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the address, phone number, and the
number of employees. Each caller is
advised that their responses are
completely voluntary, and that full and
complete consultation will be provided
by the WPS whether or not the caller
agrees to answer any question. To
determine if the caller is representing an
employer or other organization that is
seeking assistance in dealing with
substance abuse in the workplace, each
caller is asked for his/her position in the
company/organization and the basis for
the call. In the course of the call, the
WPS will try to identify the following
information: basis or reason for the call
(i.e., crisis, compliance with State or
Federal requirements, or just wants to
implement a prevention program or
initiative); nature of assistance
Number of
respondents
Form
Call Record Form ............................................................................................
Written comments and
recommendations concerning the
proposed information collection should
be sent by February 23, 2005 to:
SAMHSA Desk Officer, Human
Resources and Housing Branch, Office
of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503; due to potential
delays in OMB’s receipt and processing
of mail sent through the U.S. Postal
Service, respondents are encouraged to
submit comments by fax to: (202) 395–
6974.
Dated: January 13, 2005.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 05–1216 Filed 1–21–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for 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
requested; number of employees and
whether the business has multiple
locations; and the industry represented
by the caller (e.g., mining, construction,
etc.). Finally, a note is made on the Call
Record Form about what specific type(s)
of technical assistance was given.
Below is the annual burden for the
Helpline Call Record Form.
Responses/
respondent
3,120
documents, call the SAMHSA Reports
Clearance Officer on (240) 276–1243.
Survey of Medicaid Directors
Regarding Medicaid Mental Health
Services and Policy—New
The Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) will conduct a survey of
State Medicaid directors to learn about
the relationships between State mental
health authorities and State Medicaid
agencies in each State and the District
of Columbia. In addition, SAMHSA will
ask about the administration of
Medicaid mental health services, the
development of Medicaid mental health
policy, mental health services statistics
generated by Medicaid programs, and
the characteristics of mental healthrelated data maintained by Medicaid
agencies and used by mental health and
other state agencies.
The survey will contact State
Medicaid directors in all fifty States
(and the District of Columbia) and will
gather information on the following five
survey domains: Organization structure;
Medicaid mental health services policy
infrastructure; Medicaid mental health
services, rates, and funding; Medicaid
mental health providers; and, Data.
The survey will identify and describe,
at the State level, how Medicaid mental
health policy is developed; whether
Medicaid mental health services and
providers are treated differently from
other Medicaid services and providers,
and if so, how; and the availability of
Burden/response (hrs.)
1
Total burden
(hrs.)
.250
780
data and reports on Medicaid mental
health service use/and or expenditures.
This information collection supports
the New Freedom Initiative, one of
SAMHSA’s current priorities. As part of
this effort, the President launched the
New Freedom Commission on Mental
Health to address the problems in the
current mental health system. The
Commission noted that fragmentation of
responsibility for mental health services
is a serious problem at the State level.
Two of the Commission’s 19
recommendations for the improvement
of the mental health system were aimed
at this problem. One was directed to
States (create a comprehensive State
mental health plan) and the other to the
Federal government (align relevant
Federal programs to improve access and
accountability for mental health
services). This survey is aimed at
providing information that can help in
carrying out these recommendations by
further illuminating the relationships
between State Medicaid and mental
health agencies in the development and
implementation of mental health policy.
Telephone interviews will be
conducted with State Medicaid
directors. Each interview will last one
hour. Because of the open-ended nature
of many of the survey questions and the
general reluctance of State Medicaid
directors to complete detailed paper or
electronic surveys, we propose to
conduct all the interviews by telephone,
unless interviewees prefer to respond to
a paper or electronic version.
ESTIMATES OF ANNUALIZED HOUR BURDEN
Number of respondents
Responses
per
respondent
Hours per
response
Total hour
burden
51 .............................................................................................................................................................
1
1
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recommendations concerning the
proposed information collection should
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delays in OMB’s receipt and processing
of mail sent through the U.S. Postal
Service, respondents are encouraged to
submit comments by fax to: (202) 395–
6974.
Dated: January 13, 2005.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Security of Aircraft and Safety of
Passengers Transiting Port-au-Prince,
Haiti
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This Notice informs the
public that the Department of Homeland
Security has determined that Port-auPrince International Airport in Port-auPrince, Haiti does not maintain and
carry out effective security measures.
Pursuant to this Notice, all United
States and foreign air carriers (and their
agents) providing service between the
United States and Port-au-Prince
International Airport are directed to
provide written notice of this
determination to any passenger
purchasing a ticket for transportation
between the United States and Haiti and
to post notice of the determination at
United States airports in accordance
with statutory requirements.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Tiedge, Director, International
Affairs, Transportation Security
Administration, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA, 22202, Telephone: (571)
227–2257, E-mail:
David.Tiedge@dhs.gov.
Notice: Pursuant to 49 U.S.C.
44907(a), the Secretary of Homeland
Security is authorized to assess
periodically the effectiveness of the
security measures maintained by foreign
airports that handle air carriers that
serve the United States or that may pose
a ‘‘high risk of introducing danger to
international air travel.’’ If the Secretary
determines that a foreign airport does
not maintain and carry out effective
security measures, the Secretary is
required to ‘‘notify the appropriate
authorities of the government of the
foreign country of the decision and
recommend the steps necessary to bring
the security measures up to the standard
used * * * in making the assessment.’’
49 U.S.C. 44907(c).
Further, the Secretary must: (a)
Publish the identity of the foreign
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airport in the Federal Register, (b) post
the identity of such airport at all United
States airports at which scheduled air
carrier operations are provided
regularly, and (c) notify the news media
of the identity of the airport. 49 U.S.C.
44907(d). In addition, the statute
requires all air carriers providing service
between the United States and the
foreign airport in question to provide
written notice of the determination,
either on or with the ticket, to all
passengers purchasing transportation
between the United States and the
airport. 49 U.S.C. 44907(d)(1)(B).
On December 22, 2004, the Secretary
of Homeland Security notified the
Government of Haiti that, pursuant to 49
U.S.C. 44907, he had determined that
Port-au-Prince International Airport,
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, does not maintain
and carry out effective security
measures. This determination is based
on Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) assessments that
reveal that security measures used at
Port-au-Prince International Airport do
not meet the standards established by
the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO).
The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) is issuing this Notice
pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44907(d)(1) to
inform the public of this determination.
DHS directs that notice of the
determination be displayed prominently
in all United States airports with
regularly scheduled air carrier
operations. Further, DHS will notify the
news media of this determination. In
addition, as a result of this
determination, 49 U.S.C. 44907(d)(1)(B)
requires that each United States and
foreign air carrier (and their agents)
providing transportation between the
United States and Port-au-Prince
International Airport shall provide
notice of DHS’s determination to each
passenger buying a ticket for
transportation between the United
States and Port-au-Prince International
Airport, with such notice to be made by
written material included on or with
such ticket.
Dated: January 13, 2005.
Tom Ridge,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Directorate of Science and
Technology; Notice Designating
Homeland Security Centers of
Excellence
Science and Technology
Directorate, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland
Security is designating lead universities
as Department of Homeland Security
Centers of Excellence.
DATES: The designation made in this
Notice is effective on January 24, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Petonito, Deputy Director,
University Programs, Science and
Technology Directorate, Department of
Homeland Security, Washington, DC
20528; telephone 202–254–5840,
facsimile 202–254–6165; e-mail
laura.petonito@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 308 of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107–296, 116 Stat.
2170 (Nov. 26, 2002) (HSA) (6 U.S.C.
188), as amended by the Consolidated
Appropriations Resolution, 2003, Pub.
L. 108–7, div. L, § 101(1), 117 Stat. 526
(Feb. 20, 2003), directs the Secretary of
Homeland Security to sponsor
extramural research, development,
demonstration, testing and evaluation
programs relating to homeland security.
As part of this program, the Department
of Homeland Security (DHS) is to
establish a university-based center or
centers for homeland security
(Homeland Security Centers of
Excellence or Centers).
The Centers are envisioned to be an
integral and critical component of the
Department’s capability to anticipate,
prevent, respond to, and recover from
terrorist attacks. The Centers will
leverage multidisciplinary capabilities
of universities and fill gaps in current
knowledge.
Section 308(b)(2)(B) of the HSA lists
fourteen areas of substantive expertise
that, if demonstrated, might qualify
universities for designation as
university-based centers. The listed
areas of expertise include, among
others, food safety, first responders,
multi-modal transportation, and
responding to incidents involving
weapons of mass destruction. However,
the list is not exclusive. Section
308(b)(2)(C) of the HSA gives the
Secretary discretion to consider
additional criteria beyond those
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for 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 on (240) 276-1243.
Survey of Medicaid Directors Regarding Medicaid Mental Health Services
and Policy--New
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) will conduct a survey of State Medicaid directors to learn
about the relationships between State mental health authorities and
State Medicaid agencies in each State and the District of Columbia. In
addition, SAMHSA will ask about the administration of Medicaid mental
health services, the development of Medicaid mental health policy,
mental health services statistics generated by Medicaid programs, and
the characteristics of mental health-related data maintained by
Medicaid agencies and used by mental health and other state agencies.
The survey will contact State Medicaid directors in all fifty
States (and the District of Columbia) and will gather information on
the following five survey domains: Organization structure; Medicaid
mental health services policy infrastructure; Medicaid mental health
services, rates, and funding; Medicaid mental health providers; and,
Data.
The survey will identify and describe, at the State level, how
Medicaid mental health policy is developed; whether Medicaid mental
health services and providers are treated differently from other
Medicaid services and providers, and if so, how; and the availability
of data and reports on Medicaid mental health service use/and or
expenditures.
This information collection supports the New Freedom Initiative,
one of SAMHSA's current priorities. As part of this effort, the
President launched the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health to
address the problems in the current mental health system. The
Commission noted that fragmentation of responsibility for mental health
services is a serious problem at the State level. Two of the
Commission's 19 recommendations for the improvement of the mental
health system were aimed at this problem. One was directed to States
(create a comprehensive State mental health plan) and the other to the
Federal government (align relevant Federal programs to improve access
and accountability for mental health services). This survey is aimed at
providing information that can help in carrying out these
recommendations by further illuminating the relationships between State
Medicaid and mental health agencies in the development and
implementation of mental health policy.
Telephone interviews will be conducted with State Medicaid
directors. Each interview will last one hour. Because of the open-ended
nature of many of the survey questions and the general reluctance of
State Medicaid directors to complete detailed paper or electronic
surveys, we propose to conduct all the interviews by telephone, unless
interviewees prefer to respond to a paper or electronic version.
Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Responses
Number of respondents per Hours per Total hour
respondent response burden
------------------------------------------------------------------------
51............................ 1 1 51
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by February 23, 2005, to: SAMHSA
Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503; due to potential
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delays in OMB's receipt and processing of mail sent through the U.S.
Postal Service, respondents are encouraged to submit comments by fax
to: (202) 395-6974.
Dated: January 13, 2005.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 05-1217 Filed 1-21-05; 8:45 am]
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