[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 124 (Thursday, June 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42090-42091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13844]


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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) 276-0361.

Project: SAMHSA Generic Clearance for Grant Program Monitoring 
Activities

    To carry out OMB Circular A-102 \1\ and 2 CFR part 215.51,\2\ 
SAMHSA must collect grant program information necessary to ensure 
compliance with Federal and programmatic requirements. The Generic 
Clearance for Grant Program Monitoring Activities allows SAMHSA to 
collect standardized information from its grant recipients necessary to 
perform agency program oversight activities such as monitoring progress 
on recipient activities and determining and responding to

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recipient's training and technical assistance (T/TA) needs. SAMHSA 
currently manages grant programs that provide prevention, treatment, 
recovery support services, and T/TA for substance use treatment and 
mental health providers along the continuum of care including 
prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery.
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    \1\ Circular A-102: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/legacy_drupal_files/omb/circulars/A102/a102.pdf.
    \2\ 2 CFR part 215.51: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2012-title2-vol1/pdf/CFR-2012-title2-vol1-subtitleA.pdf.
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    SAMHSA's grant recipients are currently required to submit various 
types of performance reports in accordance with their individual 
program requirements. The data collections will be designed to 
standardize program monitoring and performance reports of SAMHSA's 
grants. Program offices will use information collected under this 
generic clearance to monitor funding recipient activities and to 
provide support or take appropriate action, as needed.
    A generic clearance would provide SAMHSA's program offices the 
flexibility to create and use tailored information collection templates 
based on current program reporting requirements. This is important to 
allow for SAMHSA's:
     Monitoring of compliance with federal practice, 
guidelines, and requirements,
     Oversight of the implementation of the scope of the grant 
activities with the grant recipients' proposed project,
     Assessment of the efficiency and efficacy of recipient 
activities,
     Quick understanding of and remediation to national, 
regional, and/or site-specific issues,
     Provision of additional support and technical assistance, 
as needed,
     Documentation of promising practices, innovative services, 
and program strengths, and
     Flexible and responsive oversight of federal funds.
    A variety of performance reports will be used for collection. 
Program offices will use information collected under this generic 
clearance to monitor funding recipient activities and to provide 
support or take appropriate action, as needed.
    A variety of instruments and platforms will be used to collect 
information from respondents. The annual burden hours requested 
(180,000) are based on the number of collections we expect to conduct 
over the requested period for this clearance.
    The estimated annual hour burden is as follows:

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                                                                                                                   Total
                                                             Number of    Responses      Total      Hours per      annual    Hourly wage    Total hour
                    Type of respondent                      respondents      per       responses     response      burden        cost          cost
                                                                          respondent                               hours
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Progress Report Template (Annual).........................        4,000            1        4,000            8       32,000          $26        $832,000
Progress Report (Interim).................................        2,500            2        5,000            6       30,000           26         780,000
Grant Closeouts...........................................        1,000            1        1,000           10       10,000           26         260,000
Site Visit Report Template................................        4,000            1        4,000            6       24,000           26         624,000
Other.....................................................        4,000            1        4,000            6       24,000           26         624,000
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    Total.................................................       20,000  ...........       28,000  ...........      180,000  ...........       3,120,000
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    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 information collection 
by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public 
Comments'' or by using the search function.

Alicia Broadus,
Public Health Advisor.
[FR Doc. 2023-13844 Filed 6-28-23; 8:45 am]
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