[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 95 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 28281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11892]


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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: 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......................
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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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by June 17, 2015 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. 2015-11892 Filed 5-15-15; 8:45 am]
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