[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30837-30838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13145]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed 
collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration will publish periodic summaries of proposed 
projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the SAMHSA 
Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collections of 
information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions 
of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Screening, Brief Intervention, Brief Treatment and 
Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Cross-Site Evaluation--New

    SAMHSA is conducting a cross-site external evaluation of the impact 
of programs of screening, brief intervention (BI), brief treatment (BT) 
and referral to treatment on patients presenting at various health care 
delivery units with a continuum of severity of substance use. SAMHSA's 
SBIRT program is a cooperative agreement grant program designed to help 
States and Tribal Councils expand the continuum of care available for 
substance misuse and use disorders. The program includes screening, 
brief intervention, brief treatment and referrals to treatment for 
persons at risk for dependence on alcohol or drugs. The cross-site 
evaluation will provide a comprehensive assessment of the effects of 
SBIRT on patient outcomes, performance site practices, and treatment 
systems. This information will allow SAMHSA to determine the extent to 
which SBIRT has met its objectives of implementing a comprehensive 
system of identification and care to meet the needs of individuals at 
all points along the substance use continuum.
    A paper and pencil survey will be administered to practitioners in 
sites where SBIRT services are being delivered. The practitioner survey 
is designed to evaluate the implementation of proposed SBIRT models by 
measuring their penetration and practitioners' willingness to adopt. 
Furthermore, the survey will document moderating factors related to 
practitioner and health care delivery unit characteristics.
    The 93 question practitioner survey includes collection of 
demographic information as well as questions that attempt to assess 
barriers to implementation encountered by the practitioners and to 
gauge the effectiveness of the training they received. These measures 
were developed and used by Babor et al. (2005) in their comparable 
study comparing different implementation strategies for primary care 
screening and brief intervention programs for hazardous and harmful 
drinkers. The practitioner survey also includes an instrument developed 
by Panzano and Roth (2006) to measures an organization's willingness to 
adopt new innovative practices.

                                                  Total Burden Hours for the Cross-Site Patient Survey
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                   Instrument/Activity                       Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Total burden     Hourly wage     respondent
                                                            respondents     respondent       response          hours                         cost \a\
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Practitioner Survey.....................................           1,075               1             .30           322.5             $32         $10,320
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 7-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857. Written 
comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: May 25, 2010.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. 2010-13145 Filed 6-1-10; 8:45 am]
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