[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 60 (Friday, March 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 17554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06900]


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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: 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 
of their 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
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                                                                        Number of      Responses per                       Hours per        Total hour
                    Center/form/respondent type                         respondent       respondent    Total responses      response          burden
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Voucher information and transaction................................          53,333              1.5           80,000              .03            2,400
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by April 28, 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. 2014-06900 Filed 3-27-14; 8:45 am]
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