[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 195 (Thursday, October 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60926-60927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25658]


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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: National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-
SSATS) (OMB No. 0930-0106)--Revision

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA) is requesting a revision of the National Survey of Substance 
Abuse Treatment (N-SSATS) data collection (OMB No. 0930-0106), which 
expires on January 31, 2016. N-SSATS provides both national and state-
level data on the numbers and types of patients treated and the 
characteristics of facilities providing substance abuse treatment 
services. It is conducted under the authority of Section 505 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa-4) to meet the specific 
mandates for annual information about public and private substance 
abuse treatment providers and the clients they serve.
    This request includes:
     Collection of N-SSATS, which is an annual survey of 
substance abuse treatment facilities; and
     Updating of the Inventory of Behavioral Health Services 
(I-BHS) which is the facility universe for the N-SSATS as well as the 
annual survey of mental health treatment facilities, the National 
Mental Health Services Survey (N-MHSS). The I-BHS includes all 
substance abuse treatment and mental health treatment facilities known 
to SAMHSA. (The N-MHSS data collection is covered under OMB No. 0930-
0119.)
    The information in I-BHS and N-SSATS is needed to assess the nature 
and extent of these resources, to identify gaps in services, and to 
provide a database for treatment referrals. Both I-BHS and N-SSATS are 
components of the Behavioral Health Services Information System 
(BHSIS).
    The request for OMB approval will include a request to update the 
I-BHS facility listing on a continuous basis and to conduct the N-SSATS 
and the between cycle N-SSATS (N-SSATS BC) in 2016, 2017, and 2018. The 
N-SSATS BC is a procedure for collecting services data from newly 
identified facilities between main cycles of the survey and will be 
used to improve the listing of treatment facilities in the online 
Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator.

Planned Changes

    I-BHS: No changes.
    N-SSATS: The N-SSATS with client counts will continue to be 
conducted in alternate years, as in the past with an alternate version 
of the N-SSATS questionnaire that includes workforce questions as well 
as questions to update the Treatment Locator conducted in the interim 
years.

Version B (2016 and 2018)

    The workforce questions will be conducted in even years in place of 
the ``locator'' version of N-SSATS that was completed in even years 
previously.
    The following questions have been deleted:
    Questions on religious affiliation, standard operating procedures, 
how (paper/electronic/both) a facility performs selected activities, 
questions about reporting client counts, including how the facility 
will complete client counts; number of facilities in client counts; 
names and addresses of additional facilities reported for; number of 
hospital inpatient client counts by category, by number under age 18, 
number receiving methadone, buprenorphine, or Vivitrol[supreg], and 
number of dedicated beds; number of residential client counts by 
category, by number under age 18, and number receiving methadone, 
buprenorphine, or Vivitrol[supreg], and number of dedicated beds; 
number of outpatient client counts by category, by number under age 18, 
and number receiving methadone, buprenorphine, or Vivitrol[supreg], and 
capacity indicator; type of substance abuse problem, percent of co-
occurring clients; and 12-month admissions, and the National Provider 
Identifier (NPI).
    The following questions have been added:
    A new question has been added to ascertain the numbers of types of 
workforce staff and the average number of hours worked per week for 
each type of staff. Three questions, one for each of the major types of 
treatment (hospital inpatient, residential, and outpatient) have been 
added asking for an overall number of active clients on the survey 
reference date; the purpose is to provide an indication of size of 
facility for analysis of the added workforce questions.
    A question asking overall numbers of active clients in the facility 
that received methadone, buprenorphine, or Vivitrol[supreg] for 
detoxification or

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maintenance purposes has been added to aid in the analysis of the added 
workforce question.

Version A (2017)

    Client counts will be conducted in odd years. The National Provider 
Identifier (NPI) number question has been deleted.
    N-SSATS (Between Cycles-BC): No changes.
    Estimated annual burden for the DASIS activities is shown below:

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    Type of respondent and         Number of      Responses per        Total         Hours per     Total burden
           activity               respondents      respondent        responses       response          hours
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                                                     STATES
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I-BHS Online \1\..............              56                75           4,200            0.08             336
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    State Subtotal............              56  ................           4,200  ..............             336
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                                                   FACILITIES
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I-BHS application \2\.........             600                 1             600            0.08              48
Augmentation screener.........           2,000                 1           2,000            0.08             160
N-SSATS questionnaire.........          17,000                 1          17,000            0.61          10,370
N-SSATS BC....................           2,000                 1           2,000            0.42             840
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    Facility Subtotal.........          21,600  ................          21,600  ..............          11,418
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        Total.................          21,656  ................          25,800  ..............          11,754
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\1\ States use the I-BHS Online system to submit information on newly licensed/approved facilities and on
  changes in facility name, address, status, etc.
\2\ New facilities complete and submit the online I-BHS application form in order to get listed on the
  Inventory.

    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by November 9, 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. 2015-25658 Filed 10-7-15; 8:45 am]
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