[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 18, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74855-74856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30385]


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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: Services Accountability Improvement System--(OMB No. 
0930-0208)--Extension

    This is an extension to the previously OMB approved instrument. The 
Services Accountability Improvement System (SAIS), which is a real-
time, performance management system that captures information on the 
substance abuse treatment and mental health services delivered in the 
United States. A wide range of client and program information is 
captured through SAIS for approximately 600 grantees. Substance abuse 
treatment facilities submit their data on a monthly and even a weekly 
basis to ensure that SAIS is an accurate, up-to-date reflection on the 
scope of services delivered and characteristics of the treatment 
population. Over 30 reports on grantee performance are readily 
available on the SAIS Web site. The reports inform staff on the 
grantees' ability to serve their target populations and meet their 
client and budget targets. SAIS data allow grantees information that 
can guide modifications to their service array. Continued approval of 
this information collection will allow SAMHSA to continue to meet 
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) reporting 
requirements that quantify the effects and accomplishments of its 
discretionary grant programs which are consistent with OMB guidance.
    Note that there are no changes to the instrument or the burden 
hours from the previous OMB submission.

                          Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden \1\--CSAT GPRA Client Outcome Measures for Discretionary Programs
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                                                                  Responses per       Total                                 Total hour     Added burden
     Center/Form/Respondent type        Number of  respondents     respondent       responses      Hours per  response        burden      proportion \2\
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                                                                         Clients
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Adolescents..........................  3,900...................               4          15,600  .5.....................           7,800             .34
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                                                                         Adults
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General (non ATR or SBIRT)...........  28,000..................               3          84,000  .5.....................          42,000             .34
ATR..................................  53,333..................               3         159,999  .5.....................          80,000             .34

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SBIRT \4\ Screening Only.............  150,618.................               1         150,618  .13....................          19,580               0
SBIRT Brief Intervention.............  27,679..................               3          83,037  .20....................          16,607               0
SBIRT Brief Tx & Refer to Tx.........  9,200...................               3          27,600  .5.....................          13,800             .34
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    Client Subtotal..................  272,730.................                         520,854                                  179,787  ..............
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                                                               Data Extract \5\ and Upload
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Adolescent Records...................  44 grants...............          44 x 4             176  .18....................              32  ..............
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                                                                      Adult Records
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General (non ATR or SBIRT)...........  528 grants..............          70 x 3             210  .18....................              38  ..............
ATR Data Extract.....................  53,333..................               3         160,000  .16....................          25,600  ..............
ATR Upload \6\.......................  24 grants...............               3         160,000  1 hr. per 6,000 records              27  ..............
SBIRT Screening Only Data Extract....  9 grants................      21,517 x 1          21,517  .07....................           1,506  ..............
SBIRT Brief Intervention Data Extract  9 grants................       3,954 x 3          11,862  .10....................           1,186  ..............
SBIRT Brief Tx & Refer to Tx Data      9 grants................       1,314 x 3           3,942  .18....................             710  ..............
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SBIRT Upload \7\.....................  7 grants................                         171,639  1 hr. per 6,000 records              29  ..............
Data Extract and Upload Subtotal.....  53,856..................                         529,382                                   29,134  ..............
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    TOTAL............................  326,586.................                       1,050,236                                  208,921  ..............
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Notes :
\1\ This table represents the maximum additional burden if adult respondents, for the discretionary services programs including ATR, provide three sets
  of responses/data and if CSAT adolescent respondents, provide four sets of responses/data.
\2\ Added burden proportion is an adjustment reflecting customary and usual business practices programs engage in (e.g., they already collect the data
  items).
\3\ Estimate based on 2010 hourly wave of $19.97 for U.S. workforce eligible from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
\4\ Screening, Brief Intervention, Treatment and Referral (SBIRT) grant program:
* 27,679 Brief Intervention (BI) respondents complete sections A & B of the GPRA instrument, all of these items are asked during a customary and usual
  intake process resulting in zero burden; and
* 9,200 Brief Treatment (BT) & Referral to Treatment (RT) respondents complete all sections of the GPRA instrument.
\5\ Data Extract by Grants: Grant burden for capturing customary and usual data.
\6\ Upload: all 24 ATR grants upload data.
\7\ Upload: 7 of the 9 SBIRT grants upload data; the other 2 grants conduct direct data entry.

    Based on current funding and planned fiscal year 2010 notice of 
funding announcements (NOFA), the CSAT programs that will use these 
measures in fiscal years 2010 through 2012 include: The Access to 
Recovery 2 (ATR2), ATR3, Addictions Treatment for Homeless; Adult 
Criminal Justice Treatment; Assertive Adolescent Family Treatment; HIV/
AIDS Outreach; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention--
Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (OJJDP-BIRT); OJJDP-
Juvenile Drug Court (OJJDP-JDC); Offender Re-entry Program; Pregnant 
and Postpartum Women; Recovery Community Services Program--Services; 
Recovery Oriented Systems of Care; Screening and Brief Intervention and 
Referral to Treatment (SBIRT), Targeted Capacity Expansion (TCE); TCE/
HIV; Treatment Drug Court; and the Youth Offender Reentry Program. 
SAMHSA uses the performance measures to report on the performance of 
its discretionary services grant programs. The performance measures 
information is used by individuals at three different levels: The 
SAMHSA administrator and staff, the Center administrators and 
government project officers, and grantees.
    SAMHSA and its Centers will use the data for annual reporting 
required by GPRA and for NOMs comparing baseline with discharge and 
follow-up data. GPRA requires that SAMHSA's report for each fiscal year 
include actual results of performance monitoring for the three 
preceding fiscal years. The additional information collected through 
this process will allow SAMHSA to report on the results of these 
performance outcomes as well as be consistent with the specific 
performance domains that SAMHSA is implementing as the NOMs, to assess 
the accountability and performance of its discretionary and formula 
grant programs.
    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 2-1057, 1 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. 2012-30385 Filed 12-17-12; 8:45 am]
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