[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 150 (Monday, August 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52172-52173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16840]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Mental
Health Assessment Form and Public Health Investigation Forms,
Tuberculosis and Non-Tuberculosis Illness (Office of Management and
Budget 0970-0509)
AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and
Families, United States Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is
requesting a 3-year extension of the Mental Health Assessment Form
(formerly the Health Assessment Form) and Public Health Investigation
Forms, Active Tuberculosis (TB) and Non-TB Illness (Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0509, expiration December 31, 2023).
Changes are proposed to the currently approved forms.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must make a
decision about the collection of information between 30 and 60 days
after publication of this document in the Federal Register. Therefore,
a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication.
ADDRESSES: 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. You can
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by
emailing [email protected]. Identify all emailed requests by
the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ACF Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
places unaccompanied children in their custody in care provider
programs until unification with a qualified sponsor. Care provider
programs are required to provide children with a range of services
including medical, dental, and mental health care. While in ORR care,
children meet with onsite mental health counselors on a regular basis.
If a child is identified as potentially having a more serious mental
health condition, they are referred to a psychiatrist, psychiatric
nurse practitioner or physician's assistant, licensed psychologist, or
any other community-based licensed mental health provider (e.g., social
worker).
The Mental Health Assessment form is used as a worksheet for mental
health specialists to compile information that would otherwise have
been collected during the evaluation. Once completed, the form is given
to care provider program staff for entry into ORR's secure, electronic
data record system. Data is used to monitor the health of unaccompanied
children while in ORR care and for case management of any identified
conditions.
Children may be exposed to nationally reportable infectious
diseases during the journey to the U.S., while in the custody of the
Customs and Border Protection after crossing the border, or during
their stay in ORR custody. Public health interventions such as
quarantine, vaccination or lab testing may be initiated to reduce
possible disease transmission. Following an exposure, children are
assessed onsite by care provider program staff and if found to be
symptomatic, referred to a healthcare provider for evaluation.
The Public Health Investigation Forms are used as worksheets by
care provider program staff to record their findings when an exposure
has been reported. Once completed, they will enter the data into ORR's
secure data record system. Data is used to track disease transmission
and health outcomes of children in ORR care.
ORR has repurposed the former Health Assessment Form from a medical
and mental health information collection to a mental health collection
only, and renamed it, the Mental Health Assessment Form. ORR has
incorporated other changes to the forms to streamline the flow of data
collection, clarify the intent of certain fields, improve data quality,
and ensure alignment with ORR requirements. In
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addition, ORR has written an instructional letter for the Mental Health
Assessment Form to explain the purpose of the form and provide general
guidance on completion to healthcare providers.
Respondents: Mental health professionals (psychiatrists,
psychiatric nurse practitioners or physician's assistants, licensed
psychologist or any other community based licensed mental health
provider (e.g., social worker)), care provider program staff.
Annual Burden Estimates
Estimated Opportunity Time for Respondents
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Total number Average burden
Instrument Respondent Annual number of responses hours per Annual burden
of respondents per respondent response hours
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Mental Health Assessment Form. Mental health 500 6.8 0.18 612
professionals.
Public Health Investigation Care provider 500 1 0.08 400
Form: Active TB. program staff. 500 200 0.08 8,000
Public Health Investigation ................
Form: Non-TB Illness.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 9,012.
Estimated Recordkeeping Time
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Total number Average burden
Instrument Respondent Annual number of responses hours per Annual burden
of respondents per respondent response hours
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Mental Health Assessment Form. Care provider 500 6.8 0.21 714
Public Health Investigation program staff. 500 1 0.08 400
Form: Active TB. ................
Public Health Investigation 500 200 0.08 8,000
Form: Non-TB Illness
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 9,114.
Authority: 6 U.S.C. 279: Exhibit 1, part A.2 of the Flores
Settlement Agreement (Jenny Lisette Flores, et al., v. Janet Reno,
Attorney General of the United States, et al., Case No. CV 85-4544-RJK
[C.D. Cal. 1996])
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-16840 Filed 8-4-23; 8:45 am]
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