[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 140 (Monday, July 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34312-34313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15448]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: 0990-new-30D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, 
has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, 
to the

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Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments 
submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided 
to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public on this ICR 
during the review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before August 23, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or via 
facsimile to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sherrette Funn, [email protected] 
or (202) 795-7714.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the document identifier 0990-new-30D for 
reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Evaluation of the Certified 
Community Behavioral Health Clinic Demonstration.
    OMB No.: 0990-NEW.
    Abstract: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 
Evaluation (ASPE) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
(HHS) is requesting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for 
data collection activities to support the evaluation of the Certified 
Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) demonstration program.
    In April 2014, Section 223 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act 
(PAMA) mandated the CCBHC demonstration to address some of the 
challenges of access, coordination, financing, and quality facing 
community mental health centers (CMHCs) across the country. The CCBHC 
demonstration is intended to improve the availability, quality, and 
outcomes of CMHC ambulatory care by establishing a standard definition 
and criteria for CCBHCs, and developing a new payment system that 
accounts for the total cost of providing comprehensive services to all 
individuals who seek care. The demonstration also aims to more fully 
integrate primary and behavioral health care services; ensure more 
consistent use of evidence-based practices; and, through enhanced 
standardized reporting requirements, offer an opportunity to assess the 
quality of care provided by CCBHCs across the country. The 
demonstration and its evaluation offer an opportunity to examine the 
implementation and outcomes of CCBHCs. The evaluation will provide 
critical information to Congress and the larger behavioral health 
community about innovative ways CCBHCs are attempting to improve care 
and the effects of a well-defined, comprehensive service array on 
client outcomes and costs.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Section 223 of PAMA 
requires the Secretary of HHS to provide annual reports to Congress 
that include an assessment of access to community-based mental health 
services under Medicaid, the quality and scope of CCBHC services, and 
the impact of the demonstration on federal and state costs of a full 
range of mental health services. In addition, PAMA requires the 
Secretary to provide recommendations regarding continuation, expansion, 
modifications, or termination of the demonstration no later than 
December 31, 2021. The data collected under this submission will help 
ASPE address research questions for the evaluation, and inform the 
required reports to Congress.
    Likely Respondents:
--Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic demonstration grantees, 
this includes leadership, providers, care managers, and administrative 
and financial management staff;
--State Medicaid Officials;
--State Mental Health Officials; and
--State Consumer/Family Representatives.

    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
                  Respondents/activity                       Number of      respondents    Responses per       Total         Hours per      Total hour
                                                               sites         per site       respondent       responses       response         burden
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CCBHC site leadership staff--site interview.............               8               1               1               8               2              16
CCBHC frontline providers--site interview...............               8               4               1              24               1              24
CCBHC care managers--site interview.....................               8               2               1              16               1              16
CCBHC administrative/finance staff--site interview......               8               2               1              16               1              16
State Medicaid official--telephone interview............               8               2               3              48               1              48
State mental health official--telephone interview.......               8               2               3              48               1              48
State consumer/family representative--telephone                        8               2               1              16               1              16
 interview..............................................
CCBHC site leadership staff--completion of report.......              76               1               2             152               4             608
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    Total...............................................             132              16              13             178              16             792
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Darius Taylor,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-15448 Filed 7-21-17; 8:45 am]
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