[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61615-61620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24862]


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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: Uniform Application for the Mental Health Block Grant and 
Substance Abuse Block Grant FY 2014-2015 Application Guidance and 
Instructions (OMB No. 0930-0168)--Revision

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA) is requesting approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for a revision of the 2014 and 2015 Community Mental 
Health Services Block Grant (MHBG) and Substance Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Block Grant (SABG) Guidance and Instructions into a uniform 
block grant application.
    Currently, the SABG and the MHBG differ on a number of their 
practices (e.g., data collection at individual or aggregate levels) and 
statutory authorities (e.g., method of calculating MOE, stakeholder 
input requirements for planning, set asides for specific populations or 
programs, etc.). Historically, the Centers within SAMHSA that 
administer these block grants have had different approaches to 
application requirements and reporting. To compound this variation, 
states have had different structures for accepting, planning, and 
accounting for the block grants and the prevention set aside within the 
SABG. As a result, how these dollars are spent and what is known about 
the services and clients that receive these funds varies by block grant 
and by state.
    In addition, between 2014 and 2015, 32 million individuals who are 
uninsured will have the opportunity to enroll in Medicaid or private 
health insurance. This expansion of health insurance coverage will have 
a significant impact on how State Mental Health Authorities (SMHAs) and 
State Substance Abuse Authorities (SSAs) use their limited resources. 
Many individuals served by these authorities are funded through federal 
block grant funds. SAMHSA proposes that block grant funds be directed 
toward four purposes: 1) to fund priority treatment and support 
services for individuals without insurance or who cycle in and out of 
health insurance coverage; 2) to fund those priority treatment and 
support services not covered by Medicaid, Medicare or private insurance 
offered through the exchanges and that demonstrate success in improving 
outcomes and/or supporting recovery; 3) to fund universal, selective 
and targeted prevention activities and services; and 4) to collect 
performance and outcome data to determine the ongoing effectiveness of 
behavioral health prevention, treatment and recovery

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support services and to plan the implementation of new services on a 
nationwide basis.
    States should begin planning now for FY 2014 when more individuals 
will have additional opportunities to be insured. To ensure sufficient 
and comprehensive preparation, SAMHSA will use FY 2013 to continue to 
work with states to plan for and transition the Block Grants to these 
four purposes. This transition includes fully exercising SAMHSA's 
existing authority regarding states' and jurisdictions' (subsequently 
referred to as ``states'') use of block grant funds, and a shift in 
SAMHSA staff functions to support and provide technical assistance for 
states receiving block grant funds as they move through these changes.
    The proposed MHBG and SABG build on ongoing efforts to reform 
health care, ensure parity and provide states with new tools, new 
flexibility, and state/territory-specific plans for available resources 
to provide their residents the health care benefits they need. The 
planning section of the block grant application provides a process for 
states to identify priorities for individuals who need behavioral 
health services in their jurisdictions, develop strategies to address 
these needs, and decide how to expend block grant funds. In addition, 
the planning section of the block grant requests additional information 
from states that could be used to assist them in their reform efforts. 
The plan submitted by each state will provide information for SAMHSA 
and other federal partners to use in working with states to improve 
their behavioral health systems over the next two years as health care 
and economic conditions evolve.
    The FY 2014-2015 block grant application provides states the 
flexibility to submit one rather than two separate block grant 
applications if they choose. It also allows states to develop and 
submit a bi-annual rather than an annual plan, recognizing that the 
demographics and epidemiology do not often change on an annual basis. 
These options may decrease the number of applications submitted from 
four in two years to one.
    Over the next several months, SAMHSA will assist states 
(individually and in smaller groups) as they develop their block grant 
applications. While there are some specific statutory requirements that 
SAMHSA will look for in each submitted application, SAMHSA intends to 
approach this process with the goal of assisting states in setting a 
clear direction for system improvements over time, rather than as a 
simple effort to seek compliance with minimal requirements.
    Consistent with previous applications, the FY 2014-2015 application 
has sections that are required and other sections where additional 
information is requested, but not required. The FY 2014-2015 
application requires states to submit a face sheet, a table of 
contents, a behavioral health assessment and plan, reports of 
expenditures and persons served, executive summary, and funding 
agreements, assurances, and certifications. In addition, SAMHSA is 
requesting information on key areas that are critical to the state's 
success in addressing health reform and parity. States will continue to 
receive their annual grant funding if they only chose to submit the 
required section of their state plans or choose to submit separate 
plans for the MHBG or SABG. Therefore, as part of this block grant 
planning process, SAMHSA is asking states to identify their technical 
assistance needs to implement the strategies they identify in their 
plans for FY 2014 and 2015.
    To facilitate an efficient application process for states in FY 
2014-2015, SAMHSA convened an internal workgroup to develop the block 
grant planning section. In addition, SAMHSA consulted with 
representatives from the State Mental Health and State Substance Abuse 
Authorities to receive input regarding proposed changes to the block 
grant. Comments were requested from federal partners including the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB), the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), 
and the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (ASFR). Other 
stakeholder groups consulted with included NASADAD and NASMHPD. Based 
on these discussions with states, federal partners, and stakeholder 
groups, SAMHSA is proposing the following revisions to the block grant 
application.

Changes to Assessment and Planning Activities

    SAMHSA has not made major revisions to the FY 2014-2015 
application. The proposed revisions are based primarily on previous 
instructions provided in the FY 2012-2013 application guidance. In 
building on the FY 2012-2013 guidance, SAMHSA proposed revisions to 
expand the areas of focus (environmental factors) for states to 
describe their comprehensive plans to provide treatment, services, and 
supports for individuals with behavioral health needs. These revisions 
will enable SAMHSA to assess the extent to which states plan for and 
implement provisions of the Affordable Care Act and determine whether 
block grants funds are being directed toward the four purposes of the 
grant.
    The proposed revisions reflect changes within the planning section 
of the application. The most significant of these changes relate to 
prevention, particularly primary prevention; data and quality; 
enrollment of individuals and providers; and descriptions of good and 
modern behavioral health services. States are encouraged to address 
each of the focus areas. SAMHSA has provided a set of guiding questions 
to stimulate and direct the dialogue that states may engage in to 
determine the various approaches used to develop their responses to 
each of the focus areas.
    The proposed revisions are described below:
Areas of Focus/Environmental Factors
 Coverage for M/SUD Services--Beginning in 2014, block grant 
dollars should be used to pay for (1) people who are uninsured, (2) 
services that are not covered by insurance and Medicaid, (3) 
prevention, and (4) the collection of performance and outcome data. 
Presumably, there will be similar concerns at the state level that 
state dollars are being used for people and/or services not otherwise 
covered. States (or the federal exchange) are currently making plans to 
implement the benchmark plan chosen for Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) 
and their expanded Medicaid program. States should begin to develop 
strategies that will monitor the implementation of the Act in their 
states. States should begin to identify whether people have better 
access to mental health and substance use disorder services. In 
particular, states will need to determine if QHPs and Medicaid are 
offering services for mental and substance abuse disorders and whether 
services are offered consistent with provisions of MHPAEA.
     Affordable Insurance Exchanges--Affordable Insurance 
Exchanges (Exchanges) will be responsible for performing a variety of 
critical functions to ensure access to much needed behavioral health 
services. Outreach and education regarding enrollment in QHPs or 
expanded Medicaid will be critical. SMHAs and SSAs should understand 
their state's new eligibility determination and enrollment system. They 
should also understand how insurers (commercial, Medicaid and Medicare 
plans) will be making decisions regarding their provider networks. 
States should consider

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developing benchmarks regarding the expected number of individuals in 
their publicly funded behavioral health system that should be insured 
by the end of FY 2015. In addition, states should set targets or 
recommendations for the number of providers who will be participating 
in insurers' networks that are currently not billing third party 
insurance.
 Program Integrity --The Act directs the Secretary of HHS to 
define EHBs. Non-grandfathered plans in the individual and small group 
markets both inside and outside the Exchanges, Medicaid benchmark and 
benchmark equivalent plans, and basic health programs must cover these 
EHBs. The selected benchmark plan would serve as a reference plan, 
reflecting both the scope of services and limits offered by a ``typical 
employer plan'' in a state as required by the Act.
    At this point in time, many states will know which mental health 
and substance abuse services are covered in their benchmark plans 
offered by QHPs and Medicaid programs. SMHAs and SSAs should be focused 
on two main areas related to EHBs: monitoring what is covered and 
aligning block grants and state funds for what is not covered. These 
include: 1) ensuring that QHPs and Medicaid programs are including EHBs 
as per the state benchmark plan; 2) ensuring that individuals are aware 
of the covered mental health and substance abuse benefits; 3) ensuring 
that people will utilize the benefits despite concerns that employers 
will learn of mental health and substance abuse diagnosis of their 
employees; and 4) monitoring utilization of mental health and substance 
abuse benefits in light of utilization review, medical necessity, etc.
    SAMHSA expects states to implement policies and procedures that are 
designed to ensure that block grant funds are used in accordance with 
the four priority categories identified above. Consequently, states may 
have to reevaluate their current management and oversight strategies to 
accommodate the new priorities. They may also need to become more 
proactive in ensuring that state-funded providers are enrolled in the 
Medicaid program and have the ability to determine if clients are 
enrolled or eligible to enroll in Medicaid. Additionally, compliance 
review and audit protocols may need to be revised to provide for 
increased tests of client eligibility and enrollment.
     Use of Evidence in Purchasing Decisions--SAMHSA is 
interested in whether or how states are using evidence in their 
purchasing decisions, educating policymakers or supporting providers to 
offer high quality services. In addition, SAMHSA is interested in 
additional information that is needed by SMHAs and SSAs in their 
efforts to continue to shape their and other purchasers decisions 
regarding mental health and substance abuse services.
     Quality--Up to 25 data elements, including those in the 
table below will be available through the Behavioral Health Barometer 
which SAMHSA will prepare at least bi-annually to share with states for 
purposes of informing the planning process. Using this information, 
states will select specific priority areas. States will receive 
feedback on an annual basis in terms of national, regional and state 
performance and will be expected to provide information on the 
additional measures they have identified outside of the core measures 
and state barometer. Reports on progress will serve to highlight the 
impact of the block grant funded services and thus allow SAMHSA to 
collaborate with the states and other HHS Operating Divisions in 
providing technical assistance to improve behavioral health and related 
outcomes.

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                                                                    Substance abuse
                                              Prevention               treatment          Mental health services
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Health...............................  Youth and Adult Heavy    Reduction/No Change In   Level of Functioning.
                                        Alcohol Use--Past 30     substance use past 30
                                        Day.                     days.
Home.................................  Parental Disapproval Of  Stability in Housing...  Stability in Housing.
                                        Drug Use.
Community............................  Environmental Risk/      Involvement in Self-     Improvement/Increase in
                                        Exposure to Prevention   Help.                    quality/number of
                                        Messages And/or                                   supportive
                                        Friends Disapproval.                              relationships among
                                                                                          SMI population.
Purpose..............................  Pro-Social Connections-  Percent in TX employed,  Clients w/SMI or SED
                                        Community Connections.   in school, etc.--TEDS.   who are employed, or
                                                                                          in school.
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     Trauma--In order to better meet the needs of those they 
serve, states should take an active approach to addressing trauma. 
Trauma screening matched with trauma-specific therapies such as 
exposure therapy or trauma-focused cognitive behavioral approaches 
should be adopted to ensure that treatments meet the needs of those 
being served. States should also consider adopting a trauma informed 
care approach consistent with SAMHSA's trauma informed care definition 
and principles. This means providing care based on an understanding of 
the vulnerabilities or triggers of trauma survivors that traditional 
service delivery approaches may exacerbate, so that these services and 
programs can be more supportive and avoid re-traumatization.
     Justice--The SABG and MHBG may be especially valuable in 
supporting care coordination to promote pre-arrest, pre-adjudication 
and pre-sentencing diversion, providing care during gaps in enrollment 
after incarceration, and supporting other efforts related to 
enrollment. Communities across the United States have instituted 
problem-solving courts, including those for defendants with mental and 
substance use disorders. These courts seek to prevent incarceration and 
facilitate community-based treatment for offenders, while at the same 
time protecting public safety. There are two types of problem-solving 
courts related to behavioral health: Drug courts and mental health 
courts. However, there are a number of different types of problem-
solving courts. In addition to drug courts and mental health courts, 
some jurisdictions, for example, operate courts for DWI/DUI, veterans, 
family, teen, reentry, as well as courts such as gambling, domestic 
violence, truancy, etc. States are also encouraged to work with 
municipalities to determine whether municipal mental health or drug 
courts might be viable. Specialized courts provide a forum in which the 
adversarial process can be relaxed and problem solving and treatment 
processes can be emphasized. States should place emphasis on screening, 
assessment, and services provided prior to arrest, adjudication and/or 
sentencing to divert persons with mental and/or substance use disorders 
from correctional settings. Secondarily, states should examine specific 
barriers such as lack of identification needed for enrollment, loss of 
eligibility resulting from incarceration, and care coordination for 
individuals with chronic health conditions, housing

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instability, and employment challenges. Secure custody rates decline 
when community agencies are present to advocate for alternatives for 
detention.
     Parity Education--SAMHSA encourages states to take 
proactive steps to improve consumer knowledge about parity. As one plan 
of action, states can develop communication plans to provide and 
address key issues. SAMHSA is in a unique position to provide content 
expertise to assist states, and is asking for input from states to 
address this position.
     Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration 
Activities--Numerous provisions in the Affordable Health Care Act and 
elsewhere improve the coordination of care for patients through the 
creation of health homes, where teams of health professionals will be 
rewarded to coordinate care for patients with chronic conditions. 
States that had approved Medicaid State Plan Amendments (SPAs) received 
90 percent Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for health 
home services for eight quarters. At this critical point in time, some 
states are ending their two years of enhanced FMAP and rolling back to 
their regular state FMAP for health home services. In addition, many 
states may be a year into the implementation of their dual eligible 
demonstration projects. States should indicate how these changes and 
opportunities affect their application.
     Health Disparities--In the block grant application, states 
are asked to define the populations they intend to serve. Within these 
populations of focus are subpopulations that may have disparate access 
to, use of, or outcomes from provided services. These disparities may 
be the result of differences in insurance coverage, language, beliefs, 
norms, values, and/or socioeconomic factors specific to that 
subpopulation. For instance, Latino adults with SMI may be at 
heightened risk for metabolic disorder due to lack of appropriate in-
language primary care services; American Indian/Alaska Native youth may 
have an increased incidence of underage binge drinking due to coping 
patterns related to historical trauma within the American Indian/Alaska 
Native community; and African American women may be at greater risk for 
contracting HIV/AIDS due lack of access to education on risky sexual 
behaviors in urban low-income communities, etc. While these factors 
might not be pervasive among the general population served by the block 
grant, they may be predominant among subpopulations or groups 
vulnerable to disparities. To address and ultimately reduce 
disparities, it is important for states to have a detailed 
understanding of who is being served and not being served within their 
communities, including in what languages services are provided, in 
order to implement appropriate outreach and engagement strategies for 
diverse populations. The types of services provided, retention in 
services and outcomes are critical measures of quality and outcomes of 
care for diverse groups. In order to address the potentially disparate 
impact for their block grant funded efforts, states will be asked to 
address access, use and outcomes for subpopulations, which can be 
defined by the following factors: race, ethnicity, language, gender 
(including transgender), tribal connection and sexual orientation 
(i.e., lesbian, gay, bisexual).
     Recovery--SAMHSA encourages states to take proactive steps 
to implement recovery support services. SAMHSA is in a unique position 
to provide content expertise to assist states, and is asking for input 
from states to address this position. SAMHSA has launched Bringing 
Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS 
TACS). BRSS TACS assists states and others to promote adoption of 
recovery-oriented supports, services, and systems for people in 
recovery from mental or substance use disorders.
     Children and Adolescents Behavioral Health Services--Since 
1993, SAMHSA has funded the Children's Mental Health Initiative (CMHI) 
to build the System of Care approach in states and communities around 
the country. This has been an ongoing program with over 160 grants 
awarded to states and communities. Every state has received at least 
one CMHI grant. In 2007, SAMHSA awarded State Substance Abuse 
Coordinator grants to 16 states to build a state infrastructure for 
substance use disorders. This work has continued with a focus on 
financing and workforce development to support a recovery-oriented 
system of care that incorporates established evidenced-based treatment 
for youth with substance use disorders.
    SAMHSA expects that states will build on this well-documented, 
effective system of care approach to serving children and youth with 
behavioral health needs. Given the multi-system involvement of these 
children and youth, the system of care approach provides the 
infrastructure to improve care coordination and outcomes, manage costs 
and better invest resources. The array of services and supports in the 
system of care approach includes non-residential (e.g., wraparound 
service planning, intensive care management, outpatient therapy, 
intensive home-based services, substance use disorder intensive out 
patient services, continuing care, mobile crisis response, etc.), 
supportive services (e.g., peer youth support, family peer support, 
respite services, mental health consultation, supported education and 
employment, etc.), and residential services (e.g., therapeutic foster 
care, crisis stabilization services, inpatient medical detoxification, 
etc.).
    Although the statutory dates for submitting the block grant 
application, plan and annual report remain unchanged, SAMHSA requests 
that the MHBG and SABG applications be submitted on the same date. In 
addition, the dates for submitting the plans have changed to better 
comport with most states fiscal and planning years (July 1st through 
June 30th of the following year).

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                                         Application
        Application(s) for FY                due               Plan due          Planning period    Reports due
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2014.................................          4/1/13  Yes....................    7/1/13-6/30/15         12/1/13
2015.................................          4/1/14  No.....................  ................         12/1/14
2016.................................          4/1/15  Yes....................    7/1/15-6/30/17         12/1/15
2017.................................         4/01/16  No.....................  ................         12/1/16
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Summary of Changes as a Result of the 60-Day Federal Register Notice

    SAMHSA received 232 comments from 36 individuals or organizations. 
The comments expressed general support for the option to submit a 
combined plan for mental and substance use disorders (M/SUD) for both 
block grants, the movement to the behavioral health barometer, the 
expressed four priorities for the block grants, the two-year planning 
cycle, and tribal consultation. Many comments were duplicative and 
include requests that SAMHSA eliminate any reference to

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initiatives in the President's budget proposal and include a discussion 
of only those initiatives that are authorized; ask only for what is 
required information and not include any areas that are requested; 
clarify that SABG dollars cannot be used for mental health promotion; 
provide clear operational definitions for each outcome measure; 
simplify the data collected; reduce or clarify the expanded area of 
focus; change the acronym for the substance abuse block grant back to 
SAPTBG; address a concern from some states that the April 1 deadline 
will be difficult given other priority activities in the states; 
emphasize older adults and veterans; require substance abuse 
representation on the planning council for those states submitting a 
combined application; and, address a concern that the use of block 
grant funds are becoming more prescriptive instead of giving states 
maximum flexibility.
    SAMHSA received some comments about the ``Behavioral Health 
Advisory Council Composition by Member Type'' table indicating that the 
reference to members from diverse racial and LGBTQ populations is 
potentially confusing and creates a dilemma as to which category 
members should be ascribed, the term `leading state experts' is also 
confusing and somewhat arbitrary, and the membership categorization for 
``Federally Recognized Tribe Representatives'' could be confused with 
council members who happen to be tribal members. SAMHSA agrees with the 
recommendations that the request for a number of individuals and 
providers from diverse racial, ethnic, and LGBTQ backgrounds in the 
table will skew the calculation of the percentage of consumers/state 
members. SAMHSA has moved this information request, as well as the 
request to identify any member who is an individual in recovery from 
SUD or advocating for SUD services to the bottom of the table and 
removed it from the calculation. ``Leading state expert'' is deleted. 
Federally Recognized Tribal Representatives are individuals who are 
officially designated by the tribe to sit on the Council.
    SAMHSA added clarifying language within the prevention section, 
that clarifies that states will be allowed to use some of their current 
Mental Health Block Grant to support mental health promotion and mental 
illness prevention activities related to adults with serious mental 
illnesses and children with serious emotional disturbances and their 
families. In addition, the 20% set aside funds of the Substance Abuse 
Block Grant must be used for substance abuse primary prevention 
activities by the state. Many evidenced-based substance abuse programs 
have a positive impact on the prevention of substance use and abuse as 
well as other health and social outcomes such as education, juvenile 
justice involvement, violence prevention and mental health.
    SAMHSA reduced the number of questions in the prevention planning 
section, in the Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration 
Activities section, and in the Technical Assistance needs section..
    SAMHSA has renumbered and, in some instances, renamed tables 
throughout the document to eliminate the redundancy in the table 
numbers between the planning and reporting sections and improve user 
navigation. SAMHSA also revised the table entitled `Behavioral Health 
Advisory Council Composition by Member Type.' In addition, SAMHSA 
enhanced the tables of contents in the reporting sections to facilitate 
user navigation.

Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden

    The estimated annualized burden for a uniform application is 37,429 
hours. Burden estimates are broken out in the following tables showing 
burden separately for Year 1 and Year 2. Year 1 includes the estimates 
of burden for the uniform application and annual reporting. Year 2 
includes the estimates of burden for the application update and annual 
reporting. The reporting burden remains constant for both years.

                        Table 1--Estimates of Application and Reporting Burden for Year 1
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                                                                                      Burden/
          Application element              Number respondents       Responses/       response      Total burden
                                                                    respondents       (hours)
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                                               Application Burden
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Yr One Plan (separate submissions)....  30 (CMHS)...............               1             282          16,920
                                        30 (SAPT)...............
Yr One Plan (combined submission).....  30......................               1             282           8,460
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    Application Sub-total.............  60......................  ..............  ..............          25,380
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                                                Reporting Burden
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MHBG Report...........................  59......................               1             186          10,974
URS Tables............................  59......................               1              35           2,065
SABG Report...........................  \1\60...................               1             186          11,160
Table 5...............................  \2\15...................               1               4              60
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    Reporting Subtotal................  60......................  ..............  ..............          24,259
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    Total.............................  119.....................  ..............  ..............          49,639
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\1\ Redlake Band of the Chippewa Indians from MN receives a grant.
\2\ Only 15 States have a management information system to complete Table 5.


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                        Table 2--Estimates of Application and Reporting Burden for Year 2
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                                                                                      Burden/
          Application element              Number respondents       Responses/       response      Total burden
                                                                    respondents       (hours)
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                                               Application Burden
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Yr Two Plan...........................  24......................               1              40             960
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Application Sub-total.................  24......................  ..............  ..............             960
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                                                Reporting Burden
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MHBG Report...........................  59......................               1             186          10,974
URS Tables............................  59......................               1              35           2,065
SABG Report...........................  60......................               1             186          11,160
Table 5...............................  15......................               1               4              60
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Reporting Subtotal....................  60......................  ..............  ..............          24,259
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    Total.............................  119.....................  ..............  ..............          25,219
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    The total annualized burden for the application and reporting is 
37,429 hours (49,639 + 25,219 = 74,858/2 years = 37,429).
    Link for the application: www.samhsa.gov/grants/blockgrant.
    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by November 9, 2012 to the SAMHSA 
Desk Officer at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). To ensure timely receipt of 
comments, and to avoid potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing 
of mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service, commenters are encouraged 
to submit their comments to OMB via email to: [email protected]. Although commenters are encouraged to send 
their comments via email, commenters may also fax their comments to: 
202-395-7285. Commenters may also mail them to: Office of Management 
and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10102, Washington, DC 20503.

Summer King,
Statistician.
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