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information collection requests under
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Guidance and Instructions, FY 2009–
2011 (OMB No. 0930–0168)—Revision
Sections 1911 through 1920 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
300x through 300x–9) provide for
annual allotments to assist States to
establish or expand an organized,
community-based system of care for
adults with serious mental illnesses and
children with serious emotional
disturbances. Under these provisions of
the law, States may receive allotments
only after an application is submitted
and approved by the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human
Services.
On January 28, 2008, SAMHSA
published a request for public comment
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on its proposed guidance and
instructions to the States to guide
development of comprehensive State
applications/plans and implementation
reports for FY 2009–2011. Proposed
revisions to the guidance included:
(1) Streamlining the process for
reporting States’ use of the block grant
to support mental health transformation,
including narrowing from 20 to 6 the
number of transformation categories for
which States are asked to provide the
amount of funding that will be used to
support specific transformation
activities and limiting reporting to block
grant funds only.
(2) Reorganizing and consolidating
sections of the guidance to improve
readability and clarity and to reduce
redundancy.
(3) Eliminating Table 18 from the
Uniform Reporting System (URS) tables
that States must submit.
(4) Eliminating the requirement that
States complete a State-Level Reporting
Capacity Checklist for submission to the
State Data infrastructure Coordinating
Center.
SAMHSA received formal comments
from seven commenters. Most of the
comments supported the changes
described below, and several
commended SAMHSA for appointing a
Federal-State working group to address
concerns raised by the States regarding
the FY 2008 guidance and instructions.
A summary of the comments and
SAMHSA’s response is provided below.
Request for clarification regarding
reporting transformation expenditures
under Table C. Two commenters noted
that, while they supported the proposed
revisions to streamline the reporting of
transformation expenditures, their State
fiscal processes did not support tracking
and reporting expenditures in this
manner. One commenter requested
clarification that a State would ‘‘not be
held’’ to expenditure estimates provided
in the application.
The transformation expenditures
requested under Table C are an essential
component of the application guidance,
as they provide important information
to SAMHSA regarding States’ use of the
block grant to support mental health
transformation. SAMHSA clarifies that
the transformation expenditures
requested to be reported under Table C
of the application may be reported as
estimates if the State cannot provide
actual expenditures and that States are
not obligated to expend funds in the
categories indicated or to track and
justify their expenditures consistent
with these estimates. No change to the
guidance is needed to provide this
clarification.
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Request for clarification regarding
allowable uses of the block grant for
research and evaluation. As published
in the January 28, 2008 Federal
Register, Table C requested that States
estimate their expenditures to support
the transformation goal ‘‘Research is
Accelerated.’’ One commenter
accurately noted that research is not an
allowable expenditure under the block
grant statute, and requested that this
goal be revised to read ‘‘Program
Evaluation is Accelerated.’’ SAMHSA
incorporated this revision in the
guidance submitted for OMB review.
Request for clarification regarding the
difference between the State
Transformation Outcome Measure and
other Outcome Measures requested in
the application guidance. As stated in
the proposed guidance, each State is
required to submit a Transformation
Outcome Measure in addition to all
required National Outcome Measures
(NOMS). The Transformation Outcome
Measure is selected by the State to
reflect its own priorities. However, the
Transformation Outcome Measure may
be the same measure as one of the
NOMS. No change to the guidance is
needed to provide this clarification.
Request that the submission date for
the application be changed from
September 1 to December 1 to coincide
with submission of the State
Implementation Report. As the
commenter acknowledged, the
submission dates for the application and
Implementation Report are established
in statute, and cannot be changed
through the administrative process of
revising the application guidance and
instructions. Thus, no changes to the
guidance are incorporated to address
this concern.
Request for clarification regarding
whether States should report the
number of clients or the percent of
Number of
respondents
Application
clients receiving Evidence Based
Practices (EBPs). One commenter notes
a discrepancy in the application
regarding whether the number or
percent of clients receiving EBPs should
be reported. Appendix I was revised to
clarify that the percent of clients
receiving EBPs should be reported.
Additional clarifying revisions were
made to Appendix I regarding the
specific numerators and denominators
that States should use to calculate
NOMS.
With the streamlining of information
regarding State mental health
transformation activities, elimination of
URS Table 18 as a requirement for
reporting, and other improvements to
the MHBG guidance, it was determined
that the annual burden for the revised
application was reduced by 15 hours
per State. The following table
summarizes the annual burden for the
revised application.
Burden
response
(hrs)
Responses/
respondent
Total burden
hours
1 Yr. Plan .........................................................................................................
2 Yr. Plan .........................................................................................................
3 Yr. Plan .........................................................................................................
Implementation Report ....................................................................................
URS Tables .....................................................................................................
44
6
9
59
59
1
1
1
1
1
175
145
105
70
35
7,700
870
945
4,130
2,065
Total ..........................................................................................................
59
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15,710
Written comments and
recommendations concerning the
proposed information collection should
be sent by June 4, 2008 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: April 28, 2008.
Elaine Parry,
Acting Director, Office of Program Services.
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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 (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.
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Proposed Project: Drug Abuse Warning
Network (OMB No. 0930–0078)—
Revision
The Drug Abuse Warning Network
(DAWN) is an ongoing data system that
collects information on drug-related
medical emergencies as reported from
about 350 hospitals nationwide, and
drug-related deaths as reported from 11
states with centralized Medical
Examiner offices and 125 medical
examiners/coroner jurisdictions (ME/C)
in 32 metropolitan areas. DAWN
provides national and metropolitan
estimates of substances involved with
drug-related emergency department (ED)
visits; disseminates information about
substances involved in deaths
investigated by participating medical
examiners and coroners (ME/Cs); tracks
drug abuse patterns, trends, and the
emergence of new substances; monitors
post-market adverse drug incidents;
assesses health hazards associated with
the use of illicit, prescription, and overthe-counter drugs; and generates
information for national and local drug
abuse policy and program planning.
DAWN data are used by Federal, State,
and local agencies, as well as
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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: Community Mental Health Services Block Grant Application
Guidance and Instructions, FY 2009-2011 (OMB No. 0930-0168)--Revision
Sections 1911 through 1920 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 300x through 300x-9) provide for annual allotments to assist
States to establish or expand an organized, community-based system of
care for adults with serious mental illnesses and children with serious
emotional disturbances. Under these provisions of the law, States may
receive allotments only after an application is submitted and approved
by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
On January 28, 2008, SAMHSA published a request for public comment
on its proposed guidance and instructions to the States to guide
development of comprehensive State applications/plans and
implementation reports for FY 2009-2011. Proposed revisions to the
guidance included:
(1) Streamlining the process for reporting States' use of the block
grant to support mental health transformation, including narrowing from
20 to 6 the number of transformation categories for which States are
asked to provide the amount of funding that will be used to support
specific transformation activities and limiting reporting to block
grant funds only.
(2) Reorganizing and consolidating sections of the guidance to
improve readability and clarity and to reduce redundancy.
(3) Eliminating Table 18 from the Uniform Reporting System (URS)
tables that States must submit.
(4) Eliminating the requirement that States complete a State-Level
Reporting Capacity Checklist for submission to the State Data
infrastructure Coordinating Center.
SAMHSA received formal comments from seven commenters. Most of the
comments supported the changes described below, and several commended
SAMHSA for appointing a Federal-State working group to address concerns
raised by the States regarding the FY 2008 guidance and instructions. A
summary of the comments and SAMHSA's response is provided below.
Request for clarification regarding reporting transformation
expenditures under Table C. Two commenters noted that, while they
supported the proposed revisions to streamline the reporting of
transformation expenditures, their State fiscal processes did not
support tracking and reporting expenditures in this manner. One
commenter requested clarification that a State would ``not be held'' to
expenditure estimates provided in the application.
The transformation expenditures requested under Table C are an
essential component of the application guidance, as they provide
important information to SAMHSA regarding States' use of the block
grant to support mental health transformation. SAMHSA clarifies that
the transformation expenditures requested to be reported under Table C
of the application may be reported as estimates if the State cannot
provide actual expenditures and that States are not obligated to expend
funds in the categories indicated or to track and justify their
expenditures consistent with these estimates. No change to the guidance
is needed to provide this clarification.
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Request for clarification regarding allowable uses of the block
grant for research and evaluation. As published in the January 28, 2008
Federal Register, Table C requested that States estimate their
expenditures to support the transformation goal ``Research is
Accelerated.'' One commenter accurately noted that research is not an
allowable expenditure under the block grant statute, and requested that
this goal be revised to read ``Program Evaluation is Accelerated.''
SAMHSA incorporated this revision in the guidance submitted for OMB
review.
Request for clarification regarding the difference between the
State Transformation Outcome Measure and other Outcome Measures
requested in the application guidance. As stated in the proposed
guidance, each State is required to submit a Transformation Outcome
Measure in addition to all required National Outcome Measures (NOMS).
The Transformation Outcome Measure is selected by the State to reflect
its own priorities. However, the Transformation Outcome Measure may be
the same measure as one of the NOMS. No change to the guidance is
needed to provide this clarification.
Request that the submission date for the application be changed
from September 1 to December 1 to coincide with submission of the State
Implementation Report. As the commenter acknowledged, the submission
dates for the application and Implementation Report are established in
statute, and cannot be changed through the administrative process of
revising the application guidance and instructions. Thus, no changes to
the guidance are incorporated to address this concern.
Request for clarification regarding whether States should report
the number of clients or the percent of clients receiving Evidence
Based Practices (EBPs). One commenter notes a discrepancy in the
application regarding whether the number or percent of clients
receiving EBPs should be reported. Appendix I was revised to clarify
that the percent of clients receiving EBPs should be reported.
Additional clarifying revisions were made to Appendix I regarding the
specific numerators and denominators that States should use to
calculate NOMS.
With the streamlining of information regarding State mental health
transformation activities, elimination of URS Table 18 as a requirement
for reporting, and other improvements to the MHBG guidance, it was
determined that the annual burden for the revised application was
reduced by 15 hours per State. The following table summarizes the
annual burden for the revised application.
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Burden
Application Number of Responses/ response Total burden
respondents respondent (hrs) hours
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1 Yr. Plan...................................... 44 1 175 7,700
2 Yr. Plan...................................... 6 1 145 870
3 Yr. Plan...................................... 9 1 105 945
Implementation Report........................... 59 1 70 4,130
URS Tables...................................... 59 1 35 2,065
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Total....................................... 59 .............. .............. 15,710
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by June 4, 2008 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: April 28, 2008.
Elaine Parry,
Acting Director, Office of Program Services.
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