[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11667-11670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03622]


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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

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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: Transformation Accountability Reporting System--(OMB No. 0930-
0285) --Extension

    The Transformation Accountability (TRAC) Reporting System 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 TRAC for approximately 700 grantees. This request 
includes an extension of the currently approved data collection effort.
    This information collection will allow SAMHSA to continue to meet 
the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 reporting 
requirements that quantify the effects and accomplishments of its 
programs, which are consistent with OMB guidance. In order to carry out 
section 1105(a) (29) of GPRA, SAMHSA is required to prepare a 
performance plan for its major programs of activity. This plan must:
     Establish performance goals to define the level of 
performance to be achieved by a program activity;
     Express such goals in an objective, quantifiable, and 
measurable form;
     Briefly describe the operational processes, skills and 
technology, and the human, capital, information, or other resources 
required to meet the performance goals;
     Establish performance indicators to be used in measuring 
or assessing the relevant outputs, service levels, and outcomes of each 
program activity;
     Provide a basis for comparing actual program results with 
the established performance goals; and
     Describe the means to be used to verify and validate 
measured values.
    In addition, this data collection supports the GPRA Modernization 
Act of 2010 which requires overall organization management to improve 
agency performance and achieve the mission and goals of the agency 
through the use of strategic and performance planning, measurement, 
analysis, regular assessment of progress, and use of performance 
information to improve the results achieved. Specifically, this data 
collection will allow CMHS to have the capacity to report on a 
consistent set of performance measures across its various grant 
programs that conduct each of these activities. SAMHSA's legislative 
mandate is to increase access to high quality substance abuse and 
mental health prevention and treatment services and to improve 
outcomes. Its mission is to improve the quality and availability of 
treatment and prevention services for substance abuse and mental 
illness. To support this mission, the Agency's overarching goals are:
     Accountability--Establish systems to ensure program 
performance measurement and accountability
     Capacity--Build, maintain, and enhance mental health and 
substance abuse infrastructure and capacity
     Effectiveness--Enable all communities and providers to 
deliver effective services
    Each of these key goals complements SAMHSA's legislative mandate. 
All of SAMHSA's programs and activities are geared toward the 
achievement of these goals and performance monitoring is a 
collaborative and cooperative aspect of this process. SAMHSA will 
strive to coordinate the development of these goals with other ongoing 
performance measurement development activities.
    The total annual burden estimate is shown below:

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                                                           Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden
                                                 CMHS client outcome measures for discretionary programs
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                                             Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per      Total hour      Hourly wage     Total hour
            Type of response                respondents     respondent       responses       response         burden           cost            cost
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Client-level baseline interview.........          15,681               1          15,681            0.48           7,527          \1\$15        $112,903
Client-level 6-month reassessment                 10,637               1          10,637           0.367           3,904              15          58,557
 interview..............................
Client-level discharge interview \2\....           4,508               1           4,508           0.367           1,776              15          26,644
Client-level baseline chart abstraction            2,352               1           2,352             0.1             235              15           3,528
 \3\....................................
Client-level reassessment chart                    8,703               1           8,703             0.1             870              15          13,055
 abstraction \4\........................
Client-level discharge chart abstraction           8,241               1           8,241             0.1             824              15          12,362
 \5\....................................
Client-level Subtotal \6\...............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............          15,137              15         227,048
Infrastructure development, prevention,              942               4           3,768               4          15,072          \7\ 35         527,520
 and mental health promotion quarterly
 record abstraction.....................
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    Total...............................          16,623  ..............  ..............  ..............          29,298  ..............         885,135
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\1\ Based on minimum wage.
\2\ Based on an estimate that 35 percent will leave the program annually, and it will be possible to conduct discharge interviews on 40 percent of those
  who leave the program.
\3\ Based on 13 percent non-response for those eligible at baseline (18,033); baselines are required for all consumers served or an admin baseline for
  non-responders.
\4\ Based on 40 percent non-response for those eligible for six-month reassessment.
\5\ Based on 60 percent non-response for those discharged.
\6\ This is the maximum burden if all consumers complete the baseline and periodic reassessment interviews.
\7\ To be completed by grantee Project Directors, hence the higher hourly wage.


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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by March 21, 2013 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. 2013-03622 Filed 2-15-13; 8:45 am]
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