[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 236 (Wednesday, December 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76554-76556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31024]
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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.
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Project: Transformation Accountability Reporting System--(OMB No. 0930-
0285)--Revision
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:
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
Type of response respondents respondent responses response burden
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Client-level baseline interview. 35,845 1 35,854 0.45 16,130
Client-level 6-month 23,658 1 23,658 0.45 10,646
reassessment interview \1\.....
Client-level discharge interview 10,753 1 10,753 0.45 4,838
\2\............................
PBHCI- Section H Form Only 14,000 1 14,000 .08 1,120
Baseline.......................
PBHCI- Section H Form Only 9,240 1 9,240 .08 739
Follow-Up \3\..................
PBHCI--Section H Form Only 4,200 1 4,200 .08 336
Discharge \4\..................
HIV Continuum of Care Specific 200 1 200 0.33 66
Form Baseline..................
HIV Continuum of Care Follow-Up 148 1 148 .033 49
\5\............................
HIV Continuum of Care Discharge 104 1 104 0.33 34
\6\............................
Infrastructure development, 982 4.0 3928 2.0 7,856
prevention, and mental health
promotion quarterly record
abstraction \7\................
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Total....................... 36,827 .............. 102,139 .............. 48,814
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Note: Numbers may not add to the totals due to rounding and some individual participants completing more than
one form.
\1\ It is estimated that 66% of baseline clients will complete this interview.
\2\ It is estimated that 30% of baseline clients will complete this interview.
\3\ It is estimated that 74% of baseline clients will complete this interview.
\4\ It is estimated that 52% of baseline clients will complete this interview.
\5\ It is estimated that 52% of baseline clients will complete this interview.
\6\ It is estimated that 30% of baseline clients will complete this interview.
\7\ Grantees are required to report this information as a condition of their grant. No attrition is estimated.
Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by January 8, 2016 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
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Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, Washington, DC
20503.
Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2015-31024 Filed 12-8-15; 8:45 am]
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