[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 204 (Monday, October 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64530-64531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25869]


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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: National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-
SSATS) (OMB No. 0930-0106)--Revision

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA) is requesting a revision of the Drug and Alcohol Services 
Information System (DASIS) data collection (OMB No. 0930-0106), which 
expires on December 31, 2012. The request includes a name change for 
this OMB No. from ``DASIS'' to the ``National Survey of Substance Abuse 
Treatment Services (N-SSATS),'' since N-SSATS is the main survey 
component from the prior collection included in this request. N-SSATS 
provides both national and state-level data on the numbers and types of 
patients treated and the characteristics of facilities providing 
substance abuse treatment services. It is conducted under the authority 
of Section 505 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa-4) to 
meet the specific mandates for annual information about public and 
private substance abuse treatment providers and the clients they serve.
    This request includes:
     Collection of N-SSATS, which is an annual survey of 
substance abuse treatment facilities; and
     Updating of the associated substance abuse facility 
universe, now named the Inventory of Behavioral Health Services (I-BHS) 
(previously the Inventory of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (I-
SATS)). The I-BHS includes all substance abuse treatment facilities 
known to SAMHSA. In addition, the inventory is being expanded to 
include mental health treatment facilities, making it a ``behavioral 
health'' inventory.
    The information in I-BHS and N-SSATS is needed to assess the nature 
and extent of these resources, to identify gaps in services, and to 
provide a database for treatment referrals. Both I-BHS and N-SSATS are 
components of the Behavioral Health Services Information System (BHSIS) 
(previously DASIS), a system name change reflecting SAMHSA's emphasis 
on a more integrated behavioral health treatment system.
    The request for OMB approval will include a request to update the 
I-BHS facility listing on a continuous basis and to conduct the N-SSATS 
and the between cycle N-SSATS (N-SSATS BC) in 2013, 2014, and 2015. The 
N-SSATS BC is a procedure for collecting services data from newly 
identified facilities between main cycles of the survey and will be 
used to improve the listing of treatment facilities in the online 
Substance Abuse Treatment Locator.

Planned Changes

    I-BHS: As described above, the I-BHS database has been expanded to 
include mental health treatment facilities. The I-BHS Online forms, the 
I-BHS facility application form, and the augmentation screener 
questionnaire include a new question to determine if the facility 
provides mental health treatment services.
    N-SSATS: The full N-SSATS will be conducted in alternate years, 
rather than every year as in the past, with an abbreviated N-SSATS 
questionnaire to update the Treatment Locator conducted in the interim 
years. Approval is requested for the following changes from 2012 to 
2013 in the N-SSATS questionnaire:
    A new question has been added to determine if the facility provides 
mental health treatment services. This question will help identify 
facilities that provide both substance abuse and mental health 
treatment services.
    A question on the primary focus of the facility was dropped because 
it was found to be too subjective and less useful than asking directly 
about the services the facility provides. The new question will 
identify facilities that provide mental health treatment services.
    New items have been added to determine if the facility offers 
treatment for gambling disorders, Internet use disorders or other non-
substance abuse disorders.
    A question on special programs was reformatted to reduce burden. 
The question previously had two parts, one to determine if particular 
kinds of clients were accepted at the facility and another to determine 
if the facility had

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special groups or programs for particular kinds of clients. The first 
part has been dropped. Adolescents, adult women and adult men have been 
broken out of the list of kinds of clients in order to ask if the 
facility services only clients in these groups. Two new categories have 
been added to determine if the facility has special programs for 
persons who have experienced intimate partner violence/physical abuse 
and persons who have experienced sexual abuse.
    A new question has been added to ascertain the extent to which the 
facility has adopted health information technology in its operations.
    Estimated annual burden for the DASIS activities is shown below:

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                                             Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden                     Total hour
     Type of respondent and activity        respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours         Wage rate         cost
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States:
    I-BHS Online \1\....................              56             140           7,840             .08             627             $22         $13,794
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        State Subtotal..................              56  ..............           7,840  ..............             627  ..............          13,794
Facilities:
    I-BHS application \2\...............             600               1             600             .08              48              16             768
    Augmentation screener...............           2,000               1           2,000             .08             160              16           2,560
    N-SSATS questionnaire...............          17,000               1          17,000             .58           9,860              37         364,820
    N-SSATS BC..........................           2,000               1           2,000             .42             840              37          31,080
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        Facility Subtotal...............          21,600  ..............          21,600  ..............          10,908  ..............         399,228
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            Total.......................          21,656  ..............          29,440  ..............          11,535  ..............         413,022
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\1\ States use the I-BHS Online system to submit information on newly licensed/approved facilities and on changes in facility name, address, status,
  etc.
\2\ New facilities complete and submit the online I-BHS application form in order to get listed on the Inventory.

    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.
[FR Doc. 2012-25869 Filed 10-19-12; 8:45 am]
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