[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 226 (Friday, November 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59391-59392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25559]


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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 at (240) 276-1243.

Project: Minority AIDS Initiative-Management Reporting Tools (MAI-
MRTs)--(OMB No. 0930-0357)--Revision

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is requesting 
from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the 
revision of Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) monitoring tools, which 
includes both youth and adult questionnaires as well as the quarterly 
progress report. This revision includes the inclusion of new cohorts, 
substantial revisions to the youth and adult questionnaires, updates to 
the data used to estimate response rates and expected numbers of 
participants by service duration (see Table 1 below).
    The cohorts of grantees funded by the MAI and included in this 
clearance request are:

 Capacity Building Initiative (CBI) 2015
 Capacity Building Initiative (CBI) 2016
 Capacity Building Initiative (CBI) 2017
 Capacity Building Initiative (CBI) 2018
 Prevention Navigators 2017
 Secretary's Minority AIDS Initiative Fund (SMAIF) 2018

    The target population for the MAI grantees will be at-risk minority 
adolescents and young adults. All MAI grantees are expected to report 
their monitoring data using SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework 
(SPF) to target minority populations, as well as other high risk groups 
residing in communities of color with high prevalence of Substance 
Abuse and HIV/AIDS. The primary objectives of the monitoring tools 
include:
     Assess the success of the MAI in reducing risk factors and 
increasing protective factors associated with the transmission of the 
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), and other 
sexually-transmitted diseases (STD).
     Measure the effectiveness of evidence-based programs and 
infrastructure development activities such as: Outreach and training, 
mobilization of key stakeholders, substance abuse and HIV/AIDS 
counseling and education, testing, referrals to appropriate medical 
treatment and/or other intervention strategies (i.e., cultural 
enrichment activities, educational and vocational resources, social 
marketing campaigns, and computer-based curricula).
     Investigate intervention types and features that yield the 
best outcomes for specific population groups.
     Assess the extent to which access to health care was 
enhanced for population groups and individuals vulnerable to behavioral 
health disparities residing in communities targeted by funded 
interventions.
     Assess the process of adopting and implementing the SPF 
with the target populations.
    Revisions to the monitoring tools include the following:

Quarterly Progress Report (QPR)

 Removed Numbers Served, HIV Testing, VH Testing, VH 
Vaccination, and Referrals for Services Not Funded by MAI funds from 
the Implementation Section. These data will be collected via the 
participant level
 Added opioid items to lists for targeted outcome measures, 
name of direct services list, indirect services--environmental strategy 
list and environmental strategy purpose
 Added Promising Approaches and Innovations Section (2 
questions)
 Added upload screen for Final Evaluation Report (for closeout 
grantees only) tool

    The following two tools have been added to this data collection, 
but were approved under OMB No. 0930-0347 with the exception of the new 
items listed below. Questions removed were non-essential.

Adult Questionnaire

 Aligned questions with the Center for Substance Abuse 
Treatment (CSAT)/Center for Mental Health Service (CMHS) tools & the 
Rapid HIV Hepatitis Form, where possible
 Removed some demographic questions related to language, 
education, employment status, health, military details, and 
relationship status
 Removed some knowledge & attitude questions about peer 
behavior & how they feel about it, sex refusal skills, & HIV knowledge
 Removed some behavior questions related to other tobacco 
products, electronic vapor products, synthetic marijuana, mental 
health, and experience with alcohol use
 Added opioid drug questions
 Added questions to capture details on the intervention and the 
referrals to

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the record management section (completed by grantee staff)

Youth Questionnaire

    In addition to all items listed above, on the youth questionnaire, 
SAMHSA also removed non-essential questions related to:

 Interest in school & feelings about ethnic identity
 Relationships with parents or guardians
 Friend substance abuse and sexual behavior
 Exposure to prevention education messages

    The following two tools have been deleted from this data 
collection:

 Indirect Service Outcomes (ISO)
 HIV Testing Retrospective Reporting Tool

    Revision made per the 60-day comment period:

(1) Ask about cigarettes and other tobacco products separately. (See 
questions 26 in the adult questionnaire and 23 in the youth 
questionnaire for the revisions)
(2) Include brand examples in the help text of the questionnaires to 
clarify what types of vapor products may be included. (See question 24 
in the youth questionnaire and question 27 in the adult questionnaire 
for the revisions)

                                  Table 1--Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden
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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
   Type of respondent activity      respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Quarterly Progress Report.......             155               4             620               4           2,480
Adult questionnaire.............          12,000               2          24,000             .20           4,800
Youth questionnaire.............           3,000               2           6,000             .20             600
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    Total.......................          15,155  ..............          30,620  ..............           7,880
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by December 24, 2018 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.
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