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time. We cannot reasonably comply

with the normal clearance procedures

because of the statutory deadline.

HCFA is requesting emergency OMB

review and approval of this collection

by October 12, 2000, with a 180-day

approval period. Written comments and

recommendations will be accepted from

the public if received by the individuals

designated below by October 11, 2000.

During this 180-day period, we will

publish a separate Federal Register

notice announcing the initiation of an

extensive 60-day agency review and

public comment period on these

requirements. We will submit the

requirements for OMB review and an

extension of this emergency approval.

Type of Information Request: Revision

of a currently approved collection.

Title of Information Collection: Home

Health Advanced Beneficiary Notices of

Liability.

HCFA Form Number: HCFA–R–0296

(OMB approval #: 0938–0781).

Use: Home health agencies must

provide proper written notice to

Medicare beneficiaries in advance of

furnishing what the agencies believe to

be noncovered care or of reducing or

terminating ongoing care. Beneficiaries

have, and will continue to have a right

to obtain a Medicare initial

determination through the demand bill

process, with all attendant appeal rights.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions, Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 8,200.

Total Annual Responses: 180,000.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 30,000.

We have submitted a copy of this

notice to OMB for its review of these

information collections. A notice will be

published in the Federal Register when

approval is obtained.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms for the

proposed paperwork collections

referenced above, access HCFA’s Web

Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/

regs/prdact95.htm, or E-mail your

request, including your address, phone

number, OMB number, and HCFA

document identifier, to

Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports

Clearance Office on (410) 786–1326.

Interested persons are invited to send

comments regarding the burden or any

other aspect of these collections of

information requirements. However, as

noted above, comments on these

information collection and

recordkeeping requirements must be

mailed and/or faxed to the designees

referenced below, by October 11, 2000.

Health Care Financing

Administration, Office of Information

Services, Security and Standards Group,

Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards,

Room N2–14–26, 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850.

Fax Number: (410) 786–0262, Attn: Julie

Brown HCFA–R–296 and,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10235, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503,

Fax Number: (202) 395–6974 or (202)

395–5167, Attn: Wendy Taylor, HCFA

Desk Officer.

Dated: September 22, 2000.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA,

Office of Information Services, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards.

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BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

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 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 (301) 443–7978.

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

Providers Survey in the Aging, Mental

Health/Substance Abuse and Primary

Care Program—(New)— The Center for

Mental Health Services (CMHS) of the

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration (SAMHSA), in

collaboration with the Center for

Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

and the Center for Substance Abuse

Treatment (CSAT), the Department of

Veterans Affairs (VA), the Health Care

Financing Administration (HCFA), and

the Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA), plans to

conduct a survey of the service

providers in the Aging, Mental Health/

Substance Abuse and Primary Care

Program. The purpose of this program is

to evaluate alternative models of

delivering and financing mental health

and/or substance abuse services for

older adults through primary health

care. We hope to identify differences in

outcomes between models referring to

specialty mental health/substance abuse

(MH/SA) services outside the primary

care setting (Referral Model) and those

providing such services within the

primary care setting itself (Integrated

Model).

SAMHSA is funding the Coordinating

Center at the Harvard Medical School

and six Study Sites, three of which are

also HRSA Community Health Centers

and receive additional service

enhancement funding from HRSA.

Furthermore, the VA is funding a

Coordinating Center at the Miami

VAMC and another five VA Study Sites,

following the same protocol, making a

total of 11 Study Sites, in 8 States

throughout the country. In the

intervention, over 50,000 individuals

over age 65 are expected to be screened

in primary care settings for mental

health and substance abuse problems;

those in need will receive treatment in

either the referral model or the

integrated model.

Specifically, the primary purpose of

the Aging, MH/SA and Primary Care

Program is to specify the conditions

under which integrated and referral

models are most effective in terms of

access, adherence, consumer outcomes,

and system outcomes. The multi-site

study will focus on the impact of the

treatment models on older adults with

depression, anxiety, alcoholism, and

alcohol abuse with other drugs, and

combinations of the above disorders. It

highlights prevention, early

identification, early intervention, and

brief treatment components of service

models; it incorporates a consumeroriented approach throughout all phases

of the study, and cultural competence in

all study instruments and methods for a

variety of ethnic older populations. This

study will seek to expand our

knowledge, using the most rigorous

available scientific methods available,

by measuring the relative effectiveness

of service models.

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In this context, this study intends to

evaluate the role of the providers in the

treatment of these older adults with

MH/SA disorders, both the Primary Care

Providers (PCPs) and MH/SA Providers.

Therefore, it is proposed to use a

questionnaire called a Providers Survey

to survey both PCPs and MH/SA

Providers to determine their

perceptions, attitudes and beliefs about

providing these services to older adults

under the two service delivery models.

Analysis of this information will

assist SAMHSA in documenting

communication patterns with, attitudes

towards, and perceptions of older adults

participants in the study, permitting

some understanding of the providerolder adult interactions. In addition,

there may be important differences

between the integrated and referral

service delivery models in the

interaction between the PCP and MH/

SA Providers. These two sets of

interactions may, in turn, have a direct

effect or moderating effect on the

effectiveness of the service delivery

models.

The Provider Survey will be used one

time as a part of Process Evaluation at

the time of site visits to the 11 Study

Sites in the spring of 2001. Outside,

formal comparison groups are not

needed, as the main comparisons will

be made of the integrated and referral

models within each study site.

The 11 Study Sites expect to survey

approximately 312 providers for this

study, including 158 PCPs and 154 MH/

SA Providers. The chart below

summarizes complete burden for this

project.

Respondent type Number of

respondents

Responses/

respondent

Average

burden/

response

(hours)

Annual

burden

(hours)

Primary care providers .................................................................................................... 158 1 0.133 21

Mental health/substance abuse providers ....................................................................... 154 1 0.133 20

Total .......................................................................................................................... 312 .................... .................... 41

Send comments to Nancy Pearce,

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: September 20, 2000.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

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BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4563–N–15]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comment; Police

Department Accreditation Under the

Public Housing Drug Elimination

Program (PHDEP)

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: November

27, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

Control number and should be sent to:

Mildred M. Hamman, Reports Liaison

Officer, Public and Indian Housing,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, SW.,

Room 4238, Washington, DC 20410–

5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mildred M. Hamman, (202) 708–3642,

extension 4128, for copies of the

proposed forms and other available

documents. (This is not a toll-free

number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department will submit the proposed

information collection to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended).

This Notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and affected

agencies concerning the proposed

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information; (3) enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (4)

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, including through the use of

appropriate automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology; e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Police Department

Accreditation under the PHDEP.

OMB Control Number: 2577–0124.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: Public

Housing Agencies (PHAs) that intend to

use PHDEP funds to support their police

activities must be accredited by their

State accreditation program, if one exist,

or receive accreditation nationally from

the Commission on Accreditation for

Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).

New and existing PHA police

departments who have not been

approved and want to use PHDEP funds

for police services must submit a letter

and supporting documents to HUD for

approval.

Agency form number: None.

Members of affected public: State or

Local government.

Estimation of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response: 13 PHA police

departments are currently established,

accreditation certification/letter, 25

minutes per response, total burden

hours 3.25; HUD expects that no more

than seven new PHA police

departments will be established. Seven

responses, annually, two hours per

response, total burden hours 14. Total

reporting burden for new and

established PHA police departments

will be 17.25 hours.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Revision.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,

as amended.