81 FR 495 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 3 (January 6, 2016)

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 at (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.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 495-496]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-33221]


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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

AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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 at (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: Services Grant Program for Residential Treatment for 
Pregnant and Postpartum Women (PPW) Quarterly Progress Reports--NEW

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, has developed a set of 
infrastructure development measures in which recipients of cooperative 
agreements will report on various benchmarks on a quarterly-annual 
basis. The infrastructure development measures are designed to collect 
information at the grantee-level and program-level.
    The draft infrastructure measures are based on the programmatic 
requirements conveyed in TI-14-005, Services Grant Program for 
Residential Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women.
    The purpose of this program is to provide funding to improve 
treatment for low-income (according to federal poverty guidelines) 
women, age 18 and over, who are pregnant, postpartum (the period after 
childbirth up to 12 months), and their minor children, age 17 and 
under, who have limited access to quality health services.
    The pregnant and postpartum women program will implement parenting 
and treatment evidence-based practice models and a feedback loop 
developed to enable the grantee and the programs to identify barriers 
and test solutions through direct services. The expected outcomes of 
these grants will include decreases in the use and/or abuse of 
prescription drugs, alcohol, tobacco, illicit and other harmful drugs 
(e.g., inhalants) among pregnant and postpartum women; increases in 
safe and healthy pregnancies; improved birth outcomes; reduced 
perinatal and environmentally-related effects of maternal and/or 
paternal drug abuse on infants and children; improved mental and 
physical health of women and children; prevention of mental,

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emotional, and behavioral disorders among the children; improved 
parenting skills, family functioning, economic stability, and quality 
of life; decreased involvement in and exposure to crime, violence, and 
neglect; and decreased physical, emotional, and sexual abuse for all 
family members. Women, their adolescents/children (up to age 17), 
fathers, and other family members who are provided services through 
grant funds will inform the process to improve systems issues.

                                                  Annual Data Collection Burden Data Collection Burden
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                                                                        Number of      Responses per        Total          Hours per        Total hour
                        Instrument/activity                            respondents       respondent       responses         response          burden
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Progress Report....................................................              25                4              100                8              800
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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 March 7, 2016.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2015-33221 Filed 1-5-16; 8:45 am]
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