80 FR 43449 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 140 (July 22, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 140 (Wednesday, July 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43449-43451]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17864]


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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 on (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.

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Proposed Project: National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services 
(N-SSATS) (OMB No. 0930-0106)-- Revision

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA) is requesting a revision of the National Survey of Substance 
Abuse Treatment (N-SSATS) data collection (OMB No. 0930-0106), which 
expires on January 31, 2016. N-SSATS provides both national and state-
level data on the numbers and types of patients treated and the 
characteristics of facilities providing substance abuse treatment 
services. It is conducted under the authority of section 505 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa-4) to meet the specific 
mandates for annual information about public and private substance 
abuse treatment providers and the clients they serve.
    This request includes:
     Collection of N-SSATS, which is an annual survey of 
substance abuse treatment facilities; and
     Updating of the Inventory of Behavioral Health Services 
(I-BHS) which is the facility universe for the N-SSATS as well as the 
annual survey of mental health treatment facilities, the National 
Mental Health Services Survey (N-MHSS). The I-BHS includes all 
substance abuse treatment and mental health treatment facilities known 
to SAMHSA. (The N-MHSS data collection is covered under OMB No. 0930-
0119.)
    The information in I-BHS and N-SSATS is needed to assess the nature 
and extent of these resources, to identify gaps in services, and to 
provide a database for treatment referrals. Both I-BHS and N-SSATS are 
components of the Behavioral Health Services Information System 
(BHSIS).
    The request for OMB approval will include a request to update the 
I-BHS facility listing on a continuous basis and to conduct the N-SSATS 
and the between cycle N-SSATS (N-SSATS BC) in 2016, 2017, and 2018. The 
N-SSATS BC is a procedure for collecting services data from newly 
identified facilities between main cycles of the survey and will be 
used to improve the listing of treatment facilities in the online 
Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator.

Planned Changes

    I-BHS: No changes.
    N-SSATS: The N-SSATS with client counts will continue to be 
conducted in alternate years, as in the past with an alternate version 
of the N-SSATS questionnaire that includes workforce questions as well 
as questions to update the Treatment Locator conducted in the interim 
years.

Version B (2016 and 2018)

    The workforce questions will be conducted in even years in place of 
the ``locator'' version of N-SSATS that was completed in even years 
previously.
    The following questions have been deleted:
    Questions on religious affiliation, standard operating procedures, 
how (paper/electronic/both) a facility performs selected activities, 
questions about reporting client counts, including how the facility 
will complete client counts; number of facilities in client counts; 
names and addresses of additional facilities reported for; number of 
hospital inpatient client counts by category, by number under age 18, 
number receiving methadone, buprenorphine, or Vivitrol[supreg], and 
number of dedicated beds; number of residential client counts by 
category, by number under age 18, and number receiving methadone, 
buprenorphine, or Vivitrol[supreg], and number of dedicated beds; 
number of outpatient client counts by category, by number under age 18, 
and number receiving methadone, buprenorphine, or Vivitrol[supreg], and 
capacity indicator; type of substance abuse problem, percent of co-
occurring clients; and 12-month admissions, and the National Provider 
Identifier (NPI).
    The following questions have been added:
    A new question has been added to ascertain the numbers of types of 
workforce staff and the average number of hours worked per week for 
each type of staff. Three questions, one for each of the major types of 
treatment (hospital inpatient, residential, and outpatient) have been 
added asking for an overall number of active clients on the survey 
reference date; the purpose is to provide an indication of size of 
facility for analysis of the added workforce questions. A question 
asking overall numbers of active clients in the facility that received 
methadone, buprenorphine, or Vivitrol[supreg] for detoxification or 
maintenance purposes has been added to aid in the analysis of the added 
workforce question.

Version A (2017)

    Client counts will be conducted in odd years. The National Provider 
Identifier (NPI) number question has been deleted.
    N-SSATS (Between Cycles-BC): No changes.
    Estimated annual burden for the DASIS activities is shown below:

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                                                                        Number of      Responses per        Total          Hours per      Total  burden
                  Type of respondent and activity                      respondents       respondent       responses         response          hours
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States:
    I-BHS Online \1\...............................................               56               75            4,200             0.08              336
        State Subtotal.............................................               56  ...............            4,200  ...............              336
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Facilities:
    I-BHS application \2\..........................................              600                1              600             0.08               48
    Augmentation screener..........................................            2,000                1            2,000             0.08              160
    N-SSATS questionnaire..........................................           17,000                1           17,000             0.61           10,370
    N-SSATS BC.....................................................            2,000                1            2,000             0.42              840
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        Facility Subtotal..........................................           21,600  ...............           21,600  ...............           11,418
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            Total..................................................           21,656  ...............           25,800  ...............           11,754
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\1\ States use the I-BHS Online system to submit information on newly licensed/approved facilities and on changes in facility name, address, status,
  etc.
\2\ New facilities complete and submit the online I-BHS application form in order to get listed on the Inventory.


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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 2-1057, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 or email her a 
copy at [email protected]. Written comments should be received 
by September 21, 2015.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2015-17864 Filed 7-21-15; 8:45 am]
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