[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 126 (Monday, July 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13946]



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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: Access to Recovery (ATR) Program (OMB No. 0930-0266)--
Reinstatement

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's 
(SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is charged with 
the Access to Recovery (ATR) program which will allow grantees (States, 
Territories, the District of Columbia and Tribal Organizations) a means 
to implement voucher programs for substance abuse clinical treatment 
and recovery support services. The ATR data collection (OMB No. 0930-
0266) will be a reinstatement from the previous approval that expired 
on May 31, 2017. There are no changes to the two client-level tools 
from the previous approval.
    The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is charged with the 
Access to Recovery (ATR) program which will allow grantees (States, 
Territories, the District of Columbia and Tribal Organizations) a means 
to implement voucher programs for substance abuse clinical treatment 
and recovery support services. This data collection is in use without 
OMB approval. There are no changes to the two client-level tools (OMB 
No. 0930-0266) from the previous approval. This data collection expired 
on May 31, 2017.
    The goals of the ATR program are to: (1) Provide client choice 
among substance abuse clinical treatment and recovery support service 
providers, (2) expand access to a comprehensive array of clinical 
treatment and recovery support options (including faith-based 
programmatic options), and (3) increase substance abuse treatment 
capacity. Monitoring outcomes, tracking costs, and preventing waste, 
fraud and abuse to ensure accountability and effectiveness in the use 
of Federal funds are also important elements of the ATR program. 
Grantees, as a contingency of their award, are responsible for 
collecting Voucher Information (VI) and Voucher Transaction (VT) data 
from their clients.
    The primary purpose of this data collection activity is to meet the 
reporting requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act 
(GPRA) by allowing SAMHSA to quantify the effects and accomplishments 
of SAMHSA programs. The following table is an estimated annual response 
burden for this effort.

                                                         Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden \1\
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                                                                     Responses
            Center/form/respondent type                Number of        per          Total       Hours per    Total hour    Total wage   Total hour cost/
                                                      respondent    respondent     responses     response       burden         cost       respondent \1\
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Voucher information and transaction................       53,333           1.5        80,000           .03         2,400        $18.40          $44,160
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\1\ This table represents the maximum additional burden if adult respondents for ATR provide responses/data at an estimated hourly wage (from 2010
  Bureau of Labor Statistics).

    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by August 2, 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.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2017-13946 Filed 6-30-17; 8:45 am]
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