[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 204 (Monday, October 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64528-64530]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25868]


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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: 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 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.

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                                         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:
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
Collaborative Survey............              77               1              77               1              77
Record Management:
    Secondary Data--(Screening/               11             489           5,382            0.25           1,346
     admission) \3\.............
    Secondary Data--(Arrest                   11              40             440            0.25             110
     data) \3\..................
    Secondary Data--                          11              57             627            0.25             157
     (Participation/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:
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
Record Management:
    Secondary Data--(Screening/               11             489           5,379            0.25           1,345
     admission).................
    Secondary Data--(Arrest                   11              45             495            0.25             124
     data)......................
    Secondary Data--                          11              57             627            0.25             157
     (Participation/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:
    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
Record Management:
    Secondary Data--(Screening/               11             489           5,379            0.25           1,345
     admission).................
    Secondary Data--(Arrest                   11              45             495            0.25             124
     data)......................
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
                 Data collection activity                       number of     Annualized total  Annualized total
                                                               respondents        responses        hour burden
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Supplemental Client Interviews:
    Baseline..............................................               662               662               166
    6 month...............................................               530               530               133
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        Sub-total.........................................               662              1192               299
Collaborative Survey......................................                77                77                77

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Record Management:
    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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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by November 21, 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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