[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 112 (Thursday, June 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32023-32024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15546]


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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.

Proposed Project

    Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPs): Retrospective Evaluation; 
New
    Since 1992, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) has 
published 25 Treatment Improvement Protocols, which provide 
administrative and clinical practice guidance to the substance abuse 
treatment field. Under the proposed project, three primary studies will 
be conducted to evaluate the impact of TIPs. The first of these, the

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Retrospective Study, will examine TIPs published by CSAT as of the time 
of the study. This study will examine methods of dissemination used by 
CSAT; the success of those methods in reaching the target audiences; 
users' perceptions of the value of TIPs; decisions to implement the 
guidance presented in TIPs; and the successes, correlates, and barriers 
associated with implementation. The Retrospective Study uses a one-
group posttest-only design to provide the framework for a surveys of 
respondents from four distinct target audiences of interest to CSAT: 
(1) Single State Agency Directors; (2) directors of substance abuse 
treatment facilities listed in the most recent Uniform Facilities Data 
Set (UFDS) database; (3) clinical directors of treatment facilities 
listed in the database; and (4) front-line clinicians/counselors 
working in facilities listed in the database. Measures will include 
organization characteristics and outcomes associated with the following 
variables: awareness, receipt, and reading of TIPs; perceived utility 
of TIPs; and the impact of TIPs on changing substance abuse treatment 
practices. The estimated annualized burden for a 1-year data collection 
period is summarized below.

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                                                                            Number of     Average               
                                                              Number of     responses    burden per     Total   
                                                             respondents       per        response      burden  
                                                                           respondent      (hrs.)       hours   
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Single State Agency Directors..............................           56          2             .55           62
Facility Directors.........................................         1040          1.48          .47          718
Clinical Supervisors.......................................         1040          1.40          .44          642
Counselors.................................................         1280          1.32          .41          696
                                                                                                                
      Total................................................  ...........  ............  ...........         2118
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    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: June 4, 1998.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-15546 Filed 6-10-98; 8:45 am]
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