[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 81 (Thursday, April 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21005-21006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10376]


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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.
    Community Mental Health Services Block Grant Application Guidance 
and Instructions, FY 2002-2004--(OMB No. 0930-0168, Revision)--Sections 
1911 through 1920 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-1 
through 300x-9) provide for annual allotments to assist States to 
establish or expand an organized, community-based system of care for 
adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional 
disturbances. Under the provisions of the law, States may receive 
allotments only after an application is submitted and approved by the 
Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
    For the federal fiscal year 2002-2004 Community Mental Health 
Services Block Grant application cycles, SAMHSA will provide States 
with revised application guidance and instructions. These changes 
affect several areas of the application and add a new section to 
accommodate reporting of uniform data on the public mental health 
system. Revisions to the previously approved application include: (1) A 
table for listing mental health planning council membership in order to 
determine whether the membership and threshold requirements of the law 
(42 U.S.C. 300x-4) are being met; (2) several minor changes in the 
format, including moving the report required under 42 U.S.C. 300x-52 to 
the Implementation Report; and, (3) addition of a new section 
requesting States to report uniform data on their public mental health 
systems with a focus on community mental health services, along with a 
State-level reporting system capacities checklist in order to ascertain 
States' ability to report uniform data. This new section has been 
developed through a collaborative partnership and consultation with a 
data working group consisting of representatives from the National 
Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, State level data 
experts and consumer representatives.
    In response to comments received on the draft for the FY 2002 
application, a number of changes have been made to the application. 
Several tables have been deleted and most other tables have been 
revised. SAMHSA has also increased its burden estimate for the new 
section on uniform data.
    States continue to have the option to submit an application with a 
one-year plan, a two-year plan, or a three-year plan. Annual response 
burden on States depends on whether they submit a 
one-, two-, or three-year plan. The following table summarizes the 
annual burden for the revised application.

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                                                                                    Burden per
               Part of application                   Number of     Responses per     response      Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        (hrs.)
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Plan (Sections I-III):
    One-year plan...............................              33               1             180           5,940
    Two-year plan...............................              12               1             150           1,800
    Three-year plan.............................              14               1             110           1,540
Implementation Report (Section IV)..............              59               1              80           4,720
Data Tables & Checklist (Section V).............              59               1              40           2,360
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    Total.......................................              59  ..............  ..............          16,360
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Stuart Shapiro, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503.

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    Dated: April 10, 2001.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 01-10376 Filed 4-25-01; 8:45 am]
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