[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11667-11670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03622]
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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
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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: Transformation Accountability Reporting System--(OMB No. 0930-
0285) --Extension
The Transformation Accountability (TRAC) Reporting System is a
real-time, performance management system that captures information on
the substance abuse treatment and mental health services delivered in
the United States. A wide range of client and program information is
captured through TRAC for approximately 700 grantees. This request
includes an extension of the currently approved data collection effort.
This information collection will allow SAMHSA to continue to meet
the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 reporting
requirements that quantify the effects and accomplishments of its
programs, which are consistent with OMB guidance. In order to carry out
section 1105(a) (29) of GPRA, SAMHSA is required to prepare a
performance plan for its major programs of activity. This plan must:
Establish performance goals to define the level of
performance to be achieved by a program activity;
Express such goals in an objective, quantifiable, and
measurable form;
Briefly describe the operational processes, skills and
technology, and the human, capital, information, or other resources
required to meet the performance goals;
Establish performance indicators to be used in measuring
or assessing the relevant outputs, service levels, and outcomes of each
program activity;
Provide a basis for comparing actual program results with
the established performance goals; and
Describe the means to be used to verify and validate
measured values.
In addition, this data collection supports the GPRA Modernization
Act of 2010 which requires overall organization management to improve
agency performance and achieve the mission and goals of the agency
through the use of strategic and performance planning, measurement,
analysis, regular assessment of progress, and use of performance
information to improve the results achieved. Specifically, this data
collection will allow CMHS to have the capacity to report on a
consistent set of performance measures across its various grant
programs that conduct each of these activities. SAMHSA's legislative
mandate is to increase access to high quality substance abuse and
mental health prevention and treatment services and to improve
outcomes. Its mission is to improve the quality and availability of
treatment and prevention services for substance abuse and mental
illness. To support this mission, the Agency's overarching goals are:
Accountability--Establish systems to ensure program
performance measurement and accountability
Capacity--Build, maintain, and enhance mental health and
substance abuse infrastructure and capacity
Effectiveness--Enable all communities and providers to
deliver effective services
Each of these key goals complements SAMHSA's legislative mandate.
All of SAMHSA's programs and activities are geared toward the
achievement of these goals and performance monitoring is a
collaborative and cooperative aspect of this process. SAMHSA will
strive to coordinate the development of these goals with other ongoing
performance measurement development activities.
The total annual burden estimate is shown below:
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Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden
CMHS client outcome measures for discretionary programs
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total hour Hourly wage Total hour
Type of response respondents respondent responses response burden cost cost
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Client-level baseline interview......... 15,681 1 15,681 0.48 7,527 \1\$15 $112,903
Client-level 6-month reassessment 10,637 1 10,637 0.367 3,904 15 58,557
interview..............................
Client-level discharge interview \2\.... 4,508 1 4,508 0.367 1,776 15 26,644
Client-level baseline chart abstraction 2,352 1 2,352 0.1 235 15 3,528
\3\....................................
Client-level reassessment chart 8,703 1 8,703 0.1 870 15 13,055
abstraction \4\........................
Client-level discharge chart abstraction 8,241 1 8,241 0.1 824 15 12,362
\5\....................................
Client-level Subtotal \6\............... .............. .............. .............. .............. 15,137 15 227,048
Infrastructure development, prevention, 942 4 3,768 4 15,072 \7\ 35 527,520
and mental health promotion quarterly
record abstraction.....................
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Total............................... 16,623 .............. .............. .............. 29,298 .............. 885,135
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\1\ Based on minimum wage.
\2\ Based on an estimate that 35 percent will leave the program annually, and it will be possible to conduct discharge interviews on 40 percent of those
who leave the program.
\3\ Based on 13 percent non-response for those eligible at baseline (18,033); baselines are required for all consumers served or an admin baseline for
non-responders.
\4\ Based on 40 percent non-response for those eligible for six-month reassessment.
\5\ Based on 60 percent non-response for those discharged.
\6\ This is the maximum burden if all consumers complete the baseline and periodic reassessment interviews.
\7\ To be completed by grantee Project Directors, hence the higher hourly wage.
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by March 21, 2013 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. 2013-03622 Filed 2-15-13; 8:45 am]
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