[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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