[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55634-55636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14681]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed 
collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration (SAMHSA) will publish periodic summaries of 
proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects 
or to obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the 
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer at (240) 276-0361 or 
[email protected].
    Comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed collections of 
information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions 
of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

Proposed Project: Programs To Reduce Underage Drinking--(OMB No. 0930-
0316)--Revision

    The Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act (the ``STOP 
Act'') was passed by Congress in 2006, reauthorized in December 2016 as 
part of the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. 114-255) and the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. 117-328), and codified 
into law in 42 U.S.C. 290bb-25b: Programs to reduce underage drinking. 
The STOP Act contains four primary elements:
    1. The award of community-based coalition enhancement grants for 
underage drinking prevention activities to eligible entities currently 
receiving funds under the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997.
    2. A national adult-oriented media public service campaign to 
prevent underage drinking (``Talk. They Hear You.'' (TTHY), and an 
annual report to Congress evaluating the campaign.
    3. An annual report to Congress summarizing federal prevention 
activities and the extent of progress in reducing underage drinking 
nationally, including data from national surveys conducted by federal 
agencies.
    4. An annual report to Congress ``on each State's performance in 
enacting, enforcing, and creating laws, regulations, and programs to 
prevent or reduce underage drinking.'' The State Survey that is the 
subject of this request gathers data used to develop the state-by-state 
report on prevention and enforcement activities related to underage 
drinking
    Driven by the legislation and coordinated by the Interagency 
Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD), 
each of these activities work together to prevent and reduce underage 
drinking. The Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of 
Underage Drinking (ICCPUD) provides national leadership in federal 
policy and programming to support state and community activities that 
prevent and reduce underage drinking. The data collection activities 
described in this package serve to assess the outputs and outcomes of 
public health messaging and interventions. The three data collection 
activities outlined in this package are:
    1. The STOP Act State Survey: An annual survey mandated by the STOP 
Act legislation sent to an individual designated by the governor of all 
50 states and the mayor of the District of Columbia;
    2. The ICCPUD Alcohol Policy Academy Evaluation: An assessment of 
coalition capacity and workforce development throughout a 12 month 
Alcohol Policy Academy; and
    3. The Parents Night Out Evaluation; An assessment of changes in 
knowledge, skills, and confidence of parents and caregivers after 
receiving the training and materials for Parents Night Out and TTHY 
products.

The STOP Act State Survey

    The STOP Act states that the ``Secretary [of Health and Human 
Services] shall . . . annually issue a report on each state's 
performance in enacting, enforcing, and creating laws, regulations, and 
programs to prevent or reduce underage drinking.'' The Secretary has 
delegated responsibility for this report to SAMHSA. Therefore, SAMHSA 
has developed a ``Survey of State Underage Drinking Prevention 
Policies, Programs, and Practices'' (the ``State Survey'') to provide 
input for the state-by-state report on prevention and enforcement 
activities related to the underage drinking component of the ``Annual 
Report to Congress on the Prevention and Reduction of Underage 
Drinking'' (``Report to Congress'').
    Congress' purpose in mandating the collection of data on state 
policies, programs, and practices through the State Survey is to 
provide policymakers and the public with otherwise unavailable but much 
needed information regarding state underage drinking prevention 
policies and programs. SAMHSA and other federal agencies that have 
underage drinking prevention as part of their mandate use the results 
of the State Survey to inform

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federal programmatic priorities, as do other stakeholders, including 
community organizations. The information gathered by the State Survey 
has established a resource for state agencies and the public for 
assessing policies and programs in their own state and for becoming 
familiar with the policies, programs, practices, and funding priorities 
of other states.
    SAMHSA has determined that data on Categories #2 and #3 mandated in 
the STOP Act (as listed on page 2) (enforcement and educational 
programs; programs targeting youth, parents, and caregivers) as well as 
states' collaborations with tribal governments, use of social marketing 
or counter-advertising campaigns, state-level interagency 
collaborations, and prevention workforce development activities are not 
available from secondary sources and therefore must be collected from 
the states themselves. The State Survey is therefore necessary to 
fulfill the Congressional mandate found in the STOP Act. Furthermore, 
the uniform collection of these data from the states over the last 
fifteen years has created a valuable longitudinal dataset, and the 
State Survey's renewal is vital to maintaining this resource.
    The State Survey is a single document that is divided into three 
sections: (1) Enforcement of underage drinking laws; (2A) Underage 
drinking prevention programs targeted to youth, parents, and 
caregivers, including data on the approximate number of persons served 
by these programs; (2B) State collaborations and best practices; (2C) 
Interagency collaborations and state participation in social marketing 
media campaigns intended to reduce underage drinking; and (3) Workforce 
development activities, including strategies and funds expended on 
recruiting and retaining a behavioral health workforce.
    SAMHSA collects the required data using an online survey data 
collection platform. Links to the survey are distributed to states via 
email. The State Survey is sent to each state governor's office and the 
Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia. SAMHSA provides both 
telephone and electronic technical support to state agency staff and 
emphasizes that the states are expected to provide data from existing 
state databases and other data sources available to them. The burden 
estimate below considers these assumptions.
    The estimated annual response burden to collect this information is 
as follows:

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                                      Number of        Responses/         Total          Hours per        Total hour                        Total hour
            Instrument               respondents       respondent       responses         response          burden         Wage rate           cost
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State Survey.....................              51                1               51             18.5           943.50           $28.07       $26,484.05
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The ICCPUD Alcohol Policy Academy Evaluation

    The Policy Academy strives to reduce and prevent underage and 
excessive drinking by increasing the capacity of community coalitions 
to modify the community context through the policy process. The Policy 
Academy includes 14 coalitions from across the U.S., with two 
individuals from each coalition serving as the Academy participants. 
The Policy Academy evaluation is designed to measure the effectiveness 
of increasing coalition capacity through the training and coaching of 
the policy process. Additionally, the evaluation will measure the 
increase in the policy training workforce through a coaches and mentee 
development pipeline. The scope of the evaluation is limited to 
measuring the impact of the Policy Academy curriculum on participants 
and coaches.
    The evaluation is comprised of seven surveys and one focus group. 
Surveys are conducted after each monthly training and coaching call. 
The participant surveys seek feedback on changes in knowledge, skills, 
and confidence after each training or coaches call, as well as feedback 
on the training content and training/coaching provider. The coach 
surveys track the progress of the coalitions. These surveys take the 
participants and coaches approximately 5-10 minutes each. The 
participants will also complete a baseline survey, a 12-month survey, 
and an 18-month survey. These surveys assess whether participants reach 
their own goals during the Policy Academy, how they share their 
knowledge and skills gained, and how they continue to progress in the 
policy process. All surveys will be fielded using a web-based survey 
tool. The focus group with the cohort will collect qualitative data 
from the participants on their experience and efforts to incorporate 
health equity into their policy campaign.
    Table 2 indicates the estimated total annual burden on the 
participants and coaches of the Policy Academy. The survey estimates 
include reading the instructions and questions and responding to each 
question. The focus group is scheduled for one hour, and includes 
introductions, instructions, posing of questions, and open discussion.
    The estimated annual response burden to collect this information is 
as follows:

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                                             Number of      Responses/         Total         Hours per      Total hour                      Total hour
               Instrument                   respondents     respondent       responses       response         burden         Wage rate         cost
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Focus Group.............................              28               1              28               1              28          $27.10         $758.80
Participant Post-Coaching Call Survey...              28              11             308           0.125            38.5           27.10        1,043.35
Participant Post-Training Call Survey...              28              10             280           0.125              35           27.10          948.50
Coach Post-Coaching Call Survey.........               3              77             231            0.17           39.27           50.00        1,963.50
Baseline................................              28               1              28            0.67           18.76           27.10          508.40
Follow-Up...............................              28               1              28               1              28           27.10          758.80
Six-Month Follow-Up.....................              28               1              28            0.67           18.76           27.10          508.40
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``Talk. They Hear You.'' Parents Night Out Evaluation

    The ``Talk. They Hear You'' campaign is comprised of a variety of 
tools and resources designed to decrease underage drinking by 
encouraging parents and caregivers, educators, and community members/
organizations to proactively engage youth in conversations about 
alcohol another other drugs. Research has demonstrated that active and 
engaged adults can reduce underage drinking.\1\ One TTHY mechanism to

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engage parents and caregivers is through Parents' Night Out (PNO).
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    \1\ Glenn, S.D., Turrisi, R., Mallett, K.A., Waldron, M.S., 
Lenker, L.K. (2024). Examination of Brief Parent-Based Interventions 
to Reduce Drinking Outcomes on a Nationally Representative Sample of 
Teenagers. Journal of Adolescent Health, 74(3) 449-457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.09.010.
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    The PNO Evaluation will assess changes in knowledge, skills, and 
confidence of parents and caregivers after receiving the training and 
materials for PNO and TTHY products. This evaluation will be delivered 
in partnership with community partners, who will be exposed to varying 
combinations of PNO and materials to determine change before and after 
exposure. The information gleaned in a survey of parents and caregivers 
will allow the evaluation team to assess whether PNO is being 
implemented as intended, and which products are most useful in 
increasing parents' and caregivers' capacity and intentions. The 
results will be shared with the implementation team for PNO curriculum 
modifications and for updating TTHY materials.
    PNO data will be collected from participants through a survey 
delivered via email using Qualtrics. Completing the survey is not a 
requirement of the event, but an option to provide feedback to the 
campaign team. Collecting data through Qualtrics will improve the 
participant experience and allow them to quickly provide feedback. The 
distribution of the PNO Evaluation survey will be facilitated by local 
organizations who host a PNO event. They will be provided with the link 
to the survey and will be asked to spend a few moments of the 
presentation to share the link The TTHY campaign team will develop, 
distribute, and support the survey.
    Table 4 indicates the estimated total annual burden on the 
participants of PNO. The survey estimates include reading the 
instructions and questions and responding to each question, and totals 
7 minutes. The wage rate was determined based on the highest state 
minimum wage, as site locations have not yet been identified.
    The estimated annual response burden to collect this information is 
as follows:

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                                      Number of        Responses/                        Hours per        Total hour
            Instrument               respondents       respondent    Total responses      response          burden         Wage rate     Total hour cost
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PNO Evaluation Survey............             150                1              150             0.12               18          $16.28*          $293.04
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* https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/state.

    Send comments to Alicia Broadus, SAMHSA Public Health Advisor at 
[email protected]. Written comments should be received by 
August 5, 2024.

Alicia Broadus,
Public Health Advisor.
[FR Doc. 2024-14681 Filed 7-3-24; 8:45 am]
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