[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 4496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01849]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Document Identifier OS-0990-new]


Agency Information Collection Request. 60-Day Public Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and 
Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed 
collection for public comment.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before April 2, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or by calling 
(202) 795-7714.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the document identifier 0990-New-60D and 
project title for reference, to [email protected], or call the 
Reports Clearance Officer.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested persons are invited to send 
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this 
collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (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.
    Title of the Collection: Evaluation of the Assisted Outpatient 
Treatment Grant Program for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness.
    Type of Collection: 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 Substance 
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA's) Assisted 
Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Grant Program for Individuals with Serious 
Mental Illness (SM-16-011). Enacted into law on April 1, 2014, Section 
224 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) (Pub. L. 113-93) 
mandated a 4-year pilot program of grants to implement AOT programs 
nationwide. Section 224(e) required a program evaluation to examine the 
impact of AOT on cost savings and public health outcomes, 
incarceration, homelessness, and patient and family satisfaction with 
program participation.
    Focusing specifically on six of the 17 sites, the in-depth 
implementation and outcome evaluation of the SAMHSA AOT Grant Program 
for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness is being carried out by RTI 
International, in partnership with Duke University and Policy Research 
Associates (PRA). The completed implementation evaluation, conducted 
from November 2016 to August 2017, gathered information related to the 
processes and practices of AOT across the six in-depth sites. The 
information to be collected for the outcome evaluation will allow ASPE 
and partners SAMHSA and NIMH to assess which elements of AOT programs 
influence health and social outcomes for people under AOT orders, as 
well as the use of services, associated costs, and patient and family 
satisfaction with the AOT process.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Section 224(e) of PAMA 
requires annual reports to Congress that include evaluation of: Cost 
savings and public health outcomes such as mortality, suicide, 
substance abuse, hospitalization, and use of services; rates of 
incarceration by patients; rates of homelessness among patients; and 
patient and family satisfaction with program participation. The data 
collected under this submission will help ASPE address the evaluation 
questions listed above and inform the required reports to Congress.
    The total annual burden hours estimated for this information 
collection request are summarized in the table below.

                                                        Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                                             Number of    Average burden
                         Forms                                     Respondents               Number of     responses per   per response    Total annual
                                                                                            respondents     respondent        (hours)     burden (hours)
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Client Interview Instrument...........................  Program Participant.............             520               3            1.00         1560.00
                                                        Comparison Subjects.............             520               3            1.00         1560.00
Family Satisfaction Survey............................  Program Participant's Family                 173               1            0.25           43.25
                                                         Member.
Cost Questionnaire....................................  Program Administrator...........               6               1            1.25            7.50
                                                        Other Site Representatives......              12               1            1.25           15.00
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    Total.............................................  ................................            1231               9            0.95         3185.75
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Terry S. Clark,
Office of the Secretary, Asst Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-01849 Filed 1-30-18; 8:45 am]
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