[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 192 (Thursday, October 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55853-55854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21965]


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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. To request a copy of these documents, call the SAMHSA 
Reports Clearance Officer at (240) 276-0361.

Project: State Opioid Response (SOR)/Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) 
Program Instrument (OMB No. 0930-0384)--Revision

    SAMHSA is requesting approval to modify its existing CSAT SOR/TOR 
Program Instrument by (1) collapsing the original three questions into 
two questions for clarity and (2) adding ten questions in order to 
collect information on Congressionally mandated and programmatic 
activities, and comply with reporting requirements. The program-level 
information is collected quarterly and entered and stored in SAMHSA's 
Performance Accountability and Reporting System, which is a real-time, 
performance management system that captures information on the 
substance use prevention and treatment and mental health services 
delivered in the United States. Continued approval of this information 
collection will allow SAMHSA to continue to meet Government Performance 
and Results Modernization Act of 2010 reporting requirements that 
quantify the effects and accomplishments of its discretionary grant 
programs.
    The SOR/TOR programs were first authorized under Title II Division 
H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, Public Law 115-141. 
SAMHSA anticipates 159 recipients (states, territories, and tribal 
entities) will participate in these grant programs. Grantee-level data 
will include information related to: Reported overdose reversals; the 
purchase and distribution of naloxone; training in the administration 
of naloxone; implementation of prevention and education activities; 
outreach activities for underserved communities; and the purchase and 
distribution of fentanyl test strips. This grantee-level information 
will be collected quarterly.
    The revisions to the tool will enable SAMHSA to better assess 
grantee accountability and performance on the required education and 
prevention activities for the SOR/TOR programs. SAMHSA will also use 
the data collected through the revised tool to implement 
recommendations resulting from the GAO study, ``Drug Misuse: Agencies 
Have Not Fully Identified How Grants That Can Support Drug Prevention 
Education Programs Contribute to National Goals (GAO-21-96).\1\ 
Finally, the revisions will assist SAMHSA in providing comprehensive

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data on the full range of required activities to inform Congressionally 
mandated reports for the SOR program.
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    \1\ United States Government Accountability Office. (2020, 
November). Drug Misuse: Agencies Have Not Fully Identified How 
Grants That Can Support Drug Prevention Education Programs 
Contribute to National Goals. https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-21-96.pdf.
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    CSAT anticipates that the time required to collect and report the 
program-level information is approximately 18 minutes per response. 
Since the submission of the original OMB package, there has been a 
reduction in the number of respondents. The estimated burden associated 
with the program-level instrument includes an adjustment to reflect the 
current number of grantees.

                                            Table 1--Estimate of Annualized Hour Burden for SOR/TOR Grantees
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                                            Number of     Responses per    Total number    Burden hours    Total burden     Hourly wage     Total wage
         SAMHSA data collection            respondents      respondent     of responses    per response        hours            \1\            cost
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Grantee-Level Instrument...............             159                4             636             .30          190.80          $24.78       $4,728.02
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    CSAT Total.........................             159                4             636             .30          190.80           24.78        4,728.02
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\1\ The hourly wage estimate is $24.78 based on the Occupational Employment and Wages, Mean Hourly Wage Rate for 21-1018 Substance Abuse, Behavioral
  Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors = $24.78/hr. as of May 2020 (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes211018.htm Accessed on May 4, 2021.).

    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

Carlos Graham,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-21965 Filed 10-6-21; 8:45 am]
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