82 FR 18660 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 75 (April 20, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 75 (Thursday, April 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18660-18661]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07947]


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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 infor mation 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: State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis Grant 
Program Reports--NEW

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA) is authorized under Section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures 
Act, as amended, to support a grant program, for up to 2 years, that 
addresses the supplemental activities pertaining to opioids currently 
undertaken by the state agency or territory and will support a 
comprehensive response to the opioid epidemic. The State Targeted 
Response to the Opioid Crisis Grant (Opioid STR) program addresses 
Healthy People 2020, Substance Abuse Topic Area HP 2020-SA.The primary 
purpose of Opioid STR is to address the opioid crisis by increasing 
access to treatment, reducing unmet treatment need, and reducing opioid 
overdose related deaths through the provision of prevention, treatment 
and recovery activities for opioid use disorder (OUD) (including 
prescription opioids as well as illicit drugs such as heroin).
    There will be up to 59 (states and jurisdictions) award recipients 
in this program. All funded states and jurisdictions will be asked to 
report on their implementation and performance through an online data 
collection system. Award recipients will report performance on the 
following measures specific to this program: Number of people who 
receive OUD treatment, number of people who receive OUD recovery 
services, number of providers implementing medication-assisted 
treatment, and the number of OUD prevention and treatment providers 
trained, to include NPs, PAs, as well as physicians, nurses, 
counselors, social workers, case managers, etc.
    This information will be collected at the mid-point and conclusion 
of each grant award year.
    Additionally, each award recipient will describe the purposes for 
which the grant funds received were expended and the activities under 
the program, and the ultimate recipients of amounts provided to the 
grantee in the grants.

                                                Annualized Estimated Burden Hours for the Progress Report
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                                                                                         Number of                       Average burden
                             Respondent                                 Number of      responses per   Total responses    per response     Total burden
                                                                       respondents       respondent                        (in hours)         hours
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State and Jurisdictions............................................              57                2              114              8.0              912
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    Link for the tables: https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/grants/pdf/ti-17-014-tables.pdf.
    Send all comments via email to [email protected]. Comments 
should be received by June 19, 2017.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2017-07947 Filed 4-19-17; 8:45 am]
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