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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 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.
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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
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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
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(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:
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ESTIMATES OF ANNUALIZED HOUR BURDEN 1 3
Center/form/ respondent
type
Number of
respondents
Responses
per respondent
Total
responses
Hours per
response
Total hour
burden
Added burden
proportion
Total annual
burden hours
CSAP GPRA Participant Outcome Measures for Discretionary Programs
Participants
FY2007 ..................
FY2008 ..................
7,000 ...........
3,000 ...........
3
3
21,000
9,000
.33
.33
6,930
2,970
..........................
..........................
6,930
2,970
CSAP Subtotal
10,000 .........
3
30,000
.33
9,900
..........................
9,900
CSAP
Annualized
Subtotal.
5,000 ...........
........................
15,000
........................
........................
..........................
4,950
CSAT GPRA Client Outcome Measures for Discretionary Programs
Clients
Adults ....................
Adolescents ...........
Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral
to Treatment
(SBIRT)4
Screening Only ......
Brief Intervention ...
Brief Tx & Referral
to Tx.
SBIRT Client
Subtotal.
28,000 .........
3,900 ...........
3
4
84,000
15,600
.33
.33
27,720
5,148
.33
.33
9,148
1,699
150,618 .......
27,679 .........
9,200 ...........
1
3
3
150,618
83,037
27,600
.10
.16
.33
15,062
13,286
9,108
0
0
.33
0
0
3,006
187,497 .......
........................
261,255
........................
37,456
..........................
3,006
254,497 .......
........................
360,855
........................
........................
..........................
13,853
400 grants ...
73 grants .....
70 × 3
53 × 4
210
212
.16
.16
34
34
..........................
..........................
34
34
7 grants .......
7 grants .......
7 grants .......
21,517 × 1
3,954 × 3
1,314 × 3
21,517
11,862
3,942
.05
.08
.16
1,076
949
631
..........................
..........................
..........................
1,076
949
631
Data Extract
Subtotal.
480 ..............
........................
37,743
........................
........................
..........................
2,724
Upload6 .................
Upload Subtotal6.
5 grants .......
5 grants .......
........................
........................
171,639
171,639
(1)
........................
29
........................
..........................
..........................
29
29
CSAT Subtotal
219,896 .......
........................
570,237
........................
........................
..........................
16,606
Total ...............
224,896 .......
........................
585,237
........................
........................
..........................
21,556
Client Subtotal
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Data Extract by Grants5
Adult Records ........
Adolescent
Records.
Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral
to Tx (SBIRT)
Records
Screening Only ......
Brief Intervention ...
Brief Tx & Referral
to Tx.
1. This table represents the maximum additional burden if adult respondents provide three sets of responses/data collections. CSAT adolescent respondents are expected to provide four sets of responses/data collections.
2. Added burden proportion is an adjustment reflecting customary and usual business practices programs engage in (e.g., they already collect
the data items).
3. The minimum wage was used for calculating burden to respondents because employment status and level is variable for respondents normally served by these programs. A higher wage was used to calculate the burden for grants whose staff are employed at a higher rate.
4. Screening, Brief Intervention, Treatment and Referral (SBIRT) grant program:
*150,618 Screening Only (SO) respondents complete section A of the GPRA instrument, all of these items are asked during a customary and
usual intake process resulting in zero burden; and
*27,679 Brief Intervention (BI) respondents complete sections A & B of the GPRA instrument, all of these items are asked during a customary
and usual intake process resulting in zero burden; and
*9,200 Brief Treatment (BT) & Referral to Treatment (RT) respondents complete all sections of the GPRA instrument.
5. Data Extract by Grants: Grant burden for capturing customary and usual data.
6. Upload: 5 of the 7 SBIRT grants upload data; the other 2 grants conduct direct data entry.
7. 1 hr. per 6,000 records.
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Send comments to Summer King,
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 7–1044, One Choke Cherry Road,
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments
should be received within 60 days of
this notice.
Dated: September 5, 2006.
Anna Marsh,
Director, Office of Program Services.
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2007, and explains how TPS
beneficiaries and their employers may
determine which EADs are
automatically extended. New EADs with
the November 2, 2007, expiration date
will be issued to eligible TPS
beneficiaries who timely re-register and
apply for an EAD.
Effective Dates: The extension of
Burundi’s TPS designation is effective
November 2, 2006, and will remain in
effect until November 2, 2007. The 60day re-registration period begins
September 14, 2006 and will remain in
effect until November 13, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[CIS No. 2392–06; DHS Docket No. USCIS–
2006–0045; RIN 1615–ZA38]
Extension of the Designation of
Burundi for Temporary Protected
Status; Automatic Extension of
Employment Authorization
Documentation for Burundi TPS
Beneficiaries
Matthew Horner, Status and Family
Branch, Service Center Operations, U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services,
Department of Homeland Security, 20
Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 2nd Floor,
Washington, DC 20529, telephone (202)
272–1505. This is not a toll free number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice of extension of
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This Notice informs the
public that the designation of Burundi
for Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
has been extended for 12 months, from
its current expiration date of November
2, 2006, to November 2, 2007. This
Notice also sets forth procedures
necessary for nationals of Burundi (or
aliens having no nationality who last
habitually resided in Burundi) with TPS
to re-register and to apply for an
extension of their Employment
Authorization Documents (EADs) for the
additional 12-month period. Reregistration is limited to persons who
have previously registered for TPS
under the designation of Burundi and
whose application has been granted or
remains pending. Certain nationals of
Burundi (or aliens having no nationality
who last habitually resided in Burundi)
who have not previously applied for
TPS may be eligible to apply under the
late initial registration provisions.
Given the timeframes involved with
processing TPS re-registrants, the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) recognizes that re-registrants may
not receive a new EAD until after their
current EAD expires on November 2,
2006. Accordingly, this Notice
automatically extends the validity of
EADs issued under the TPS designation
of Burundi for 6 months through May 2,
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Act—Immigration and Nationality Act.
ASC—USCIS Application Support Center.
DHS—Department of Homeland Security.
DOS—Department of State.
EAD—Employment Authorization Document.
Secretary—Secretary of Homeland Security.
TPS—Temporary Protected Status.
USCIS—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services.
What authority does the Secretary of
Homeland Security have to extend the
designation of Burundi for TPS?
Section 244(b)(1) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (Act), 8 U.S.C.
1254a(b)(1) authorizes the Secretary of
Homeland Security (Secretary), after
consultation with appropriate agencies
of the Government, to designate a
foreign state (or part thereof) for TPS.
The Secretary may then grant TPS to
eligible nationals of that foreign state (or
aliens having no nationality who last
habitually resided in that state). 8 U.S.C.
1254a(a)(1)(A).
At least 60 days before the expiration
of the TPS designation, or any extension
thereof, the Secretary, after consultation
with appropriate agencies of the
Government, must review the
conditions in a foreign state designated
for TPS to determine whether the
conditions for the TPS designation
continue to be met and, if so, the length
of an extension of the TPS designation.
8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(3)(A), (C). If the
Secretary determines that the foreign
state no longer meets the conditions for
the TPS designation, he must terminate
the designation. 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(3)(B).
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Why did the Secretary decide to extend
the designation of Burundi for TPS?
On November 4, 1997, the Attorney
General published a Notice in the
Federal Register designating Burundi
for TPS. 62 FR 59735. In November
1999, the Attorney General extended
and re-designated Burundi for TPS by
publishing a Notice in the Federal
Register at 64 FR 61123, based upon the
ongoing armed conflict and
extraordinary and temporary conditions
in Burundi. Since 1999, the Attorney
General or Secretary has extended
Burundi’s TPS designation six times,
determining in each instance that the
conditions warranting such designation
continued to be met. 65 FR 67404 (Nov.
9, 2000), 66 FR 46027 (Aug. 31, 2001),
67 FR 55875 (Aug. 30, 2002), 68 FR
52405 (Sept. 3, 2003), 69 FR 60165 (Oct.
7, 2004), 70 FR 52425 (Sept. 2, 2005).
The most recent extension took effect on
November 2, 2005, and is due to expire
on November 2, 2006.
Since November 2005, DHS and the
Department of State (DOS) have
continued to review conditions in
Burundi. Based on this review, DHS has
concluded that a 12-month extension of
the TPS designation is warranted
because, although there has been
progress in the peace process, the armed
conflict and extraordinary and
temporary conditions that prompted
designation persist. Further, DHS has
determined that it is not contrary to the
national interest of the United States to
permit aliens who are eligible for TPS
under this designation to remain
temporarily in the United States. 8
U.S.C. 1254a(b)(1)(C).
Despite the signing of an ‘‘Agreement
of Principles towards Lasting Peace,
Security and Stability in Burundi’’ on
June 19, 2006, the political situation
remains volatile between the
Government of Burundi and the rebel
Forces Nationales de Liberation (FNLRwasa faction). One of the main
obstacles in the ongoing negotiations
between the Government of Burundi
and the FNL-Rwasa faction is the
composition of the national security
forces. FNL-Rwasa is demanding the
disbandment of the national security
forces and their replacement with a
force in which the FNL has a major
stake. The Government of Burundi has
agreed to incorporate the FNL into a
reformed army that will be evenly
staffed between members of the Hutu
and Tutsi ethnic groups. The FNL,
however, is attacking civilians even as
it continues ceasefire negotiations with
the Government of Burundi. Those
attacks by the FNL are resulting in
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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 (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: 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 (CSAP): Pre-intervention, post-intervention, and
follow-up). SAMHSA-funded 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 60-day 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:
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Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden \1-3\
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Responses per Total Hours per Total hour Added burden Total annual
Center/form/ respondent type Number of respondents respondent responses response burden proportion burden hours
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CSAP GPRA Participant Outcome Measures for Discretionary Programs
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Participants
FY2007....................... 7,000................ 3 21,000 .33 6,930 .............. 6,930
FY2008....................... 3,000................ 3 9,000 .33 2,970 .............. 2,970
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CSAP Subtotal............ 10,000............... 3 30,000 .33 9,900 .............. 9,900
======================================================================================================================
CSAP Annualized Subtotal. 5,000................ .............. 15,000 .............. .............. .............. 4,950
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CSAT GPRA Client Outcome Measures for Discretionary Programs
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Clients
Adults....................... 28,000............... 3 84,000 .33 27,720 .33 9,148
Adolescents.................. 3,900................ 4 15,600 .33 5,148 .33 1,699
Screening, Brief Intervention and
Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)\4\
Screening Only............... 150,618.............. 1 150,618 .10 15,062 0 0
Brief Intervention........... 27,679............... 3 83,037 .16 13,286 0 0
Brief Tx & Referral to Tx.... 9,200................ 3 27,600 .33 9,108 .33 3,006
SBIRT Client Subtotal.... 187,497.............. .............. 261,255 .............. 37,456 .............. 3,006
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Client Subtotal.......... 254,497.............. .............. 360,855 .............. .............. .............. 13,853
======================================================================================================================
Data Extract by Grants\5\
Adult Records................ 400 grants........... 70 x 3 210 .16 34 .............. 34
Adolescent Records........... 73 grants............ 53 x 4 212 .16 34 .............. 34
Screening, Brief Intervention and
Referral to Tx (SBIRT) Records
Screening Only............... 7 grants............. 21,517 x 1 21,517 .05 1,076 .............. 1,076
Brief Intervention........... 7 grants............. 3,954 x 3 11,862 .08 949 .............. 949
Brief Tx & Referral to Tx.... 7 grants............. 1,314 x 3 3,942 .16 631 .............. 631
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Data Extract Subtotal.... 480.................. .............. 37,743 .............. .............. .............. 2,724
======================================================================================================================
Upload\6\.................... 5 grants............. .............. 171,639 (1) 29 .............. 29
Upload Subtotal\6\....... 5 grants............. .............. 171,639 .............. .............. .............. 29
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CSAT Subtotal............ 219,896.............. .............. 570,237 .............. .............. .............. 16,606
======================================================================================================================
Total.................... 224,896.............. .............. 585,237 .............. .............. .............. 21,556
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1. This table represents the maximum additional burden if adult respondents provide three sets of responses/data collections. CSAT adolescent
respondents are expected to provide four sets of responses/data collections.
2. Added burden proportion is an adjustment reflecting customary and usual business practices programs engage in (e.g., they already collect the data
items).
3. The minimum wage was used for calculating burden to respondents because employment status and level is variable for respondents normally served by
these programs. A higher wage was used to calculate the burden for grants whose staff are employed at a higher rate.
4. Screening, Brief Intervention, Treatment and Referral (SBIRT) grant program:
*150,618 Screening Only (SO) respondents complete section A of the GPRA instrument, all of these items are asked during a customary and usual intake
process resulting in zero burden; and
*27,679 Brief Intervention (BI) respondents complete sections A & B of the GPRA instrument, all of these items are asked during a customary and usual
intake process resulting in zero burden; and
*9,200 Brief Treatment (BT) & Referral to Treatment (RT) respondents complete all sections of the GPRA instrument.
5. Data Extract by Grants: Grant burden for capturing customary and usual data.
6. Upload: 5 of the 7 SBIRT grants upload data; the other 2 grants conduct direct data entry.
7. 1 hr. per 6,000 records.
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 7-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857. Written
comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: September 5, 2006.
Anna Marsh,
Director, Office of Program Services.
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