[Federal Register: January 23, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 15)]
[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: Year 2004 Survey of Mental Health Organizations,
General Hospital Mental Health Services, and Managed Care Organizations
(SMHO)--(OMB No. 0930-0119, Revision)--The 2004 SMHO, to be conducted
by SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), will be conducted
in two phases. There will be only minor changes to the forms used in
the 2002 SMHO. Phase I will be a brief two-three page inventory
consisting of four forms: (1) A specialty mental health organization
form; (2) a general hospital or Veterans Affairs Medical Center with
either separate mental health services or integrated mental health
services forms; (3) a community residential organization form; and (4)
a managed behavioral healthcare organization form. This short inventory
will be sent to all known organizations to define the universe of valid
mental health organizations to be sampled in Phase II. The inventory
will collect basic information regarding the name and address of the
organizations, their type and ownership, size measures (e.g., number of
staff), and the kinds of services provided.
Phase II will sample approximately 2,200 mental health
organizations and utilize a more detailed survey instrument. Although
the Sample Survey form will be more comprehensive, it will be very
similar to surveys and inventories fielded in 2002 and earlier. The
organizational data to be collected by the Sample Survey form include
university affiliation, client/patient census by basic demographics,
revenues, expenditures, and staffing.
The resulting data base will be used to provide national estimates
and will be the basis of the National Directory of Mental Health
Services. In addition, data derived from the survey will be published
by CMHS in Data Highlights, in Mental Health, United States, and in
professional journals such as Psychiatric Services and the American
Journal of Psychiatry. Mental Health, United States is used by the
general public, State governments, the U.S. Congress, university
researchers, and other health care professionals. The following table
summarizes the burden for the survey.
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Average Total
Questionnaire Number of Responses/ hours/ burden
respondents respondent response (hrs.)
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Phase I (Inventory)
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Specialty Mental Health Organizations....................... 3,315 1 0.5 1,658
General Hospitals:
with Separate Psych. Units.............................. 1,211 1 0.5 606
without Separate Psych. Units........................... 3,614 1 0.5 1,807
VA Medical Centers...................................... 143 1 0.5 72
Community Residential Organizations......................... 945 1 0.5 472
Managed Behavioral Healthcare Organizations................. 325 1 0.5 163
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Phase II (Sample Survey)
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Specialty Mental Health Organizations....................... 1,520 1 4.0 6,080
General Hospitals and VA Hospitals with Separate Mental 725 1 4.0 2,900
Health Services............................................
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Total................................................... 9,553 ........... ........... 13,758
3-year Average.............................................. 3,184 ........... ........... 4,586
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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: January 15, 2004.
Anna Marsh,
Acting Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
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