[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 189 (Thursday, September 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58280-58281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24897]


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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 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: Community Mental Health Services Block Grant 
Application Guidance and Instructions, FY 2002-2004--(OMB No. 0930-
0168, Revision)--Sections 1911 through 1920 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x through 300x-9) provide for annual 
allotments to assist States to establish or expand an organized, 
community-based system of care for adults with serious mental illness 
and children with serious emotional disturbances. Under the provisions 
of the law, States may receive allotments only after an application is 
submitted and approved by the Secretary of the Department of Health and 
Human Services.
    For the Federal fiscal year 2002-2004 Community Mental Health 
Services Block Grant application cycles, SAMHSA will provide States 
with

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revised application guidance and instructions. These changes affect 
several areas of the application and add a new section to accommodate 
reporting of uniform data on the public mental health system. Proposed 
revisions to the previously approved application include: (1) A table 
for listing mental health planning council membership in order to 
determine whether the membership and threshold requirements of the law 
(42 U.S.C. 300x-4) are being met; (2) several minor changes in the 
format, including moving the report required under 42 U.S.C 300x-52 to 
the Implementation Report; and, (3) addition of a new Section IV 
requiring States to report uniform data on their public mental health 
systems with a focus on community mental health services, along with a 
State-level reporting system capacities checklist in order to ascertain 
States' ability to report uniform data. Section IV has been developed 
through a collaborative partnership and consultation with a data 
working group consisting of representatives from the National 
Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, State level data 
experts and consumer representatives.
    In the previous application approved by the Office of Management 
and Budget, it was estimated that the average annual hourly burden for 
each State would be 195 hours, taking into consideration the option 
provided to States for electronic submission of the application. This 
included 115 hours to complete the Plan (Sections I-III) and 80 hours 
to complete the Implementation Report. Based on anecdotal information, 
it is anticipated that for the Plan the burden will remain at 115 hours 
and for the Implementation Report the burden will remain at 80 hours. 
The burden for Section IV, which requires States to complete several 
data tables along with a State level reporting system capacities 
checklist, is estimated to be 20 hours. The following table summarizes 
the annual burden for the revised application.

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                                                                                    Burden per
               Part of application                   Number of     Responses per     response      Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        (Hrs.)
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Plan (Sections I-III)...........................              59               1             115           6,785
Data tables & Checklist (Section IV)............              59               1              20           1,180
Implementation Report (Section V)...............              59               1              80           4,720
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      Total.....................................              59  ..............             215          12,685
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    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 21, 2000.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 00-24897 Filed 9-27-00; 8:45 am]
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