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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
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Proposed Project: Substance Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
Synar Report Format, FFY 2017–2019—
(OMB No. 0930–0222)—Revision
Section 1926 of the Public Health
Service Act [42 U.S.C. 300x-26]
stipulates that funding Substance Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
(SABG) agreements for alcohol and drug
abuse programs for fiscal year 1994 and
subsequent fiscal years require states to
have in effect a law providing that it is
unlawful for any manufacturer, retailer,
or distributor of tobacco products to sell
or distribute any such product to any
individual under the age of 18. This
section further requires that states
conduct annual, random, unannounced
inspections to ensure compliance with
the law; that the state submit annually
a report describing the results of the
inspections, the activities carried out by
the state to enforce the required law, the
success the state has achieved in
reducing the availability of tobacco
products to individuals under the age of
18, and the strategies to be utilized by
the state for enforcing such law during
the fiscal year for which the grant is
sought.
Before making an award to a State
under the SABG, the Secretary must
make a determination that the state has
maintained compliance with these
requirements. If a determination is made
that the state is not in compliance,
penalties shall be applied. Penalties
ranged from 10 percent of the Block
Grant in applicable year 1 (FFY 1997
SABG Applications) to 40 percent in
applicable year 4 (FFY 2000 SABG
Applications) and subsequent years.
Respondents include the 50 states, the
District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,
the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, Palau, Micronesia, and
the Marshall Islands.
Regulations that implement this
legislation are at 45 CFR 96.130, are
approved by OMB under control
number 0930–0163, and require that
each state submit an annual Synar
report to the Secretary describing their
progress in complying with section 1926
of the PHS Act. The Synar report, due
December 31 following the fiscal year
for which the state is reporting,
describes the results of the inspections
and the activities carried out by the state
to enforce the required law; the success
the state has achieved in reducing the
availability of tobacco products to
individuals under the age of 18; and the
strategies to be utilized by the state for
enforcing such law during the fiscal
year for which the grant is sought.
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SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse
Prevention will request OMB approval
of revisions to the current report format
associated with Section 1926 (42 U.S.C.
300x–26). The report format is not
changing significantly. Any changes in
either formatting or content are being
made to simplify the reporting process
for the states and to clarify the
information as the states report it; both
outcomes will facilitate consistent,
credible, and efficient monitoring of
Synar compliance across the states. All
of the information required in the new
report format is already being collected
by the states. Specific changes are listed
below:
Clarification Changes
To decrease the need for
supplemental questions and reporting,
additional instruction has been
included in 3 portions of the report.
In Section I (Compliance Progress),
the following clarification changes are
being made with respect to the Annual
Synar Report:
Question 1b: Changes to state law—
This question asks about changes in
state laws that impact the state’s
protocol for conducting Synar
inspections and has been edited to
include an option for changes to state
law concerning changes in the
definition of tobacco products. Many
states are changing the definition of
tobacco products in their state laws to
include electronic nicotine delivery
systems, which would impact the types
of products that could be included in
Synar surveys.
Question 1c: Changes to state law—
This question asks about changes to
state youth access to tobacco laws and
has been edited to include an option for
changes to state law concerning
additional product categories to their
youth tobacco access law. While some
states have changed the definition in the
state law to include electronic nicotine
delivery systems, smokeless tobacco,
and other tobacco products, other states
have added these products as additional
product categories in addition to
tobacco products.
Question 2: Describe how the Annual
Synar Report and the state plan were
made public prior to submission of the
ASR. This question asks states to
describe how they make their ASR
public prior to submission. States have
been asked to provide a Web address
and the date the ASR was posted to that
Web address if they choose to post the
ASR on an agency Web site. The ASR
format has been clarified to provide a
separate text box to enter both of these
pieces of information.
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Questions 4d–f—Coordination with
Agency that Receives the FDA State
Enforcement Contract – These closeended questions ask the state to list the
agency that is under contract to the FDA
to enforce federal youth access laws, to
describe the relationship between the
state’s Synar program and this agency,
and to identify if the state uses data
from the FDA enforcement inspections
for the Synar survey. This question has
been edited to include skip logic and
response options if a state does not have
a current contract with the FDA.
Questions 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f:
Enforcement Agencies, Evidence of
Enforcement and Frequency of
Enforcement—These questions have
been clarified so it is clear that they
refer to enforcement of state youth
access laws, and not federal or local
youth access laws. In addition, these
questions have been re-ordered (but the
wording has not been changed) to
improve logical flow of the questions. In
addition, question 5e has been edited to
include separate response options to
allow states to describe each of the
additional activities listed in the
question stem to encourage states to
describe each of those activities fully.
In Section II (Intended Use), the
following clarification change is being
made:
Question 3—State Challenges: This
question asks states to identify and
describe their challenges in
implementing the Synar program. This
question has been edited to include
separate response options to allow states
to describe each of the challenges listed
in the question stem to encourage states
to describe each of the challenges fully
and to make targeted technical
assistance requests.
In Appendix C (Synar Survey
Inspection Protocol Summary), the
following change is being made:
Title: The title of this Appendix has
been edited to reflect that it is the
summary of the state’s inspection
protocol and that the Appendix itself is
not detailed enough to serve as the
entirety of the state’s inspection
protocol.
Questions 4—Type of Tobacco
Products—These questions, which ask
the state to define the type of tobacco
products requested during Synar
inspections and to describe the protocol
for tobacco type selection, have been
edited to separate the options of
including small cigars and cigarillos and
to add the option of including electronic
nicotine delivery systems or electronic
cigarettes.
Questions 5a and b—The previous
question 5 has been separated into two
sections to provide ensure states are
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able to fully describe the methods used
to recruit, select and train adult
supervisors for the survey separately
from the methods used to recruit, select,
and train youth inspectors.
Content Changes
The content of the Synar Report has
changed little. The content changes that
have been made address the need to (1)
clarify the intent of information
requested via the addition of clarifying
questions, (2) reduce the need for State
Project Officers to ask additional
questions to supplement the originally
submitted Report. These additions and
changes are essential to SAMHSA’s
ability to adequately assess state and
jurisdictional compliance with the
Synar regulation.
In Section I (Compliance Progress),
the following changes are being made
with respect to the Annual Synar
Report:
Question 6: Changes to the sampling
methodology—This question asks states
if their sampling methodology has
changed from the previous year. If there
has been a change, a sub-question has
been added to document how that
change was communicated to SAMHSA.
Since this change requires prior
approval, a state who has not received
prior approval will have the opportunity
to discuss the process that was used to
determine a change needed to be made.
Question 9: Changes to the inspection
protocol—This question asks states if
their inspection protocol has changed
from the previous year. If there has been
a change, a sub-question has been added
to document how that change was
communicated to SAMHSA. Since this
change requires prior approval, a state
who has not received prior approval
will have the opportunity to discuss the
process that was used to determine a
change needed to be made. Existing
questions 9a, 9b, and 9c have been
renumbered to account for this new subquestion.
In Appendix B (Synar Survey
Sampling Methodology), the following
changes are being made:
Question 4—Vending machine
inclusion in Synar Survey—This
question, which asks if vending
machines are included in the Synar
survey and the reasons for their
elimination if they are not included.
Because many states have a contract
with the FDA and is actively enforcing
the vending machine requirements of
the Family Smoking Prevention and
Tobacco Control Act, some states that
include vending machines in their
sampling protocols do not sample any
because there are few eligible vending
machines remaining on their list frame.
A second part has been added to this
question to determine how vending
machines are sampled.
There are no changes to Forms 1–5 or
Appendix D.
ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN
Number of
respondents 1
45 CFR Citation
Responses
per
respondents
Total number
of responses
Hours per
response
Total hour
burden
Annual Report (Section 1—States and Territories)
96.130(e)(1–3) ..................................................................
State Plan (Section II—States and Territories)
96.130(e)(4,5) 96.130(g) ..................................................
59
1
59
15
885
59
1
59
3
177
Total ..............................................................................
59
........................
........................
........................
1,062
1 Red
Lake Indian Tribe is not subject to tobacco requirements.
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.
Written comments should be received
by February 26, 2016.
Summer King,
Statistician.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
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In compliance with Section
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opportunity for public comment on
proposed collections of information, the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
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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.
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Proposed Project: Now Is the Time
(NITT)—Minority Fellowship Program
(MFP) Evaluation—New
SAMHSA is conducting a national
evaluation of the Now is the Time
(NITT) initiative, which includes
separate programs—the Minority
Fellowship Program-Youth (MFP–Y),
the Minority Fellowship ProgramAddiction Counselors (MFP–AC),
Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness
and Resilience in Education)-State
Educational Agency, and Healthy
Transitions. These programs are united
by their focus on capacity building,
system change, and workforce
development.
The NITT–MFP (Youth and Addiction
Counselors) programs, which are the
focus of this data collection, represent a
response to the fourth component of
President Obama’s NITT Initiative:
increasing access to mental health/
behavioral health services. The purpose
of the NITT–MFP programs is to
improve behavioral health care
outcomes for underserved racially and
ethnically diverse populations by
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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.
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Proposed Project: Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
Synar Report Format, FFY 2017-2019--(OMB No. 0930-0222)--Revision
Section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 300x-26]
stipulates that funding Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block
Grant (SABG) agreements for alcohol and drug abuse programs for fiscal
year 1994 and subsequent fiscal years require states to have in effect
a law providing that it is unlawful for any manufacturer, retailer, or
distributor of tobacco products to sell or distribute any such product
to any individual under the age of 18. This section further requires
that states conduct annual, random, unannounced inspections to ensure
compliance with the law; that the state submit annually a report
describing the results of the inspections, the activities carried out
by the state to enforce the required law, the success the state has
achieved in reducing the availability of tobacco products to
individuals under the age of 18, and the strategies to be utilized by
the state for enforcing such law during the fiscal year for which the
grant is sought.
Before making an award to a State under the SABG, the Secretary
must make a determination that the state has maintained compliance with
these requirements. If a determination is made that the state is not in
compliance, penalties shall be applied. Penalties ranged from 10
percent of the Block Grant in applicable year 1 (FFY 1997 SABG
Applications) to 40 percent in applicable year 4 (FFY 2000 SABG
Applications) and subsequent years. Respondents include the 50 states,
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, Palau, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands.
Regulations that implement this legislation are at 45 CFR 96.130,
are approved by OMB under control number 0930-0163, and require that
each state submit an annual Synar report to the Secretary describing
their progress in complying with section 1926 of the PHS Act. The Synar
report, due December 31 following the fiscal year for which the state
is reporting, describes the results of the inspections and the
activities carried out by the state to enforce the required law; the
success the state has achieved in reducing the availability of tobacco
products to individuals under the age of 18; and the strategies to be
utilized by the state for enforcing such law during the fiscal year for
which the grant is sought. SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse
Prevention will request OMB approval of revisions to the current report
format associated with Section 1926 (42 U.S.C. 300x-26). The report
format is not changing significantly. Any changes in either formatting
or content are being made to simplify the reporting process for the
states and to clarify the information as the states report it; both
outcomes will facilitate consistent, credible, and efficient monitoring
of Synar compliance across the states. All of the information required
in the new report format is already being collected by the states.
Specific changes are listed below:
Clarification Changes
To decrease the need for supplemental questions and reporting,
additional instruction has been included in 3 portions of the report.
In Section I (Compliance Progress), the following clarification
changes are being made with respect to the Annual Synar Report:
Question 1b: Changes to state law--This question asks about changes
in state laws that impact the state's protocol for conducting Synar
inspections and has been edited to include an option for changes to
state law concerning changes in the definition of tobacco products.
Many states are changing the definition of tobacco products in their
state laws to include electronic nicotine delivery systems, which would
impact the types of products that could be included in Synar surveys.
Question 1c: Changes to state law--This question asks about changes
to state youth access to tobacco laws and has been edited to include an
option for changes to state law concerning additional product
categories to their youth tobacco access law. While some states have
changed the definition in the state law to include electronic nicotine
delivery systems, smokeless tobacco, and other tobacco products, other
states have added these products as additional product categories in
addition to tobacco products.
Question 2: Describe how the Annual Synar Report and the state plan
were made public prior to submission of the ASR. This question asks
states to describe how they make their ASR public prior to submission.
States have been asked to provide a Web address and the date the ASR
was posted to that Web address if they choose to post the ASR on an
agency Web site. The ASR format has been clarified to provide a
separate text box to enter both of these pieces of information.
Questions 4d-f--Coordination with Agency that Receives the FDA
State Enforcement Contract - These close-ended questions ask the state
to list the agency that is under contract to the FDA to enforce federal
youth access laws, to describe the relationship between the state's
Synar program and this agency, and to identify if the state uses data
from the FDA enforcement inspections for the Synar survey. This
question has been edited to include skip logic and response options if
a state does not have a current contract with the FDA.
Questions 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f: Enforcement Agencies, Evidence of
Enforcement and Frequency of Enforcement--These questions have been
clarified so it is clear that they refer to enforcement of state youth
access laws, and not federal or local youth access laws. In addition,
these questions have been re-ordered (but the wording has not been
changed) to improve logical flow of the questions. In addition,
question 5e has been edited to include separate response options to
allow states to describe each of the additional activities listed in
the question stem to encourage states to describe each of those
activities fully.
In Section II (Intended Use), the following clarification change is
being made:
Question 3--State Challenges: This question asks states to identify
and describe their challenges in implementing the Synar program. This
question has been edited to include separate response options to allow
states to describe each of the challenges listed in the question stem
to encourage states to describe each of the challenges fully and to
make targeted technical assistance requests.
In Appendix C (Synar Survey Inspection Protocol Summary), the
following change is being made:
Title: The title of this Appendix has been edited to reflect that
it is the summary of the state's inspection protocol and that the
Appendix itself is not detailed enough to serve as the entirety of the
state's inspection protocol.
Questions 4--Type of Tobacco Products--These questions, which ask
the state to define the type of tobacco products requested during Synar
inspections and to describe the protocol for tobacco type selection,
have been edited to separate the options of including small cigars and
cigarillos and to add the option of including electronic nicotine
delivery systems or electronic cigarettes.
Questions 5a and b--The previous question 5 has been separated into
two sections to provide ensure states are
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able to fully describe the methods used to recruit, select and train
adult supervisors for the survey separately from the methods used to
recruit, select, and train youth inspectors.
Content Changes
The content of the Synar Report has changed little. The content
changes that have been made address the need to (1) clarify the intent
of information requested via the addition of clarifying questions, (2)
reduce the need for State Project Officers to ask additional questions
to supplement the originally submitted Report. These additions and
changes are essential to SAMHSA's ability to adequately assess state
and jurisdictional compliance with the Synar regulation.
In Section I (Compliance Progress), the following changes are being
made with respect to the Annual Synar Report:
Question 6: Changes to the sampling methodology--This question asks
states if their sampling methodology has changed from the previous
year. If there has been a change, a sub-question has been added to
document how that change was communicated to SAMHSA. Since this change
requires prior approval, a state who has not received prior approval
will have the opportunity to discuss the process that was used to
determine a change needed to be made.
Question 9: Changes to the inspection protocol--This question asks
states if their inspection protocol has changed from the previous year.
If there has been a change, a sub-question has been added to document
how that change was communicated to SAMHSA. Since this change requires
prior approval, a state who has not received prior approval will have
the opportunity to discuss the process that was used to determine a
change needed to be made. Existing questions 9a, 9b, and 9c have been
renumbered to account for this new sub-question.
In Appendix B (Synar Survey Sampling Methodology), the following
changes are being made:
Question 4--Vending machine inclusion in Synar Survey--This
question, which asks if vending machines are included in the Synar
survey and the reasons for their elimination if they are not included.
Because many states have a contract with the FDA and is actively
enforcing the vending machine requirements of the Family Smoking
Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, some states that include vending
machines in their sampling protocols do not sample any because there
are few eligible vending machines remaining on their list frame. A
second part has been added to this question to determine how vending
machines are sampled.
There are no changes to Forms 1-5 or Appendix D.
Annual Reporting Burden
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Number of
45 CFR Citation respondents Responses per Total number Hours per Total hour
\1\ respondents of responses response burden
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Annual Report (Section 1--States 59 1 59 15 885
and Territories) 96.130(e)(1-3)
State Plan (Section II--States 59 1 59 3 177
and Territories) 96.130(e)(4,5)
96.130(g)......................
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Total....................... 59 .............. .............. .............. 1,062
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\1\ Red Lake Indian Tribe is not subject to tobacco requirements.
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. Written comments should be received by
February 26, 2016.
Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2015-32558 Filed 12-24-15; 8:45 am]
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