81 FR 66287 - 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 187 (September 27, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66287-66288]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23181]


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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: National Mental Health Services Survey (N-MHSS) (OMB 
No. 0930-0119)--Revision

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA), Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ) 
is requesting a revision to the National Mental Health Services Survey 
(N-MHSS) (OMB No. 0930-0119), which expires on February 28, 2017. The 
N-MHSS provides annual national and state-level data on the number and 
characteristics of mental health treatment facilities in the United 
States and biennial national and state-level data on the number and 
characteristics of persons treated in these facilities.
    The N-MHSS will provide updated information about facilities for 
SAMHSA's online Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator (see: 
https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov), which was last updated with 
information from the abbreviated N-MHSS (N-MHSS-Locator Survey) in 
2015. An abbreviated N-MHSS (N-MHSS-Locator Survey) will be conducted 
in 2017 and 2019 to update the information about facilities in the 
online Locator. A full-scale N-MHSS will be conducted in 2018 to 
collect (1) information about facilities needed for updating the online 
Locator, such as the facility name and address, specific services 
offered, and special client groups served and (2) additional 
information about client counts and the demographics of persons treated 
in these facilities. Three small surveys are proposed for adding new 
facilities to the online Locator as they become known to SAMHSA. Both 
the 2017 N-MHSS-Locator Survey and the addition of new facilities to 
the online Locator will use the same N-MHSS-Locator Survey instrument.
    This request for a revision seeks to change the content of the 
currently approved abbreviated N-MHSS (i.e., N-MHSS-Locator) survey 
instrument, and the previously approved 2014 and 2016 full-scale N-MHSS 
(OMB No. 0930-0119) to accommodate two related N-MHSS activities:
    (1) Collection of information from the total N-MHSS universe of 
mental health treatment facilities during 2017, 2018, and 2019; and
    (2) collection of information on newly identified facilities 
throughout the year as they are identified so that new facilities can 
quickly be added to the online Locator.
    The survey mode for both data collection activities will be web 
with telephone follow-up. A paper questionnaire will also be available 
to facilities who request one.
    The database resulting from the N-MHSS will be used to update 
SAMHSA's online Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator and to 
produce an electronic version of a national directory of mental health 
facilities, for use by the general public, behavioral health 
professionals, and

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treatment service providers. In addition, a data file derived from the 
survey will be used to produce a summary report providing national and 
state-level outcomes. The summary report and a public-use data file 
will be used by researchers, mental health professionals, State 
governments, the U.S. Congress, and the general public.
    The request for OMB approval will include a request to conduct an 
abbreviated N-MHSS-Locator survey in 2017 and 2019, and the full-scale 
N-MHSS in 2018.
    The following table summarizes the estimated annual response burden 
for the N-MHSS:

                                 Estimated Annual Response Burden for the N-MHSS
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                                                     Number of     Responses per   Average hours   Total burden
               Type of respondent                   respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Facilities in N-MHSS-Locator Survey universe in           17,000               1            0.42           7,140
 2017 and 2019..................................
Newly identified facilities in Between-Survey              1,700               1            0.42             714
 Update in 2017, 2018, and 2019 \1\.............
Facilities in full-scale N-MHSS universe in 2018          17,000               1            0.75          12,750
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    Average Annual Total........................          18,700               1            0.62           9,724
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\1\ Collection of information on newly identified facilities throughout the year, as they are identified, so
  that new facilities can quickly be added to the Locator.

    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57-B, Rockville, MD 20857 OR email a copy at 
[email protected]. Written comments should be received by 
November 28, 2016.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2016-23181 Filed 9-26-16; 8:45 am]
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