. E8-5570 Filed 3-19-08; 8:45 am]
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