[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 161 (Monday, August 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50140-50142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20287]


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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 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: Adult Treatment Court Collaborative Program 
Evaluation--NEW

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's 
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) and Center for 
Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) have jointly implemented the Adult 
Treatment Court Collaborative (ATCC) Program. SAMHSA launched the ATCC 
program in 2011 form new collaborations between specialty courts and 
treatment systems to effect community-level systems transformation and 
establish networks that expand access to treatment among those involved 
in the criminal justice system. CMHS and CSAT are requesting approval 
from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to implement data 
collection activities to determine the degree to which grantees 
individually and collectively meet the goals of the program, including 
the impact of program activities on systems and clients. The current 
proposal requests the implementation of new data collection efforts to 
support the

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Evaluation of the ATCC Program. Three sets of data collection 
activities are proposed, for a total of six instruments. Specifically 
it requests:
    1. Adding ``Supplemental Client'' measures to gather client level 
data on program participants at baseline and six-month follow-up to 
assess client outcomes and better compare and contrast programs based 
on characteristics. The annual baseline data are collected on new 
individuals admitted to the program. The proposed measures include:
    a. Questions about housing stability, one about recentcy of 
homelessness and the number of days homeless in the past 6 months. 
Administered at baseline only.
    b. Questions about lifetime incidence of arrests and incarceration, 
including total time spent in jail/prison and prior experience with 
specialty courts. Administered at baseline only.
    c. Treatment History for mental health and substance use disorders. 
Administered at baseline only.
    d. Questions on trauma events to document adult, childhood, and 
recent trauma. Lifetime questions administered at baseline only and 
recent at six month.
    e. Questions on trauma symptoms using the Post-Traumatic Disorder 
Checklist--Civilian (PCL-C) to document trauma diagnosis and change 
over time. Administered at baseline and six month.
    f. Questions on mental health symptoms using the Brief Symptom 
Inventory-18 (BSI-18) to document mental health diagnosis and change 
over time. Administered at baseline and six month.
    g. Questions on procedural justice and perceptions of fairness by 
program clients. Administered at six month only.
    h. Questions about behavioral health treatment services to document 
service receipt. Administered at six month only.
    2. Adding three instruments to collect record review data from 
Grantees.
    a. Screening/Eligibility--Information on individuals referred to 
the program for screening/eligibility determination, client diagnosis, 
and the outcome of the screen (eligible/not eligible), to determine the 
scope of individuals considered for the program.
    b. Program Participation/Service Referral--Information on the 
treatment/service referrals made to clients enrolled in the programs, 
to determine the range and scope of services provided in the program 
network, as well discharge data to determine the conditions under which 
clients complete the programs.
    c. Information on the arrests in the 12-months pre- and post-
program entry, including the nature of the arrest, to document 
recidivism.
    3. Adding the Collaborative Survey to gather information on 
collaboration and program implementation from key project stakeholders. 
This instrument will be administered once annually, to five to eight 
stakeholders in each project site. This tool has sections of the 
questions tailored to address the respondents' specific roles in the 
grant program (e.g. project directors, judges, clinicians) and includes 
an assessment of the activities of the collaborative.
    The following tables summarize the burden for data collection.

                                         CY 2013 Annual Reporting Burden
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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total       Average hours    Total hour
    Data collection activity        respondents     respondent       responses     per response       burden
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                                         Supplemental Client Interviews
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Baseline (at enrollment)........             624               1             624            0.25             156
6 months........................             499               1             499            0.25             125
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    Sub Total...................             624  ..............           1,123  ..............             281
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Collaborative Survey............              77               1              77            1                 77
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                                                Record Management
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Secondary Data--(Screening/                   11             489           5,382            0.25           1,346
 admission) \3\.................
Secondary Data--(Arrest data)                 11              40             440            0.25             110
 \3\............................
Secondary Data--(Participation/               11              57             627            0.25             157
 service use)...................
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    Sub Total...................              11             586           6,449  ..............           1,613
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        Overall Total...........             712  ..............           7,649  ..............           1,971
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                                         CY 2014 Annual Reporting Burden
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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total       Average hours    Total hour
    Data collection activity        respondents     respondent       responses     per response       burden
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                                         Supplemental Client Interviews
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Baseline (at enrollment)........             682               1             682            0.25             171
6 months........................             546               1             546            0.25             137
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    Sub Total...................             682  ..............           1,228  ..............             308
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Collaborative Survey............              77               1              77            1                 77
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                                                Record Management
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Secondary Data--(Screening/                   11             489           5,379            0.25           1,345
 admission).....................

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Secondary Data--(Arrest data)...              11              45             495            0.25             124
Secondary Data--(Participation/               11              57             627            0.25             157
 service use)...................
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    Sub Total...................              11             586           6,501  ..............           1,625
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        Overall Total...........             770  ..............           7,806  ..............           2,011
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                                         CY 2015 Annual Reporting Burden
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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total       Average hours    Total hour
    Data collection activity        respondents     respondent       responses     per response       burden
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                                         Supplemental Client Interviews
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Baseline (at enrollment)........             682               1             682            0.25             171
6 months........................             546               1             546            0.25             137
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    Sub Total...................             682  ..............           1,228  ..............             308
Collaborative Survey............              77               1              77            1                 77
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                                                Record Management
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Secondary Data--(Screening/                   11             489            5379            0.25           1,345
 admission).....................
Secondary Data--(Arrest data)...              11              45             495            0.25             124
Secondary Data--(Participation/               11              57             627            0.25             157
 service use)...................
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    Sub Total...................              11             586           6,501  ..............           1,625
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        Overall Total...........             770  ..............           7,806  ..............           2,011
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                                             Total Annualized Burden
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                                                                    Annualized      Annualized      Annualized
                    Data collection activity                         number of         total        total hour
                                                                    respondents      responses        burden
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                                         Supplemental Client Interviews
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Baseline........................................................             662             662             166
6 month.........................................................             530             530             133
    Sub-total...................................................             662            1192             299
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Collaborative Survey............................................              77              77              77
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                                                Record Management
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Screening Data..................................................              11           5,382           1,346
Arrests.........................................................              11             477             119
Program Participation...........................................              11             627             157
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    Sub-total...................................................              11           6,486           1,622
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Total Annualized................................................             750           7,755           1,998
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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 her a 
copy at [email protected]. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2012-20287 Filed 8-17-12; 8:45 am]
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