[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 126 (Monday, July 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13946]
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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: Access to Recovery (ATR) Program (OMB No. 0930-0266)--
Reinstatement
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's
(SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is charged with
the Access to Recovery (ATR) program which will allow grantees (States,
Territories, the District of Columbia and Tribal Organizations) a means
to implement voucher programs for substance abuse clinical treatment
and recovery support services. The ATR data collection (OMB No. 0930-
0266) will be a reinstatement from the previous approval that expired
on May 31, 2017. There are no changes to the two client-level tools
from the previous approval.
The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is charged with the
Access to Recovery (ATR) program which will allow grantees (States,
Territories, the District of Columbia and Tribal Organizations) a means
to implement voucher programs for substance abuse clinical treatment
and recovery support services. This data collection is in use without
OMB approval. There are no changes to the two client-level tools (OMB
No. 0930-0266) from the previous approval. This data collection expired
on May 31, 2017.
The goals of the ATR program are to: (1) Provide client choice
among substance abuse clinical treatment and recovery support service
providers, (2) expand access to a comprehensive array of clinical
treatment and recovery support options (including faith-based
programmatic options), and (3) increase substance abuse treatment
capacity. Monitoring outcomes, tracking costs, and preventing waste,
fraud and abuse to ensure accountability and effectiveness in the use
of Federal funds are also important elements of the ATR program.
Grantees, as a contingency of their award, are responsible for
collecting Voucher Information (VI) and Voucher Transaction (VT) data
from their clients.
The primary purpose of this data collection activity is to meet the
reporting requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act
(GPRA) by allowing SAMHSA to quantify the effects and accomplishments
of SAMHSA programs. The following table is an estimated annual response
burden for this effort.
Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden \1\
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Responses
Center/form/respondent type Number of per Total Hours per Total hour Total wage Total hour cost/
respondent respondent responses response burden cost respondent \1\
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Voucher information and transaction................ 53,333 1.5 80,000 .03 2,400 $18.40 $44,160
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\1\ This table represents the maximum additional burden if adult respondents for ATR provide responses/data at an estimated hourly wage (from 2010
Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by August 2, 2017 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 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. 2017-13946 Filed 6-30-17; 8:45 am]
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