82 FR 19248 - 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 79 (April 26, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19248-19249]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08399]


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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: Access to Recovery (ATR) Program (OMB No. 0930-
0266)--Reinstatement

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's 
(SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is charged with 
the Access to Recovery (ATR) program which will allow grantees (States, 
Territories, the District of Columbia and Tribal Organizations) a means 
to implement voucher programs for substance abuse clinical treatment 
and recovery support services. The ATR data collection (OMB No. 0930-
0266) will be a reinstatement from the previous approval that expires 
on May 31, 2017. There will be no changes to the two client-level 
tools.
    The goals of the ATR program are to: (1) Provide client choice 
among substance abuse clinical treatment and recovery support service 
providers, (2) expand access to a comprehensive array of clinical 
treatment and recovery support options (including faith-based 
programmatic options), and (3) increase substance abuse treatment 
capacity. Monitoring outcomes, tracking costs, and preventing waste, 
fraud and abuse to ensure accountability and effectiveness in the use 
of Federal funds are also important elements of the ATR program. 
Grantees, as a contingency of their award, are responsible for 
collecting Voucher Information (VI) and Voucher Transaction (VT) data 
from their clients.
    The primary purpose of this data collection activity is to meet the 
reporting requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act 
(GPRA) by allowing SAMHSA to quantify the effects and accomplishments 
of SAMHSA programs. The following table is an estimated annual response 
burden for this effort.

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                                                         Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden \1\
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                                                   Number of     Responses per       Total       Hours per    Total hour    Total wage   Total hour cost/
          Center/form/respondent type             respondent      respondent       responses     response       burden         cost       respondent \1\
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Voucher information and transaction............       53,333               1.5        80,000           .03         2,400        $18.40          $44,160
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\1\ This table represents the maximum additional burden if adult respondents for ATR provide responses/data at an estimated hourly wage (from 2010
  Bureau of Labor Statistics).

    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57-B, Rockville, Maryland 20857, OR email a 
copy to [email protected]. Written comments should be received 
by June 26, 2017.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2017-08399 Filed 4-25-17; 8:45 am]
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