83 FR 39765 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 155 (August 10, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 155 (Friday, August 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39765-39766]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17127]


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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: State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis Grant 
Program Mid-Year and End-Year Performance Reports

(OMB No. 0930-0378)--In Use Without OMB Approval

    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.
    SAMHSA received approval from OMB in September 2017 to collect 
performance data from Opioid State Targeted Response (STR) grantees 
(OMB No. 0930-0378). However, SAMHSA omitted a data collection table 
(Table E) in the original OMB request. This data table is currently in 
use by Opioid STR grantees, who are reporting Table E data to SAMHSA on 
a semi-annual basis. In order to correct this violation, SAMHSA is now 
seeking OMB approval for a new data collection package that includes 
not only the instruments originally approved by OMB in September 2017, 
but also this additional data collection table. It is important for 
SAMHSA to continue to collect this information in order to assess the 
impact of funding from the Opioid STR program on increasing access to 
prevention strategies, as well as treatment and recovery services to 
address the opioid crisis. Additionally, this data will provide SAMHSA 
with critical information to effectively manage the Opioid STR program, 
to help states and territories adopt, or scale-up, effective practices 
and policies, and to help prepare to implement the new State Opioid 
Response grant program.
    The primary purpose of the Opioid STR program 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 are 57 (states and jurisdictions) award recipients in this 
program. All funded states and jurisdictions report on their 
implementation and performance through an online data collection 
system. Award recipients 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 nurse 
practitioners, physician assistants, as well as physicians, nurses, 
counselors, social workers, case managers, etc. This information is 
collected at the mid-point and conclusion of each grant award year. 
Additionally, each award recipient describes the purposes for which the 
grant funds received were expended and the activities implemented under 
the program.

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                                                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              8.5              969
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    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 October 9, 2018.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2018-17127 Filed 8-9-18; 8:45 am]
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