Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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 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, 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: Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)--Extension of a

currently approved collection--The Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)

collects data on drug-related medical emergencies and deaths as

reported from about 660 hospitals and medical examiners nationwide.

Used by Federal, State and local agencies, this on-going data system

supports efforts to identify

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drug abuse trends; assesses health hazards associated with substance

abuse; and schedules substances under the Controlled Substances Act.

The annual burden estimate is 27,747 hours as shown below:

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Number of Average

Number of responses burden per Total

respondents per response burden

respondent (hrs.) (hrs.)

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Hospitals................................................... 512 367 0.135 24,909

Medical Examiners........................................... 149 121 0.157 2,838

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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.

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a list of information collection

requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these documents, call

the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-0525.

Proposed Project: 1997 Client/Patient Sample Survey of Mental

Health Programs--Reinstatement with change--This survey will update the

previous client/patient sample survey conducted in 1986. National

estimates will be generated on the number, utilization patterns, and

characteristics of clients/patients treated in specialty mental health

organizations. A sample of 2,500 organizations/programs will provide

information on an average of 20 client/patient admissions and clients

under care at those organizations. Where feasible, data will be

collected electronically through State systems and sampled

organizations may respond electronically. The annual burden estimate is

shown below:

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Number. of Total

Number. of responses Avg. burden/ annual

respondents per response burden

respondent (hours) (hours)

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Mental Health Organizations................................. 2,500 1 5.25 13,125

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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed

information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Virginia Huth, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management

and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10236, Washington, D.C.

20503.

Dated: October 15, 1996.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 96-26921 Filed 10-18-96; 8:45 am]

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