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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 at (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
(IT).
Proposed Project: Screening, Brief
Intervention, and Referral to Treatment
(SBIRT) Cross-Site Evaluation—New
SAMHSA is conducting a cross-site
external evaluation of the impact of
programs of screening, brief
intervention (BI), brief treatment (BT),
and referral to treatment (RT) on
patients presenting at various health
care delivery units with a continuum of
severity of substance use. SAMHSA’s
SBIRT program is a cooperative
agreement grant program designed to
help states and Tribal Councils expand
the continuum of care available for
substance misuse and use disorders.
The program includes screening, BI, BT,
and RT for persons at risk for
dependence on alcohol or drugs. This
evaluation will provide a
comprehensive assessment of SBIRT
implementation; the effects of SBIRT on
patient outcomes, performance site
practices, and treatment systems; and
the sustainability of the program. This
information will allow SAMHSA to
determine the extent to which SBIRT
has met its objectives of implementing
a comprehensive system of
identification and care to meet the
needs of individuals at all points along
the substance use continuum.
To evaluate the success of SBIRT
implementation at the site level, a webbased survey will be administered to
staff in sites where SBIRT services are
being delivered—referred to as
performance sites. The Performance Site
Survey will be distributed to
individuals who directly provide SBIRT
services and staff who interact regularly
with SBIRT providers and patients
receiving SBIRT services. The types of
staff surveyed will include intake staff,
medical providers, behavioral health
providers, social workers, and
managerial and administrative staff who
oversee these staff. Since cross-site
evaluation team members will be
traveling to selected SBIRT providers
and coordinating with state and site
administrators on a yearly basis, there is
an opportunity to complete a nearcensus of all SBIRT-related staff at
performance sites with a minimal level
of burden.
The 78 question web survey includes
the collection of basic demographic
information, questions about the
organization’s readiness to implement
SBIRT, and questions about the use of
health information technology (HIT) to
deliver SBIRT services. The
demographic questions were tailored
from a previous cross-site evaluation
survey to fit the current set of cross-site
grantees. The organizational readiness
questions were developed through a
review of the extant implementation
science research literature (e.g.,
Chaudoir, Dugan, & Barr, 2013;
Damschroder et al., 2009; Garner, 2009;
Greenhalgh, MacFarlane, & Kyriakidou,
2004; Weiner, 2009; Weiner, Belden,
Bergmire, & Johnston, 2011). Based on
this review, the Organizational
Readiness for Implementation Change
(ORIC) (Shea, Jacobs, Esserman, Bruce,
& Weiner, 2014) and the
Implementation Climate Scale (ICS)
(Jacobs, Weiner, & Bunger, 2014) were
identified as the two most appropriate
instruments. In addition to questions
from these two instruments, the survey
includes questions to assess satisfaction,
capacity, and infrastructure to
implement SBIRT screening, BI, and BT.
To identify relevant HIT measures,
the cross-site evaluation team modified
measures from socio-technical
frameworks (Kling, 1980), including the
DeLone and McClean framework
(DeLone & McLean, 2004), the Public
Health Informatics Institute Framework
(PHII, 2005), and the Human
Organization and Technology (Hot)-FIT
Framework (Yusof, 2008). Across these
three frameworks, the survey captures
measures of system availability,
information availability, organizational
structure and environment, utilization,
and user satisfaction.
TOTAL BURDEN HOURS FOR THE PERFORMANCE SITE SURVEY
Number of
respondents
(a)
Respondent
Number of
responses/respondent
Hours per
response
(b)
Total number
of responses
Annual burden
hours
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Intake/front desk staff ..........................................................
Performance site administrators ..........................................
Clinical supervisors ..............................................................
Medical providers .................................................................
Behavioral health providers .................................................
Social workers ......................................................................
215
191
101
571
211
118
1
1
1
1
1
1
215
191
101
571
211
118
0.22
0.22
0.22
0.22
0.22
0.22
47.30
42.02
22.22
125.62
46.42
25.96
Total ..............................................................................
1,407
........................
1,407
........................
309.54
(a) The maximum number of annual respondents has been based on an estimates from cross-site evaluation site visits.
(b) The average burden per response was estimated based on independent review of the instrument by contractor staff.
Send comments to Summer King,
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
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Written comments should be received
by January 8, 2016.
Summer King,
Statistician.
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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
srobinson on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
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: Quarterly Progress
Reporting and Annual Indirect Services
Outcome Data Collection for the
Minority Substance Abuse/HIV
Prevention Program (MAI)—NEW
The Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse
Prevention (CSAP) is requesting
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for the collection of
quarterly progress information and
annual community-level outcome data
from CSAP’s Minority AIDS Initiative
(MAI) programs.
This data collection effort supports
two of SAMHSA’s 6 Strategic Initiatives:
Prevention of Substance Abuse and
Mental Illness and Health Care and
Health Systems Integration. The
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grantees funded by the MAI and
included in this clearance request are:
• Minority Serving Institutions (MSI)
in Partnerships with Community-Based
Organizations (CBO): 84 grantees
funded up to three years;
• Capacity Building Initiative (CBI):
74 grantees funded up to five years.
MSI CBO grantees are Historically
Black Colleges/Universities, Hispanic
Serving Institutions, American Pacific
Islander Serving Institutions, or Tribal
Colleges/Universities in partnership
with community based organizations in
their surrounding communities. MSI
CBO grantees are required to provide
integrated substance abuse (SA),
Hepatitis C (HCV), and HIV prevention
services to young adults. The CBI
grantees are community-level domestic,
public and private nonprofit entities,
federally recognized American Indian/
Alaska Native Tribes and tribal
organizations, and urban Indian
organizations. CBI grantees will use
grant funds for building a solid
infrastructure for integrated SA, HIV,
and HCV prevention service provision
and implementing evidence-based
prevention interventions using
SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention
Framework (SPF) process. The target
population for the CBI grantees will be
at-risk minority adolescents and young
adults. All MAI grantees are expected to
provide leadership and coordination on
the planning and implementation of the
SPF and to target minority populations,
as well as other high risk groups
residing in communities of color with
high prevalence of SA and HIV/AIDS.
The MAI grantees are expected to
provide an effective prevention process,
direction, and a common set of goals,
expectations, and accountabilities to be
adapted and integrated at the
community level. Grantees have
substantial flexibility in choosing their
individual evidence-based programs,
but must base this selection on and
build it into the five steps of the SPF.
These SPF steps consist of assessing
local needs, building service capacity
specific to SA and HIV prevention
services, developing a strategic
prevention plan, implementing
evidence-based interventions, and
evaluating their outcomes. Grantees are
also required to provide HIV and HCV
testing and counseling services and
referrals to appropriate treatment
options. Grantees must also conduct
ongoing monitoring and evaluation of
their projects to assess program
effectiveness including Federal
reporting of the Government
Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of
1993, The GPRA Modernization Act of
2010, SAMHSA/CSAP National
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Outcome Measures (NOMs), and the
Department of Health and Human
Services Core HIV Indicators.
The primary objectives of this data
collection effort are to:
• Ensure the correct implementation
of the five steps of the SPF process by
maintaining a continuous feedback loop
between grantees and their POs;
• Promptly respond to grantees’
needs for training and technical
assistance;
• Assess the fidelity with which the
SPF is implemented;
• Collect aggregate data on HIV
testing to fulfill SAMHSA’s reporting
and accountability obligations as
defined by the Government Performance
and Results Modernization Act (GPRA
Modernization Act) and HHS’s HIV Core
Measures;
• Assess the success of the MAI in
reducing risk factors and increasing
protective factors associated with the
transmission of the Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV),
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and other
sexually-transmitted diseases (STD);
• Measure the effectiveness of
evidence-based programs and
infrastructure development activities
such as: outreach and training,
mobilization of key stakeholders,
substance abuse and HIV/AIDS
counseling and education, testing,
referrals to appropriate medical
treatment, and other intervention
strategies (e.g., cultural enrichment
activities, educational and vocational
resources, motivational interviewing &
brief interventions, social marketing,
and computer-based curricula);
• Investigate intervention types and
features that produce the best outcomes
for specific population groups;
• Assess the extent to which access to
health care was enhanced for
population groups and individuals
vulnerable to behavioral health
disparities residing in communities
targeted by funded interventions;
These objectives support the four
primary goals of the National HIV/AIDS
Strategy which are: (1) Reducing new
HIV infections, (2) increasing access to
care and improving health outcomes for
people living with HIV/AIDS, (3)
reducing HIV-related disparities and
health inequities, and (4) achieving a
coordinated national response to the
HIV epidemic.
The Quarterly Progress Reporting
(QPR) Tool is a modular instrument
structured around the SPF. Each section
or module corresponds to a SPF step
with an additional section dedicated to
cultural competence and efforts to
address behavioral health disparities,
which is an overarching principle of the
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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 at (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 (IT).
Proposed Project: Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to
Treatment (SBIRT) Cross-Site Evaluation--New
SAMHSA is conducting a cross-site external evaluation of the impact
of programs of screening, brief intervention (BI), brief treatment
(BT), and referral to treatment (RT) on patients presenting at various
health care delivery units with a continuum of severity of substance
use. SAMHSA's SBIRT program is a cooperative agreement grant program
designed to help states and Tribal Councils expand the continuum of
care available for substance misuse and use disorders. The program
includes screening, BI, BT, and RT for persons at risk for dependence
on alcohol or drugs. This evaluation will provide a comprehensive
assessment of SBIRT implementation; the effects of SBIRT on patient
outcomes, performance site practices, and treatment systems; and the
sustainability of the program. This information will allow SAMHSA to
determine the extent to which SBIRT has met its objectives of
implementing a comprehensive system of identification and care to meet
the needs of individuals at all points along the substance use
continuum.
To evaluate the success of SBIRT implementation at the site level,
a web-based survey will be administered to staff in sites where SBIRT
services are being delivered--referred to as performance sites. The
Performance Site Survey will be distributed to individuals who directly
provide SBIRT services and staff who interact regularly with SBIRT
providers and patients receiving SBIRT services. The types of staff
surveyed will include intake staff, medical providers, behavioral
health providers, social workers, and managerial and administrative
staff who oversee these staff. Since cross-site evaluation team members
will be traveling to selected SBIRT providers and coordinating with
state and site administrators on a yearly basis, there is an
opportunity to complete a near-census of all SBIRT-related staff at
performance sites with a minimal level of burden.
The 78 question web survey includes the collection of basic
demographic information, questions about the organization's readiness
to implement SBIRT, and questions about the use of health information
technology (HIT) to deliver SBIRT services. The demographic questions
were tailored from a previous cross-site evaluation survey to fit the
current set of cross-site grantees. The organizational readiness
questions were developed through a review of the extant implementation
science research literature (e.g., Chaudoir, Dugan, & Barr, 2013;
Damschroder et al., 2009; Garner, 2009; Greenhalgh, MacFarlane, &
Kyriakidou, 2004; Weiner, 2009; Weiner, Belden, Bergmire, & Johnston,
2011). Based on this review, the Organizational Readiness for
Implementation Change (ORIC) (Shea, Jacobs, Esserman, Bruce, & Weiner,
2014) and the Implementation Climate Scale (ICS) (Jacobs, Weiner, &
Bunger, 2014) were identified as the two most appropriate instruments.
In addition to questions from these two instruments, the survey
includes questions to assess satisfaction, capacity, and infrastructure
to implement SBIRT screening, BI, and BT.
To identify relevant HIT measures, the cross-site evaluation team
modified measures from socio-technical frameworks (Kling, 1980),
including the DeLone and McClean framework (DeLone & McLean, 2004), the
Public Health Informatics Institute Framework (PHII, 2005), and the
Human Organization and Technology (Hot)-FIT Framework (Yusof, 2008).
Across these three frameworks, the survey captures measures of system
availability, information availability, organizational structure and
environment, utilization, and user satisfaction.
Total Burden Hours for the Performance Site Survey
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Number of Number of
Respondent respondents responses/ Total number Hours per Annual burden
(a) respondent of responses response (b) hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intake/front desk staff......... 215 1 215 0.22 47.30
Performance site administrators. 191 1 191 0.22 42.02
Clinical supervisors............ 101 1 101 0.22 22.22
Medical providers............... 571 1 571 0.22 125.62
Behavioral health providers..... 211 1 211 0.22 46.42
Social workers.................. 118 1 118 0.22 25.96
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Total....................... 1,407 .............. 1,407 .............. 309.54
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(a) The maximum number of annual respondents has been based on an estimates from cross-site evaluation site
visits.
(b) The average burden per response was estimated based on independent review of the instrument by contractor
staff.
Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 2-1057, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 OR email a copy
to summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov.
[[Page 69234]]
Written comments should be received by January 8, 2016.
Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2015-28415 Filed 11-6-15; 8:45 am]
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