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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 42 / Friday, March 2, 2012 / Notices
Dated: February 24, 2012.
Jennifer S. Spaeth,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
Proposed Project: National Mental
Health Services Survey (N–MHSS)
(OMB No. 0930–0119)—Revision
[FR Doc. 2012–5016 Filed 3–1–12; 8:45 am]
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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.
The Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA), Center for Behavioral
Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ),
is requesting approval for a revision to
the National Mental Health Services
Survey (N–MHSS) (OMB No. 0930–
0119), which expires on February 28,
2013. The N–MHSS provides national
and state-level data on the number and
characteristics of mental health
treatment facilities in the United States.
An immediate need under N–MHSS
in 2012 is to update the information
about facilities on SAMHSA’s online
Mental Health Facility Locator (see:
https://store.samhsa.gov/mhlocator),
which was last updated with
information from the 2010 N–MHSS. A
full N–MHSS is anticipated within
about two years, and a separate request
for OMB approval will be submitted for
that collection. However, until then, an
abbreviated version of the N–MHSS will
be conducted to collect only the
information needed to update the
Locator, such as the facility name and
address, specific services offered, and
special client groups served. The data
on the Locator are becoming outdated
and need an update method. Other
fields in the full N–MHSS not needed
for updating the Locator, such as client
counts and client demographics, will
not be collected in the Locator survey.
In addition to the data collection for
updating facilities on the Locator, a data
collection in conjunction with adding
new facilities to the Locator is being
requested. Both activities will use the
same abbreviated N–MHSS–Locator
instrument.
This requested revision seeks to
change the content of the currently
approved full-scale N–MHSS survey
instrument into an abbreviated survey
instrument, henceforth referred to as the
N–MHSS–Locator, to accommodate two
related N–MHSS activities:
(1) Collection of information from the
full N–MHSS universe of mental health
treatment facilities during 2012, 2013,
and 2014. This abbreviated subset of N–
MHSS data will update and expand
SAMHSA’s existing online Mental
Health Facility Locator (see: https://
store.samhsa.gov/mhlocator), which
was last updated with information from
the 2010 N–MHSS; and
(2) Collection of information on newly
identified facilities throughout the year,
as they are identified, so that new
facilities can quickly be added to the
Locator.
The survey mode for both data
collection activities will be web with
telephone follow-up.
The database resulting from the 2012
N–MHSS–Locator will be used to
update SAMHSA’s online Mental
Health Facility Locator and to produce
a 2012 compact disk (CD) directory of
facilities, both for use by consumers and
service providers. In addition, a data file
derived from the survey will be used to
produce an annual report providing
state and national data on the number
and types of treatment facilities and
services. The annual report and a
public-use data file to be released in
conjunction with the report will be used
by researchers, mental health
professionals, State governments, the
U.S. Congress, and the general public.
The following table summarizes the
estimated response burden for the two
survey activities:
ESTIMATED TOTAL RESPONSE BURDEN FOR THE N–MHSS
Number of
respondents
Type of respondent
Responses
per
respondent
Average hours
per response
Total hour
burden
Facilities in annual N–MHSS–Locator universe ..............................................
Newly identified facilities 1 ................................................................................
15,000
1,500
1
1
.42
.42
6,300
630
Total Facilities ...........................................................................................
16,500
........................
........................
6,930
1 Collection
of information on newly identified facilities throughout the year, as they are identified, so that new facilities can quickly be added to
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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 42 / Friday, March 2, 2012 / Notices
Send comments to Summer King,
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 8–1099, One Choke Cherry Road,
Rockville, MD 20857 or email a copy to
summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov. Written
comments must be received before 60
days after the date of the publication in
the Federal Register.
Summer King,
Statistician.
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Services Administration
Current List of Laboratories and
Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities
Which Meet Minimum Standards To
Engage in Urine Drug Testing for
Federal Agencies
Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) notifies Federal
agencies of the Laboratories and
Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities
(IITF) currently certified to meet the
standards of the Mandatory Guidelines
for Federal Workplace Drug Testing
Programs (Mandatory Guidelines). The
Mandatory Guidelines were first
published in the Federal Register on
April 11, 1988 (53 FR 11970), and
subsequently revised in the Federal
Register on June 9, 1994 (59 FR 29908);
September 30, 1997 (62 FR 51118);
April 13, 2004 (69 FR 19644); November
25, 2008 (73 FR 71858); December 10,
2008 (73 FR 75122); and on April 30,
2010 (75 FR 22809).
A notice listing all currently certified
Laboratories and Instrumented Initial
Testing Facilities (IITF) is published in
the Federal Register during the first
week of each month. If any Laboratory/
IITF’s certification is suspended or
revoked, the Laboratory/IITF will be
omitted from subsequent lists until such
time as it is restored to full certification
under the Mandatory Guidelines.
If any Laboratory/IITF has withdrawn
from the HHS National Laboratory
Certification Program (NLCP) during the
past month, it will be listed at the end
and will be omitted from the monthly
listing thereafter.
This notice is also available on the
Internet at https://
www.workplace.samhsa.gov and https://
www.drugfreeworkplace.gov.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mrs.
Giselle Hersh, Division of Workplace
Programs, SAMHSA/CSAP, Room 2–
1042, One Choke Cherry Road,
Rockville, Maryland 20857; 240–276–
2600 (voice), 240–276–2610 (fax).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Mandatory Guidelines were initially
developed in accordance with Executive
Order 12564 and section 503 of Public
Law 100–71. The ‘‘Mandatory
Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug
Testing Programs’’, as amended in the
revisions listed above, requires strict
standards that Laboratories and
Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities
(IITF) must meet in order to conduct
drug and specimen validity tests on
urine specimens for Federal agencies.
To become certified, an applicant
Laboratory/IITF must undergo three
rounds of performance testing plus an
on-site inspection. To maintain that
certification, a Laboratory/IITF must
participate in a quarterly performance
testing program plus undergo periodic,
on-site inspections.
Laboratories and Instrumented Initial
Testing Facilities (IITF) in the applicant
stage of certification are not to be
considered as meeting the minimum
requirements described in the HHS
Mandatory Guidelines. A Laboratory/
IITF must have its letter of certification
from HHS/SAMHSA (formerly: HHS/
NIDA) which attests that it has met
minimum standards.
In accordance with the Mandatory
Guidelines dated November 25, 2008
(73 FR 71858), the following
Laboratories and Instrumented Initial
Testing Facilities (IITF) meet the
minimum standards to conduct drug
and specimen validity tests on urine
specimens:
800–433–3823, (Formerly: Kroll
Laboratory Specialists, Inc.,
Laboratory Specialists, Inc.).
Alere Toxicology Services, 450
Southlake Blvd., Richmond, VA
23236, 804–378–9130, (Formerly:
Kroll Laboratory Specialists, Inc.,
Scientific Testing Laboratories, Inc.;
Kroll Scientific Testing Laboratories,
Inc.).
Baptist Medical Center-Toxicology
Laboratory, 11401 I–30, Little Rock,
AR 72209–7056, 501–202–2783,
(Formerly: Forensic Toxicology
Laboratory Baptist Medical Center).
Clinical Reference Lab, 8433 Quivira
Road, Lenexa, KS 66215–2802, 800–
445–6917.
Doctors Laboratory, Inc., 2906 Julia
Drive, Valdosta, GA 31602, 229–671–
2281.
DrugScan, Inc., P.O. Box 2969, 1119
Mearns Road, Warminster, PA 18974,
215–674–9310.
ElSohly Laboratories, Inc., 5 Industrial
Park Drive, Oxford, MS 38655, 662–
236–2609.
Gamma-Dynacare Medical
Laboratories,* A Division of the
Gamma-Dynacare Laboratory
Partnership, 245 Pall Mall Street,
London, ONT, Canada N6A 1P4, 519–
679–1630.
Laboratory Corporation of America
Holdings, 7207 N. Gessner Road,
Houston, TX 77040, 713–856–8288/
800–800–2387.
Laboratory Corporation of America
Holdings, 69 First Ave., Raritan, NJ
08869, 908–526–2400/800–437–4986,
(Formerly: Roche Biomedical
Laboratories, Inc.).
Laboratory Corporation of America
Holdings, 1904 Alexander Drive,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709,
Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities
(IITF)
None.
* The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) voted
to end its Laboratory Accreditation Program for
Substance Abuse (LAPSA) effective May 12, 1998.
Laboratories certified through that program were
accredited to conduct forensic urine drug testing as
required by U.S. Department of Transportation
(DOT) regulations. As of that date, the certification
of those accredited Canadian laboratories will
continue under DOT authority. The responsibility
for conducting quarterly performance testing plus
periodic on-site inspections of those LAPSAaccredited laboratories was transferred to the U.S.
HHS, with the HHS’ NLCP contractor continuing to
have an active role in the performance testing and
laboratory inspection processes. Other Canadian
laboratories wishing to be considered for the NLCP
may apply directly to the NLCP contractor just as
U.S. laboratories do.
Upon finding a Canadian laboratory to be
qualified, HHS will recommend that DOT certify
the laboratory (Federal Register, July 16, 1996) as
meeting the minimum standards of the Mandatory
Guidelines published in the Federal Register on
April 30, 2010 (75 FR 22809). After receiving DOT
certification, the laboratory will be included in the
monthly list of HHS-certified laboratories and
participate in the NLCP certification maintenance
program.
Laboratories
ACL Laboratories, 8901 W. Lincoln
Ave., West Allis, WI 53227, 414–328–
7840/800–877–7016, (Formerly:
Bayshore Clinical Laboratory).
ACM Medical Laboratory, Inc., 160
Elmgrove Park, Rochester, NY 14624,
585–429–2264.
Advanced Toxicology Network, 3560
Air Center Cove, Suite 101, Memphis,
TN 38118, 901–794–5770/888–290–
1150.
Aegis Analytical Laboratories, 345 Hill
Ave., Nashville, TN 37210, 615–255–
2400, (Formerly: Aegis Sciences
Corporation, Aegis Analytical
Laboratories, Inc.).
Alere Toxicology Services, 1111 Newton
St., Gretna, LA 70053, 504–361–8989/
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2012-5151]
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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: National Mental Health Services Survey (N-MHSS) (OMB
No. 0930-0119)--Revision
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA), Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ),
is requesting approval for a revision to the National Mental Health
Services Survey (N-MHSS) (OMB No. 0930-0119), which expires on February
28, 2013. The N-MHSS provides national and state-level data on the
number and characteristics of mental health treatment facilities in the
United States.
An immediate need under N-MHSS in 2012 is to update the information
about facilities on SAMHSA's online Mental Health Facility Locator
(see: https://store.samhsa.gov/mhlocator), which was last updated with
information from the 2010 N-MHSS. A full N-MHSS is anticipated within
about two years, and a separate request for OMB approval will be
submitted for that collection. However, until then, an abbreviated
version of the N-MHSS will be conducted to collect only the information
needed to update the Locator, such as the facility name and address,
specific services offered, and special client groups served. The data
on the Locator are becoming outdated and need an update method. Other
fields in the full N-MHSS not needed for updating the Locator, such as
client counts and client demographics, will not be collected in the
Locator survey. In addition to the data collection for updating
facilities on the Locator, a data collection in conjunction with adding
new facilities to the Locator is being requested. Both activities will
use the same abbreviated N-MHSS-Locator instrument.
This requested revision seeks to change the content of the
currently approved full-scale N-MHSS survey instrument into an
abbreviated survey instrument, henceforth referred to as the N-MHSS-
Locator, to accommodate two related N-MHSS activities:
(1) Collection of information from the full N-MHSS universe of
mental health treatment facilities during 2012, 2013, and 2014. This
abbreviated subset of N-MHSS data will update and expand SAMHSA's
existing online Mental Health Facility Locator (see: https://store.samhsa.gov/mhlocator), which was last updated with information
from the 2010 N-MHSS; and
(2) Collection of information on newly identified facilities
throughout the year, as they are identified, so that new facilities can
quickly be added to the Locator.
The survey mode for both data collection activities will be web
with telephone follow-up.
The database resulting from the 2012 N-MHSS-Locator will be used to
update SAMHSA's online Mental Health Facility Locator and to produce a
2012 compact disk (CD) directory of facilities, both for use by
consumers and service providers. In addition, a data file derived from
the survey will be used to produce an annual report providing state and
national data on the number and types of treatment facilities and
services. The annual report and a public-use data file to be released
in conjunction with the report will be used by researchers, mental
health professionals, State governments, the U.S. Congress, and the
general public.
The following table summarizes the estimated response burden for
the two survey activities:
Estimated Total Response Burden for the N-MHSS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Responses per Average hours Total hour
Type of respondent respondents respondent per response burden
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Facilities in annual N-MHSS-Locator universe.... 15,000 1 .42 6,300
Newly identified facilities \1\................. 1,500 1 .42 630
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Total Facilities............................ 16,500 .............. .............. 6,930
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\1\ Collection of information on newly identified facilities throughout the year, as they are identified, so
that new facilities can quickly be added to the Locator.
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 8-1099, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 or email a copy
to summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov. Written comments must be received before
60 days after the date of the publication in the Federal Register.
Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2012-5151 Filed 3-1-12; 8:45 am]
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