[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 9, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 6368-6369] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-3087] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 list 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 (301) 443-7978. State Treatment and Needs Assessment Program Studies (OMB No. 0930-0186--Revision)--SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), as part of its State Treatment and Needs Assessment Program (STNAP), awards contracts to States to conduct studies for the purpose of determining the need and demand for substance abuse treatment within each State. In order to receive funds from the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant, States must submit in their annual block grant applications an assessment of service needs Statewide, at the sub-state level, and for specified population groups (as required by section 1929 of the Public Health Service Act). Most States plan to conduct an adult telephone household survey to collect information on needed treatment for substance abuse/ dependence. In addition, many States plan to conduct a variety of more focused studies which will collect data on treatment need in special populations, including [[Page 6369]] adolescents, pregnant women, American Indians, arrestees and other criminal justice populations. This submission reflects changes to the previously approved annual burden for survey activities in two States previously funded (changes to their previously approved survey plans) and in the nine States receiving new contracts in FY 1998 that are engaging in primary data collection. The burden will be as presented below: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No. of Total No. of responses/ Hours/response Annualized respondents respondent burden hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Previous submission............................ 75,521 1 0.54 41,093 Decrease: (Adolescent Survey not being done)......... -3,000 1 0.55 -1,650 New Activities: Household Telephone Surveys................ 5,567 1 0.55 3,062 Criminal justice populations............... 1,423 1 .68 970 Medicaid recipients........................ 1,556 1 0.55 856 Other population groups.................... 2,013 1 .74 1,480 Treatment providers........................ 312 1 .72 226 Treatment clients.......................... 600 2.7 .51 820 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Total.................................. 83,992 ............... .............. 46,857 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: Daniel Chenok, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503. Dated: February 2, 1999. Richard Kopanda, Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. [FR Doc. 99-3087 Filed 2-8-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4162-20-P