61608 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 172 / Thursday, September 7, 2023 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute on Aging; Amended 

Notice of Meeting 

Notice is hereby given of a change in 

the meeting of the National Institute on 

Aging Special Emphasis Panel, August 

28, 2023, 12:00 p.m. to August 28, 2023, 

05:00 p.m., National Institute on Aging, 

Gateway Building, 7201 Wisconsin 

Avenue, Bethesda, MD, 20892 which 

was published in the Federal Register 

on August 21, 2023, 56844. 

The meeting notice is amended to 

change the start date of the meeting 

from 08/28/2023, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 

p.m. to 10/30/2023, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 

p.m. The meeting is closed to the 

public. 

Dated: August 31, 2023. 

Miguelina Perez, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19259 Filed 9–6–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL 

HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 

Request for Information; Potential 

Changes to its Evidence-Based 

Practices Resource Center 

AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental 

Health Services Administration 

(SAMHSA), Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: SAMHSA is issuing this RFI 

to gather expert and public feedback to 

determine how to best satisfy Sec. 7002, 

subsections (b), (c), or (d) of the 21st 

Century Cures Act, which are explained 

below. Input from the public and 

experts will help SAMHSA identify the 

optimal ways to identify, evaluate, and 

disseminate programs and practices, 

based on their intended audiences, the 

nature of the evidence supporting the 

program or practice, and the type of 

product deemed best suited to the 

content. SAMHSA seeks input from 

members of the public on potential 

changes to its Evidence-Based Practices 

Resource Center (EBPRC), specifically 

regarding the possible introduction of 

three new domains for the EBPRC 

website (https://www.samhsa.gov/ 

resource-search/ebp). In addition to 

addressing four general questions about 

the EBPRC overall, SAMHSA 

encourages members of the public to 

comment on several questions 

pertaining to each of the domains 

described. SAMHSA believes that 

public and expert input on the new 

domains will help make the EBPRC 

more responsive to the needs of the 

public and the behavioral health field. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by October 13th, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit all responses 

via email to EBPRC@samhsa.hhs.gov as 

a Word document, Portable Document 

Format (PDF) file, or in the body of the 

email message. Please include ‘‘Request 

for Information: Changes to SAMHSA’s 

EBPRC’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carter A Roeber, Telephone: 240–276– 

1488, Email: Carter.Roeber@

samhsa.hhs.gov, or EBPRC@

samhsa.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

EBPRC was established in 2018 to fulfill 

the statutory requirements of the 21st 

Century Cures Act (Pub. L. 144–255). 

Specifically, section 7002 of the 21st 

Century Cures Act requires that, as 

appropriate, SAMHSA shall ‘‘improve 

access to reliable and valid information 

on evidence-based programs and 

practices, including information on the 

strength of evidence associated with 

such programs and practices, related to 

mental and substance use disorders for 

States, local communities, nonprofit 

entities, and other stakeholders, by 

posting on the internet website of the 

Administration information on 

evidence-based programs and practices 

that have been reviewed by the 

Assistant Secretary in accordance with 

the requirements of this section.’’ 

SAMHSA has designated the EBPRC, 

managed by the agency’s National 

Mental Health and Substance Use Policy 

Laboratory (NMHSUPL), to fulfill this 

charge. 

With the directive to publish 

information on evidence-based 

programs and practices (EBPs), the 

EBPRC relies on SAMHSA’s 

relationships with key behavioral health 

stakeholders, including researchers, 

clinical and public health service 

providers, program administrators, and 

people with lived experience to inform 

the content it distributes. Further, 

SAMHSA’s repository of EBPRC 

materials is organized by topic area and 

made searchable to maximize 

navigability, utility, and relevancy of 

content to those poised to implement 

EBPs. In this way, the EBPRC aims to 

broaden the scale of EBP 

implementation and provide support to 

improve behavioral health outcomes 

nationwide. 

Recognizing the ever-changing nature 

of the evidence base, the EBPRC seeks 

to take a dynamic and responsive 

approach to its curation of resources. To 

date, however, the EBPRC has primarily 

posted federally developed materials on 

practices. The programs and practices 

mentioned in the posted materials are 

vetted through a review of the evidence. 

However, unlike Crimesolutions.gov or 

the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), 

the EBPRC does not currently 

incorporate and publish a systematic 

process for identifying, evaluating and 

rating specific programs and practices 

across the behavioral health field and 

related subspecialty fields for inclusion, 

as envisioned by section 7002, 

subsections (b), (c), or (d) of the 21st 

Century Cures Act. The inclusion of 

reviews and ratings of particular 

programs would allow users to search 

for and learn about specific programs 

that might meet their population’s 

needs. 

To ensure that the EBPRC fulfills its 

roles in the analysis, synthesis, and 

dissemination of behavioral health 

evidence, SAMHSA requests that 

members of the public respond to the 

following questions, the answers to 

which will help frame the agency’s 

efforts to improve the EBPRC’s utility to 

the public. 

Framing Questions 

• Question A: How can SAMHSA 

improve the EBPRC to better meet the 

needs of the behavioral health field? 

• Question B: What strategies should 

the EBPRC use to ensure its content is 

high-quality and supported by strong 

evidence? 

• Question C: How can SAMHSA 

expand the reach of the EBPRC? 

• Question D: How can SAMHSA 

solicit feedback on the use of its 

resources and information? 

In addition, SAMHSA requests that 

commenters consider the following 

three domains of the EBPRC, upon 

which it seeks specific feedback, as 

enumerated below. 

Domain 1. Adding a program review 

and rating component to the EBPRC. 

SAMHSA’s EBPRC provides 

communities, clinicians, policymakers, 

and others with the information and 

tools needed to improve the quality of 

care, by incorporating EBPs into their 

communities or clinical settings. 

Evidence-based practices and programs 

(EBPs) are defined as interventions that 

are guided by the best research evidence 

with practice-based expertise, cultural 

competence, and the values of the 

persons receiving the services that 

promote individual or population-level 

outcomes. The distinction between 


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