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 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed

collections of information, 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 information collection plans, call the SAMHSA

Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-0525.

Proposed Project: Development and Implementation of Opioid Treatment

Program Accreditation, New

OMB approval will be sought for information collections related to

the development and implementation of opioid treatment program (OTP)

accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation

Facilities, under contract to the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment,

SAMHSA. CSAT and other Federal agencies are proposing the planning and

developing of an accreditation process for OTPs. The proposed project

will focus on developing standards and procedures, training surveyors

and accrediting up to 170 OTPs. The information collections include an

Accreditation Application, Accreditation Standards, Site Visit

Performance Questionnaire, Site Visit Process Questionnaire, and

Performance Improvement Plan. The estimated annualized burden for this

four-year project is summarized below.

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Total

Number of Number of Hours/ Total annualized

respondents responses/ response burden burden

respondent hours hours

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Accreditation Application...................... 170 1 2 340 85

Accreditation Standards........................ 170 1 60 10,200 2,550

Site Visit Performance Questionnaire........... 170 1 0.5 85 21

Site Visit Process Questionnaire............... 170 1 0.5 85 21

Performance Improvement Plan................... 170 1 3 510 128

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Total.................................... ........... ........... ........... 11,220 2,805

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Proposed Project: Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient

Records, Extension

SAMHSA will seek an extension of OMB approval of the information

disclosure and recordkeeping requirements in the regulation,

Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records (42 CFR part

2). Statute (42 U.S.C. 290dd-2) requires Federally conducted,

regulated, or directly or indirectly assisted alcohol and drug abuse

programs to keep patient records confidential. The regulation

implements the statute. Information requirements are: (1) Written

disclosure to patients, and (2) documenting ``medical personnel''

status of recipient of a disclosure to meet a medical emergency. The

estimated annualized burden is shown below.

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Number of Annualized

Number of responses/ Hours/ burden

respondents respondent response hours

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Disclosure: 42 CFR 2.22..................................... 10,000 150 0.017 22,500

Recordkeeping: 42 CFR 2.51.................................. 10,000 1.5 0.250 3,750

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Total................................................. ........... ........... ........... 26,250

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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.

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 on or before April 28, 1998.

Dated: February 20, 1998.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 98-5030 Filed 2-26-98; 8:45 am]

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