[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 223 (Thursday, November 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72440-72441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29523]


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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: Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) (OMB No. 0930-0335)--
Revision

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA) is requesting a revision of the Treatment Episode Data Set 
(TEDS) data collection (OMB No. 0930-0335), which expires on January 
31, 2016. TEDS is a compilation of client-level substance abuse 
treatment admission and discharge data submitted by states on clients 
treated in facilities that receive state funds. SAMHSA is requesting 
the addition of client-level mental health admission and update/
discharge data (MH-TEDS/CLD) submitted by states on clients treated in 
facilities that receive state funds. These mental health data have been 
previously collected in support of the Community Mental Health Services 
Block Grant (MHBG) and Substance Abuse and Prevention Treatment Block 
Grant (SABG) Application Guidance and Instructions (OMB No. 0930-0168).
    TEDS/MH-TEDS/CLD data are collected to obtain information on the 
number of admissions and updates/discharges at publicly-funded 
substance abuse treatment and mental health services facilities and on 
the characteristics of clients receiving services at those facilities. 
TEDS/MH-TEDS/CLD also monitors trends in the demographic, substance 
use, and mental health characteristics of admissions. In addition, 
several of the data elements used to calculate performance measures for 
the Substance Abuse Block Grant (SABG) and Mental Health Block Grant 
(MHBG) applications are collected in TEDS/MH-TEDS/CLD.
    This request includes:
     Continuation of collection of TEDS (substance abuse) 
client-level admissions and discharge data;
     Continuation of collection of MH-TEDS client-level 
admissions and update/discharge data of mental health clients beyond 
the pilot phase; and
     Addition of collection of MHCLD client-level admissions 
and update/discharge data (transferred from OMB No. 0930-0168).
    Most states collect the TEDS/MH-TEDS/CLD data elements from their 
treatment providers for their own administrative purposes and are able 
to submit a cross-walked extract of their data to TEDS/MH-TEDS/CLD. No 
changes are expected in the (substance abuse) TEDS collection. No 
changes are expected in the (mental health) MH- CLD collection (other 
than recording the MH-TEDS/CLD burden hours separately from the 
Substance Abuse Block Grant (SABG) and Mental Health Block Grant (MHBG) 
application approval instructions (OMB No. 0930-0168) and the addition 
of MH-TEDS beyond the pilot phase. No data element changes for TEDS/MH-
TEDS/CLD are expected.
    The estimated annual burden for the separate TEDS/MH-TEDS/CLD 
activities is as follows:

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                                     Number of
                                    respondents   Responses  per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
        Type of activity             (states/        respondent      responses       response          hours
                                  jurisdictions)
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TEDS Admission Data.............              52               4             208            6.25           1,300
TEDS Discharge Data.............              52               4             208            8.25           1,716
TEDS Crosswalks.................               5               1               5           10                 50
MH-CLD BCI Data.................              30               1              30           30                900
MH-CLD SHR Data.................              30               1              30            5                150
MH-TEDS Admissions Data.........              29               4             116            6.25             725
MH-TEDS Update/Discharge Data...              29               4             116            8.25             957
MH-TEDS Crosswalks..............  ..............               1              10           10                100
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    State Total.................              59  ..............             723  ..............           5,898
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by December 21, 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. 2015-29523 Filed 11-18-15; 8:45 am]
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