[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67377-67378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26940]


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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 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 
currently 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.

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    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.

    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by December 12, 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. 2013-26940 Filed 11-8-13; 8:45 am]
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