[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 31 (Thursday, February 16, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10909-10910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03087]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: 0990-New-60D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit a new Information 
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, OS seeks comments 
from the public regarding the burden estimate below or any other aspect 
of the ICR.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before April 17, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 
[email protected] or by calling (202) 690-5683.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the document identifier 0990-New-60D for 
reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: National Council for 
Behavioral Health's Information Technology Survey.
    Abstract: The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT 
(ONC), in coordination with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) seeks to conduct a survey annually for the next 
three years to examine trends in the adoption and use of health IT as 
well as interoperability across community behavioral health care 
settings. Data from the survey will help ONC and SAMSHA monitor 
progress and enhance programs and policy to improve the use of health 
IT and expand interoperability across these settings. In 2015, ONC 
outlined a strategy by which both private and public stakeholders would 
work together to improve interoperability. This strategy called for 
measuring and reporting on the state of interoperability across the 
care continuum, including for behavioral health care providers; 
however, there are no recent national data available for this care 
setting. Addressing this gap is critical in order to also determine 
these providers' readiness to serve as partners in delivery system 
reform efforts that are underway and that will be expanded with the 
implementation of Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 
(MACRA). Although behavioral health care providers won't be 
participating in the MACRA initiative at the outset, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services may include behavioral health providers, such 
as psychologists and social workers to participate in value-based 
payment initiatives such as the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System 
(MIPs) in the future.
    Likely Respondents: The respondents will include mid-level and 
executive level staff (IT Directors, CIO, and CEOs) of behavioral 
healthcare organizations that are involved in the management and 
maintenance of their organization's health IT infrastructure.
    The total annual burden hours estimated for this ICR are summarized 
in the table below.

                                                        Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                         Number of
                                                                        Number of        responses     Total responses   Average hours     Total burden
                             Form name                                 respondents      annually per       per year       per response        hours
                                                                                         respondent
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National Council for Behavioral Health's Information Technology               2,700                1            2,700            20/60              900
 Survey............................................................
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    OS specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and utility 
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of 
the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden, (3) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected, and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology to minimize the information 
collection burden.

Terry S. Clark,
Asst. Information Collection Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. 2017-03087 Filed 2-15-17; 8:45 am]
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