[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36939-36940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13511]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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 projects 
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 collections 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: Interviews With Grantees Integrating Behavioral 
Health Treatment, Prevention, and HIV Medical Care Services (OMB NO. 
0930-0336)--Reinstatement

    SAMHSA is requesting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval 
to conduct in-person Site Visit Interviews with Minority AIDS 
Initiative--Continuum of Care (MAI-CoC) Grantees Integrating Behavioral 
Health Treatment, Prevention, and HIV Medical Care Services. This 
reinstatement request utilizes revised versions of the site visit 
interview guide approved under the Minority AIDS Initiative--Targeted 
Capacity Expansion (MAI-TCE) Grantees Integrating HIV Primary Care, 
Substance Abuse, and Behavioral Health Services (OMB NO. 0930-0336). 
The two rounds of interviews (baseline and follow-up) target the 
collection of programmatic-level data (e.g., community context, 
organizational structure, and staffing and staff development, services 
and service model, outreach, referral and enrollment into services, 
services/care

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coordination and integration and funding for integrated services and 
program successes and challenges) through one-on-one and group 
interviews with grantees who are part of the MAI-CoC program.
    The goal of the MAI-CoC project is to integrate behavioral health 
treatment, prevention, and HIV and Hepatitis medical care services for 
racial/ethnic minority populations at high risk for behavioral health 
disorders who are also at high risk for or living with HIV and 
Hepatitis. The program also supports other priority populations 
including men who have sex with men (MSM) and bisexual men, transgender 
persons, and people with substance use disorder. The program is 
primarily intended for substance use disorder treatment and community 
mental health providers to provide coordinated and integrated services 
through the collocation and/or integration of behavioral health 
treatment and HIV and Hepatitis medical care. Interviews conducted with 
MAI-CoC grantees during the two rounds of site visits are an integral 
part of evaluation efforts to: (1) Assess the impact of the SAMHSA-
funded HIV and Hepatitis programs in: Reducing behavioral health 
disorders and HIV and Hepatitis infections; increasing access to 
substance use disorder and mental disorder treatment and care; 
improving behavioral and mental health outcomes; and reducing HIV and 
Hepatitis-related disparities; (2) Describe the different integrated 
behavioral health and medical program models; and (3) Determine which 
program types or models are most effective in improving behavioral 
health and clinical outcomes.
    Over the four-year project, SAMHSA will conduct two rounds of these 
in-person site visits (baseline and follow-up) with each of the 34 MAI-
CoC program grantees.
    SAMHSA will conduct one-on-one and group interviews with MAI-CoC 
grantee staff who will provide information on their program's 
integration of HIV and Hepatitis prevention, medical care, and primary 
care into behavioral health services. While participating in the 
evaluation is a condition of the grantees' funding, participating in 
the interview process is voluntary. The instruments are designed to 
collect information about: (1) The development and changes in MAI-CoC 
program operations, staffing, training and programming; (2) the grantee 
organization, the MAI-CoC program and its structure, the community 
context surrounding program efforts, and changes that result from MAI-
CoC activities; and, (3) the changes in the number or nature of 
partnerships and collaborations both internal and external to the MAI-
CoC program grantee.
    Below is the table of the estimated total burden hours:

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                                                                     Number of
              Data collection tool                   Number of     responses per     Hour per      Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Initial Site Visit Interview Guide..............             306               1               2             612
Follow-up Site Visit Interview Guide............             306               1               1             306
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    Total.......................................             612               2               3             918
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57-B, Rockville, Maryland 20857, OR email a 
copy to [email protected]. Written comments should be received 
by August 8, 2016.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2016-13511 Filed 6-7-16; 8:45 am]
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