[Federal Register: December 15, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 240)]
[Notices]               
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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 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 on (301) 443-7978.
    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 through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: State Treatment and Needs Assessment Program 
Studies--New

    Beginning in Fiscal Year 1999, SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse 
Treatment (CSAT), as part of its State Treatment Needs Assessment 
Program (STNAP), awards grants to States to conduct studies for the 
purpose of determining the need and demand for substance abuse 
treatment within each State. In order to receive funds from the

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Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant, States must 
submit in their annual block grant applications an assessment of 
service needs Statewide, at the sub-state level, and for specified 
population groups (as required by Section 1929 of the Public Health 
Service Act).
    Most States receiving these grants will conduct an adult telephone 
household survey to collect information on needed treatment for 
substance abuse/dependence. In addition, many States will conduct a 
variety of more focused studies which will collect data on treatment 
need in special populations, including adolescents, Temporary 
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients, transients, arrestees 
and other criminal justice populations. States are required to use core 
protocols comprised of basic study design, data collection methods, and 
a core set of questions for these data collections. Previous STNAP 
activities under contract awards were approved under OMB Control Number 
0930-0186.
    The estimated annualized burden for the State needs assessment 
studies over the next three years is presented below.

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                                                                 No. of                    Total        Annual
                                                    No. of     responses/     Hours/       burden       burden
                                                 respondents   respondent    response      hours        hours
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Sub-State Prevalence Surveys...................       47,537            1         0.55       26,145        8,715
Criminal justice populations...................       63,240            1         0.22       13,913        4,638
      Total....................................      110,777  ...........  ...........       40,058       13,353
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    Send comments to Nancy Pearce, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 16-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. 
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: December 8, 1999.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 99-32455 Filed 12-14-99; 8:45 am]
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