[Federal Register: January 25, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 16)]
[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
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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
on (240) 276-1243.
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: Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block
Grant Uniform Application Guidance and Instructions FY 2008-2010 (OMB
No. 0930-0080)--Revision
Sections 1921 through 1935 of the Public Health Service Act (U.S.C.
300x-21 to 300x-35) provide for annual allotments to assist States to
plan, carry out and evaluate activities to prevent and treat substance
abuse and for related activities. Under the provisions of the law,
States may receive allotments only after an application is submitted
and approved by the Secretary, HHS. For the Federal fiscal year 2008-
2010 SAPT Block Grant application cycles, the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will provide States with
revised application guidance and instructions to implement changes made
in accordance with the recommendations of the Office of Management and
Budget's (OMB) Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) analysis. In
addition, SAMHSA has incorporated recommendations from the National
Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors and their member
States in the revisions and clarification of data reporting
requirements and instructions. Revisions to the previously-approved
application resulting from such stakeholder input reflect the following
changes: (1) In Section I, Form 2, ``Table of Contents,'' was revised
to appropriately enumerate the specific items within each section; (2)
In Section II, the Narrative description of certain maintenance of
effort and expenditure base calculations was simplified to require
submission of such information only if it represented a revision from
previous years' submissions. This section was also moved to its more
appropriate place in the application immediately preceding reporting on
maintenance of efforts; (3) In Section II, Form 4, ``Substance Abuse
State Agency Spending Report,'' was amended to use consistent language
for services expenditure reporting and planning across Forms 4, 6, and
11. On Form 4 and Form 11, Row 1, the activity to be reported on is
entitled: SAPT Block Grant funds for Substance Abuse Prevention (other
than primary prevention) and Treatment Services to be consistent with
the terminology used in Form 6, Column 5; (4) In Section II, Form 6,
Entity Inventory, instructions were clarified to communicate that
information on all substance abuse prevention and treatment service
providers funded through the Single State Agency (SSA) was sought; (5)
In section II, Form 7A, ``Treatment Utilization Matrix,'' instructions
were clarified to communicate that information on persons admitted and
served within the specific reporting period was sought to enable the
SAPT Block Grant Program to address the recommendations of the FY 2003
OMB PART analysis; (6) In Section II, Form 7B, ``Number Of Persons
Served (Unduplicated Count) For Alcohol And Other Drug Use In State
Funded Services,'' instructions were clarified in a similar manner as
Form 7a and a separate data cell was added to accommodate States'
desires to report on clients admitted in a prior reporting period but
also continuing to be served within the current reporting period; (7)
In Section II, Table I (Maintenance), ``Single State Agency (SSA)
Expenditures for Substance Abuse'' was amended to reflect the
appropriate State fiscal year and the corresponding instructions were
amended; (8) In Section II, Table II (Maintenance), ``Statewide Non-
Federal Expenditures for Tuberculosis Services to Substance Abusers in
Treatment,'' was amended to reflect the appropriate State fiscal year
and the corresponding instructions were amended; (9) In Section II,
Table III (Maintenance), ``Statewide Non-Federal Expenditures for HIV
Early Intervention Services to Substance Abusers in Treatment,'' was
amended to allow States to enter the appropriate State fiscal year and
the corresponding instructions were amended; (10) In Section II, Table
IV (Maintenance), ``SSA Expenditures for Women's Services,'' was
amended to reflect the appropriate fiscal year and the corresponding
instructions were amended; (11) In Section III, Form 11, ``Intended Use
Plan,'' was amended to use consistent language for services expenditure
reporting and planning; (12) In Section IV, subpart IV-A, ``Voluntary
Treatment Performance Measures,'' the general instructions were amended
to implement mandatory reporting on performance measure forms T1-T7 and
a narrative requirement is proposed to collect information on States
internal practices to use performance measure data to manage their
systems; (13) In Section IV-A, ``Treatment Performance Measures'' Forms
T1-T7 data specifications replaced State detail sheet narrative
requirements for forms T1-T7 to reduce the burden of reporting and
improve the uniformity of data quality information being collected;
(14) In Section IV-A, ``Voluntary Treatment Performance Measures,'' T6
on infectious disease control efforts was deleted because it was
determined to be duplicative of information requirements in Section II
of the application; (15) In Section IV, subpart IV-B, Voluntary
Prevention Performance Measures,'' Forms P5 and P6 were removed, P1-P15
were substituted for the previous Forms P1-P4 and the instructions were
amended to address pre-population of prevention performance data.
The total annual reporting burden estimate is shown below:
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Number of
Number of Responses per hours per Total hours
respondents respondent response
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Sections I-III--States and Territories.......... 60 1 470.00 28,200
Section IV-A.................................... 60 1 40.00 2,400
Section IV-B.................................... 60 1 42.75 2,565
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Total..................................... 60 .............. .............. 33,165
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 7-1044, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments
should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: January 19, 2007.
Elaine Parry,
Acting Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E7-1090 Filed 1-24-07; 8:45 am]
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