Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 51280-51282 [E9-24021]

Download as PDF 51280 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 192 / Tuesday, October 6, 2009 / Notices Form Number of respondents Responses per respondent Total responses Hours per response Total burden hours Travel Request Worksheet .................................................. 140 2 280 .06 16.8 E-mail comments to paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10–33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice. Dated: September 29, 2009. Alexandra Huttinger, Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination. [FR Doc. E9–24046 Filed 10–5–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165–15–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources and Services Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–13), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443–1129. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is 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: The Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program: Forms (OMB No. 0915–0043)— Extension The Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) program continues to Responses per respondent Number of respondents Form and number administer and monitor outstanding loans which were provided to eligible students to pay for educational costs in a number of health professions. HEAL forms collect information that is required for responsible program management. The HEAL Repayment Schedule, Fixed and Variable, provides the borrower with the cost of a HEAL loan, the number and amount of payments, and the Truth-in-Lending disclosures. The Lender’s Report on HEAL Student Loans Outstanding (Call Report), provides information on the status of loans outstanding by the number of borrowers and total number of loans whose loan payments are in various stages of the loan cycle, such as student education and repayment, and the corresponding dollar amounts. These forms are needed to provide borrowers with information on the cost of their loan(s) and to determine which lenders may have excessive delinquencies and defaulted loans. The estimate of burden for the forms is as follows: Total responses Hours per responses Total burden hours Disclosure: Repayment Schedule HRSA 502–1,2 .......................... Reporting: Call Report HRSA 512 ................................................. 8 396 3,168 0.50 1,584 13 4 52 0.75 39 Total Reporting and Disclosure ............................. 21 ........................ 3,220 ........................ 1,623 jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES E-mail comments to paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10–33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice. Dated: September 29, 2009. Alexandra Huttinger, Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination. [FR Doc. E9–24044 Filed 10–5–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165–15–P VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:15 Oct 05, 2009 Jkt 220001 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) PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 E:\FR\FM\06OCN1.SGM 06OCN1 51281 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 192 / Tuesday, October 6, 2009 / Notices 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: Center for Mental Health Service (CMHS) Transformation Accountability (TRAC) Reporting System—Revision SAMHSA’s CMHS is requesting approval for a revision to the National Outcome Measures (NOMs) for Consumers Receiving Mental Health Services (OMB No. 0930–0285, Expiration Date: 4/30/2010). The name of this data collection effort is revised to the CMHS TRAC Reporting System (hereafter referred to as TRAC) to enable SAMHSA CMHS to consolidate its performance reporting activities within one package. This request includes a revision of the currently approved data collection effort directed at consumers of the Services (NOMs) programs; additional questions will enable CMHS to more fully explain grantee performance in relation to Agency and/ or program objectives. This request also includes the addition of two new surveys to be completed by the Project Directors of grants that include infrastructure development and prevention activities. These new instruments will enable SAMHSA CMHS to capture a standardized set of performance indicators using a uniform reporting method. These proposed data activities are intended to promote the use of consistent measures among CMHS grantees and contractors funded through the Program of Regional and National Significance (PRNS) and Children’s Mental Health Initiative (CMHI) budget lines. These common measures recommended by CMHS are a result of extensive examination and recommendations, using consistent criteria, by panels of staff, experts, and grantees. Wherever feasible, the proposed measures are consistent with or build upon previous data development efforts within CMHS. These data collection activities will be organized to reflect and support the domains specified for SAMHSA’s NOMs for the Services programs, and the categories developed by CMHS to specify the Infrastructure Development and Prevention program activities. The use of consistent measurement for specified outcomes across CMHSfunded projects will improve the ability of SAMHSA and CMHS to respond to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) and the Office of Management and Budget Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) evaluations. TRAC Reporting—Consumer NOMs Data Collection The currently approved data collection effort for the SAMHSA CMHS programs that provide direct treatment to consumers includes separate data collection forms that are parallel in design for use in interviewing adults and children (or their caregivers for children under the age of 11 years old). These SAMHSA TRAC data will be collected at baseline, at six month reassessments for as long as the consumer remains in treatment, and at discharge. The proposed data collection encompasses eight of the ten SAMHSA NOMs domains. Number of questions: adult Domain Number of questions: caregiver and child/adolescent Access/Capacity ...................................................................................................................................................... Functioning .............................................................................................................................................................. Stability in Housing .................................................................................................................................................. Education and Employment ..................................................................................................................................... Crime and Criminal Justice ..................................................................................................................................... Perception of Care ................................................................................................................................................... Social Connectedness ............................................................................................................................................. Retention 1 ............................................................................................................................................................... 4 28 1 4 1 15 4 5 4 26 2 3 1 14 4 5 Total Number .................................................................................................................................................... 63 59 1 Retention jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES is defined as retention in the community. The indicator is based on use of psychiatric inpatient services, which is based on a measure from the Stability in Housing Domain. Changes to the current tools include the following: • The administrative section of all tools was changed to allow grantees to capture and track when consumers refuse interviews, consent cannot be obtained from proxy, and consumers are impaired or unable to provide consent. The administrative section of the children’s tools was additionally changed to capture whether the respondent is the child or his/her caregiver. • Questions were added to all tools to capture general health, psychological functioning, life in the community, and substance use. • CMHS reduced the data collection requirement for 3-month programs to be VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:15 Oct 05, 2009 Jkt 220001 consistent with 6-month programs; all grant programs will be required to collect the NOMs interviews in 6 month intervals. CMHS will require the collection of Clinical Discharge interviews. In addition to questions asked of consumers as listed above, programs will be required to abstract information from consumer records regarding the services provided. The time to complete the revised instruments is estimated as shown below. These estimates are based on grantee reports of the amount of time required to complete the currently approved instruments accounting for the additional time required to complete the new questions, as based on an informal pilot. PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 TRAC Reporting—Infrastructure Development Data Collection CMHS has identified categories and associated grant- or community-level indicators to assess performance of the Infrastructure Development grant programs to be reported by the grant Project Directors. The performance indicators are the focus of this proposed data collection. A web-based data entry system will be developed to capture this performance data for all CMHS-funded Infrastructure Development grants upon approval of the indicators. Not all categories or indicators will apply to every grant program; CMHS Program Directors will be responsible for determining whether a category (or an indicator within a category) applies to E:\FR\FM\06OCN1.SGM 06OCN1 51282 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 192 / Tuesday, October 6, 2009 / Notices each grant program, establishing targets at the grant level, and monitoring data submission. The following table summarizes the total number of indicators for each category that may or may not apply to each grant program: TRAC Reporting—Prevention and Mental Health Promotion Data Collection Number of indicators Category Policy Development ................ Workforce Development ......... Financing ................................ Organizational Change ........... Partnerships/Collaborations .... Accountability .......................... Types/Targets of Practices ..... 2 5 3 1 2 6 4 Total Number ................... 23 Grantee Project Directors will be responsible for submitting data quarterly. The use of standardized domains and data collection approaches will enhance aggregate data development and reporting. CMHS has identified categories and associated grant- or community-level indicators to assess performance of the Prevention grant programs. The performance indicators are the focus of this proposed data collection. A webbased data entry system will be developed to capture this performance data for all CMHS-funded Prevention and Mental Health Promotion grants upon approval of the indicators. Not all categories or indicators will apply to every grant program; CMHS Program Directors will be responsible for determining whether a category (or an indicator within a category) applies to each grant program, establishing targets at the grant level, and monitoring data submission. The following table summarizes the total number of indicators for each category that may or may not apply to each grant program: Category Number of indicators Awareness .............................. Training ................................... Knowledge/Attitudes/Beliefs ... Screening ................................ Outreach ................................. Referral ................................... Access .................................... 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Total Number ................... 8 Grantee Project Directors will be responsible for submitting data quarterly. The use of standardized domains and data collection approaches will enhance aggregate data development and reporting. Following is the estimated annual response burden for this effort. Type of response Number of respondents Data collection per respondent Total responses Hours per data collection Hour burden NOMs ............................................................................................... Consumer Baseline Assessment ..................................................... Consumer 6-Month Reassessment ................................................. Consumer Discharge Interviews ...................................................... Chart Abstraction ............................................................................. Baseline .................................................................................... Reassessment .......................................................................... NOMs Subtotal .................................................................. Infrastructure .................................................................................... Quarterly Record Abstraction .......................................................... Prevention and Mental Health Promotion ........................................ Quarterly Record Abstraction .......................................................... ........................ 15,681 10,646 4,508 ........................ 2,352 9,017 15,681 ........................ 652 ........................ 290 ........................ 1 1 1 ........................ 1 1 ........................ ........................ 4 ........................ 4 .................... 15,681 10,646 4,508 .................... 2,352 9,017 15,681 .................... 2,608 .................... 1,160 ........................ 0.333 0.367 0.367 ........................ 0.1 0.1 ........................ ........................ 4 ........................ 4 ................ 5,222 3,907 1,655 ................ 235 902 11,920 ................ 10,432 ................ 4,640 Total .......................................................................................... 16,623 ........................ .................... ........................ 26,992 Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 7–1044, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20850 and e-mail her a copy at summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov. Written comments should be received by December 7, 2009. Dated: September 28, 2009. Elaine Parry, Director, Office of Program Services. [FR Doc. E9–24021 Filed 10–5–09; 8:45 am] jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES BILLING CODE 4162–20–P VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:15 Oct 05, 2009 Jkt 220001 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. PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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: Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Mental Illness (PAIMI) Final Rule, 42 CFR Part 51 (OMB No. 0930–0172)—Extension These regulations meet the directive under 42 U.S.C. 10826(b) requiring the Secretary to promulgate final regulations to carry out the PAIMI Act. E:\FR\FM\06OCN1.SGM 06OCN1

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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

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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: Center for Mental Health Service (CMHS)
Transformation Accountability (TRAC) Reporting System--Revision

SAMHSA's CMHS is requesting approval for a revision to the National
Outcome Measures (NOMs) for Consumers Receiving Mental Health Services
(OMB No. 0930-0285, Expiration Date: 4/30/2010). The name of this data
collection effort is revised to the CMHS TRAC Reporting System
(hereafter referred to as TRAC) to enable SAMHSA CMHS to consolidate
its performance reporting activities within one package. This request
includes a revision of the currently approved data collection effort
directed at consumers of the Services (NOMs) programs; additional
questions will enable CMHS to more fully explain grantee performance in
relation to Agency and/or program objectives. This request also
includes the addition of two new surveys to be completed by the Project
Directors of grants that include infrastructure development and
prevention activities. These new instruments will enable SAMHSA CMHS to
capture a standardized set of performance indicators using a uniform
reporting method.
These proposed data activities are intended to promote the use of
consistent measures among CMHS grantees and contractors funded through
the Program of Regional and National Significance (PRNS) and Children's
Mental Health Initiative (CMHI) budget lines. These common measures
recommended by CMHS are a result of extensive examination and
recommendations, using consistent criteria, by panels of staff,
experts, and grantees. Wherever feasible, the proposed measures are
consistent with or build upon previous data development efforts within
CMHS. These data collection activities will be organized to reflect and
support the domains specified for SAMHSA's NOMs for the Services
programs, and the categories developed by CMHS to specify the
Infrastructure Development and Prevention program activities. The use
of consistent measurement for specified outcomes across CMHS-funded
projects will improve the ability of SAMHSA and CMHS to respond to the
Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) and the Office of
Management and Budget Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)
evaluations.

TRAC Reporting--Consumer NOMs Data Collection

The currently approved data collection effort for the SAMHSA CMHS
programs that provide direct treatment to consumers includes separate
data collection forms that are parallel in design for use in
interviewing adults and children (or their caregivers for children
under the age of 11 years old). These SAMHSA TRAC data will be
collected at baseline, at six month reassessments for as long as the
consumer remains in treatment, and at discharge. The proposed data
collection encompasses eight of the ten SAMHSA NOMs domains.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of
Number of questions:
Domain questions: caregiver and
adult child/
adolescent
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Access/Capacity......................... 4 4
Functioning............................. 28 26
Stability in Housing.................... 1 2
Education and Employment................ 4 3
Crime and Criminal Justice.............. 1 1
Perception of Care...................... 15 14
Social Connectedness.................... 4 4
Retention \1\........................... 5 5
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Total Number........................ 63 59
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\1\ Retention is defined as retention in the community. The indicator is
based on use of psychiatric inpatient services, which is based on a
measure from the Stability in Housing Domain.

Changes to the current tools include the following:
The administrative section of all tools was changed to
allow grantees to capture and track when consumers refuse interviews,
consent cannot be obtained from proxy, and consumers are impaired or
unable to provide consent. The administrative section of the children's
tools was additionally changed to capture whether the respondent is the
child or his/her caregiver.
Questions were added to all tools to capture general
health, psychological functioning, life in the community, and substance
use.
CMHS reduced the data collection requirement for 3-month
programs to be consistent with 6-month programs; all grant programs
will be required to collect the NOMs interviews in 6 month intervals.
CMHS will require the collection of Clinical Discharge interviews.
In addition to questions asked of consumers as listed above,
programs will be required to abstract information from consumer records
regarding the services provided. The time to complete the revised
instruments is estimated as shown below. These estimates are based on
grantee reports of the amount of time required to complete the
currently approved instruments accounting for the additional time
required to complete the new questions, as based on an informal pilot.

TRAC Reporting--Infrastructure Development Data Collection

CMHS has identified categories and associated grant- or community-
level indicators to assess performance of the Infrastructure
Development grant programs to be reported by the grant Project
Directors. The performance indicators are the focus of this proposed
data collection. A web-based data entry system will be developed to
capture this performance data for all CMHS-funded Infrastructure
Development grants upon approval of the indicators. Not all categories
or indicators will apply to every grant program; CMHS Program Directors
will be responsible for determining whether a category (or an indicator
within a category) applies to

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each grant program, establishing targets at the grant level, and
monitoring data submission. The following table summarizes the total
number of indicators for each category that may or may not apply to
each grant program:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of
Category indicators
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Policy Development........................................ 2
Workforce Development..................................... 5
Financing................................................. 3
Organizational Change..................................... 1
Partnerships/Collaborations............................... 2
Accountability............................................ 6
Types/Targets of Practices................................ 4
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Total Number.......................................... 23
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Grantee Project Directors will be responsible for submitting data
quarterly. The use of standardized domains and data collection
approaches will enhance aggregate data development and reporting.

TRAC Reporting--Prevention and Mental Health Promotion Data Collection

CMHS has identified categories and associated grant- or community-
level indicators to assess performance of the Prevention grant
programs. The performance indicators are the focus of this proposed
data collection. A web-based data entry system will be developed to
capture this performance data for all CMHS-funded Prevention and Mental
Health Promotion grants upon approval of the indicators. Not all
categories or indicators will apply to every grant program; CMHS
Program Directors will be responsible for determining whether a
category (or an indicator within a category) applies to each grant
program, establishing targets at the grant level, and monitoring data
submission. The following table summarizes the total number of
indicators for each category that may or may not apply to each grant
program:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of
Category indicators
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Awareness................................................. 1
Training.................................................. 1
Knowledge/Attitudes/Beliefs............................... 1
Screening................................................. 1
Outreach.................................................. 2
Referral.................................................. 1
Access.................................................... 1
-------------
Total Number.......................................... 8
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Grantee Project Directors will be responsible for submitting data
quarterly. The use of standardized domains and data collection
approaches will enhance aggregate data development and reporting.
Following is the estimated annual response burden for this effort.

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Data
Type of response Number of collection per Total Hours per data Hour
respondents respondent responses collection burden
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NOMs.................................... .............. .............. ........... .............. .........
Consumer Baseline Assessment............ 15,681 1 15,681 0.333 5,222
Consumer 6-Month Reassessment........... 10,646 1 10,646 0.367 3,907
Consumer Discharge Interviews........... 4,508 1 4,508 0.367 1,655
Chart Abstraction....................... .............. .............. ........... .............. .........
Baseline............................ 2,352 1 2,352 0.1 235
Reassessment........................ 9,017 1 9,017 0.1 902
NOMs Subtotal................... 15,681 .............. 15,681 .............. 11,920
Infrastructure.......................... .............. .............. ........... .............. .........
Quarterly Record Abstraction............ 652 4 2,608 4 10,432
Prevention and Mental Health Promotion.. .............. .............. ........... .............. .........
Quarterly Record Abstraction............ 290 4 1,160 4 4,640
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Total............................... 16,623 .............. ........... .............. 26,992
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 7-1044, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20850 and e-mail her a
copy at summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov. Written comments should be received
by December 7, 2009.

Dated: September 28, 2009.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E9-24021 Filed 10-5-09; 8:45 am]
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