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The National Coordinator will 

establish priority areas based in part of 

recommendations received from the HIT 

Policy Committee regarding health 

information technology standards, 

implementation specifications, and/or 

certification criteria. Once the HIT 

Standards Committee is informed of 

those priority areas, it will: 

(A) Direct the appropriate 

subcommittee to develop a report for the 

HIT Standards Committee, to the extent 

possible, within 90 days, which will 

include among other items the 

following: 

(1) An assessment of what standards, 

implementation specifications, and 

certification criteria are currently 

available to meet the priority area; 

(2) an assessment of where gaps exist 

(i.e., no standard is available or 

harmonization is required because more 

than one standard exists) and identify 

potential organizations that have the 

capability to address those gaps; and 

(3) a timeline, which will also account 

for NIST testing where appropriate, for 

the HIT Standards Committee to issue 

recommendation(s) to the National 

Coordinator. 

(B) Upon receipt of a subcommittee 

report, the HIT Standards Committee 

will: 

(1) accept the timeline provided by 

the subcommittee, and if necessary, 

revise it; and 

(2) assign subcommittee(s) to conduct 

research and solicit testimony, where 

appropriate, and issue 

recommendations to the full committee, 

in a timely manner. 

(C) Advise the National Coordinator, 

consistent with the accepted timeline in 

(B)(1) and after NIST testing, where 

appropriate, on standards, 

implementation specifications, and/or 

certification criteria, for the National 

Coordinator’s review and possible 

endorsement to the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

ONC/HHS, Judith Sparrow, (202) 205– 

4528. 

Authority: The American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–5), 

section 3003. 

Dated: May 18, 2009. 

David Blumenthal, 

National Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

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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 (SAMHSA) 

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: Drug and Alcohol 

Services Information System (DASIS)— 

(OMB No. 0930–0106)—Revision 

The DASIS consists of three related 

data systems: The Inventory of 

Substance Abuse Treatment Services (I– 

SATS ); the National Survey of 

Substance Abuse Treatment Services 

(N–SSATS), and the Treatment Episode 

Data Set (TEDS). The I–SATS includes 

all substance abuse treatment facilities 

known to SAMHSA. The N–SSATS is 

an annual survey of all substance abuse 

treatment facilities listed in the I–SATS. 

The TEDS is a compilation of clientlevel admission data and discharge data 

submitted by States on clients treated in 

facilities that receive State funds. 

Together, the three DASIS components 

provide information on the location, 

scope and characteristics of all known 

drug and alcohol treatment facilities in 

the United States, the number of 

persons in treatment, and the 

characteristics of clients receiving 

services at publicly-funded facilities. 

This information is needed to assess the 

nature and extent of these resources, to 

identify gaps in services, to provide a 

database for treatment referrals, and to 

assess demographic and substancerelated trends in treatment. In addition, 

several National Outcome Measures 

(NOMS) data elements are collected in 

TEDS to assess the performance of the 

Substance Abuse Prevention and 

Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant. 

The request for OMB approval will 

include a request to conduct the 2010 

through 2012 N–SSATS and Mini–N– 

SSATS. The Mini–N–SSATS is a 

procedure for collecting services data 

from newly identified facilities between 

main cycles of the survey and will be 

used to improve the listing of treatment 

facilities in the on-line treatment facility 

Locator. The N–SSATS questionnaire is 

expected to remain unchanged except 

for minor modifications to wording. If 

there is a need for substantial revision 

to the N–SSATS questionnaire during 

the period of this clearance, a 

supplemental request for clearance will 

be submitted. 

The OMB request will also include 

the collection of TEDS data, including 

the addition of two new NOMS data 

elements to the TEDS client-level 

record. To the extent that states already 

collect the elements from their 

treatment providers, the following 

elements will be included in the TEDS 

data collection: Frequency of attendance 

at self-help programs in past 30 days at 

admission; and frequency of attendance 

at self-help programs in past 30 days at 

discharge. No significant changes are 

expected in the other DASIS activities. 

Estimated annual burden for the 

DASIS activities is shown below: 

Type of respondent and activity Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

STATES 

TEDS Admission Data ..................................................................................... 52 4 6 1,248 

TEDS Discharge Data ..................................................................................... 52 4 8 1,664 

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Type of respondent and activity Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

TEDS Discharge Crosswalks ........................................................................... 5 1 10 50 

I–SATS Update 1 .............................................................................................. 56 70 .08 314 

State Subtotal ........................................................................................... 56 ........................ ........................ 3,276 

FACILITIES 

I–SATS Update 2 .............................................................................................. 200 1 .08 16 

N–SSATS questionnaire .................................................................................. 17,000 1 .67 11,390 

Augmentation screener .................................................................................... 1,000 1 .08 80 

Mini–N–SSATS ................................................................................................ 2,000 1 .42 840 

Facility Subtotal ........................................................................................ 20,200 ........................ ........................ 12,326 

TOTAL ............................................................................................... 20,256 ........................ ........................ 15,602 

1States forward to SAMHSA information on newly licensed/approved facilities and on changes in facility name, address, status, etc. This is 

submitted electronically by nearly all States. 2Facilities forward to SAMHSA information on new facilities and on changes to existing facilities. This is submitted by e-mail by nearly all 

facilities. 

Send comments to Summer King, 

SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 

Room 7–1044, One Choke Cherry Road, 

Rockville, MD 20857 AND e-mail her a 

copy at summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov. 

Written comments should be received 

within 60 days of this notice. 

Dated: May 14, 2009. 

Elaine Parry, 

Director, Office of Program Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects 

Title: Tribal TANF Financial Report 

(ACF–196T). 

OMB No.: 0970–0345. 

Description: Tribes use Form ACF– 

196T to report expenditures for the 

Tribal TANF grant. Authority to collect 

and report this information is found in 

the Personal Responsibility and Work 

Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 

(PRWORA), Public Law 104–193. Tribal 

entities with approved Tribal plans for 

implementation of the TANF program 

are required by Section 412(h) of the 

Social Security Act to report financial 

data. Form ACF–196T provides for the 

collection of data regarding Federal 

expenditures. Failure to collect this data 

would seriously compromise the 

Administration for Children and 

Families’ (ACF) ability to monitor 

expenditures. This information is also 

used to estimate outlays and may be 

used to prepare ACF budget 

submissions to Congress. Financial 

management of the program would be 

seriously compromised if the 

expenditure data were not collected. 

45 CFR part 286 subpart E requires 

the strictest controls on funding 

requirements, which necessities review 

of documentation in support of Tribal 

expenditures for reimbursement. 

Comments received from previous 

efforts to implement a similar Tribal 

TANF report Form ACF–196T were 

used to guide ACF in the development 

of the product presented with this 

submittal. 

The American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, 

Public Law 111–5 has authorized 

emergency TANF funds to be awarded 

to States, Tribes, and Territories who 

meet certain eligibility requirements 

written in the legislation. TANF Policy 

Announcement TANF–ACF–PA–2009– 

01 provides additional guidance on 

eligibility requirements. Recipients of 

ARRA funds are to report spending and 

performance data to Federal agencies 

quarterly for posting on the public Web 

site, ‘‘Recovery.gov.’’ Federal agencies 

are required to collect ARRA 

expenditures data and the data must be 

clearly distinguishable from the regular 

TANF (non-ARRA) funds. Therefore, in 

order to meet this data collection 

requirement, the ACF–196T has been 

modified with the addition of two line 

items and a column to report ARRA 

expenditures. The collection and 

posting of this data is to allow the 

public to see where their tax dollars are 

spent. 

Respondents: All Tribal TANF 

Agencies. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per Response 

Total burden 

hours 

ACF–196T ........................................................................................................ 56 4 8 1,792 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,792. 

In compliance with the requirements 

of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Administration for Children and 

Families is soliciting public comment 

on the specific aspects of the 

information collection described above. 

Copies of the proposed collection of 

information can be obtained and 

comments may be forwarded by writing 

to the Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Administration, 

Office of Information Services, 370 

L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, 

DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance 

Officer. E-mail address: