[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36939-36940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13511]
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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: Interviews With Grantees Integrating Behavioral
Health Treatment, Prevention, and HIV Medical Care Services (OMB NO.
0930-0336)--Reinstatement
SAMHSA is requesting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval
to conduct in-person Site Visit Interviews with Minority AIDS
Initiative--Continuum of Care (MAI-CoC) Grantees Integrating Behavioral
Health Treatment, Prevention, and HIV Medical Care Services. This
reinstatement request utilizes revised versions of the site visit
interview guide approved under the Minority AIDS Initiative--Targeted
Capacity Expansion (MAI-TCE) Grantees Integrating HIV Primary Care,
Substance Abuse, and Behavioral Health Services (OMB NO. 0930-0336).
The two rounds of interviews (baseline and follow-up) target the
collection of programmatic-level data (e.g., community context,
organizational structure, and staffing and staff development, services
and service model, outreach, referral and enrollment into services,
services/care
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coordination and integration and funding for integrated services and
program successes and challenges) through one-on-one and group
interviews with grantees who are part of the MAI-CoC program.
The goal of the MAI-CoC project is to integrate behavioral health
treatment, prevention, and HIV and Hepatitis medical care services for
racial/ethnic minority populations at high risk for behavioral health
disorders who are also at high risk for or living with HIV and
Hepatitis. The program also supports other priority populations
including men who have sex with men (MSM) and bisexual men, transgender
persons, and people with substance use disorder. The program is
primarily intended for substance use disorder treatment and community
mental health providers to provide coordinated and integrated services
through the collocation and/or integration of behavioral health
treatment and HIV and Hepatitis medical care. Interviews conducted with
MAI-CoC grantees during the two rounds of site visits are an integral
part of evaluation efforts to: (1) Assess the impact of the SAMHSA-
funded HIV and Hepatitis programs in: Reducing behavioral health
disorders and HIV and Hepatitis infections; increasing access to
substance use disorder and mental disorder treatment and care;
improving behavioral and mental health outcomes; and reducing HIV and
Hepatitis-related disparities; (2) Describe the different integrated
behavioral health and medical program models; and (3) Determine which
program types or models are most effective in improving behavioral
health and clinical outcomes.
Over the four-year project, SAMHSA will conduct two rounds of these
in-person site visits (baseline and follow-up) with each of the 34 MAI-
CoC program grantees.
SAMHSA will conduct one-on-one and group interviews with MAI-CoC
grantee staff who will provide information on their program's
integration of HIV and Hepatitis prevention, medical care, and primary
care into behavioral health services. While participating in the
evaluation is a condition of the grantees' funding, participating in
the interview process is voluntary. The instruments are designed to
collect information about: (1) The development and changes in MAI-CoC
program operations, staffing, training and programming; (2) the grantee
organization, the MAI-CoC program and its structure, the community
context surrounding program efforts, and changes that result from MAI-
CoC activities; and, (3) the changes in the number or nature of
partnerships and collaborations both internal and external to the MAI-
CoC program grantee.
Below is the table of the estimated total burden hours:
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Number of
Data collection tool Number of responses per Hour per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Initial Site Visit Interview Guide.............. 306 1 2 612
Follow-up Site Visit Interview Guide............ 306 1 1 306
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Total....................................... 612 2 3 918
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57-B, Rockville, Maryland 20857, OR email a
copy to [email protected]. Written comments should be received
by August 8, 2016.
Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2016-13511 Filed 6-7-16; 8:45 am]
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