[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 236 (Wednesday, December 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76554-76556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31024]


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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.

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Project: Transformation Accountability Reporting System--(OMB No. 0930-
0285)--Revision

    The Transformation Accountability (TRAC) Reporting System is a 
real-time, performance management system that captures information on 
the substance abuse treatment and mental health services delivered in 
the United States. A wide range of client and program information is 
captured through TRAC for approximately 700 grantees. This request 
includes an extension of the currently approved data collection effort.
    This information collection will allow SAMHSA to continue to meet 
the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 reporting 
requirements that quantify the effects and accomplishments of its 
programs, which are consistent with OMB guidance. In order to carry out 
section 1105(a)(29) of GPRA, SAMHSA is required to prepare a 
performance plan for its major programs of activity. This plan must:
     Establish performance goals to define the level of 
performance to be achieved by a program activity;
     Express such goals in an objective, quantifiable, and 
measurable form;
     Briefly describe the operational processes, skills and 
technology, and the human, capital, information, or other resources 
required to meet the performance goals;
     Establish performance indicators to be used in measuring 
or assessing the relevant outputs, service levels, and outcomes of each 
program activity;
     Provide a basis for comparing actual program results with 
the established performance goals; and
     Describe the means to be used to verify and validate 
measured values.
    In addition, this data collection supports the GPRA Modernization 
Act of 2010 which requires overall organization management to improve 
agency performance and achieve the mission and goals of the agency 
through the use of strategic and performance planning, measurement, 
analysis, regular assessment of progress, and use of performance 
information to improve the results achieved. Specifically, this data 
collection will allow CMHS to have the capacity to report on a 
consistent set of performance measures across its various grant 
programs that conduct each of these activities. SAMHSA's legislative 
mandate is to increase access to high quality substance abuse and 
mental health prevention and treatment services and to improve 
outcomes. Its mission is to improve the quality and availability of 
treatment and prevention services for substance abuse and mental 
illness. To support this mission, the Agency's overarching goals are:
     Accountability--Establish systems to ensure program 
performance measurement and accountability
     Capacity--Build, maintain, and enhance mental health and 
substance abuse infrastructure and capacity
     Effectiveness--Enable all communities and providers to 
deliver effective services
    Each of these key goals complements SAMHSA's legislative mandate. 
All of SAMHSA's programs and activities are geared toward the 
achievement of these goals and performance monitoring is a 
collaborative and cooperative aspect of this process. SAMHSA will 
strive to coordinate the development of these goals with other ongoing 
performance measurement development activities.
    The total annual burden estimate is shown below:

                                       Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden
                            [CMHS Client outcome measures for discretionary programs]
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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per      Total hour
        Type of response            respondents     respondent       responses       response         burden
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Client-level baseline interview.          35,845               1          35,854            0.45          16,130
Client-level 6-month                      23,658               1          23,658            0.45          10,646
 reassessment interview \1\.....
Client-level discharge interview          10,753               1          10,753            0.45           4,838
 \2\............................
PBHCI- Section H Form Only                14,000               1          14,000             .08           1,120
 Baseline.......................
PBHCI- Section H Form Only                 9,240               1           9,240             .08             739
 Follow-Up \3\..................
PBHCI--Section H Form Only                 4,200               1           4,200             .08             336
 Discharge \4\..................
HIV Continuum of Care Specific               200               1             200            0.33              66
 Form Baseline..................
HIV Continuum of Care Follow-Up              148               1             148            .033              49
 \5\............................
HIV Continuum of Care Discharge              104               1             104            0.33              34
 \6\............................
Infrastructure development,                  982             4.0            3928             2.0           7,856
 prevention, and mental health
 promotion quarterly record
 abstraction \7\................
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    Total.......................          36,827  ..............         102,139  ..............          48,814
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Note: Numbers may not add to the totals due to rounding and some individual participants completing more than
  one form.
\1\ It is estimated that 66% of baseline clients will complete this interview.
\2\ It is estimated that 30% of baseline clients will complete this interview.
\3\ It is estimated that 74% of baseline clients will complete this interview.
\4\ It is estimated that 52% of baseline clients will complete this interview.
\5\ It is estimated that 52% of baseline clients will complete this interview.
\6\ It is estimated that 30% of baseline clients will complete this interview.
\7\ Grantees are required to report this information as a condition of their grant. No attrition is estimated.

    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by January 8, 2016 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

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Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, Washington, DC 
20503.

Summer King,
Statistician.
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