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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 222 (Monday, November 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 90710-90711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26785]

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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 on (240) 276-0166.

Project: Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Client/
Participant Outcomes Measure--(OMB No. 0930-0208)--Revision

    SAMHSA is requesting approval for a revision of the CSAT Client-
level GPRA instrument to continue the collection of performance and 
program monitoring data of its substance use services grant programs. 
Currently, the information collected from this instrument is entered 
and stored in SAMHSA's Performance Accountability and Reporting System 
(SPARS). SPARS is a real-time, performance management system that 
captures information on the substance use services and mental health 
services delivered through SAMHSA's grant programs across 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, which 
are consistent with OMB guidance.
    SAMHSA will use the data for annual performance reporting required 
by GPRA and comparing baseline with discharge and follow-up data. The 
additional information collected through this process will allow SAMHSA 
to: (1) report results of these performance outcomes; (2) maintain 
consistency with SAMHSA-specific performance domains, and (3) assess 
the performance of its discretionary and formula grant programs.
    Currently, there are 379,037 total burden hours in the OMB-approved 
CSAT Client-level GPRA instrument. SAMHSA is now requesting an increase 
to 631,682 burden hours. The increase of 252,645 burden hours is due to 
the following:
     Additional time allocated for interviews, but also 
improved estimates

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of the number of clients who would likely consent to complete the 
interview; and
     Additional time allocated for administrative collection of 
data by grantees, including the information that is collected for all 
clients regardless of whether they completed the client-portion of the 
interview or not.
    The estimated time to complete the baseline, follow-up, and 
discharge interviews is 45 (0.75) minutes each. This includes the 
completion of the administrative sections of the tool for all clients 
including those who decline an interview. The estimated time to 
complete the SBIRT program-specific measures was increased from 12 
(0.2) minutes to 15 minutes (0.25).

                                                      Table 1--Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden
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                                                                                         Total        Burden
                      SAMHSA tool                        Number of    Responses per    number of    hours per    Total burden   Hourly wage   Total hour
                                                        respondents     respondent     responses     response        hours          \1\          cost
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Baseline Interview Includes SBIRT Brief TX, Referral        337,857                1      337,857         0.75         253,393       $28.89   $7,320,523
 to TX, and Program-specific questions................
Follow-Up Interview with Program-specific questions         270,286                1      270,286         0.75         202,715        28.89    5,856,436
 \2\..................................................
Discharge Interview with Program-specific questions         175,686                1      175,686         0.75         131,765        28.89    3,806,431
 \3\..................................................
SBIRT Program--Screening Only.........................      150,296                1      150,296         0.17          25,550        28.89      738,140
SBIRT Program--Brief Intervention Only Baseline.......       31,481                1       31,481         0.25           7,870        28.89      227,364
SBIRT Program--Brief Intervention Only Follow-Up \2\..       25,184                1       25,184         0.25           6,296        28.89      181,891
SBIRT Program--Brief Intervention Only Discharge \3\..       16,370                1       16,370         0.25           4,093        28.89      118,247
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    CSAT Total........................................    1,007,160  ...............    1,007,160  ...........         631,682  ...........   18,249,032
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\1\ The hourly wage estimate is $28.89 based on the Occupational Employment and Wages, Mean Hourly Wage Rate for 21-1011 Substance Abuse and Behavioral
  Disorder Counselors = $28.89/hr. as of May 11, 2023. (http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes211011.htm. Accessed on June 20, 2024.)
\2\ It is estimated that 80% of baseline clients will complete this interview.
\3\ It is estimated that 52% of baseline clients will complete this interview. This estimate is based on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
  Administration (SAMHSA): Treating Concurrent Substance Use Among Adults. SAMHSA Publication No. PEP21-06-02-002. Rockville, MD: National Mental Health
  and Substance Use Policy Laboratory. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2021.
Note: Numbers may not add to the totals due to rounding and some individual participants completing more than one form.

    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 information collection 
by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public 
Comments'' or by using the search function.

Alicia Broadus,
Public Health Advisor.
[FR Doc. 2024-26785 Filed 11-15-24; 8:45 am]
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