[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72068-72069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25310]


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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: SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance Center Disaster 
Behavioral Health Needs Assessment and Customer Satisfaction Surveys 
(OMB No. 0930-0325)--Revision

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA) is requesting approval for a revision to the data collection 
associated with the SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance Center (DTAC) 
Disaster Behavioral Health Needs Assessment and Customer Satisfaction 
Surveys (OMB No. 0930-0325), which expire on May 31, 2017. 
Specifically, SAMHSA DTAC plans to consolidate the Needs Assessment 
Survey and Customer Satisfaction Surveys into a single instrument. The 
new revised instrument, entitled SAMHSA DTAC Customer Feedback Survey 
(CFS), under this effort will also include a change in administration 
to make it appropriate for a single, streamlined survey.
    The proposed data collection effort will provide feedback on the 
overall effectiveness of SAMHSA DTAC's services, ongoing needs at the 
national level, and areas that require enhanced technical assistance 
(TA) services.
    SAMHSA DTAC will be responsible for administering the data 
collection instrument and analyzing the data. SAMHSA DTAC will use data 
from the instrument to inform current and future TA activities and to 
ensure these activities continue to align with state and local needs.
    A three-year clearance is being requested. The SAMHSA DTAC CFS is 
designed to allow the agency to collect feedback on the overall 
effectiveness of the services provided by SAMHSA DTAC, as well as 
ongoing data regarding disaster behavioral health (mental health and 
substance use-related) needs at the national level and areas that 
require enhanced training and technical assistance (TA) services. This 
is the information that was previously collected as part of the SAMHSA 
DTAC Needs Assessment Survey (NAS) and Customer Satisfaction Survey 
(CSS). Data from this effort will continue to be used to improve 
services to jurisdictions, which will lead to (1) better integration of 
disaster behavioral health (DBH) needs with all-hazards disaster 
preparedness and response, and (2) improved outcomes at the state, 
territory, tribal, and local levels with less burden on participants. 
The new Customer Feedback Survey integrates and consolidates questions 
from the previously utilized NAS and CSS, which will reduce burden 
associated with the number of instruments and survey questions. SAMHSA 
DTAC will continue to be responsible for survey administration and 
analysis of the data collected, which SAMHSA will use to inform current 
and future training and TA activities. Table 1 shows the estimated 
burden associated with CFS data collection activities and the 
associated costs. It is anticipated that the survey will be 
administered once each year.
    Participation in the Customer Feedback Survey will be solicited 
from all 50 states, the U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia. 
The survey will be administered to individuals who have requested TA 
within the six months prior to administration and those who are 
subscribed to DTAC's e-communications, SAMHSA DTAC Bulletin, or The 
Dialogue, at the time of administration. Internet-based technology will 
be used to collect data via web-based survey for data entry and 
management.

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                                                    Table 1--Annualized Estimate of Respondent Burden
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                                                                        Number of        Number of     Total number of     Hours per       Total burden
           Type of respondent                    Instrument            respondents       responses        responses         response          hours
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TA requestor, e-communications           DTAC Customer Feedback                 200                1              200              0.5              100
 recipient, colleague of previous         Survey.
 requestor.
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by November 18, 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 Affairs, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10102, Washington, DC 20503.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2016-25310 Filed 10-18-16; 8:45 am]
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