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publication of this document in the

Federal Register. Therefore, a comment

is best assured of having its full effect

if OMB receives it within 30 days of

publication. Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

directly to the following: Office of

Management and Budget, Paperwork

Reduction Project, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503, Attn: Desk

Officer for ACF.

Dated: November 30, 2000.

Bob Sargis,

Reports Clearance Officer.

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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: Mexican Border

Youth Survey—New—SAMHSA’s

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

is planning to conduct breath test

surveys at the U.S./Mexican border to

address underage and binge drinking

related problems to both sides of the

border. The surveys are a component of

the Safe Crossing environmental

program in two Texas sites along the

U.S.-Mexico border. The initial project

targeting underage and binge drinking

was implemented in San Diego,

California and yielded successful

outcomes, including a 26% reduction in

youth crossing the border to drink

alcohol. The purpose of replicating the

model in Texas is to test a local

adaptation of the program which

surveys youth crossing the U.S.-Mexico

border. This effort informs the public of

problem behaviors specific to their local

community and serves to develop

community awareness and inform

community interventions, such as

underage curfews and enforcing bar

closing hours. The data collected will be

made available to local groups to assist

in raising community awareness of

youth drinking issues. It is expected that

communities will use the information to

tailor interventions to reduce youth

drinking-associated problems.

The survey will be a five-minute

interview with youths 18 to 30 years of

age returning to the U.S. from Mexico

between midnight and 6 a.m. on Friday

and Saturday evenings. The interview

consists of 26 questions concerning

drinking behavior and a breath test.

Approximately 100 pedestrians and 100

motorists will be interviewed one

weekend per month. A total of

approximately 2,400 respondents will

be interviewed; half of the interviews

will be conducted at El Paso, TX/Juarez,

Mexico and half at the Brownsville, TX/

Matamoros, Mexico border crossing site.

The total burden associated with this

project is summarized in the table

below.

Number of responses Respondents

per respondent

Average burden

per response

(Hrs.)

Total burden

2,400 ........................................................................................................................................ 1 .083 200

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: November 30, 2000.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 00–31002 Filed 12–5–00; 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: 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: Measuring Progress

of Consumer Involvement in Public

Managed Behavioral Health Care—

New—The tremendous growth of

managed care over the last ten years has

dramatically changed the ways that

public sector mental health and

substance abuse services are organized

and funded. The numbers of persons

enrolled in managed care programs

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under Medicaid increased from 10

percent in 1991 to 54 percent in 1998,

with escalating numbers of persons with

disabilities included under the

programs. The number of States with

managed care programs in public

mental health and substance abuse

programs tripled in three years from 14

States in 1996 to 42 States in 1999.

Currently, there are 39 States operating

managed behavioral healthcare

programs. The decrease is due to the

fact that a few States terminated or did

not implement planned programs.

SAMHSA has engaged in a number of

projects to improve the genuine

participation of consumers and family

members in the design, procurement,

implementation and evaluation of

managed care programs in the public

system. Under the SAMHSA Managed

Care Initiative, a group of consumers,

family members and advocacy groups

developed the Partners in Planning

Guide to educate consumers and family

members on becoming active in

designing managed care systems in their

State. A related project supported

training on the Guide at national and

grassroots venues to advocated as well

as persons with mental illnesses and/or

chemical dependencies.

However, the impact of these and

other efforts to promote greater

inclusion of consumers and family

members in system design remains

largely unmeasured. The objective of

this effort, sponsored by SAMHSA’s

Office of Managed Care, is to identify

progress of the consumer and family

member involvement in managed care.

A survey will assess the level of

consumer/family involvement in

managed care design, implementation

and evaluation. More specifically,

mental health and substance abuse

consumer leaders in targeted States will

be surveyed about their involvement in

Medicaid and waivered programs with

behavioral healthcare services to assess:

how consumer/family involvement has

evolved over the past five years and

identify areas of improvement and areas

that still need improvement and reasons

for the changes; the consumer’s specific

roles in formal governmental bodies,

such as serving on the legislative

commissions or governor advisory

boards, etc; whether consumers and

family members are finding useful the

SAMHSA technical assistance

documents and other resources for

consumers and family members about

managed behavioral healthcare. The

resulting information will be shared

with SAMHSA leadership and

constituents to identify what works and

best practices and to guide SAMHSA

activities to further promotion of

consumer and family involvement in

managed care.

Participants in the survey will be

identified through a combination of

databases for the following

constituencies: consumers/survivors,

family members, and persons in

recovery from substance abuse

problems. In addition,

recommendations from local mental

health association and other advocate

will be sought. The survey will involve

approximately 3–5 individuals in each

of 15 States. Total burden for this singletime survey is as follows:

Number of respondents Responses/

respondent

Burden/

response

Total burden

(hrs.)

75 ....................................................................................................................................... 1 .37 28

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: November 28, 2000.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

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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.

2000 Survey of Mental Health

Organizations, General Hospital Mental

Health Services, and Managed Care

Organizations (SMHO)—(OMB No.

0930–0119, revision)—The survey, to be

conducted by SAMHSA’s Center for

Mental Health Services (CMHS), will be

conducted in two phases. Phase I will

be a brief two-three page inventory

consisting of four forms: (1) a specialty

mental health organization and general

hospital with separate mental health

services form; (2) a general hospital with

integrated mental health services

screener form; (3) a community

residential organization screener form;

and (4) a managed behavioral healthcare

organization form. This short inventory

will be sent to all known organizations

to define the universe of valid mental

health organizations to be sampled in

Phase II. The inventory will collect

basic information regarding the name

and address of the organizations, their

type and ownership, and the kinds of

services provided.

Phase II will sample approximately

2,000 mental health organizations and

utilize a more detailed survey

instrument. Although the Sample

Survey form will be more

comprehensive, it will be very similar to

surveys and inventories fielded in 1998,

1994, 1992 and earlier. The

organizational data to be collected by

the Sample Survey form include

university affiliation, client/patient

census by basic demographics,

revenues, expenditures, and staffing.

The resulting database will be used to

provide national estimates and will be

the basis for the National Directory of

Mental Health Services. In addition,

data derived from the survey will be

published by CMHS in Data Highlights,

in Mental Health, United States, and in

professional journals such as Psychiatric

Services and the American Journal of

Psychiatry. Mental Health, United States

is used by the general public, state

governments, the U.S. Congress,

university researchers, and other health

care professionals.