[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 237 (Friday, December 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89125-89126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29540]


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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 Transformation Accountability (TRAC) Data Collection 
Instrument (OMB No. 093-0285)--Revised

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is proposing to 
modify one of its current Transformation Accountability (TRAC) system 
data collection tools to include previously piloted recovery measures. 
Specifically, this revision entails the incorporation of twelve 
recovery measures into the current CMHS NOMs Adult Client-level 
Measures for Discretionary Programs Providing Direct Services data 
collection tool. As part of its strategic initiative to support 
recovery from mental health and substance use disorders, SAMHSA has 
been working to develop a standard measure of recovery that can be used 
as part of its grantee performance reporting activities.
    This revision will add eight questions from the World Health 
Organization's (WHO) Quality of Life (QOL) to SAMHSA's existing set of 
Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) measures along with four 
additional measures that support the WHO QOL-8. Data will be collected 
at two time points--at client intake and at six months post-intake. 
These are two points in time during which SAMHSA grantees routinely 
collect data on the individuals participating in their programs.
    The WHO QOL-8 will assess the following domains using the items 
listed below:

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            Question No.                           Item                                 Domain
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1...................................  How would you rate your         Overall quality of life.
                                       quality of life?.
2...................................  How satisfied are you with      Overall quality of life.
                                       your health?.
3...................................  Do you have enough energy for   Physical health.
                                       everyday life?.
4...................................  How satisfied are you with      Physical health.
                                       your ability to perform your
                                       daily living activities?.
5...................................  How satisfied are you with      Psychological.
                                       yourself?.
6...................................  How satisfied are you with      Social relationships.
                                       your personal relationships?.
7...................................  Have you enough money to meet   Environment.
                                       your needs?.
8...................................  How satisfied are you with the  Environment.
                                       conditions of your living
                                       place?.
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    The revision also includes the following recovery-related 
performance measures:

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             Question No.                             Item
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9.....................................  During the past 30 days, how
                                         much have you been bothered by
                                         these psychological or
                                         emotional problems? (This
                                         question will be placed in the
                                         instrument following the K6
                                         questions for proper sequence).
10....................................  I have family or friends that
                                         are supportive of my recovery.
11....................................  I generally accomplish what I
                                         set out to do.
12....................................  I feel capable of managing my
                                         health care needs.
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    Approval of these items by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) will allow SAMHSA to further refine the Recovery Measure 
developed for this project. It will also help determine whether the 
Recovery Measure is added to SAMHSA's set of required performance 
measurement tools designed to aid in tracking recovery among clients 
receiving services from the Agency's funded programs.

                             Table 1--Annualized Respondent Burden Hours, 2016-2019
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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.          55,744               1          55,744            0.58          32,332
Client-level 6-month                      44,595               1          44,595            0.58          25,865
 reassessment interview \1\.....
Client-level discharge interview          16,723               1          16,723            0.58           9,699
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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            0.33              49
 \5\............................
HIV Continuum of Care Discharge              104               1             104            0.33              34
 \6\............................
Subtotal........................         144,954  ..............         144,954  ..............          70,240
Infrastructure development,                  982             4.0           3,928             2.0           7,856
 prevention, and mental health
 promotion quarterly record
 abstraction \7\................
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    Total.......................         145,936  ..............         148,882  ..............          78,096
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by January 9, 2017 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.
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    \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.
    Note: Numbers may not add to the totals due to rounding and some 
individual participants completing more than one form.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2016-29540 Filed 12-8-16; 8:45 am]
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