[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 78 (Thursday, April 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20211-20212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10787]


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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.
    State Treatment Needs Assessment Studies--New--SAMHSA's Center for 
Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), as part of its State Treatment and 
Needs Assessment Program (STNAP), awards contracts to States to conduct 
studies for the purpose of determining the need and demand for 
substance abuse treatment within each State. In order to receive funds 
from the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant, States 
must submit in their annual block grant applications an assessment of 
service needs Statewide, at the sub-state level, and for specified 
population groups (as required by Section 1929 of the Public Health 
Service Act). Most States plan to conduct an adult telephone household 
survey to collect information on needed treatment for substance abuse/
dependence. In addition, many States plan to conduct a variety of more 
focused studies which will collect data on treatment need in special 
populations, including adolescents, pregnant women, injecting drug 
users, American Indians, arrestees and other criminal justice 
populations. The estimated annualized burden for the State needs 
assessment studies over the next three years is presented below.

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                                                   Total      Number of                    Total      Annualized
                                                 Number of    responses/     Hours/        burden       burden  
                                                respondents   respondent    response       hours       hours\1\ 
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Adult Household Telephone Surveys.............       92,499            1          0.51       48,177       16,059
Adolescent Surveys............................       99,500            1          0.52       51,391       17,130
Criminal justice populations..................       10,800            1           .84        8,425        2,808
Medicaid recipients...........................       10,460            1          0.72        7,252        2,417
Other population groups.......................       13,050            1           .66        7,649        2,550

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Treatment providers...........................          255            1          1.5           384          128
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      Total...................................  ...........  ...........  ............      123,278      41,093 
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\1\ Burden is annualized over the three-year period for which approval is requested.                            

    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Daniel Chenok, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503.

    Dated: April 16, 1998.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-10787 Filed 4-22-98; 8:45 am]
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