[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 228 (Monday, November 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85585-85586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28470]
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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.
Project: National Mental Health Services Survey (N-MHSS) (OMB No. 0930-
0119)--Revision
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA), Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ)
is requesting a revision to the National Mental Health Services Survey
(N-MHSS) (OMB No. 0930-0119), which expires on February 28, 2017. The
N-MHSS provides annual national and state-level data on the number and
characteristics of mental health treatment facilities in the United
States and biennial national and state-level data on the number and
characteristics of persons treated in these facilities.
The N-MHSS will provide updated information about facilities for
SAMHSA's online Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator (see:
https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov), which was last updated with
information from the abbreviated N-MHSS (N-MHSS-Locator Survey) in
2015. An abbreviated N-MHSS (N-MHSS-Locator Survey) will be conducted
in 2017 and 2019 to update the information about facilities in the
online Locator. A full-scale N-MHSS will be conducted in 2018 to
collect (1) information about facilities needed for updating the online
Locator, such as the facility name and address, specific services
offered, and special client groups served and (2) additional
information about client counts and the demographics of persons treated
in these facilities. Three small surveys are proposed for adding new
facilities to the online Locator as they become known to SAMHSA. Both
the 2017 N-MHSS-Locator Survey and the addition of new facilities to
the online Locator will use the same N-MHSS-Locator Survey instrument.
This request for a revision seeks to change the content of the
currently approved abbreviated N-MHSS (i.e., N-MHSS-Locator) survey
instrument, and the previously approved 2014 and 2016 full-scale N-MHSS
(OMB No. 0930-0119) to accommodate two related N-MHSS activities:
(1) collection of information from the total N-MHSS universe of
mental health treatment facilities during 2017, 2018, and 2019; and
(2) collection of information on newly identified facilities
throughout the year as they are identified so that new facilities can
quickly be added to the online Locator.
The survey mode for both data collection activities will be web
with telephone follow-up. A paper questionnaire will also be available
to facilities who request one.
The database resulting from the N-MHSS will be used to update
SAMHSA's online Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator and to
produce an electronic version of a national directory of mental health
facilities, for use by the general public, behavioral health
professionals, and treatment service providers. In addition, a data
file derived from the survey will be used to produce a summary report
providing national and state-level outcomes. The summary report and a
public-use data file will be used by researchers, mental health
professionals, State governments, the U.S. Congress, and the general
public.
The request for OMB approval will include a request to conduct an
abbreviated N-MHSS-Locator survey in 2017 and 2019, and the full-scale
N-MHSS in 2018.
The following table summarizes the estimated annual response burden
for the N-MHSS:
Estimated Annual Response Burden for the N-MHSS
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Number of Responses per Average hours Total burden
Type of respondent respondents respondent per response hours
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Facilities in N-MHSS-Locator Survey universe in 17,000 1 0.42 7,140
2017 and 2019..................................
Newly identified facilities in Between-Survey 1,700 1 0.42 714
Update in 2017, 2018, and 2019 \1\.............
Facilities in full-scale N-MHSS universe in 2018 17,000 1 0.75 12,750
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Average Annual Total........................ 18,700 1 0.62 9,724
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\1\ Collection of information on newly identified facilities throughout the year, as they are identified, so
that new facilities can quickly be added to the Locator.
Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by December 28, 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
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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 Affairs,
New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, Washington, DC 20503.
Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2016-28470 Filed 11-25-16; 8:45 am]
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