[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 180 (Monday, September 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57099-57100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22822]


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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: Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS)--New

    The Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) is a compilation of client-
level substance abuse treatment admission and discharge data submitted 
by States on clients treated in facilities that receive State funds. 
TEDS is related to SAMHSA's Drug and Alcohol Services Information 
System (DASIS) (now the Behavioral Health Services Information System 
(BHSIS)), and was previously approved as part of the DASIS data 
collection (OMB No. 0930-0106). SAMHSA is now requesting OMB approval 
for TEDS separately from the other DASIS/BHSIS activities.
    The BHSIS data collections involve primarily facility-level data 
systems, including the Inventory of Behavioral Health Services (I-BHS), 
which is an inventory of substance abuse and mental health treatment 
facilities, the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services 
(N-SSATS), and the National Mental Health Services Survey (NMHSS, OMB 
No. 0930-0119). The N-SSATS and NMHSS are census surveys of treatment 
facilities. In contrast, TEDS is a client-level data system that 
collects admission and discharge records from state substance abuse 
agencies. Therefore, SAMHSA is requesting OMB approval for the TEDS 
client-level data collection separately from the BHSIS facility-related 
activities.
    TEDS data are collected to obtain information on the number of 
admissions and discharges at publicly-funded substance abuse treatment 
facilities and on the characteristics of clients receiving services at 
those facilities. TEDS also monitors trends in the demographic and 
substance use characteristics of treatment admissions. In addition, 
several of the data elements used to calculate performance measures for 
the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant are 
collected in TEDS.
    This request for OMB approval includes a request to continue the 
collection of TEDS client-level admissions and discharge data. Most 
states collect the TEDS data elements from their treatment providers 
for their own administrative purposes and are able to submit a crossed-
walked extract of their data to TEDS. No significant changes are 
expected in the TEDS collection (other than recording the TEDS burden 
hours separately from the DASIS/BHSIS burden hours.)
    Estimated annual burden for the TEDS activities is shown below:

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Total burden
         Type of respondent and activity            respondents     respondent       response          hours
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STATES:
    TEDS Admission Data.........................              52               4            6.25           1,300
    TEDS Discharge Data.........................              52               4            8.25           1,716
    TEDS Crosswalks.............................               5               1           10                 50
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        Total...................................              52  ..............  ..............           3,066
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by October 17, 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: [email protected]. 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. 2012-22822 Filed 9-14-12; 8:45 am]
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