[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21383-21384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08258]


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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: Registration for Behavioral Health Web Site and 
Resources (OMB No. 0930-0313)--REVISION

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA) is requesting OMB approval for a revision to the Behavioral 
Health Web site and Resources data collection. SAMHSA is authorized 
under section 501(d)(16) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
290aa(d)(16)) to develop and distribute materials for the prevention, 
treatment, and recovery from substance abuse and mental health 
disorders. To improve customer service and lessen the burden on the 
public to locate and obtain these materials, SAMHSA has developed a Web 
site that includes more than 1,400 free publications from SAMHSA and 
its component Agencies: the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, the 
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, the Center for Mental Health 
Services, the Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, and 
other SAMHSA partners, such as the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy. These products are available to the public for ordering and 
download. When a member of the public chooses to order hard-copy 
publications, it is necessary for SAMHSA to collect certain customer 
information in order to fulfill the request. To further lessen the 
burden on the public and provide the level of customer service that the 
public has come to expect from product Web sites, SAMHSA has developed 
a voluntary registration process for its publication Web site that 
allows customers to create accounts. Through these accounts, SAMHSA 
customers are able to access their order histories and save their 
shipping addresses. This reduces the burden on customers of having to 
re-identify materials they ordered in the past and to re-enter their 
shipping information each time they place an order with SAMHSA. During 
the Web site registration process, SAMHSA also asks customers to 
provide optional demographic information that helps SAMHSA evaluate the 
use and distribution of its publications and improve services to the 
public.
    SAMHSA is employing a Web-based form for information collection to 
avoid duplication and unnecessary burden on customers who register both 
for an account on the product Web site and for email updates. The Web 
technology allows SAMHSA to integrate the email update subscription 
process into the Web site account registration process.

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Customers who register for an account on the product Web site are given 
the option of being enrolled automatically to receive SAMHSA email 
updates. Any optional questions answered by the customer during the Web 
site registration process automatically are mapped to the profile 
generated for the email update system, thereby reducing the collection 
of duplicate information.
    SAMHSA collects all customer information submitted for Web site 
registration and email update subscriptions electronically via a series 
of Web forms on the samhsa.gov domain. Customers can submit the Web 
forms at their leisure, or call SAMHSA's toll-free Call Center and an 
information specialist will submit the forms on their behalf. The 
electronic collection of information reduces the burden on the 
respondent and streamlines the data-capturing process. SAMHSA places 
Web site registration information into a Knowledge Management database 
and places email subscription information into a database maintained by 
a third-party vendor that serves multiple Federal agencies and the 
White House. Customers can change, add, or delete their information 
from either system at any time.
    The respondents are behavioral health professionals, researchers, 
parents, caregivers, and the general public.
    SAMHSA proposes two changes to the information collection. The 
first change is increasing the number of responses based on the average 
annual number of actual responses in 2011 and 2012. The second change 
is modifying the response options for ``Organization Type'' in the 
following ways: ``Treatment Facility'' will be changed to ``Behavioral 
Health Treatment Facility'', ``Individual/Group Practice'' will be 
changed to ``Other Health Care Facility'', and adding four new 
categories including ``Military/Veterans Organization,'' ``Criminal 
Justice/Courts,'' ``Health Insurer,'' and ``Human Resources/Employee 
Assistance Program.''
    SAMHSA estimates the burden of this information collection as 
follows:

                                   Table 1--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden
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                                                      Annual
                                     Number of     frequency per   Total annual      Hours per      Total hours
                                    respondents      response        responses       response
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Web Site Registration...........          38,605               1          38,605            .033           1,286
                                                                                        (2 min.)
Email Update Subscription.......          21,138               1          21,138            .017             359
                                                                                        (1 min.)
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    Total.......................          59,743  ..............          59,743  ..............           1,645
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 2-1057, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 OR email her a 
copy at [email protected]. Written comments should be received 
by June 10, 2013.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2013-08258 Filed 4-9-13; 8:45 am]
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