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Responses
per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Instrument/activity
Total
response
numbers
Total
response
numbers
Total
burden
hours
Hours per
response
Interaction Form (Client) ......................
Treatment Focus Group (Client) ..........
500
45
1
2
500
90
500
90
.42
1.0
210
90
Client Sub-total .............................
Executives and Project Director/Program Manager (Semi-Structured
Interviews) ........................................
Executives and Project Director/Program Manager (Progress Report) ....
Direct Staff (Semi-Structured Interviews) ...............................................
Community Collaborators (Semi-Structured Interviews) ...............................
2,045
........................
........................
........................
..........................
930
10
1
10
10
.75
5
1
5
5
10
1
10
10
10
1
10
10
Staff Sub-total ...............................
35
........................
........................
........................
..........................
40
Total .......................................
2,080
........................
........................
........................
..........................
970
Send comments to Summer King,
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 2–1057, One Choke Cherry Road,
Rockville, MD 20857 OR email her a
copy at summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov.
Written comments should be received
by December 7, 2015.
Summer King,
Statistician.
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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.
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Project: Behavioral Health Information
Technologies and Standards—In-Depth
Qualitative Data Collection Activity—
NEW
The Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse
Treatment (CSAT) and Center for
Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality
(CBHSQ) are proposing to conduct
qualitative data collection activities (i.e.,
focus group and site visits) to assess
health information technology (HIT)
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adoption practices among SAMHSA
grantees. As part of its Strategic
Initiative to advance the use of health
information technologies to support
integrated behavioral health care,
SAMHSA has been working to develop
questions that will examine HIT
adoption by behavioral health service
providers who are implementing
SAMHSA grant programs. The selected
programs are funded by the by the
Center for Mental Health Services
(CMHS), the Center for Substance Abuse
Prevention (CSAP), and (CSAT).
This project seeks to expand data
necessary to inform the Agency’s
strategic initiative that focuses on
fostering the adoption of health
information technologies in community
behavioral health services. The
qualitative activities will elicit success
stories, challenges to adopting health
information technologies, and lessons
learned regarding SAMHSA grantee
access to and use of health information
technology and will provide valuable
information to inform the behavioral
health information technology
literature.
Approval of this data collection effort
by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) will allow SAMHSA to
identify the current status of health
information technology adoption and
use among a select group of grantees
who have demonstrated success in at
least one of the identified health
information technology categories:
Certified electronic health records,
telehealth technologies, mobile health,
and social media-based consumer
engagement tools. Data from the focus
groups and site visits will allow
SAMHSA to enhance the health
information technology-related
programmatic activities among its
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grantees by providing data on how
health information technologies
facilitate the implementation of
different types of SAMHSA grants;
thereby fostering the appropriate
adoption of health information
technologies within SAMSHA-funded
programs.
Ten (10) respective focus groups and
site visit sessions will collect qualitative
data to provide a snapshot view of the
current state of health information
technology adoption. The focus groups
will include up to six participations per
session and will be representative of the
ten Department of Health and Human
Services Regions. Site visit participants
will be selected from among SAMHSAfunded grant programs and non-profit
community behavioral health providers
nominated by Project Officers as
exemplars in the field of health
information technologies, with
recognized success in at least one of the
four health information technology
domain categories.
The proposed ten (10) in-person focus
group sessions will not exceed 90minutes in duration and will be limited
to no less than six (6) and no more than
(8) participants. The proposed ten (10)
in-person site visit sessions will not
exceed eight (8) hours in duration and
will include, on average two (2)
participants at any one time during the
visit. The focus group and site visit
sessions are expected to occur between
the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and
will allow sufficient time for food and
personal breaks. The total estimated
burden to participate in the focus
groups is 120 hours. The total estimated
burden to participate in the site visits is
160 hours. The following table
summarizes the estimated participation
burden:
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FOCUS GROUP AND SITE VISIT ESTIMATED ANNUAL HOUR BURDEN
Number of
responses
annually per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Activity
Total
responses
Average hours
per response
Total burden
hours
Focus group .......................................................................
Site Visits ...........................................................................
80
20
1
1
80
20
1.5
8
120
160
Total ............................................................................
100
........................
100
..........................
280
Written comments and
recommendations concerning the
proposed information collection should
be sent by November 9, 2015 to the
SAMHSA Desk Officer at the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). To ensure timely receipt of
comments, and to avoid potential delays
in OMB’s receipt and processing of mail
sent through the U.S. Postal Service,
commenters are encouraged to submit
their comments to OMB via email to:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
Although commenters are encouraged to
send their comments via email,
commenters may also fax their
comments to: 202–395–7285.
Commenters may also mail them to:
Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, New Executive Office Building,
Room 10102, Washington, DC 20503.
Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2015–25660 Filed 10–7–15; 8:45 am]
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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
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
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: National Survey of Substance
Abuse Treatment Services (N–SSATS)
(OMB No. 0930–0106)—Revision
The Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) is requesting a revision of
the National Survey of Substance Abuse
Treatment (N–SSATS) data collection
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(OMB No. 0930–0106), which expires
on January 31, 2016. N–SSATS provides
both national and state-level data on the
numbers and types of patients treated
and the characteristics of facilities
providing substance abuse treatment
services. It is conducted under the
authority of Section 505 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa–4)
to meet the specific mandates for annual
information about public and private
substance abuse treatment providers
and the clients they serve.
This request includes:
• Collection of N–SSATS, which is an
annual survey of substance abuse
treatment facilities; and
• Updating of the Inventory of
Behavioral Health Services (I–BHS)
which is the facility universe for the N–
SSATS as well as the annual survey of
mental health treatment facilities, the
National Mental Health Services Survey
(N–MHSS). The I–BHS includes all
substance abuse treatment and mental
health treatment facilities known to
SAMHSA. (The N–MHSS data
collection is covered under OMB No.
0930–0119.)
The information in I–BHS and N–
SSATS is needed to assess the nature
and extent of these resources, to identify
gaps in services, and to provide a
database for treatment referrals. Both I–
BHS and N–SSATS are components of
the Behavioral Health Services
Information System (BHSIS).
The request for OMB approval will
include a request to update the I–BHS
facility listing on a continuous basis and
to conduct the N–SSATS and the
between cycle N–SSATS (N–SSATS BC)
in 2016, 2017, and 2018. The N–SSATS
BC is a procedure for collecting services
data from newly identified facilities
between main cycles of the survey and
will be used to improve the listing of
treatment facilities in the online
Behavioral Health Treatment Services
Locator.
Planned Changes
I–BHS: No changes.
N–SSATS: The N–SSATS with client
counts will continue to be conducted in
alternate years, as in the past with an
alternate version of the N–SSATS
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questionnaire that includes workforce
questions as well as questions to update
the Treatment Locator conducted in the
interim years.
Version B (2016 and 2018)
The workforce questions will be
conducted in even years in place of the
‘‘locator’’ version of N–SSATS that was
completed in even years previously.
The following questions have been
deleted:
Questions on religious affiliation,
standard operating procedures, how
(paper/electronic/both) a facility
performs selected activities, questions
about reporting client counts, including
how the facility will complete client
counts; number of facilities in client
counts; names and addresses of
additional facilities reported for;
number of hospital inpatient client
counts by category, by number under
age 18, number receiving methadone,
buprenorphine, or Vivitrol®, and
number of dedicated beds; number of
residential client counts by category, by
number under age 18, and number
receiving methadone, buprenorphine, or
Vivitrol®, and number of dedicated
beds; number of outpatient client counts
by category, by number under age 18,
and number receiving methadone,
buprenorphine, or Vivitrol®, and
capacity indicator; type of substance
abuse problem, percent of co-occurring
clients; and 12-month admissions, and
the National Provider Identifier (NPI).
The following questions have been
added:
A new question has been added to
ascertain the numbers of types of
workforce staff and the average number
of hours worked per week for each type
of staff. Three questions, one for each of
the major types of treatment (hospital
inpatient, residential, and outpatient)
have been added asking for an overall
number of active clients on the survey
reference date; the purpose is to provide
an indication of size of facility for
analysis of the added workforce
questions.
A question asking overall numbers of
active clients in the facility that
received methadone, buprenorphine, or
Vivitrol® for detoxification or
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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: Behavioral Health Information Technologies and Standards--In-
Depth Qualitative Data Collection Activity--NEW
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) and Center for
Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ) are proposing to
conduct qualitative data collection activities (i.e., focus group and
site visits) to assess health information technology (HIT) adoption
practices among SAMHSA grantees. As part of its Strategic Initiative to
advance the use of health information technologies to support
integrated behavioral health care, SAMHSA has been working to develop
questions that will examine HIT adoption by behavioral health service
providers who are implementing SAMHSA grant programs. The selected
programs are funded by the by the Center for Mental Health Services
(CMHS), the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), and (CSAT).
This project seeks to expand data necessary to inform the Agency's
strategic initiative that focuses on fostering the adoption of health
information technologies in community behavioral health services. The
qualitative activities will elicit success stories, challenges to
adopting health information technologies, and lessons learned regarding
SAMHSA grantee access to and use of health information technology and
will provide valuable information to inform the behavioral health
information technology literature.
Approval of this data collection effort by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) will allow SAMHSA to identify the current status of
health information technology adoption and use among a select group of
grantees who have demonstrated success in at least one of the
identified health information technology categories: Certified
electronic health records, telehealth technologies, mobile health, and
social media-based consumer engagement tools. Data from the focus
groups and site visits will allow SAMHSA to enhance the health
information technology-related programmatic activities among its
grantees by providing data on how health information technologies
facilitate the implementation of different types of SAMHSA grants;
thereby fostering the appropriate adoption of health information
technologies within SAMSHA-funded programs.
Ten (10) respective focus groups and site visit sessions will
collect qualitative data to provide a snapshot view of the current
state of health information technology adoption. The focus groups will
include up to six participations per session and will be representative
of the ten Department of Health and Human Services Regions. Site visit
participants will be selected from among SAMHSA-funded grant programs
and non-profit community behavioral health providers nominated by
Project Officers as exemplars in the field of health information
technologies, with recognized success in at least one of the four
health information technology domain categories.
The proposed ten (10) in-person focus group sessions will not
exceed 90-minutes in duration and will be limited to no less than six
(6) and no more than (8) participants. The proposed ten (10) in-person
site visit sessions will not exceed eight (8) hours in duration and
will include, on average two (2) participants at any one time during
the visit. The focus group and site visit sessions are expected to
occur between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and will allow
sufficient time for food and personal breaks. The total estimated
burden to participate in the focus groups is 120 hours. The total
estimated burden to participate in the site visits is 160 hours. The
following table summarizes the estimated participation burden:
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Focus Group and Site Visit Estimated Annual Hour Burden
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Number of
Number of responses Total Average hours Total burden
Activity respondents annually per responses per response hours
respondent
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Focus group.................... 80 1 80 1.5 120
Site Visits.................... 20 1 20 8 160
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Total...................... 100 .............. 100 ............... 280
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by November 9, 2015 to the SAMHSA
Desk Officer at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). To ensure timely receipt of
comments, and to avoid potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing
of mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service, commenters are encouraged
to submit their comments to OMB via email to:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. Although commenters are encouraged to send
their comments via email, commenters may also fax their comments to:
202-395-7285. Commenters may also mail them to: Office of Management
and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, New Executive
Office Building, Room 10102, Washington, DC 20503.
Summer King,
Statistician.
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