# 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: GPRA Client Outcomes for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)—(OMB No. 0930-0208)—Revision**
The mission of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of substance abuse and mental health treatment and prevention services across the United States. All of SAMHSA's activities are designed to ultimately reduce the gap in the availability of substance abuse and mental health services and to improve their effectiveness and efficiency.
Data are collected from all SAMHSA discretionary services grants and contracts where client/participant outcomes are to be assessed at three points (for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT): Intake, discharge, and post-intake and for the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP): Pre-intervention, post-intervention, and follow-up). SAMHSA-funded projects are required to submit these data as a contingency of their award. The analysis of the data also will help determine whether the goal of reducing health and social costs of drug use to the public is being achieved.
The primary purpose of this data collection activity is to meet the reporting requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) by allowing SAMHSA to quantify the effects and accomplishments of SAMHSA programs.
The burden for the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) will be transferred from this data collection to its own separate Office of Management and Budget (OMB) clearance. The 60-day *Federal Register* Notice for National Outcome Measures (NOMS) for Consumers Receiving Mental Health Services was published on Friday, June 9, 2006 (Vol. 71, No. 111, p. 33476).
The burden for the CSAP gradually reduces due to the fact that this clearance request only pertains to a continuation of data collection for those grantees initially funded prior to FY2006. The new grantees (FY2006 and beyond) are approved under the NOMS for CSAP (OMB No. 0930-0230).
CSAT has no revisions to the instrument and the data collection time will remain the same but there is an increase in the number of respondents due to identifying the seven Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment program grantees that provide data uploads. The estimated annual response burden for this effort is provided in the table below:
| Center/form/ respondent type | Number of respondents | Responses per respondent | Total | Hours per | Total hour | Added burden proportion | Total annual burden hours |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | | | | | |
| Participants | | | | | | | |
| FY2007 | 7,000 | 3 | 21,000 | .33 | 6,930 | | 6,930 |
| FY2008 | 3,000 | 3 | 9,000 | .33 | 2,970 | | 2,970 |
| CSAP Subtotal | 10,000 | 3 | 30,000 | .33 | 9,900 | | 9,900 |
| CSAP Annualized Subtotal | 5,000 | | 15,000 | | | | 4,950 |
| | | | | | | | |
| Clients | | | | | | | |
| Adults | 28,000 | 3 | 84,000 | .33 | 27,720 | .33 | 9,148 |
| Adolescents | 3,900 | 4 | 15,600 | .33 | 5,148 | .33 | 1,699 |
| Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) | | | | | | | |
| Screening Only | 150,618 | 1 | 150,618 | .10 | 15,062 | 0 | 0 |
| Brief Intervention | 27,679 | 3 | 83,037 | .16 | 13,286 | 0 | 0 |
| Brief Tx & Referral to Tx | 9,200 | 3 | 27,600 | .33 | 9,108 | .33 | 3,006 |
| SBIRT Client Subtotal | 187,497 | | 261,255 | | 37,456 | | 3,006 |
| Client Subtotal | 254,497 | | 360,855 | | | | 13,853 |
| Data Extract by Grants | | | | | | | |
| Adult Records | 400 grants | 70 × 3 | 210 | .16 | 34 | | 34 |
| Adolescent Records | 73 grants | 53 × 4 | 212 | .16 | 34 | | 34 |
| Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Tx (SBIRT) Records | | | | | | | |
| Screening Only | 7 grants | 21,517 × 1 | 21,517 | .05 | 1,076 | | 1,076 |
| Brief Intervention | 7 grants | 3,954 × 3 | 11,862 | .08 | 949 | | 949 |
| Brief Tx & Referral to Tx | 7 grants | 1,314 × 3 | 3,942 | .16 | 631 | | 631 |
| Data Extract Subtotal | 480 | | 37,743 | | | | 2,724 |
| Upload | 5 grants | | 171,639 | (1) | 29 | | 29 |
| Upload Subtotal | 5 grants | | 171,639 | | | | 29 |
| CSAT Subtotal | 219,896 | | 570,237 | | | | 16,606 |
| Total | 224,896 | | 585,237 | | | | 21,556 |
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: September 5, 2006.
Anna Marsh,
Director, Office of Program Services.