Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 54297-54298 [E6-15240]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 178 / Thursday, September 14, 2006 / Notices trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Name of Committee: NIDCR Special Grants Review Committee, 07–01, Review RO3s, Ks, Fs. Date: October 12–13, 2006. Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: Clarion Hotel Bethesda Park, 8400 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814. Contact Person: Raj K. Krishnaraju, Ph.D., MS, Scientific Review Administrator, Scientific Review Branch, National Inst of Dental & Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, 45 Center Dr. Rm 4AN 32J, Bethesda, MD 20892. 301–594–4864. kkrishna@nidcr.nih.gov. 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VerDate Aug<31>2005 20:23 Sep 13, 2006 Jkt 208001 The prospective exclusive license territory may be worldwide and the field of use may be limited to the use of a complete T-cell receptor MART–1 peptide restricted by HLA–A2 incorporated into a continuous TLymphocyte cell line developed or owned by licensee to treat cancer. Date: September 7, 2006. Steven M. Ferguson, Director, Division of Technology Development and Transfer, Office of Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health. [FR Doc. E6–15216 Filed 9–13–06; 8:45 am] Only written comments and/or applications for a license which are received by the NIH Office of Technology Transfer on or before November 13, 2006 will be considered. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Requests for copies of the patent application, inquiries, comments, and other materials relating to the contemplated exclusive license should be directed to: Michelle A. Booden, Ph.D., Technology Licensing Specialist, Office of Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health, 6011 Executive Boulevard, Suite 325, Rockville, MD 20852–3804; telephone: (301) 451–7337; facsimile: (301) 402–0220; e-mail: boodenm@mail.nih.gov. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The technology describes the composition and use of nucleic acid sequences that encode polypeptides capable of forming a T-cell receptor (TCR) in a genetically engineered cell. Specifically, these nucleic acid sequences will encode TCR’s specific to tumor associated antigens (TAA), MART–1. T-Cells engineered with these tumor associated antigen specific TCRs show specific immune responses against TAA expressing cancer cells. Additionally, a method of treating or preventing cancer by administrating the above described TCRs is also disclosed. The prospective exclusive license will be royalty bearing and will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404.7. The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless within sixty (60) days from the date of this published notice, the NIH receives written evidence and argument that establishes that the grant of the license would not be consistent with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404.7. Applications for a license in the field of use filed in response to this notice will be treated as objections to the grant of the contemplated exclusive license. Comments and objections submitted to this notice will not be made available for public inspection and, to the extent permitted by law, will not be released under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552. Project: Measures of Co-Occurring Infrastructure—NEW SAMHSA’s Center for Mental Health Services and Center for Substance Abuse Treatment will implement provider-level performance measures about the screening, assessment, and treatment of co-occurring disorders. Implementation will be limited to the 15 current States with Co-occurring State Incentive Grants (COSIG), and States receiving COSIG grants in 2006 and future years. SAMHSA anticipates awarding two COSIG grants in 2006. COSIG grants enable States to develop or enhance their infrastructure and capacity to provide accessible, effective, comprehensive, coordinated/integrated, and evidence-based treatment services to persons with co-occurring substance abuse and mental disorders. Only the immediate Office of the Governor of States may receive COSIG grants, because SAMHSA considers the Office of the Governor to have the greatest potential to provide the multi-agency leadership needed to accomplish COSIG goals. The COSIG program is part of SAMHSA plan to achieve certain goals regarding services for persons with cooccurring substance use and mental disorders: • Increase percentage of treatment programs that screen for co-occurring disorders; • Increase percentage of treatment programs that assess for co-occurring disorders; • Increase percentage of treatment programs that treat co-occurring disorders through collaborative, DATES: ADDRESSES: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BILLING CODE 4140–01–M 54297 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 BILLING CODE 4167–01–P Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 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. E:\FR\FM\14SEN1.SGM 14SEN1 54298 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 178 / Thursday, September 14, 2006 / Notices consultative, and integrated models of care; • Increase the number of persons with co-occurring disorders served. The proposed measures will enable SAMHSA to benchmark and track progress toward these goals within COSIG states. Information will be collected annually about the number and percentage of programs that offer screening, assessment, and treatment services for co-occurring disorders; and the number of clients actually screened, assessed, and treated through these programs. Information will also be collected annually about providers’ policies regarding screening, assessment, and treatment services for persons with cooccurring disorders. A questionnaire, to be completed by providers, contains 47 items, answered either by checking a box or entering a number in a blank. The questionnaire is available both in printed form and electronically. Obtaining the information to enter on the questionnaire will require respondent Number of respondents Data collection providers to track screening, assessment, and treatment services for clients. COSIG States will be required to report aggregated information to SAMHSA for all providers directly participating in their COSIG projects. Samhsa will consider sampling strategies for states with large numbers of participating providers and for providers serving large numbers of clients. Annual burden for the activities is shown below: Responses per respondent Hours per response Total burden hours Capacity to Screen, Assess, and Treat ........................................ Policy on Screening, Assessment, Referral, and Treatment ....... 242 242 1 1 4.5 ..................................... 3 minutes .......................... 1,089 12 Total ....................................................................................... 242 ........................ ........................................... 1,101 Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed information collection should be sent by October 16, 2006 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: September 6, 2006. Anna Marsh, Director, Office of Program Services. [FR Doc. E6–15240 Filed 9–13–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4162–20–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES 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 (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 VerDate Aug<31>2005 20:23 Sep 13, 2006 Jkt 208001 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: GPRA Client Outcomes for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)—(OMB No. 0930–0208)— Revision The mission of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of substance abuse and mental health treatment and prevention services across the United States. All of SAMHSA’s activities are designed to ultimately reduce the gap in the availability of substance abuse and mental health services and to improve their effectiveness and efficiency. Data are collected from all SAMHSA discretionary services grants and contracts where client/participant outcomes are to be assessed at three points (for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT): Intake, discharge, and post-intake and for the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 (CSAP): Pre-intervention, postintervention, and follow-up). SAMHSAfunded projects are required to submit these data as a contingency of their award. The analysis of the data also will help determine whether the goal of reducing health and social costs of drug use to the public is being achieved. The primary purpose of this data collection activity is to meet the reporting requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) by allowing SAMHSA to quantify the effects and accomplishments of SAMHSA programs. The burden for the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) will be transferred from this data collection to its own separate Office of Management and Budget (OMB) clearance. The 60day Federal Register Notice for National Outcome Measures (NOMS) for Consumers Receiving Mental Health Services was published on Friday, June 9, 2006 (Vol. 71, No. 111, p. 33476). The burden for the CSAP gradually reduces due to the fact that this clearance request only pertains to a continuation of data collection for those grantees initially funded prior to FY2006. The new grantees (FY2006 and beyond) are approved under the NOMS for CSAP (OMB No. 0930–0230). CSAT has no revisions to the instrument and the data collection time will remain the same but there is an increase in the number of respondents due to identifying the seven Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment program grantees that provide data uploads. The estimated annual response burden for this effort is provided in the table below: E:\FR\FM\14SEN1.SGM 14SEN1

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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.

Project: Measures of Co-Occurring Infrastructure--NEW

SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services and Center for Substance
Abuse Treatment will implement provider-level performance measures
about the screening, assessment, and treatment of co-occurring
disorders. Implementation will be limited to the 15 current States with
Co-occurring State Incentive Grants (COSIG), and States receiving COSIG
grants in 2006 and future years. SAMHSA anticipates awarding two COSIG
grants in 2006. COSIG grants enable States to develop or enhance their
infrastructure and capacity to provide accessible, effective,
comprehensive, coordinated/integrated, and evidence-based treatment
services to persons with co-occurring substance abuse and mental
disorders. Only the immediate Office of the Governor of States may
receive COSIG grants, because SAMHSA considers the Office of the
Governor to have the greatest potential to provide the multi-agency
leadership needed to accomplish COSIG goals. The COSIG program is part
of SAMHSA plan to achieve certain goals regarding services for persons
with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders:
Increase percentage of treatment programs that screen for
co-occurring disorders;
Increase percentage of treatment programs that assess for
co-occurring disorders;
Increase percentage of treatment programs that treat co-
occurring disorders through collaborative,

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consultative, and integrated models of care;
Increase the number of persons with co-occurring disorders
served.
The proposed measures will enable SAMHSA to benchmark and track
progress toward these goals within COSIG states.
Information will be collected annually about the number and
percentage of programs that offer screening, assessment, and treatment
services for co-occurring disorders; and the number of clients actually
screened, assessed, and treated through these programs. Information
will also be collected annually about providers' policies regarding
screening, assessment, and treatment services for persons with co-
occurring disorders.
A questionnaire, to be completed by providers, contains 47 items,
answered either by checking a box or entering a number in a blank. The
questionnaire is available both in printed form and electronically.
Obtaining the information to enter on the questionnaire will require
respondent providers to track screening, assessment, and treatment
services for clients.
COSIG States will be required to report aggregated information to
SAMHSA for all providers directly participating in their COSIG
projects. Samhsa will consider sampling strategies for states with
large numbers of participating providers and for providers serving
large numbers of clients.
Annual burden for the activities is shown below:

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Number of Responses per Total burden
Data collection respondents respondent Hours per response hours
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Capacity to Screen, Assess, and Treat. 242 1 4.5..................... 1,089
Policy on Screening, Assessment, 242 1 3 minutes............... 12
Referral, and Treatment.
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Total............................. 242 .............. ........................ 1,101
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by October 16, 2006 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: September 6, 2006.
Anna Marsh,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E6-15240 Filed 9-13-06; 8:45 am]
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