80 FR 48116 - 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 154 (August 11, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 154 (Tuesday, August 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48116-48117]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19651]


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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.

Proposed Project: Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) (OMB No. 0930-0335) 
--Revision

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA) is requesting a revision of the Treatment Episode Data Set 
(TEDS) data collection (OMB No. 0930-0335), which expires on January 
31, 2016. TEDS is a compilation of client-level substance abuse 
treatment admission and discharge data submitted by states on clients 
treated in facilities that receive state funds. SAMHSA is requesting 
the addition of client-level mental health admission and update/
discharge data (MH-TEDS/CLD) submitted by states on clients treated in 
facilities that receive state funds. These mental health data have been 
previously

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collected in support of the Community Mental Health Services Block 
Grant (MHBG) and Substance Abuse and Prevention Treatment Block Grant 
(SABG) Application Guidance and Instructions (OMB No. 0930-0168).
    TEDS/MH-TEDS/CLD data are collected to obtain information on the 
number of admissions and updates/discharges at publicly-funded 
substance abuse treatment and mental health services facilities and on 
the characteristics of clients receiving services at those facilities. 
TEDS/MH-TEDS/CLD also monitors trends in the demographic, substance 
use, and mental health characteristics of admissions. In addition, 
several of the data elements used to calculate performance measures for 
the Substance Abuse Block Grant (SABG) and Mental Health Block Grant 
(MHBG) applications are collected in TEDS/MH-TEDS/CLD.
    This request includes:
     Continuation of collection of TEDS (substance abuse) 
client-level admissions and discharge data;
     Continuation of collection of MH-TEDS client-level 
admissions and update/discharge data of mental health clients beyond 
the pilot phase; and
     Addition of collection of MHCLD client-level admissions 
and update/discharge data (transferred from OMB No. 0930-0168).
    Most states collect the TEDS/MH-TEDS/CLD data elements from their 
treatment providers for their own administrative purposes and are able 
to submit a cross-walked extract of their data to TEDS/MH-TEDS/CLD. No 
changes are expected in the (substance abuse) TEDS collection. No 
changes are expected in the (mental health) MH-CLD collection (other 
than recording the MH-TEDS/CLD burden hours separately from the 
Substance Abuse Block Grant (SABG) and Mental Health Block Grant (MHBG) 
application approval instructions (OMB No. 0930-0168) and the addition 
of MH-TEDS beyond the pilot phase. No data element changes for TEDS/MH-
TEDS/CLD are expected.
    The estimated annual burden for the separate TEDS/MH-TEDS/CLD 
activities is as follows:

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                                     Number of
                                    respondents    Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
        Type of activity             (states/       respondent       responses       response          hours
                                  jurisdictions)
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TEDS Admission Data.............              52               4             208            6.25           1,300
TEDS Discharge Data.............              52               4             208            8.25           1,716
TEDS Crosswalks.................               5               1               5              10              50
MH-CLD BCI Data.................              30               1              30              30             900
MH-CLD SHR Data.................              30               1              30               5             150
MH-TEDS Admissions Data.........              29               4             116            6.25             725
MH-TEDS Update/Discharge Data...              29               4             116            8.25             957
MH-TEDS Crosswalks..............  ..............               1              10              10             100
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    State Total.................              59  ..............             723  ..............           5,898
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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 October 13, 2015.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2015-19651 Filed 8-10-15; 8:45 am]
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