[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73665-73666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20434]


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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

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Reports Clearance Officer at (240) 276-0166.

Proposed Project: Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Client/
Participant Outcomes Measure--(OMB No. 0930-0208)--Revision

    SAMHSA is requesting approval for a revision of the CSAT Client-
level GPRA instrument to collect performance and program monitoring 
data of its substance use services grant programs. Currently, the 
information collected from this instrument is entered and stored in 
SAMSHA's Performance Accountability and Reporting System, which is a 
real-time, performance management system that captures information on 
the substance abuse 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, 
which are consistent with OMB guidance.
    SAMHSA will use the data for annual reporting required by GPRA and 
comparing baseline with follow-up and discharge data. The additional 
information collected through this process will allow SAMHSA to: (1) 
report results of these performance outcomes; (2) maintain consistency 
with SAMHSA-specific performance domains, and (3) assess the 
accountability and performance of its discretionary grant programs 
including a focus on health equity.
    Currently, there are 379,037 total burden hours in the OMB-approved 
CSAT Client-level GPRA instrument. SAMHSA is now requesting an increase 
to 631,682 burden hours. The increase of 252,645 burden hours is due to 
the following:
     Additional time allocated for interviews, but also 
improved estimates of the number of clients who would likely consent to 
complete the interview; and
     Additional time allocated for administrative collection of 
data by grantees, including the information that is collected for all 
clients regardless of whether they completed the client-portion of the 
interview or not.
    The estimated time to complete the baseline, follow-up, and 
discharge interviews is 45 (0.75) minutes each. This includes the 
completion of the administrative sections of the tool for all clients 
including those who decline an interview. The estimated time to 
complete the SBIRT program-specific measures was increased from 12 
(0.2) minutes to 15 minutes (0.25).

                                                      Table 1--Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden
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                                                                                         Total        Burden
                      SAMHSA tool                        Number of    Responses per    number of    hours per    Total burden   Hourly wage   Total hour
                                                        respondents     respondent     responses     response        hours         [\1\]         cost
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Baseline Interview Includes SBIRT Brief TX, Referral        337,857                1      337,857         0.75         253,393       $28.89   $7,320,523
 to TX, and Program-specific questions................
Follow-Up Interview with Program-specific questions         270,286                1      270,286         0.75         202,715        28.89    5,856,436
 [\2\]................................................
Discharge Interview with Program-specific questions         175,686                1      175,686         0.75         131,765        28.89    3,806,431
 [\3\]................................................
SBIRT Program--Screening Only.........................      150,296                1      150,296         0.17          25,550        28.89      738,140
SBIRT Program--Brief Intervention Only Baseline.......       31,481                1       31,481         0.25           7,870        28.89      227,364
SBIRT Program--Brief Intervention Only Follow-Up \2\..       25,184                1       25,184         0.25           6,296        28.89      181,891
SBIRT Program--Brief Intervention Only Discharge \3\..       16,370                1       16,370         0.25           4,093        28.89      118,247
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    CSAT Total........................................    1,007,160  ...............    1,007,160  ...........         631,682  ...........   18,249,032
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\[1]\ The hourly wage estimate is $28.89 based on the Occupational Employment and Wages, Mean Hourly Wage Rate for 21-1011 Substance Abuse and
  Behavioral Disorder Counselors = $28.89/hr. as of May 11, 2023. (http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes211011.htm. Accessed on June 20, 2024.)
\[2]\ It is estimated that 80% of baseline clients will complete this interview.
\[3]\ It is estimated that 52% of baseline clients will complete this interview. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA):
  Treating Concurrent Substance Use Among Adults. SAMHSA Publication No. PEP21-06-02-002. Rockville, MD: National Mental Health and Substance Use Policy
  Laboratory. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2021.
Note: Numbers may not add to the totals due to rounding and some individual participants completing more than one form.

    Send comments to SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Room 15E45, Rockville, Maryland 20857, OR email a copy to 
[email protected]. Written comments should be received by 
November 12, 2024.

Alicia Broadus,
Public Health Advisor.
[FR Doc. 2024-20434 Filed 9-10-24; 8:45 am]
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