[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 130 (Friday, July 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 40077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16558]


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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: Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS)--New

    The Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) is a compilation of client-
level substance abuse treatment admission and discharge data submitted 
by States on clients treated in facilities that receive State funds. 
TEDS is related to SAMHSA's Drug and Alcohol Services Information 
System (DASIS) (now the Behavioral Health Services Information System 
(BHSIS)), and was previously approved as part of the DASIS data 
collection (OMB No. 0930-0106). SAMHSA is now requesting OMB approval 
for TEDS separately from the other DASIS/BHSIS activities.
    The BHSIS data collections involve primarily facility-level data 
systems, including the Inventory of Behavioral Health Services (I-BHS), 
which is an inventory of substance abuse and mental health treatment 
facilities, the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services 
(N-SSATS), and the National Mental Health Services Survey (NMHSS, OMB 
No. 0930-0119). The N-SSATS and NMHSS are census surveys of treatment 
facilities. In contrast, TEDS is a client-level data system that 
collects admission and discharge records from state substance abuse 
agencies. Therefore, SAMHSA is requesting OMB approval for the TEDS 
client-level data collection separately from the BHSIS facility-related 
activities.
    TEDS data are collected to obtain information on the number of 
admissions and discharges at publicly-funded substance abuse treatment 
facilities and on the characteristics of clients receiving services at 
those facilities. TEDS also monitors trends in the demographic and 
substance use characteristics of treatment admissions. In addition, 
several of the data elements used to calculate performance measures for 
the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant are 
collected in TEDS.
    This request for OMB approval includes a request to continue the 
collection of TEDS client-level admissions and discharge data. Most 
states collect the TEDS data elements from their treatment providers 
for their own administrative purposes and are able to submit a crossed-
walked extract of their data to TEDS. No significant changes are 
expected in the TEDS collection (other than recording the TEDS burden 
hours separately from the DASIS/BHSIS burden hours.)
    Estimated annual burden for the TEDS activities is shown below:

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                                                        Number of     Responses per   Hours per    Total burden
          Type of respondent and activity              respondents     respondent      response        hours
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STATES:
    TEDS Admission Data............................              52               4         6.25           1,300
    TEDS Discharge Data............................              52               4         8.25           1,716
    TEDS Crosswalks................................               5               1        10                 50
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        Total......................................              52  ..............  ...........           3,066
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 2-1057, 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.

Cathy J. Friedman,
Public Health Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2012-16558 Filed 7-5-12; 8:45 am]
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