[Federal Register: December 3, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 232)]
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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 collection of 
information is 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 (OMB No. 0930-0186--Revision)

    SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), as part of 
its State Treatment and Needs Assessment Program (STNAP), awards 
contracts 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 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 plan to conduct an adult 
telephone household survey to collect information on needed treatment 
for substance abuse/dependence. In addition, many States plan to 
conduct a variety of more focused studies which will collect data on 
treatment need in special populations, including adolescents, pregnant 
women, American Indians, arrestees and other criminal justice 
populations.
    This submission reflects changes to the previously approved annual 
burden for survey activities in two States previously funded (changes 
to their previously approved survey plans) and in the nine States 
receiving new contracts in FY 1998 that are engaging in primary data 
collection. The burden will be as presented below:

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                                                                      No. of
                                                  Total No. of      responses/        Hours/        Annualized
                                                   respondents      respondent       response      burden hours
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Previous submission............................          75,521              1              0.54          41,093
Decrease: (Adolescent Survey not being done)             -3,000              1              0.55          -1,650
New Activities:
    Household Telephone Surveys................           5,567              1              0.55           3,062
    Criminal justice populations...............           1,590              1               .87           1,377
    Medicaid recipients........................           1,556              1              0.55             856
    Other population groups....................           1,733              1               .53             919
    Treatment providers........................             360              1               .81             291
    Treatment clients..........................             600              2.7            0.45             729
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        Total..................................          83,927  ...............  ..............          46,677
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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: November 27, 1998
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-32194 Filed 12-2-98; 8:45 am]
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