[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 173 (Friday, September 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54902-54903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21700]


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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: National Mental Health Services Survey (N-MHSS) (OMB 
No. 0930-0119)--Revision

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA), Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ), 
is requesting a revision to the National Mental Health Services Survey 
(N-MHSS) (OMB No. 0930-0119), which expires on June 30, 2015. The N-
MHSS provides national and state-level data on the number and 
characteristics of mental health treatment facilities in the United 
States, annually, and national and state-level data on the number and 
characteristics of persons treated in these facilities, biennially.
    An immediate need under N-MHSS is to update the information about 
facilities on SAMHSA's online Behavioral Health Treatment Services 
Locator (see: http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov), which was last updated 
with information from the abbreviated N-MHSS (N-MHSS-Locator Survey) in 
2012. A full-scale N-MHSS will be conducted in 2014 and 2016 to collect 
(1) the information about facilities needed to update the online 
Locator, such as the facility name and address, specific services 
offered, and special client groups served, and (2) additional 
information including client counts and the demographics of persons 
treated in these facilities. An abbreviated N-MHSS (N-MHSS-Locator 
Survey) will be conducted in 2015 to update the information about 
facilities on the online Locator. A data collection in conjunction with 
adding new facilities to the online Locator as they become known to 
SAMHSA is also being requested. Both the 2015 N-MHSS-Locator Survey and 
the addition of new facilities to the online Locator will use the same 
N-MHSS-Locator Survey instrument.
    This requested revision seeks to change the content of the 
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approved abbreviated N-MHSS (i.e., N-MHSS-Locator) survey instrument, 
and the previously approved 2010 full-scale N-MHSS (OMB No. 0930-0119) 
to accommodate two related N-MHSS activities:
    (1) collection of information from the total N-MHSS universe of 
mental health treatment facilities during 2014, 2015, and 2016; and
    (2) collection of information on newly identified facilities 
throughout the year, as they are identified, so that new facilities can 
quickly be added to the online Locator.
    The survey mode for both data collection activities will be web 
with telephone follow-up.
    The database resulting from the N-MHSS will be used to update 
SAMHSA's online Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator and to 
produce a national directory of mental health facilities on compact 
disk (CD), both for use by the general public, behavioral health 
professionals, and treatment service providers. In addition, a data 
file derived from the survey will be used to produce a summary report 
providing national and state-level data. The report and a public-use 
data file will be used by researchers, mental health professionals, 
State governments, the U.S. Congress, and the general public.
    The request for OMB approval will include a request to conduct the 
full-scale N-MHSS in 2014 and 2016 and an abbreviated N-MHSS-Locator 
survey in 2015.
    The following table summarizes the estimated annual response burden 
for the N-MHSS:

                                 Estimated Annual Response Burden for the N-MHSS
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                                                     Number of    Responses per    Average hours   Total burden
                Type of  respondent                 respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Facilities in full-scale N-MHSS universe in 2014         17,000                1            0.75          12,750
 and 2016.........................................
Newly identified facilities in Between-Survey             1,700                1            0.42             714
 Update in 2014, 2015, and 2016 \1\...............
Facilities in N-MHSS-Locator Survey universe in          17,000                1            0.42           7,140
 2015.............................................
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    Average Annual Total..........................       18,700                1            0.62          11,594
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\1\ Collection of information on newly identified facilities throughout the year, as they are identified, so
  that new facilities can quickly be added to the Locator.

    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 November 5, 2013.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2013-21700 Filed 9-5-13; 8:45 am]
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