[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78721-78722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31586]


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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.

Project: Screening, Brief Intervention, Brief Treatment and Referral to 
Treatment (SBIRT) Cross-Site Evaluation--New

    SAMHSA is conducting a cross-site external evaluation of the impact 
of programs of screening, brief intervention (BI), brief treatment (BT) 
and referral to treatment on patients presenting at various health care 
delivery units with a continuum of severity of substance use. SAMHSA's 
SBIRT program is a cooperative agreement grant program designed to help 
States and Tribal Councils expand the continuum of care available for 
substance misuse and use disorders. The program includes screening, 
brief intervention, brief treatment and referrals to treatment for 
persons at risk for dependence on alcohol or drugs. The cross-site 
evaluation will provide a comprehensive assessment of the effects of 
SBIRT on patient outcomes, performance site practices, and treatment 
systems. This information will allow SAMHSA to determine the extent to 
which SBIRT has met its objectives of implementing a comprehensive 
system of identification and care to meet the needs of individuals at 
all points along the substance use continuum.
    A paper and pencil survey will be administered to practitioners in 
sites where SBIRT services are being delivered. The practitioner survey 
is designed to evaluate the implementation of proposed SBIRT models by 
measuring their penetration and practitioners' willingness to adopt. 
Furthermore, the survey will document moderating factors related to 
practitioner and health care delivery unit characteristics.
    The 93 question practitioner survey includes collection of 
demographic information as well as questions that attempt to assess 
barriers to implementation encountered by the practitioners and to 
gauge the effectiveness of the training they received. These measures 
were developed and used by Babor et al. (2005) in their comparable 
study comparing different implementation strategies for primary care 
screening and brief intervention programs for hazardous and harmful 
drinkers. The practitioner survey also includes an instrument developed 
by Panzano and Roth (2006) to measures an organization's willingness to 
adopt new innovative practices.

                                                  Total Burden Hours for the Cross-Site Patient Survey
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                Instrument/activity                    Number of      Responses per      Hours per       Total burden     Hourly wage    respondent cost
                                                      respondents       respondent        response          hours                              \a\
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Practitioner Survey...............................           1,075                1              .30            322.5              $32          $10,320
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by January 18, 2011 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: December 6, 2010.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Management, Technology and Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-31586 Filed 12-15-10; 8:45 am]
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