[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13867-13868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06038]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVCES

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 project 
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 collection 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 Behavioral Health Information Technologies Survey--NEW

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) and Center for 
Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ) are proposing a survey 
to assess health information technology (HIT) adoption among SAMHSA 
grantees. As part of its Strategic Initiative to advance the use of 
health information technologies to support integrated behavioral health 
care, SAMHSA has been working to develop a survey instrument that will 
examine the status of and plans for HIT adoption by behavioral health 
service providers who are implementing SAMHSA grant programs. The 
selected programs are funded by the by the Center for Mental Health 
Services (CMHS), the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), and 
(CSAT).
    This project seeks to acquire baseline data necessary to inform the 
Agency's strategic initiative that focuses on fostering the adoption of 
HIT in community behavioral health services. The survey of SAMHSA 
grantees regarding their access to and use of health information 
technology will provide valuable information that will inform the 
behavioral HIT literature.
    Approval of this data collection by the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) will allow SAMHSA to identify the current status of HIT 
adoption and use among a diverse group of grantees. Data from the 
survey will allow SAMHSA to enhance the HIT-related programmatic 
activities among its grantees by providing data on how HIT facilitates 
the implementation of different types of SAMHSA grants, thereby 
fostering the appropriate adoption of HIT within SAMSHA-funded 
programs.
    The survey will collect data once, providing a snapshot view of the 
current state of HIT adoption. The proposed participant pool is 
comprised of SAMHSA grantee program leadership who are willing to 
provide the assistance needed to ensure a high rate of response. 
Awardees from nine different SAMHSA programs drawn from CMHS, CSAT, and 
CSAP comprise the pool of survey participants.
    The survey mode for data collection will be web-based with embedded 
skip logic for respondents to avoid questions that are not applicable 
to them. The minimum amount of time for a respondent to complete the 
survey is 20 minutes, with respondents who do not skip items taking a 
maximum of 30 minutes for completion. The total estimated respondent 
burden is 149.6 hours.
    The following table summarizes the estimated response burden.

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                                                     Number of
                                     Number of       responses         Total       Average hours   Total burden
  Type of grantee or respondent     respondents    annually per      responses     per response        hours
                                                    respondent
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Screening, Brief Intervention,                18               1              18              .4             7.2
 and Referral to Treatment
 (SBIRT)........................
Targeted Capacity Expansion-                  17               1              17              .4             6.8
 Targeted Assisted Care.........
Offender Re-entry Program.......              13               1              13              .4             5.2
Primary Behavioral Health Care                89               1              89              .4            35.6
 Integration (PBHCI)............
National Child Traumatic Stress               56               1              56              .4            22.4
 Initiative (NCTSI).............
Suicide Lifeline Crisis Center                12               1              12              .4             4.8
 Follow-up......................

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Garret Lee Smith Youth Suicide                56               1              56              .4            22.4
 Prevention Program.............
Minority AIDS Initiative........             113               1             113              .4            45.2
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    Total.......................             374  ..............             374  ..............           149.6
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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 May 18, 2015.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2015-06038 Filed 3-16-15; 8:45 am]
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