Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 243 / Thursday, December 18, 1997 / Notices 66381

Dated: December 10 , 1997.

Joanne Lanahan,

Director, Health Care Administrative

Sanctions, Office of Inspector General, OI.

[FR Doc. 97–33060 Filed 12–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4150–04–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Office for Protection From Research

Risks; Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request; Protection of

Human Subjects: Assurance

Identification/Certification Declaration

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of

Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office for

Protection from Research Risks (OPRR),

the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) a

request to review and approve the

information collection listed below.

This proposed information collection

was previously published in the Federal

Register of August 22, 1997 (62 FR

44701) and allowed 60 days for public

comment. No public comments were

received. The purpose of this notice is

to allow an additional 30 days for public

comment. The National Institutes of

Health may not conduct or sponsor, and

the respondent is not required to

respond to, an information collection

that has been extended, revised, or

implemented on or after October 1,

1995, unless it displays a currently valid

OMB control number.

Proposed Collection

Title: Protection of Human Subjects:

Assurance Identification/Certification/

Declaration. Type of Information

Collection Request: Extension. OMB

Control Number: 0925–0418. Expiration

Date: 12/31/97. Need and Use of

Information Collection: The Federal

Policy for the Protection of Human

Subjects was promulgated on June 18,

1991 (56 FR 28003) and requires

applicant and awardee institutions

receiving Federal funds to initiate

procedures to report, disclose, and keep

required records for the protection of

human subjects of research. Optional

Form 310, Protection of Human

Subjects: Assurance Identification/

Certification/Declaration is necessary

for the implementation and

administration of the reporting and

recordkeeping requirements set forth in

the Federal Policy. Frequency of

Response: On occasion. Affected Public:

Individuals or households; Business or

other for-profit; Not for-profit

institutions; Federal Government; State,

local or tribal government. Type of

Respondents: Researchers. The annual

reporting burden is as follows:

Estimated number of Respondents:

3,831. Estimated Number of Responses

per Respondent: 56.8. Average burden

hours per response: 0.755; and

Estimated total Annual Burden Hours

Requested: 164,428. The annualized

cost to respondents is estimated at:

$2,096. There are not Capital Costs to

report. There are no Operating or

Maintenance Costs to report.

Request for Comments

Written comments and/or suggestions

from the public and affected agencies

are invited on one or more of the

following points: (1) Whether the

proposed collection of information will

have the proper performance of the

function of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (3)

Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

the use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Direct Comments to OMB

Written comments and/or suggestions

regarding the item contained in this

notice, especially regarding the

estimated public burden and associated

response time, should be directed to the:

Office of Management and Budget,

Office of Regulatory Affairs, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, D.C. 20503, Attention:

Desk Officer for NIH. To request more

information on the proposed project or

to obtain a copy of the data collection

plans and instruments, contact: Michele

Russell-Einhorn, Director of Regulatory

Affairs, Office for Protection from

Research Risks, 6100 Executive Blvd.,

Suite 3B–01, Rockville, MD. 20892–

7507, or call non-toll-free-number (301)

435–5649 or E-mail your request,

including your address

to:<einhornm@od.nih.gov>.

Comments Due Date

Comments regarding this information

collection are best assured of having

their full effect if received within 30

days of the date of this publication.

Dated: December 10, 1997.

Gary B. Ellis,

Director, OPRR.

[FR Doc. 97–33016 Filed 12–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

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 for opportunity

for public comment on proposed

information requests, the Substance

Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration (SAMHSA) will publish

periodic summaries of each proposed

collection of information. To request a

copy of these documents, contact the

SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on

(301) 443–8005.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is 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: The 1997 Sample

Survey of Mental Health Organizations

and General Hospitals with Separate

Psychiatric Services—Revision of the

Inventory of Mental Health

Organizations and General Hospital

Mental Health Services (IMHO/

GHMHS). The survey will be conducted

in two phases. Phase I will be a brief

two page inventory consisting of two

forms—one for all organizations that

provide mental health treatment

services and the other for all managed

behavioral health care organizations.

Phase II will be a sample survey of 3,800

organizations drawn from the universe

of organizations providing mental

health treatment services identified in

the first phase. The sample survey will

use a more comprehensive, but very

similar form to the one used in the 1994

IMHO/GHMHS. The organizational data

to be collected include ownership and

management, client/patient
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demographics, revenues and

expenditures, and staffing. The dataset

produced will be used to provide

national statistical estimates and will be

the basis of the National Directory of

Mental Health Services. The annual

burden estimate is as follows:

Number of

respondents

Annual number of responses per

respondent

Average

hours per response

Annual burden hours

Phase I ..................................................................................................................... 10,559 1 0.23 2,478

Specialty Mental Health Organizations ............................................................. (3,235) (1) (00.20) (647)

General Hospitals with Psychiatric Services ..................................................... (1,374) (1) (00.25) (343)

General Hospitals to be screened for Psychiatric Services ............................. (4,080) (1) (00.25) (1,020)

Community Residential Organizations .............................................................. (1,275) (1) (00.25) (319)

Managed Care Organizations ........................................................................... (595) (1) (00.25) (149)

Phase II (Sample Survey) ........................................................................................ 3,229 1 2.0 6,939

Specialty Mental Health Organizations ............................................................. (2,267) (1) (02.0) (4,534)

General Hospitals with Psychiatric Services ..................................................... (962) (1) (02.5) (2,405)

Total ............................................................................................................... 13,788 ...................... ...................... 9,417

Send comments to Beatrice Rouse,

SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 16–105, Parklawn Building, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received

within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: December 12, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 97–33011 Filed 12–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4162–20–U

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 for opportunity

for public comment on proposed data

collection projects, 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 data collection plans and

instruments, call the SAMHSA Reports

Clearance Officer on (301) 443–8005.

Comments are invited on: (a) whether

the proposed collection of information

is 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

Community Mental Health Services

(CMHS) Block Grant Application,

FY98—Revision—The ADAMHA

Reorganization Act 42 U.S.C. 300x1–9

established the Community Mental

Health Services Block Grant program

which authorized block grants to States

to provide community based mental

health services. Under provision of the

law, States may receive allotments only

after an application is approved by the

Secretary. Further, the Act requires

States to submit to the Secretary a plan

for providing comprehensive

community mental health services to

adults with a serious mental illness and

to children with a serious emotional

disturbance and an annual

implementation report on the block

grant fund activities for the previous

year. This block grant program is

administered by SAMHSA’s Center for

Mental Health Services (CMHS). The

proposed application reflects the

criteria, assurances, and requirements

set forth in Pub. L. 102–321. The

revision includes the consolidation of

the criteria for application and reduced

respondent burden.

The annual burden estimates are as

follows:

Number of

respondents

Number of

responses

per respondent

Average

burden per

response

Annual burden hours

States and Territories ....................................................................................................... 59 1 210 12,390

Send comments to Beatrice Rouse,

SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 16–105, Parklawn Building, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received

within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: December 12, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 97–33014 Filed 12–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

Periodically, the Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration