81 FR 53494 - 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 156 (August 12, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 156 (Friday, August 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53494-53495]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19206]


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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 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: SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance Center Disaster 
Behavioral Health Needs Assessment and Customer Satisfaction Surveys 
(OMB No. 0930-0325)--Revision

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA) is requesting approval for a revision to the data collection 
associated with the SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance Center (DTAC) 
Disaster Behavioral Health Needs Assessment and Customer Satisfaction 
Surveys (OMB No. 0930-0325), which expire on May 31, 2017. 
Specifically, SAMHSA DTAC plans to consolidate the Needs Assessment 
Survey and Customer Satisfaction Surveys into a single instrument. The 
new revised instrument, entitled SAMHSA DTAC Customer Feedback Survey 
(CFS), under this effort will also include a change in administration 
to make it appropriate for a single, streamlined survey.
    The proposed data collection effort will provide feedback on the 
overall effectiveness of SAMHSA DTAC's services, ongoing needs at the 
national level, and areas that require enhanced technical assistance 
(TA) services.
    SAMHSA DTAC will be responsible for administering the data 
collection instrument and analyzing the data. SAMHSA DTAC will use data 
from the instrument to inform current and future TA activities and to 
ensure these activities continue to align with state and local needs.
    A three-year clearance is being requested. The SAMHSA DTAC CFS is 
designed to allow the agency to collect feedback on the overall 
effectiveness of the services provided by SAMHSA DTAC, as well as 
ongoing data regarding disaster behavioral health (mental health and 
substance use-related) needs at the national level and areas that 
require enhanced training and technical assistance (TA) services. This 
is the information that was previously collected as part of the SAMHSA 
DTAC Needs Assessment Survey (NAS) and Customer Satisfaction Survey 
(CSS). Data from this effort will continue to be used to improve 
services to jurisdictions, which will lead to (1) better integration of 
disaster behavioral health (DBH) needs with all-hazards disaster 
preparedness and response, and (2) improved outcomes at the state, 
territory, tribal, and local levels with less burden on participants. 
The new Customer Feedback Survey integrates and consolidates questions 
from the previously utilized NAS and CSS, which will reduce burden 
associated with the number of instruments and survey questions. SAMHSA 
DTAC will continue to be responsible for survey administration and 
analysis of the data collected, which SAMHSA will use to inform current 
and future training and TA activities. Table 1 shows the estimated 
burden associated with CFS data collection activities and the 
associated costs. It is anticipated that the survey will be 
administered once each year.
    Participation in the Customer Feedback Survey will be solicited 
from all 50 states, the U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia. 
The survey will be administered to individuals who have requested TA 
within the six months prior to administration and those who are 
subscribed to DTAC's e-communications, SAMHSA DTAC Bulletin, or The 
Dialogue, at the time of administration. Internet-based technology will 
be used to collect data via web-based survey for data entry and 
management.

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                                                    Table 1--Annualized Estimate of Respondent Burden
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                                                                                     Number of      Number of   Total number    Hours per   Total burden
              Type of respondent                           Instrument               respondents     responses   of responses    response        hours
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TA requestor, e-communications recipient,       DTAC Customer Feedback Survey...            200             1           200           0.5           100
 colleague of previous requestor.
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
5600 Fishers Lane, 15E57-B, Rockville, MD 20857 OR email a copy to 
[email protected]. Written comments should be received by 
October 11, 2016.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2016-19206 Filed 8-11-16; 8:45 am]
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