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linkage, including testing of the linkage,

and to be capable of transmitting

hospital encounter data to an FI. All

data submitted after July 1, 1998 will be

transmitted using this linkage. (See

Attachment 1 for additional information

on the transmission of data to HCFA.)

Each plan and/or contract will use a

single FI.

HCFA will establish a series of

interim deadlines to ensure that plans

are making sufficient progress toward

accomplishing this linkage no later than

June 30, 1998. HCFA will assist plans in

initiating discussions with their FI.

After plans have established linkages

to a FI, hospitals will submit HCFA–

1450 (UB–92) forms to the managed care

plan. The HCFA–1450 (UB92) form is

identical to the one used by hospitals in

billing for Medicare fee-for-service

claims. After receiving the pseudo claim

from the hospital, the plan attaches the

plan identifier, which is the HCFA

assigned managed care organization

(MCO) Contract Number, and submits

the pseudo-claim electronically to the

fiscal intermediary (FI). The data

processing flow by the FI is very similar

to current claims processing for the feefor-service system, except that no

payment is authorized to the plan.

Pseudo claims will flow though the FI

to our Common Working File (CWF) and

will be retained by HCFA;

Frequency: On occasion;

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions, and

Federal government;

Number of Respondents: 1.9 million;

Total Annual Responses: 1.9 million;

Total Annual Hours: 13,310.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms for the

proposed paperwork collections

referenced above, access HCFA’s Web

Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/

regs/prdact95.htm, or E-mail your

request, including your address, phone

number, OMB number, and HCFA

document identifier, to

Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports

Clearance Office on (410) 786–1326.

Interested persons are invited to send

comments regarding the burden or any

other aspect of these collections of

information requirements. However, as

noted above, comments on these

information collection and

recordkeeping requirements must be

mailed and/or faxed to the designee

referenced below, by 5/6/98:

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10235, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC

20503, Fax Number: (202) 395–6974

or (202) 395–5167, Attn: Allison

Herron Eydt, HCFA Desk Officer.

Dated: April 9, 1998.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA,

Office of Information Services, Information

Technology Investment Management Group,

Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 98–10105 Filed 4–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

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) 443–8005.

Proposed Project: Community Mental

Health Services (CMHS) Block Grant

Application—Revision—The ADAMHA

Reorganization Act 42 USC 300x1–9

established the Community Mental

Health Services Block Grant program

which authorized block grants to States

to provide community based mental

health services. The name of the

program was changed in the Spring of

1997 to The Performance Partnership

Block Grants (PPBG) for Community

Mental Health Services. Under

provision of the law, States may receive

allotments only after an application is

approved by the Secretary. Further, the

Act requires States to submit to the

Secretary a plan for providing

comprehensive community mental

health services to adults with a serious

mental illness and to children with a

serious emotional disturbance and an

annual implementation report on the

block grant fund activities for the

previous year.

This block grant program is

administered by SAMHSA’s Center for

Mental Health Services (CMHS).

Through an iterative process of

consultation with State mental health

planners, representatives of the National

Association of State Mental Health

Program Directors, and the National

Governors Association, CMHS revised

the recommended voluntary format and

content. The proposed application for

FY 1999–2001 reflects the criteria,

assurances, and requirements set forth

in Public Law 102–321. The proposed

application provides maximum

flexibility to the States while providing

performance measures as required by

the Government Performance and

Results Act. It includes a multi-year

option for the State Plan, the option for

consolidation of the 12 criteria for

application to 5 criteria, and reduced

respondent burden. Based on feedback

from States that might exercise the

multi-year planning option and the

consolidation of the criteria, the annual

burden estimates are as follows:

ESTIMATES OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN

Number of

States responding

Responses

per respondent (over 3

year period)

Hours per

response

Annualized response burden

(hours)

State Plan:

12 Criteria:

1 year ................................................................................................. 7 3 210 1470

2 year ................................................................................................. 3 2 180 360

3 year ................................................................................................. 4 1 150 200

5 Criteria:

1 year ................................................................................................. 15 3 180 2700

2 year ................................................................................................. 15 2 150 1500

3 year ................................................................................................. 15 1 110 550

Implementation Report ..................................................................................... 59 3 80 4720
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ESTIMATES OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN—Continued

Number of

States responding

Responses

per respondent (over 3

year period)

Hours per

response

Annualized response burden

(hours)

Totals ......................................................................................................... 59 ........................ ........................ 11,500

Written comments and

recommendations concerning the

proposed information collection should

be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Daniel J. Chenok, Office of Information

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10236,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: April 7, 1998.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 98–10067 Filed 4–15–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 Funding

Opportunities

AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental

Health Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability.

SUMMARY: The Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration

(SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse

Treatment (CSAT) and Center for

Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

announce the availability of FY 1998

funds for grants and cooperative

agreements for the following activities.

These activities are discussed in more

detail under Section 4 of this notice.

This notice is not a complete

description of the activities; potential

applicants must obtain a copy of the

Guidance for Applicants (GFA) before

preparing an application.

Activity Application

deadline

Estimated

funds available

Estimated

number of

awards

Project

period

Recovery Community Support Program ............................................................................ 06/08/98 $2.5M 20–30 3 yrs.

Methamphetamine Treatment ............................................................................................ 06/08/98 2.4M 5–7 3 yrs.

Children of Substance Abusing Parents (COSAPs) .......................................................... 06/08/98 8.0M 19 3 yrs.

Parenting Adolescents ....................................................................................................... 06/08/98 4.3M 9–12 3 yrs.

Border CAPT ...................................................................................................................... 06/08/98 .60M 1 3 yrs.

Note: SAMHSA also published notices of

available funding opportunities for FY 1998

in the Federal Register on January 6, 1998,

January 20, 1998, February 26, 1998, March

20, 1998, and on April 8, 1998.

The actual amount available for

awards and their allocation may vary,

depending on unanticipated program

requirements and the volume and

quality of applications. Awards are

usually made for grant periods from one

to three years in duration. FY 1998

funds for activities discussed in this

announcement were appropriated by the

Congress under Public Law No. 105–78.

SAMHSA’s policies and procedures for

peer review and Advisory Council

review of grant and cooperative

agreement applications were published

in the Federal Register (Vol. 58, No.

126) on July 2, 1993.

The Public Health Service (PHS) is

committed to achieving the health

promotion and disease prevention

objectives of Healthy People 2000, a

PHS-led national activity for setting

priority areas. The SAMHSA Centers’

substance abuse and mental health

services activities address issues related

to Healthy People 2000 objectives of

Mental Health and Mental Disorders;

Alcohol and Other Drugs; Clinical

Preventive Services; HIV Infection; and

Surveillance and Data Systems.

Potential applicants may obtain a copy

of Healthy People 2000 (Full Report:

Stock No. 017–001–00474–0) or

Summary Report: Stock No. 017–001–

00473–1) through the Superintendent of

Documents, Government Printing

Office, Washington, DC 20402–9325

(Telephone: 202–512–1800).

General Instructions

Applicants must use application form

PHS 5161–1 (Rev. 5/96; OMB No. 0937–

0189). The application kit contains the

GFA (complete programmatic guidance

and instructions for preparing and

submitting applications), the PHS 5161–

1 which includes Standard Form 424

(Face Page), and other documentation

and forms. Application kits may be

obtained from the organization specified

for each activity covered by this notice

(see Section 4).

When requesting an application kit,

the applicant must specify the particular

activity for which detailed information

is desired. This is to ensure receipt of

all necessary forms and information,

including any specific program review

and award criteria.

The PHS 5161–1 application form and

the full text of each of the activities (i.e.,

the GFA) described in Section 4 are

available electronically via SAMHSA’s

World Wide Web Home Page (address:

http://www.samhsa.gov).

Application Submission

Unless otherwise stated in the GFA,

applications must be submitted to:

SAMHSA Programs, Center for

Scientific Review, National Institutes of

Health, Suite 1040, 6701 Rockledge

Drive MSC–7710, Bethesda, Maryland

20892–7710*.

(*Applicants who wish to use express mail

or courier service should change the zip code

to 20817.)

Application Deadlines

The deadlines for receipt of

applications are listed in the table

above. Please note that the deadlines

may differ for the individual activities.

Competing applications must be

received by the indicated receipt dates

to be accepted for review. An

application received after the deadline

may be acceptable if it carries a legible

proof-of-mailing date assigned by the

carrier and that date is not later than

one week prior to the deadline date.

Private metered postmarks are not

acceptable as proof of timely mailing.

Applications received after the

deadline date and those sent to an