[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 42 (Friday, March 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12861-12862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5151]


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

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA), Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ), 
is requesting approval for a revision to the National Mental Health 
Services Survey (N-MHSS) (OMB No. 0930-0119), which expires on February 
28, 2013. The N-MHSS provides national and state-level data on the 
number and characteristics of mental health treatment facilities in the 
United States.
    An immediate need under N-MHSS in 2012 is to update the information 
about facilities on SAMHSA's online Mental Health Facility Locator 
(see: http://store.samhsa.gov/mhlocator), which was last updated with 
information from the 2010 N-MHSS. A full N-MHSS is anticipated within 
about two years, and a separate request for OMB approval will be 
submitted for that collection. However, until then, an abbreviated 
version of the N-MHSS will be conducted to collect only the information 
needed to update the Locator, such as the facility name and address, 
specific services offered, and special client groups served. The data 
on the Locator are becoming outdated and need an update method. Other 
fields in the full N-MHSS not needed for updating the Locator, such as 
client counts and client demographics, will not be collected in the 
Locator survey. In addition to the data collection for updating 
facilities on the Locator, a data collection in conjunction with adding 
new facilities to the Locator is being requested. Both activities will 
use the same abbreviated N-MHSS-Locator instrument.
    This requested revision seeks to change the content of the 
currently approved full-scale N-MHSS survey instrument into an 
abbreviated survey instrument, henceforth referred to as the N-MHSS-
Locator, to accommodate two related N-MHSS activities:
    (1) Collection of information from the full N-MHSS universe of 
mental health treatment facilities during 2012, 2013, and 2014. This 
abbreviated subset of N-MHSS data will update and expand SAMHSA's 
existing online Mental Health Facility Locator (see: http://store.samhsa.gov/mhlocator), which was last updated with information 
from the 2010 N-MHSS; and
    (2) Collection of information on newly identified facilities 
throughout the year, as they are identified, so that new facilities can 
quickly be added to the Locator.
    The survey mode for both data collection activities will be web 
with telephone follow-up.
    The database resulting from the 2012 N-MHSS-Locator will be used to 
update SAMHSA's online Mental Health Facility Locator and to produce a 
2012 compact disk (CD) directory of facilities, both for use by 
consumers and service providers. In addition, a data file derived from 
the survey will be used to produce an annual report providing state and 
national data on the number and types of treatment facilities and 
services. The annual report and a public-use data file to be released 
in conjunction with the report will be used by researchers, mental 
health professionals, State governments, the U.S. Congress, and the 
general public.
    The following table summarizes the estimated response burden for 
the two survey activities:

                                 Estimated Total Response Burden for the N-MHSS
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                                                     Number of    Responses  per   Average hours    Total hour
               Type of respondent                   respondents      respondent    per response       burden
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Facilities in annual N-MHSS-Locator universe....          15,000               1             .42           6,300
Newly identified facilities \1\.................           1,500               1             .42             630
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    Total Facilities............................          16,500  ..............  ..............           6,930
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\1\ Collection of information on newly identified facilities throughout the year, as they are identified, so
  that new facilities can quickly be added to the Locator.


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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 8-1099, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 or email a copy 
to [email protected]. Written comments must be received before 
60 days after the date of the publication in the Federal Register.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2012-5151 Filed 3-1-12; 8:45 am]
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