[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12207-12208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04741]


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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: 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
                                       [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)........................

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    Primary and Behavioral Health Care                       150               1            0.10              15
     Integration (PBHCI)........................
6-Month Follow-up:
    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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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by April 3, 2014 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. 2014-04741 Filed 3-3-14; 8:45 am]
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