[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 189 (Friday, September 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59626-59627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23875]


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SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    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: Site Visits With Grantees Integrating HIV Primary 
Care, Substance Abuse, and Behavioral Health Services--NEW

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMSHA) is requesting approval to conduct in-person Site Visit 
Interviews with Minority AIDS Initiative--Targeted Capacity Expansion 
(MAI-TCE) Grantees Integrating HIV Primary Care, Substance Abuse, and 
Behavioral Health Services. This is a new project request targeting the 
collection of programmatic level data (e.g., services provision, 
program administration, consumer involvement, evaluation planning, 
organizational capacity) through one-on-one and group interviews and 
site assessment surveys with grantee personnel.
    The goals of the MAI-TCE project are to facilitate the development 
and expansion of culturally competent and effective integrated 
behavioral health and primary care, which include HIV services and 
medical treatment within 11 of the 12 Metropolitan Statistical Areas 
(MSAs) and Metropolitan Divisions (MDs) most heavily impacted by HIV/
AIDS. The program also supports the integration of behavioral health 
services (i.e., prevention, treatment, and substance abuse) into the 
CDC's Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Plans (ECHPP). Interviews 
conducted with MAI-TCE grantees during site visits are an integral part 
of efforts to evaluate: (1) The effectiveness of program implementation 
across the grantee sites; (2) grantee efforts to integrate behavioral 
health, substance abuse and HIV care; (3) the variety of program models 
in use across the grantee sites; and, (4) grantee efforts to engage and 
successfully reach their target populations.
    SAMHSA will conduct a total of two in-person site visits with each 
of the 11 MAI-TCE program grantees, with surveys being administered 
prior to each site visit.
    SAMHSA will conduct interviews with grantee staff who will provide 
information on their program's integration of primary care and 
behavioral health services. While participating in the evaluation is a 
condition of the grantees' funding, participating in the interview and 
survey process is voluntary. Both instruments are designed to collect 
information about: Specific program components; HIV testing integration 
challenges, successes, and lessons learned; HIV care and evidence-based 
behavioral health services for their specific populations of focus; and 
engaging consumers in the Behavioral Health and Primary Care Network 
Committee and other aspects of the project, including how cultural 
competence is operationalized.
    Below is the table of the estimated total burden hours:

                          Exhibit 1--Estimate of Reporting Burden: One Site Visit Round
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                                                   Number of     Responses per      Hour per       Total burden
             Data collection tool                 respondents     respondent        response          hours
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Interview Guide...............................             132               1              2.5            330
Assessment Form...............................              55               1               .3             18.3
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    Total.....................................           * 132               2              2.8            348.3
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* Note: The 55 respondents identified for the self-assessment are included in the 132 overall participants
  listed for the site visit protocol.


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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 2-1027, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 or email a copy 
to [email protected]. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2012-23875 Filed 9-27-12; 8:45 am]
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