[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 87 (Friday, May 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26559-26560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10759]
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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: 2012 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: http://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on the Locator are becoming outdated and need an update method.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
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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: http://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
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Number of Responses per Average hours Total hour
Type of respondent respondents respondent per response burden
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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.
Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by June 4, 2012 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. 2012-10759 Filed 5-3-12; 8:45 am]
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