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 (SAMHSA) 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) 443-8005.

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: Obligated Service for Mental Health.

Traineeships: Regulations and Forms--Extension--SAMHSA's Center for

Mental Health Services (CMHS) awards grants to institutions for

training instruction and traineeships in mental health and related

disciplines. Graduate student recipients of these clinical traineeships

must perform service, as determined by the Secretary to be appropriate

in terms of the individual's training and experience, for a length of

time equal to the period of support. The clinical trainees are required

to submit the SMA 111, which ensures agency receipt of a termination

notice prior to the end of support, and the SMA 111-2, which is an

annual report on employment status and any changes in name and/or

address, to SAMHSA.

The annual burden estimates are as follows:

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Number of

Number of responses Average Annual

respondents per burden per burden

respondent response hours

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Termination Notice (Form SMA 111)........................... 50 1 0.10 5

Annual Payback Activities Certification (Form SMA 111-2).... 500 1 .18 90

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Send comments to Beatrice Rouse, 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: October 22, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 97-28596 Filed 10-28-97; 8:45 am]

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