[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22499-22500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09493]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for Office 
of Management and Budget (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 at (240) 276-0361.

Project: Regulations To Implement SAMHSA's Charitable Choice Statutory 
Provisions--42 CFR Parts 54 and 54a (OMB No. 0930-0242)--Revision

    Section 1955 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-65), 
as amended by the Children's Health Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-310) and 
Sections 581-584 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290kk et 
seq., as added by the Consolidated Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 106-
554)), set forth various provisions which aim to ensure that religious 
organizations are able to compete on an equal footing for federal funds 
to provide substance use services. These provisions allow religious 
organizations to offer substance use services to individuals without 
impairing the religious character of the organizations or the religious 
freedom of the individuals who receive the services. The provisions 
apply to the Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services 
Block Grant (SUBG), to the Projects for Assistance in Transition from 
Homelessness (PATH) formula grant program, and to certain SAMHSA 
discretionary grant programs (programs that pay for substance use 
treatment and prevention services, not for certain infrastructure and 
technical assistance activities). Every effort has been made to assure 
that the reporting, recordkeeping, and disclosure requirements of the 
proposed regulations allow maximum flexibility in implementation and 
impose minimum burden.
    No changes are being made to the regulations or the information 
collection provisions. A minor change reflecting current state 
reporting has been made to the annual burden estimates in 54.8(c)(4) 
resulting in total burden costs reported decreasing.
    Information on how states comply with the requirements of 42 CFR 
part 54 was approved by OMB as part of the Substance Use Prevention and 
Treatment Block Grant FY 2019-2021 annual application and reporting 
requirements approved under OMB control number 0930-0168.

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                                      Number of         Responses per         Total      Hours per
   42 CFR citation and purpose       respondents         respondent         responses     response   Total hours
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          Part 54--States Receiving SUBG and/or Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness
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Reporting:
    96.122(f)(5) Annual report of              60  1.....................           60            1           60
     activities the state
     undertook to comply with 42
     CFR Part 54.
    54.8(c)(4) Total number of
     referrals to alternative
     service providers reported
     by program participants to
     States (respondents).
        SUBG.....................               7  7 (avg.)..............           47            1           47
        PATH.....................              10  5.....................           50            1           50
    54.8(e) Annual report by PATH              56  1.....................           56            1           56
     grantees on activities
     undertaken to comply with 42
     CFR Part 54.
Disclosure:
    54.8(b) Program participant
     notice to program
     beneficiaries of rights to
     referral to an alternative
     service provider.
        SUBG.....................              60  1.....................           60          .05            3
        PATH.....................              56  1.....................           56          .05            3
Recordkeeping:
    54.6(b) Documentation must be              60  1.....................           60            1           60
     maintained to demonstrate
     significant burden for
     program participants under
     42 U.S.C. 300x-57 or 42
     U.S.C. 290cc-33(a)(2).
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        Part 54--Subtotal........             116  ......................          389  ...........          279
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 Part 54a--States, local governments and religious organizations receiving funding under Title V of the PHS Act
                          for substance use prevention, treatment and recovery services
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Reporting:
    54a.8(c)(1)(iv) Program                    25  4.....................          100         .083            8
     participant notification to
     state or local government of
     a referral to an alternative
     provider.
    54a(8)(d) Program participant              20  2.....................           40          .25           10
     notification to SAMHSA of
     referrals. (Note: This
     notification will occur
     during the course of the
     regular reports that may be
     required under the terms of
     the funding award)..
Disclosure:
    54a.8(b) Program participant            1,460  1.....................        1,460            1        1,460
     notice to program
     beneficiaries of rights to
     referral to an alternative
     service provider.
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        Part 54a--Subtotal.......           1,505  ......................        1,600  ...........        1,478
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            Total................           1,621  ......................        1,989            1        1,757
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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 particular 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. 2025-09493 Filed 5-27-25; 8:45 am]
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