[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 132 (Monday, July 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 33446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16459]



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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: 2009 Survey of Revenues and Expenditures (SRE)--NEW

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's 
(SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) will conduct a 2009 
SRE. This national survey represents a survey of mental health and 
substance abuse treatment facilities. These separate service locations 
are called facilities, in contrast to mental health and substance abuse 
organizations, which may include multiple facilities (service 
locations). This survey will be a sample survey of all known mental 
health and substance abuse treatment facilities nationwide with a 
particular focus on revenues and expenditures. The survey will begin 
with a stratified random sample of 1,500 facilities drawn from other 
SAMHSA databases. In addition, a control subsample of 100 facilities 
drawn from the original 1,500 will be drawn and pursued beyond the 
planned three follow-up attempts with the entire sample. The control 
sample will provide estimates of non-response bias upon the results of 
the data analyses.
    The 2009 SRE will utilize one questionnaire for all mental health 
and substance abuse treatment facility types including hospitals, 
residential treatment centers and outpatient clinics. The information 
collected will include annual revenue and expenditures, staffing, and 
active caseload size. All treatment facilities will have the option of 
completing the survey instrument online via the Internet, by telephone 
with an interviewer, or using a paper version of the questionnaire.
    The resulting database will be used for national estimates of 
facility types, their revenues and expenditures, and their patient 
caseloads. These findings will be used to update SAMHSA's national 
spending on mental health and substance abuse treatment estimates. The 
survey results will be published by CMHS in Data Highlights, in Mental 
Health, United States, and in professional journals such as Psychiatric 
Services and the American Journal of Psychiatry. The publication Mental 
Health, United States is used by the general public, State governments, 
the U.S. Congress, university researchers, and other health care 
professionals. The following Table summarizes the estimated response 
burden for the survey.

 
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                                                     Number of     Responses per   Average hours    Total hour
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response       burden
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Treatment facilities............................           1,500               1             2.5           3,750
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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: July 2, 2009.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E9-16459 Filed 7-10-09; 8:45 am]
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