Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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) 443-7978.

Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Application

Format--FY 2000-2002 (OMB No. 0930-0080, Revision)--The Public Health

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x 21-35 & 51-64) authorizes block grants to

States for the purpose of providing substance abuse prevention and

treatment services. Under the provisions of the law, States may receive

allotments only after an application is submitted and approved by the

Secretary, DHHS. For the FY 2000 Substance Abuse Prevention and

Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant cycle, SAMHSA will provide States with

modified application forms and instructions. These changes affect

several areas of the application and add new sections to accommodate

voluntary State reporting of treatment and prevention outcome measures.

The portion of the application that asks for information related to

section 1926 (sales of tobacco to minors) combines questions related to

enforcement of laws related to youth access to tobacco and provides

clarifying information and additional instructions related to other

existing required information.

Additionally, with respect to the treatment portion of the SAPT

block grant, the revised application will: replace information

requested for Intravenous Drug Users that has not been required since

1995 with reporting of expenditures for HIV Early Intervention Services

required of designated States; provide an appropriate format for

reporting of funds authorized under Pub. L. 104-121, the Supplementary

Security Income special authorization for fiscal years 1997 and 1998;

and, add additional instructions and questions related to the States'

use of data generated by the State Needs Assessment Program in the

application.

A new Section IV is being added to accommodate voluntary reporting

of prevention and treatment performance and outcome measures. Treatment

information to be reported includes: an unduplicated count of primary

persons (excludes family members or other persons collaterally involved

in the client's treatment) who received services (excluding those who

received detoxification, outreach, early intervention or assessment/

Central Intake services but who did not enter treatment) from treatment

programs that received some or all of their funding from the SAPT Block

Grant; and changes in client Alcohol and Drug use, Illegal Activity,

Employment Status and Homelessness. Prevention information to be

reported for prevention programs funded through the SAPT BG includes:

use of substances in the past 30 days; age of first substance use;

perceived risk/harm of substance use; attitudes about substance use;

and, intention/expectation to use substances. States are asked to

report this voluntary information for the most recent State Fiscal Year

for which the data are available at the time the application is

submitted.

The annual burden estimate for the SAPT Block Grant Application

Format is shown below:

Annual Reporting Burden--FY 2000-FY 2002

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Number of Responses/ Hours per Total burden

respondents respondent response hours

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Sections I-III--Red Lake Indians................ *1 1 530 530

Sections I-III--States and Territories.......... 59 1 563 33,217

Section IV-A--States and Territories............ 40 1 50 2,000

Section IV-B--States and Territories............ 20 1 42 840

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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 36,587

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* Red Lake Indian Tribe is exempt from Tobacco Regulation requirements and will not participate in voluntary

reporting of performance measures.

Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed

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

Daniel Chenok, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management

and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC

20503.

Dated: May 20, 1999.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 99-13608 Filed 5-27-99; 8:45 am]

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