80 FR 69234 - 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 216 (November 9, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 216 (Monday, November 9, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 69234-69235] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-28368] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Quarterly Progress Reporting and Annual Indirect Services Outcome Data Collection for the Minority Substance Abuse/HIV Prevention Program (MAI)--NEW The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is requesting approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the collection of quarterly progress information and annual community-level outcome data from CSAP's Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) programs. This data collection effort supports two of SAMHSA's 6 Strategic Initiatives: Prevention of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness and Health Care and Health Systems Integration. The grantees funded by the MAI and included in this clearance request are:Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) in Partnerships with Community-Based Organizations (CBO): 84 grantees funded up to three years; Capacity Building Initiative (CBI): 74 grantees funded up to five years. MSI CBO grantees are Historically Black Colleges/Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions, or Tribal Colleges/Universities in partnership with community based organizations in their surrounding communities. MSI CBO grantees are required to provide integrated substance abuse (SA), Hepatitis C (HCV), and HIV prevention services to young adults. The CBI grantees are community-level domestic, public and private nonprofit entities, federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native Tribes and tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations. CBI grantees will use grant funds for building a solid infrastructure for integrated SA, HIV, and HCV prevention service provision and implementing evidence- based prevention interventions using SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) process. The target population for the CBI grantees will be at-risk minority adolescents and young adults. All MAI grantees are expected to provide leadership and coordination on the planning and implementation of the SPF and to target minority populations, as well as other high risk groups residing in communities of color with high prevalence of SA and HIV/AIDS. The MAI grantees are expected to provide an effective prevention process, direction, and a common set of goals, expectations, and accountabilities to be adapted and integrated at the community level. Grantees have substantial flexibility in choosing their individual evidence-based programs, but must base this selection on and build it into the five steps of the SPF. These SPF steps consist of assessing local needs, building service capacity specific to SA and HIV prevention services, developing a strategic prevention plan, implementing evidence-based interventions, and evaluating their outcomes. Grantees are also required to provide HIV and HCV testing and counseling services and referrals to appropriate treatment options. Grantees must also conduct ongoing monitoring and evaluation of their projects to assess program effectiveness including Federal reporting of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993, The GPRA Modernization Act of 2010, SAMHSA/CSAP National Outcome Measures (NOMs), and the Department of Health and Human Services Core HIV Indicators. The primary objectives of this data collection effort are to: Ensure the correct implementation of the five steps of the SPF process by maintaining a continuous feedback loop between grantees and their POs; Promptly respond to grantees' needs for training and technical assistance; Assess the fidelity with which the SPF is implemented; Collect aggregate data on HIV testing to fulfill SAMHSA's reporting and accountability obligations as defined by the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act (GPRA Modernization Act) and HHS's HIV Core Measures; Assess the success of the MAI in reducing risk factors and increasing protective factors associated with the transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and other sexually-transmitted diseases (STD); Measure the effectiveness of evidence-based programs and infrastructure development activities such as: outreach and training, mobilization of key stakeholders, substance abuse and HIV/AIDS counseling and education, testing, referrals to appropriate medical treatment, and other intervention strategies (e.g., cultural enrichment activities, educational and vocational resources, motivational interviewing & brief interventions, social marketing, and computer- based curricula); Investigate intervention types and features that produce the best outcomes for specific population groups; Assess the extent to which access to health care was enhanced for population groups and individuals vulnerable to behavioral health disparities residing in communities targeted by funded interventions; These objectives support the four primary goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy which are: (1) Reducing new HIV infections, (2) increasing access to care and improving health outcomes for people living with HIV/AIDS, (3) reducing HIV-related disparities and health inequities, and (4) achieving a coordinated national response to the HIV epidemic. The Quarterly Progress Reporting (QPR) Tool is a modular instrument structured around the SPF. Each section or module corresponds to a SPF step with an additional section dedicated to cultural competence and efforts to address behavioral health disparities, which is an overarching principle of the [[Page 69235]] framework guiding every step. Grantees provide quarterly reports of their progress through the SPF. Each quarter's report consists of updates to the module(s) corresponding to the SPF steps that the grantee worked on during that quarter. Grantees are required to report on their activities, accomplishments, and barriers associated with cultural competence and reduction of health disparities twice a year, as part of the second- and fourth-quarter progress reports. Data on HIV/HCV testing and hepatitis vaccination are reported only in the aggregate (e.g. numbers tested and percent of tests that were positive). No individual-level information is collected through this instrument. The Indirect Services Outcomes Data Tool collects annual data on community-level outcome measures. These data typically come from existing sources such as ongoing community surveys and administrative data collected by local agencies and institutions such as law enforcement, school districts, college campuses, hospitals, and health departments. The data are submitted to SAMHSA in the form of community- level averages, percentages, or rates, and are used to assess the grantees' success in changing community norms, policies, practices, and systems through environmental strategies and information dissemination activities. As with the QPR, no individual-level information is collected through this instrument. The third data collection instrument for which approval is being sought is intended to collect FY 2015 data on the HIV testing activities of the grantees. It will be used once only, immediately after the system goes online, in order to collect data for two of the seven HHS Core Indicators that SAMHSA/CSAP has agreed to report. Although this statement refers to it as a separate instrument for purposes of clarity in burden estimation, it has the same data fields as the HIV Testing Implementation section of the main Quarterly Progress Report tool and differs only in its reporting timeframe. Although the main purpose of this data collection effort is to provide a standard and efficient system for SAMHSA's project officers to maintain a feedback loop with the grantees that they manage and to respond to training and technical assistance needs in a timely fashion, the data will also be incorporated into the national cross-site evaluation. By combining this grantee-level implementation information and community-level outcome data with participant-level pre-post data, SAMHSA will be able to identify interventions and intervention combinations that produce the most favorable outcomes at the individual and community levels, and to investigate the interaction between participant- and grantee-level factors in predicting positive outcomes. Respondent burden has been limited to the extent possible while allowing SAMHSA project officers to effectively manage, monitor, and provide sufficient guidance to their grantees, and for the cross-site evaluation to reliably assess program outcomes and successful strategies. The following table displays estimates of the annualized burden for data collected through the Quarterly Progress Reporting and Indirect Services outcomes data collection tools. Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden Exhibit 1--Total Estimated Annualized Burden by Instrument -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total burden Total hour Type of respondent activity respondents respondent responses response hours Wage rate cost -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quarterly Progress Report............... 158 4 632 4 2,528 $21.79 $55,085 Indirect Services Outcomes.............. 158 1 158 2 316 21.79 6,886 HIV Testing Retrospective Reporting Tool 50 1/3 16.67 0.25 4.17 21.79 91 Total............................... 158 .............. 806.67 .............. 2,848 .............. 62,062 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 January 8, 2016. Summer King, Statistician. [FR Doc. 2015-28368 Filed 11-6-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4162-20-P
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Written comments should be received grantees funded by the MAI and Outcome Measures (NOMs), and the
by January 8, 2016. included in this clearance request are: Department of Health and Human
• Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Services Core HIV Indicators.
Summer King,
in Partnerships with Community-Based The primary objectives of this data
Statistician. Organizations (CBO): 84 grantees collection effort are to:
[FR Doc. 2015–28415 Filed 11–6–15; 8:45 am] funded up to three years; • Ensure the correct implementation
BILLING CODE 4162–20–P • Capacity Building Initiative (CBI): of the five steps of the SPF process by
74 grantees funded up to five years. maintaining a continuous feedback loop
MSI CBO grantees are Historically between grantees and their POs;
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Black Colleges/Universities, Hispanic • Promptly respond to grantees’
HUMAN SERVICES Serving Institutions, American Pacific needs for training and technical
Islander Serving Institutions, or Tribal assistance;
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Colleges/Universities in partnership • Assess the fidelity with which the
Services Administration with community based organizations in SPF is implemented;
their surrounding communities. MSI • Collect aggregate data on HIV
Agency Information Collection
CBO grantees are required to provide testing to fulfill SAMHSA’s reporting
Activities: Proposed Collection;
integrated substance abuse (SA), and accountability obligations as
Comment Request
Hepatitis C (HCV), and HIV prevention defined by the Government Performance
In compliance with Section services to young adults. The CBI and Results Modernization Act (GPRA
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork grantees are community-level domestic, Modernization Act) and HHS’s HIV Core
Reduction Act of 1995 concerning public and private nonprofit entities, Measures;
opportunity for public comment on federally recognized American Indian/ • Assess the success of the MAI in
proposed collections of information, the Alaska Native Tribes and tribal reducing risk factors and increasing
Substance Abuse and Mental Health organizations, and urban Indian protective factors associated with the
Services Administration (SAMHSA) organizations. CBI grantees will use transmission of the Human
will publish periodic summaries of grant funds for building a solid Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV),
proposed projects. To request more infrastructure for integrated SA, HIV, Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and other
information on the proposed projects or and HCV prevention service provision sexually-transmitted diseases (STD);
to obtain a copy of the information and implementing evidence-based • Measure the effectiveness of
collection plans, call the SAMHSA prevention interventions using evidence-based programs and
Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276– SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention infrastructure development activities
1243. Framework (SPF) process. The target such as: outreach and training,
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether population for the CBI grantees will be mobilization of key stakeholders,
the proposed collections of information at-risk minority adolescents and young substance abuse and HIV/AIDS
are necessary for the proper adults. All MAI grantees are expected to counseling and education, testing,
performance of the functions of the provide leadership and coordination on referrals to appropriate medical
agency, including whether the the planning and implementation of the treatment, and other intervention
information shall have practical utility; SPF and to target minority populations, strategies (e.g., cultural enrichment
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate as well as other high risk groups activities, educational and vocational
of the burden of the proposed collection residing in communities of color with resources, motivational interviewing &
of information; (c) ways to enhance the high prevalence of SA and HIV/AIDS. brief interventions, social marketing,
quality, utility, and clarity of the The MAI grantees are expected to and computer-based curricula);
information to be collected; and (d) provide an effective prevention process, • Investigate intervention types and
ways to minimize the burden of the direction, and a common set of goals, features that produce the best outcomes
collection of information on expectations, and accountabilities to be for specific population groups;
respondents, including through the use adapted and integrated at the • Assess the extent to which access to
of automated collection techniques or community level. Grantees have health care was enhanced for
other forms of information technology. substantial flexibility in choosing their population groups and individuals
individual evidence-based programs, vulnerable to behavioral health
Proposed Project: Quarterly Progress but must base this selection on and disparities residing in communities
Reporting and Annual Indirect Services build it into the five steps of the SPF. targeted by funded interventions;
Outcome Data Collection for the These SPF steps consist of assessing These objectives support the four
Minority Substance Abuse/HIV local needs, building service capacity primary goals of the National HIV/AIDS
Prevention Program (MAI)—NEW specific to SA and HIV prevention Strategy which are: (1) Reducing new
The Substance Abuse and Mental services, developing a strategic HIV infections, (2) increasing access to
Health Services Administration prevention plan, implementing care and improving health outcomes for
(SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse evidence-based interventions, and people living with HIV/AIDS, (3)
Prevention (CSAP) is requesting evaluating their outcomes. Grantees are reducing HIV-related disparities and
approval from the Office of Management also required to provide HIV and HCV health inequities, and (4) achieving a
and Budget (OMB) for the collection of testing and counseling services and coordinated national response to the
quarterly progress information and referrals to appropriate treatment HIV epidemic.
annual community-level outcome data options. Grantees must also conduct The Quarterly Progress Reporting
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from CSAP’s Minority AIDS Initiative ongoing monitoring and evaluation of (QPR) Tool is a modular instrument
(MAI) programs. their projects to assess program structured around the SPF. Each section
This data collection effort supports effectiveness including Federal or module corresponds to a SPF step
two of SAMHSA’s 6 Strategic Initiatives: reporting of the Government with an additional section dedicated to
Prevention of Substance Abuse and Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of cultural competence and efforts to
Mental Illness and Health Care and 1993, The GPRA Modernization Act of address behavioral health disparities,
Health Systems Integration. The 2010, SAMHSA/CSAP National which is an overarching principle of the
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framework guiding every step. Grantees form of community-level averages, they manage and to respond to training
provide quarterly reports of their percentages, or rates, and are used to and technical assistance needs in a
progress through the SPF. Each quarter’s assess the grantees’ success in changing timely fashion, the data will also be
report consists of updates to the community norms, policies, practices, incorporated into the national cross-site
module(s) corresponding to the SPF and systems through environmental evaluation. By combining this grantee-
steps that the grantee worked on during strategies and information level implementation information and
that quarter. Grantees are required to dissemination activities. As with the community-level outcome data with
report on their activities, QPR, no individual-level information is participant-level pre-post data,
accomplishments, and barriers collected through this instrument. SAMHSA will be able to identify
associated with cultural competence The third data collection instrument
interventions and intervention
and reduction of health disparities twice for which approval is being sought is
intended to collect FY 2015 data on the combinations that produce the most
a year, as part of the second- and fourth-
quarter progress reports. Data on HIV/ HIV testing activities of the grantees. It favorable outcomes at the individual
HCV testing and hepatitis vaccination will be used once only, immediately and community levels, and to
are reported only in the aggregate (e.g. after the system goes online, in order to investigate the interaction between
numbers tested and percent of tests that collect data for two of the seven HHS participant- and grantee-level factors in
were positive). No individual-level Core Indicators that SAMHSA/CSAP predicting positive outcomes.
information is collected through this has agreed to report. Although this Respondent burden has been limited
instrument. statement refers to it as a separate to the extent possible while allowing
The Indirect Services Outcomes Data instrument for purposes of clarity in SAMHSA project officers to effectively
Tool collects annual data on burden estimation, it has the same data manage, monitor, and provide sufficient
community-level outcome measures. fields as the HIV Testing guidance to their grantees, and for the
These data typically come from existing Implementation section of the main cross-site evaluation to reliably assess
sources such as ongoing community Quarterly Progress Report tool and program outcomes and successful
surveys and administrative data differs only in its reporting timeframe.
strategies. The following table displays
collected by local agencies and Although the main purpose of this
institutions such as law enforcement, data collection effort is to provide a estimates of the annualized burden for
school districts, college campuses, standard and efficient system for data collected through the Quarterly
hospitals, and health departments. The SAMHSA’s project officers to maintain Progress Reporting and Indirect Services
data are submitted to SAMHSA in the a feedback loop with the grantees that outcomes data collection tools.
ESTIMATES OF ANNUALIZED HOUR BURDEN
EXHIBIT 1—TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN BY INSTRUMENT
Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total burden
Type of respondent activity Wage rate Total hour cost
respondents respondent responses response hours
Quarterly Progress Re-
port ........................... 158 4 632 4 2,528 $21.79 $55,085
Indirect Services Out-
comes ....................... 158 1 158 2 316 21.79 6,886
HIV Testing Retrospec-
tive Reporting Tool ... 50 1/3 16.67 0.25 4.17 21.79 91
Total ...................... 158 ........................ 806.67 ........................ 2,848 ........................ 62,062
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