[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 248 (Thursday, December 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78373-78374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30801]


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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: SAMHSA Recovery Measurement Pilot Study--NEW

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA), Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ) 
is proposing a pilot test of its Recovery Measure. As part of its 
strategic initiative to support recovery from mental health and 
substance use disorders, SAMHSA has been working to develop a standard 
measure of recovery that can be used as part of its grantee performance 
reporting activities.
    This project will assess the usability and psychometric properties 
of the proposed tool among a voluntary group of 2-3 SAMHSA grantees. 
SAMHSA has developed a short 20-item instrument that has been designed 
to capture all four of SAMHSA's proposed dimensions of recovery--
health, home, purpose, and community. This measure is comprised of 
questions from the World Health Organization's Quality of Life tool 
(WHO QOL 8) and SAMHSA's existing set of Government Performance and 
Results Act (GPRA) measures. Data will be collected at two time 
points--at client intake and at six-months post-intake. These are two 
points in time during which SAMHSA grantees routinely collect data on 
the individuals participating in their programs.
    Approval of these items by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) will allow SAMHSA to further refine the Recovery Measure 
developed for this project. It will also help determine whether the 
Recovery Measure is added to SAMHSA's set of required performance 
measurement tools designed to aid in tracking recovery among clients 
receiving services from the Agency's funded programs.
    Based on current funding and planned fiscal year 2014 notice of 
funding announcements the following SAMHSA grantee programs will be 
selected to participate in this pilot study: Behavioral Health 
Treatment Court Collaborative (BHTCC); Cooperative Agreements to 
Benefit Homeless Individuals (CABHI); and the Primary and Behavioral 
Health Care Integration (PBHCI). Data collected will be used by 
individuals at three different levels: the SAMHSA administrator and 
staff, the Center administrators and government project officers, and 
grantees.
    The total estimated respondent burden is 60 hours for the period 
from September 2014 through March 2015. Table 1 below indicates the 
annualized respondent burden estimate.

                             Table 1--Annualized Respondent Burden Hours, 2014-2015
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                                        Estimated annual response burden
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                                                     Number of     Responses per   Average hours   Total burden
                Type of grantees                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Intake:
    Behavioral Health Treatment Court                        100               1            0.10              10
     Collaborative (BHTCC)......................
    Cooperative Agreements to Benefit Homeless                50               1            0.10               5
     Individuals (CABHI)........................
    Primary and Behavioral Health Care                       150               1            0.10              15
     Integration (PBHCI)........................
6-Month Follow-up:

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    Behavioral Health Treatment Court                        100               1            0.10              10
     Collaborative (BHTCC)......................
    Cooperative Agreements to Benefit Homeless                50               1            0.10               5
     Individuals (CABHI)........................
    Primary and Behavioral Health Care                       150               1            0.10              15
     Integration (PBHCI)........................
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        Total...................................             300  ..............  ..............              60
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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 February 24, 2014.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2013-30801 Filed 12-24-13; 8:45 am]
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