[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 127 (Monday, July 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 31963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-15914]


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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: 2010 National Mental Health Services Survey (N-MHSS) 
(OMB No. 0930-0119)--Revision

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's 
(SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) will conduct the 2010 
N-MHSS. This national survey will update the previous biennial mental 
health facility survey conducted in 2008--the National Survey of Mental 
Health Treatment Facilities (NSMHTF) under OMB No. 0930-0119. Similar 
in design to the 2008 NSMHTF, the 2010 N-MHSS will survey all mental 
health service locations, instead of surveying each mental health 
organization as a whole. These separate mental health service locations 
(facilities) are 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 facilities nationwide that 
specialize in mental health treatment services, (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 2010 N-MHSS will utilize one questionnaire for all mental 
health facility types including hospitals, residential treatment 
centers, outpatient clinics, and multi-setting facilities. The 
information collected will include: intake telephone numbers for 
services, types of services offered, sources of payment for services, 
facility caseload characteristics, and facility bed counts, if 
applicable. This survey will use a multi-mode approach to data 
collection--mail and Web with telephone follow-up.
    The resulting database will be used to provide both State and 
national estimates of facility types and their patient caseloads. 
Information from the 2010 survey will also be used to update SAMHSA's 
online Mental Health Facility Locator for use by consumers. In 
addition, data derived from the survey will be published by CMHS in 
SAMHSA publications such as 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, mental health service providers, and mental 
health care professionals. The following Table summarizes the estimated 
response burden for the survey.

                               Estimated Total Response Burden for the 2010 N-MHSS
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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....................             304               1               1             304
Private Psychiatric Hospitals...................             534               1               1             534
General Hospitals...............................           1,712               1               1           1,712
Residential Treatment Centers for Children......           1,186               1               1           1,186
Residential Treatment Centers for Adults........             829               1               1             829
Outpatient Clinics..............................           6,266               1               1           6,266
Multi-Setting Facilities........................           2,115               1               1           2,115
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    Total Facilities............................          12,946               1               1          12,946
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    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: June 29, 2009.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E9-15914 Filed 7-2-09; 8:45 am]
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