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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 203 (Monday, October 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84180-84181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24250]

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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 summary 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 at (240) 276-0166.

Project: State Opioid Response (SOR)/Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) 
Program Instrument (OMB No. 0930-0384)--Revision

    SAMHSA is requesting approval to modify its existing SOR/TOR 
Program Instrument by (1) broadening language from `naloxone' to 
`naloxone and other opioid overdose reversal medications' due to the 
availability of new FDA-approved non-naloxone overdose reversal 
medications; (2) broadening language from `fentanyl test strips' to 
`drug checking technologies as directed by SAMHSA due to the 
availability of new drug checking technology, including test strips for 
other emerging substances; (3) adding five questions to collect 
treatment and recovery support data that were previously reported 
biannually in the performance progress reports; (4) adding one question 
to collect data on clients who received contingency management for the 
treatment of stimulant use disorder; (5) adding a sub-recipient entity 
inventory table to collect expenditure data for each grant sub-
recipient in response to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (42 
U.S.C. 300x-52(a)); (6) combining four questions with similar themes 
into two questions for clarity; (7) removing question 12 because it is 
comprised of more than one question with several different ideas, 
making it unsuited for this instrument; and (8) adding one question at 
the request of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to 
collect information on Congressionally mandated and programmatic 
activities, and to comply with reporting requirements. The program-
level information is collected quarterly for questions 1 to 13b, and 
annually for the sub-recipient entity inventory table, and entered and 
stored in SAMHSA's Performance Accountability and Reporting System 
(SPARS), which is a real-time, performance management system that 
captures information on the SAMHSA-funded substance use and substance 
use disorder prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery 
support services, and mental health services delivered in the United 
States. Continued approval of this information collection will allow 
SAMHSA to continue to meet Government Performance and Results 
Modernization Act of 2010 reporting requirements that quantify the 
effects and accomplishments of its discretionary grant programs.
    The SOR/TOR programs are authorized under the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2024, Division D, Title II, and section 1003 of the 
21st Century Cures Act [Public Law 114-255] (42 U.S.C. 290ee-3a), as 
amended. SAMHSA anticipates 189 recipients (states, territories, and 
tribal entities) will participate in these grant programs. Grantee-
level data will include information related to: reported

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overdose reversals; the purchase and distribution of naloxone and other 
opioid overdose reversal medications; types of entities that distribute 
naloxone and other opioid overdose reversal medications; training on 
recognizing an opioid overdose and appropriate use of naloxone and 
other opioid overdose reversal medications; implementation of 
prevention and education activities; the purchase and distribution of 
drug checking technologies as directed by SAMHSA; treatment services 
for opioid use disorder (OUD) and stimulant use disorder; types of 
recovery support services; and the expenditure amounts for each SOR and 
TOR grant sub-recipient. This grantee-level information will be 
collected quarterly for questions 1 to 13b, and annually for the sub-
recipient entity inventory table.
    The revisions to the tool will continue to enable SAMHSA to better 
assess grantee accountability and performance on the required 
prevention, education, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery support 
activities for the SOR/TOR programs. The revisions will continue to 
assist SAMHSA in providing comprehensive data on the full range of 
required activities to inform Congressionally mandated reports for the 
SOR program.
    The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) anticipates that 
the time required to collect and report the program-level information 
is approximately 33 minutes per response. Since the submission of the 
previous OMB package, there has been an increase in the number of 
respondents. The estimated burden associated with the program-level 
instrument includes an adjustment to reflect the current number of 
grantees.

                                            Table 1--Estimate of Annualized Hour Burden for SOR/TOR Grantees
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                                                                                            Total        Burden       Total
                  SAMHSA data collection                     Number of    Responses per   number of    hours per      burden    Hourly wage   Total wage
                                                            respondents    respondent     responses     response      hours         \1\          cost
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Grantee-Level Instrument..................................          189               4          756          .30       226.80       $28.89    $6,552.25
Grantee-Level Instrument..................................          189               1          189          .25        47.25        28.89     1,365.05
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    Total.................................................          378               5          945          .55       274.05        28.89     7,917.30
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\1\ The hourly wage estimate is $28.89 based on the Occupational Employment and Wages, Mean Hourly Wage Rate for 21-1018 Substance Abuse, Behavioral
  Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors= $28.89/hr. as of May 2023 (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes211018.htm Accessed on September 23, 2024.)

    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

Krishna Palipudi,
Social Science Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2024-24250 Filed 10-18-24; 8:45 am]
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