[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 233 (Monday, December 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75730-75731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30757]


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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 (SAMHSA) will publish a list of information collection 
requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these documents, call 
the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-7978.
    Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPs) Evaluation Project--
Prospective Study--New--Since 1993, SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse 
Treatment has published 37 Treatment Improvement Protocols, which 
provide administrative and clinical practice guidance to the substance 
abuse treatment field. This is the third of three major studies and is 
designed to assess readers' use of TIPs and the impact of TIPs on 
changing substance abuse treatment practices.
    The Prospective Study seeks to determine the most cost effective 
level of support needed by substance abuse treatment providers to 
implement in practice the information contained in TIPs. Specifically, 
this study will examine the use of TIP # 35, ``Enhancing Motivation for 
Change in Substance Abuse Treatment,'' by treatment professionals in 
four different areas of the country. The study will use a pretest/post-
test experimental design in which treatment facilities will be randomly 
assigned to one of four conditions: (1) The control group (which will 
receive the TIP and no additional support); (2) a TIP-plus curriculum 
group; (3) a TIP-plus curriculum and training group; and (4) a TIP-plus 
curriculum, training, and ongoing support group.
    Data will be collected at baseline and follow-up. Measures will 
include providers' awareness of TIP 35, their knowledge of the content 
contained in this TIP, their attitudes toward the TIP and its content, 
and their use of this TIP and its impact on practices within their 
facilities. Burden for State substance abuse (SSA) agency directors in 
the four areas of the country chosen will consist of information 
gathering by telephone. Burden for other respondents will consist of 
completing the pretest and post-test questionnaires. The total 
estimated burden for this project, to be completed in a 1-year period, 
is summarized below.

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                                                                                  Average burden/
                   Respondent                        Number of      Responses/       response      Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        (hrs.)          (hrs.)
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SSA Directors...................................               6               1            1.0                6
Pretest:
    Facility Directors..........................             577               1             .14              81
    Clinical Supervisors........................             577               1             .14              81
    Program Counselors..........................           2,350               1             .14             329
Post-test:
    Facility Directors..........................             577               1             .19             110
    Clinical Supervisors........................             577               1             .19             110
    Program Counselors..........................           2,350               1             .19             447
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        Total...................................           3,510  ..............  ..............           1,164
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Stuart Shapiro, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: November 27, 2000.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 00-30757 Filed 12-1-00; 8:45 am]
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