[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 60 (Friday, March 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 17554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06900]
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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: Access to Recovery (ATR) Program (OMB No. 0930-0266)--
Extension
The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is charged with the
Access to Recovery (ATR) program which will allow grantees (States,
Territories, the District of Columbia and Tribal Organizations) a means
to implement voucher programs for substance abuse clinical treatment
and recovery support services. The ATR program is part of a
Presidential initiative to: (1) Provide client choice among substance
abuse clinical treatment and recovery support service providers, (2)
expand access to a comprehensive array of clinical treatment and
recovery support options (including faith-based programmatic options),
and (3) increase substance abuse treatment capacity. Monitoring
outcomes, tracking costs, and preventing waste, fraud and abuse to
ensure accountability and effectiveness in the use of Federal funds are
also important elements of the ATR program. Grantees, as a contingency
of their award, are responsible for collecting Voucher Information (VI)
and Voucher Transaction (VT) data from their clients.
The primary purpose of this data collection activity is to meet the
reporting requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act
(GPRA) by allowing SAMHSA to quantify the effects and accomplishments
of SAMHSA programs. The following table is an estimated annual response
burden for this effort.
Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden
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Number of Responses per Hours per Total hour
Center/form/respondent type respondent respondent Total responses response burden
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Voucher information and transaction................................ 53,333 1.5 80,000 .03 2,400
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by April 28, 2014 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. 2014-06900 Filed 3-27-14; 8:45 am]
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