[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 156 (Friday, August 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53495-53496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19214]


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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: 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 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   Total number      Hour per      Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Initial Site Visit Interview                 306               1             306               2             612
 Guide..........................
Follow-up Site Visit Interview               306               1             306               1             306
 Guide..........................
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    Total.......................             306  ..............             612  ..............             918
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by September 12, 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

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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. 2016-19214 Filed 8-11-16; 8:45 am]
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