[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 249 (Friday, December 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78985-78986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30990]


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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: Access to Recovery (ATR) Program (OMB No. 0930-
0266)--Extension

    The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is charged with the 
Access to Recovery (ATR) program which will allow grantees (States, 
Territories, the District of Columbia and Tribal Organizations) a means 
to implement voucher programs for substance abuse clinical treatment 
and recovery support services. The ATR program is part of a 
Presidential initiative to: (1) Provide client choice among substance 
abuse clinical treatment and recovery support service providers, (2) 
expand access to a comprehensive array of clinical treatment and 
recovery support options (including faith-based programmatic options), 
and (3) increase substance abuse treatment capacity. Monitoring 
outcomes, tracking costs, and preventing waste, fraud and abuse to 
ensure accountability and effectiveness in the use of Federal funds are 
also important elements of the ATR program. Grantees, as a contingency 
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award, are responsible for collecting Voucher Information (VI) and 
Voucher Transaction (VT) data from their clients.
    The primary purpose of this data collection activity is to meet the 
reporting requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act 
(GPRA) by allowing SAMHSA to quantify the effects and accomplishments 
of SAMHSA programs. The following table is an estimated annual response 
burden for this effort.

                                                         Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden \1\
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                                      Number of      Responses per                       Hours per        Total hour                     Total hour Cost/
   Center/form/respondent type        respondent       respondent    Total responses      response          burden      Total wage cost   respondent \1\
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Voucher information and                    53,333              1.5           80,000              .03            2,400           $18.40          $44,160
 transaction.....................
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\1\ This table represents the maximum additional burden if adult respondents for ATR provide responses/data at an estimated hourly wage (from 2010
  Bureau of Labor Statistics).

    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 25, 2014.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2013-30990 Filed 12-26-13; 8:45 am]
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