[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12917-12918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05474]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed
collections of information, 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: Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration
Evaluation--NEW
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's
(SAMHSA) Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ) is
requesting approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
new data collection activities associated with their Primary and
Behavioral Health Care Integration (PBHCI) program.
This information collection is needed to provide SAMHSA with
objective information to document the reach and impact of the PBHCI
program. The information will be used to monitor quality assurance and
quality performance outcomes for organizations funded by this grant
program. The information will also be used to assess the impact of
services on behavioral health and physical health services for
individuals served by this program.
Collection of the information included in this request is
authorized by Section 505 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
290aa-4)--Data Collection.
SAMHSA launched the PBHCI program in FY 2009 with the understanding
that adults with serious mental illness (SMI) experience heightened
rates of morbidity and mortality, in large part due to elevated
incidence and prevalence of risk factors such as obesity, diabetes,
hypertension, and dyslipidemia. These risk factors are influenced by a
variety of factors, including inadequate physical activity and poor
nutrition; smoking; side effects from atypical antipsychotic
medications; and lack of access to health care services. Many of these
health conditions are preventable through routine health promotion
activities, primary care screening, monitoring, treatment and care
management/coordination strategies and/or other outreach programs.
The purpose of the PBHCI grant program is to establish projects for
the provision of coordinated and integrated services through the co-
location of primary and specialty care medical services in community-
based behavioral health settings. The program's goal is to improve the
physical health status of adults with serious mental illnesses (and
those with co-occurring substance use disorders) who have or are at
risk for co-occurring primary care conditions and chronic diseases.
As the largest federal effort to implement integrated behavioral
and physical health care in community behavioral health settings,
SAMHSA's PBHCI program offers an unprecedented opportunity to identify
which approaches to integration improve outcomes, how outcomes are
shaped by the characteristics of the treatment setting and community,
and which models have the greatest potential for sustainability and
replication. SAMHSA awarded the first cohort of 13 PBHCI grants in
fiscal year (FY) 2009, and between FY 2009 and FY 2014, SAMHSA funded a
total of seven cohorts comprising 127 grants. An eighth cohort, funded
in fall 2015, included 60 new grants.
The data collection described in this request will build upon the
first PBHCI evaluation and provide essential data on the implementation
of integrated primary and behavioral health care, along with rigorous
estimates of its effects on health.
The Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality is
requesting clearance for ten data collection instruments and forms
related to the implementation and impact studies to be conducted as
part of the evaluation:
1. PBHCI grantee director survey
2. PBHCI frontline staff survey
3. Telephone interview protocol
4. On-site staff interview protocol
5. Client focus group guide
6. Data extraction tool for grantee registry/electronic health records
(EHRs)
7. Initial client letter for physical exam and health assessment
8. Consent form for client physical exam and health assessment
9. Consent form for client focus group
10. Client physical exam and health assessment questionnaire
The table below reflects the annualized hourly burden.
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total hour
Respondents/activity respondents respondent responses response burden
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Web surveys:
Grantee director........... 78 2 \b\ 149 0.5 \b\ 75
Grantee frontline staff 782 2 \c\ 1,494 0.5 \c\ 747
survey....................
Phone interviews:
Grantee director........... 60 1 60 1.0 60
Grantee director--site 10 2 20 2.0 40
interview.................
Grantee mental health 40 2 80 1.0 80
providers--site interview.
Grantee primary care 40 2 80 1.5 120
providers--site interview.
Grantee care coordinators-- 20 2 40 1.5 60
site interview............
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Focus groups:
Focus group participants... 120 2 240 1.0 240
Extraction of grantee 92 11 1,012 8.0 8,096
registry/EHR data.........
SMI clients--baseline 2,500 1 2,500 1.0 2,500
physical exam and health
assessment................
SMI clients--follow-up physical 1,750 1 1,750 1.0 1,750
exam and health assessment....
Comparison group clinic 10 1 10 8.0 80
director--coordination \d\
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Total.................. \e\ 3,752 ............... 7,435 .............. 13,848
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\a\ Hourly wage estimates are based on salary information provided in 10 PBHCI grant proposals representing
mostly urban locations across the country and represent an average across responders of each type.
\b\ Cohort VI funding ends before the administration of the second survey. Total number of responses excludes
the Cohort VI directors, who will not receive the second survey.
\c\ Cohort VI funding ends before the administration of the second survey. Total number of responses excludes
the Cohort VI frontline staff, who will not receive the second survey.
\d\ Includes logistical coordination between the evaluation and site staff to conduct the physical exam and
health assessment as well as oversight of client recruitment.
\e\ Excludes physical exam and health assessment follow-up respondents.
Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57-B, Rockville, Maryland, 20857. OR email
her a copy at [email protected]. Written comments should be
received by May 10, 2016.
Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2016-05474 Filed 3-10-16; 8:45 am]
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