Proposed Data Collection Available for Public Comment

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Proposed Data Collection Available for Public Comment

In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data

collection projects, 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 data collection plans and instruments, call the SAMHSA Reports

Clearance Officer on (301) 443-0525.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of

information is 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: Alcohol and Drug Services Survey (ADSS) Phases II

and III--New--ADSS Phase II will gather information from a sample of

180 treatment facilities nationwide, including facility-level

information on substance abuse treatment services and client record

abstracts on a sample of 4,050 treatment clients. Phase III will

collect follow up data from the Phase II client sample, including post-

treatment data on drug and alcohol use, criminal behavior, employment

status, and subsequent treatment services. This ADSS client sample,

along with the 1990 DSRS/SROS study cohort of approximately 3,000

clients and an out-of-treatment comparison group of 600 drug users,

will be followed over about three years. Automated collection

techniques are not cost-effective for this study. ADSS is a three-phase

study that will be conducted twice. The total annual burden estimate

for Phases II and III of the first cycle of ADSS is 11,703 hours, as

shown below:

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No. of

No. of responses/ Av. burden/ Total burden

respondents respondent response

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Treatment facility staff........................ 180 2 .8 288

Clients......................................... 7,050 1 1.5 10,575

Out-of-treatment group.......................... 600 2 .7 840

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Send comments to Deborah Trunzo, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 16-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: January 22, 1996.

Richard Kopanda,

Acting Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 96-1516 Filed 1-26-96; 8:45 am]

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