[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 232 (Friday, December 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63757-63758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28950]


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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: 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                         Hours per        Total hour
                         Facility type                             respondents       respondent      Total responses      response           burden
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Public Psychiatric Hospitals..................................               305                 1               305                 1               305
Private Psychiatric Hospitals.................................               536                 1               536                 1               536
General Hospitals with Separate Psychiatric Units.............             1,719                 1             1,719                 1             1,719
Residential Treatment Centers for Adults......................               833                 1               833                 1               833
Residential Treatment Centers for Children....................             1,191                 1             1,191                 1             1,191

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Outpatient Clinics (including Hospital-Based).................             6,292                 1             6,292                 1             6,292
Multi-Setting Community Facilities............................             2,124                 1             2,124                 1             2,124
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    Total.....................................................            13,000  ................            13,000  ................            13,000
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by January 4, 2010 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: 202-395-5806.

    Dated: November 25, 2009.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E9-28950 Filed 12-3-09; 8:45 am]
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