[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 156 (Friday, August 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53494-53495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19206]
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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.
Proposed Project: SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance Center Disaster
Behavioral Health Needs Assessment and Customer Satisfaction Surveys
(OMB No. 0930-0325)--Revision
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) is requesting approval for a revision to the data collection
associated with the SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance Center (DTAC)
Disaster Behavioral Health Needs Assessment and Customer Satisfaction
Surveys (OMB No. 0930-0325), which expire on May 31, 2017.
Specifically, SAMHSA DTAC plans to consolidate the Needs Assessment
Survey and Customer Satisfaction Surveys into a single instrument. The
new revised instrument, entitled SAMHSA DTAC Customer Feedback Survey
(CFS), under this effort will also include a change in administration
to make it appropriate for a single, streamlined survey.
The proposed data collection effort will provide feedback on the
overall effectiveness of SAMHSA DTAC's services, ongoing needs at the
national level, and areas that require enhanced technical assistance
(TA) services.
SAMHSA DTAC will be responsible for administering the data
collection instrument and analyzing the data. SAMHSA DTAC will use data
from the instrument to inform current and future TA activities and to
ensure these activities continue to align with state and local needs.
A three-year clearance is being requested. The SAMHSA DTAC CFS is
designed to allow the agency to collect feedback on the overall
effectiveness of the services provided by SAMHSA DTAC, as well as
ongoing data regarding disaster behavioral health (mental health and
substance use-related) needs at the national level and areas that
require enhanced training and technical assistance (TA) services. This
is the information that was previously collected as part of the SAMHSA
DTAC Needs Assessment Survey (NAS) and Customer Satisfaction Survey
(CSS). Data from this effort will continue to be used to improve
services to jurisdictions, which will lead to (1) better integration of
disaster behavioral health (DBH) needs with all-hazards disaster
preparedness and response, and (2) improved outcomes at the state,
territory, tribal, and local levels with less burden on participants.
The new Customer Feedback Survey integrates and consolidates questions
from the previously utilized NAS and CSS, which will reduce burden
associated with the number of instruments and survey questions. SAMHSA
DTAC will continue to be responsible for survey administration and
analysis of the data collected, which SAMHSA will use to inform current
and future training and TA activities. Table 1 shows the estimated
burden associated with CFS data collection activities and the
associated costs. It is anticipated that the survey will be
administered once each year.
Participation in the Customer Feedback Survey will be solicited
from all 50 states, the U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia.
The survey will be administered to individuals who have requested TA
within the six months prior to administration and those who are
subscribed to DTAC's e-communications, SAMHSA DTAC Bulletin, or The
Dialogue, at the time of administration. Internet-based technology will
be used to collect data via web-based survey for data entry and
management.
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Table 1--Annualized Estimate of Respondent Burden
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Number of Number of Total number Hours per Total burden
Type of respondent Instrument respondents responses of responses response hours
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TA requestor, e-communications recipient, DTAC Customer Feedback Survey... 200 1 200 0.5 100
colleague of previous requestor.
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
5600 Fishers Lane, 15E57-B, Rockville, MD 20857 OR email a copy to
[email protected]. Written comments should be received by
October 11, 2016.
Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2016-19206 Filed 8-11-16; 8:45 am]
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