[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 118 (Monday, June 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39938-39939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14511]
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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 at (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.
Project: Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTC) Network Program
Monitoring (OMB No. 0930-0216)--Extension
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration's (SAMHSA)
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) will continue to monitor
program performance of its Addiction Technology Transfer Centers
(ATTCs). The ATTCs disseminate current health services research from
the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute of Mental Health, Agency for
Health Care Policy and Research, National Institute of Justice, and
other sources, as well as other SAMHSA programs. To accomplish this,
the ATTCs develop and update state-of-the-art, research-based curricula
and professional development training.
CSAT monitors the performance of ATTC events. The ATTCs hold three
types of events: Technical assistance events, meetings, and trainings.
An ATTC technical assistance event is defined as a jointly planned
consultation generally involving a series of contacts between the ATTC
and an outside organization/institution during which the ATTC provides
expertise and gives direction toward resolving a problem or improving
conditions. An ATTC meeting is defined as an ATTC sponsored or co-
sponsored event in which a group of people representing one or more
agencies other than the ATTC work cooperatively on a project, problem,
and/or policy. An ATTC training is defined as an ATTC-sponsored or co-
sponsored event of at least three hours that focuses on the enhancement
of knowledge and/or skills. Higher education classes are included in
this definition, with each course considered as one training event.
CSAT currently uses seven (7) instruments to monitor the
performance and improve the quality of ATTC events. Two (2) of these
forms, the Meeting Follow-up Form and the Technical Assistance Follow-
up Form, are currently approved by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) through approval for CSAT Government Performance and Results Act
(GPRA) Customer Satisfaction instruments (OMB No. 0930-0197). CSAT is
not seeking any action related to these two forms at this time. They
are merely referenced here to provide clarity and context to the
description of the forms CSAT uses to monitor the performance of the
ATTCs.
The remaining five (5) instruments for program monitoring and
quality improvement of ATTC events are currently approved by the OMB
(OMB No. 0930-0216) for use through April 30, 2013. These five forms
are as follows: Event Description Form; Training Post Event Form;
Training Follow-up Form; Meeting Post Event Form; and Technical
Assistance Post Event Form. Sixty percent of the forms are administered
in person to participants at educational and training events, who
complete the forms by paper and pencil. Ten percent of the
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training courses are online, and thus, those forms are administered
online. The remaining thirty percent is made up of 30-day follow-up
forms that are distributed to consenting participants via electronic
mail using an online survey tool. At this time, CSAT is requesting
approval to extend the use of these five forms as is, with no
revisions. A description of each of these forms follows.
(1) Event Description Form (EDF). The EDF collects descriptive
information about each of the events of the ATTC Network. This
instrument asks approximately 10 questions of ATTC faculty/staff
relating to the event focus and format, as well as publications to be
used during the event. It allows the ATTC Network and CSAT to track the
number and types of events held. There are no revisions to the form.
CSAT is proposing to continue to use the form as is.
(2) Training Post Event Form. This form is distributed to training
participants at the end of the training activity, and collected from
them before they leave. For training events which take place over an
extended period of time, this form is completed after the final session
of training. The form asks approximately 30 questions of each
individual that participated in the training. Training participants are
asked to report demographic information, education, profession, field
of study, status of certification or licensure, workplace role,
employment setting, satisfaction with the quality of the training and
training materials, and to assess their level of skills in the topic
area. There are no revisions to the form. CSAT is proposing to continue
to use the form as is.
(3) Training Follow-up Form. The Training Follow-up form, which is
administered 30-days after the event to 25% of consenting participants,
asks about 25 questions. The form asks participants to report
demographic information, satisfaction with the quality of the training
and training materials, and to assess their level of skills in the
topic area. No revisions are being made to the form. CSAT is proposing
to continue to use the form as is.
(4) Meeting Post Event Form. This form is distributed to meeting
participants at the end of the meeting, and collected from them before
they leave. This form asks approximately 30 questions of each
individual that participated in the meeting. Meeting participants are
asked to report demographic information, education, profession, field
of study, status of certification or licensure, workplace role,
employment setting, and satisfaction with the quality of the event and
event materials, and to assess their level of skills in the topic area.
No revisions are being made to the form. CSAT is proposing to continue
to use the form as is.
(5) Technical Assistance (TA) Post Event Form. This form is
distributed to technical assistance participants at the end of the TA
event. This form asks approximately 30 questions of each individual
that participated in the TA event. TA participants are asked to report
demographic information, education, profession, field of study, status
of certification or licensure, workplace role, employment setting, and
satisfaction with the quality of the event and event materials, and to
assess their level of skills in the topic area. No revisions are being
made to the form. CSAT is proposing to continue to use the form as is.
(6) The information collected on the ATTC forms will assist CSAT in
documenting the numbers and types of participants in ATTC events,
describing the extent to which participants report improvement in their
clinical competency, and which method is most effective in
disseminating knowledge to various audiences. This type of information
is crucial to support CSAT in complying with GPRA reporting
requirements and will inform future development of knowledge
dissemination activities.
The chart below summarizes the annualized burden for this project.
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total annual Hourly wage Total hour
Type of respondent respondents respondent responses response burden hours cost cost
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ATTC Faculty/Staff:
Event Description Form.............. 250 1 250 .25 62.50 $20.64 $1,290
Meeting and Technical Assistance
Participants:
Post-Event Form..................... 5,000 1 5,000 .12 600 20.64 12,384
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Follow-up Form...................... Covered under CSAT Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Customer Satisfaction form (OMB # 0930-0197)
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Training Participants:
Post-Event Form..................... 30,000 1 30,000 .16 4,800 20.64 99,072
Follow-up Form...................... 7,500 1 7,500 .16 1,200 20.64 24,768
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Total........................... 42,750 .............. 42,750 .............. 6,662.50 .............. 137,514
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 15E57-B, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20852 OR email a copy at
[email protected]. Written comments should be received by
August 19, 2016.
Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2016-14511 Filed 6-17-16; 8:45 am]
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