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.

Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS) (OMB No. 0930-

0106)--Revision--The DASIS consists of three related data systems: the

National Master Facility Inventory (NMFI), the Uniform Facility Data

Set (UFDS), and the Treatment Episode Data

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Set (TEDS). The NMFI includes all known substance abuse treatment

facilities, and those substance abuse prevention facilities identified

by State agencies. The UFDS is an annual survey of all facilities

listed in the NMFI. The TEDS is a compilation of client-level admission

data submitted by States on clients treated in facilities that receive

State funds. Together, they provide information on the location, scope

and characteristics of all known drug and alcohol treatment and

prevention facilities in the United States, and the characteristics of

clients receiving services. This information is needed to assess the

nature and extent of these resources, to identify gaps in services, and

to provide a database for treatment referrals.

This request for OMB approval of DASIS activities includes the

following changes in the ongoing DASIS activities:

TEDS: Voluntary reporting of discharge data will be added to the

current reporting of admission data for those States that are able to

provide linked admission and discharge records. The discharge data set

will include the following client-level data: Provider ID; Client ID;

Co-dependent/Collateral flag; Services at discharge; Date of last

contact; Date of discharge; and Reason for discharge, transfer, or

discontinuance of treatment.

NMFI: The forms used by States to update information on facilities

in the NMFI have been automated and will be available on the Internet

through the DASIS home page. The on-line version of the update forms

will include the following new items: Detoxification services (to be

added to the checklist of services, FDA (Methadone) ID, EIN, Director's

phone number, and TEDS eligibility dates.

UFDS: Beginning in 1999, the UFDS survey will be conducted by

telephone using CATI technology. The questionnaire will be

significantly shortened; client counts for most demographic subgroups,

services provided (except for programs for special populations),

revenue data, and selected other items will not be asked. Sample

augmentation activities, which involve searching directories and other

sources for substance abuse treatment facilities not included in the

NMFI, will not be conducted prior to the 1999 UFDS but will be

conducted in preparation for the 2000 and 2001 UFDS.

Proposed changes will be distributed each year to State substance

abuse agencies to obtain their comments and suggestions.

Estimated annual burden is as follows:

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Number of Responses per Hours per Total burden

Type of respondent and activity respondents respondent response hours

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STATES

TEDS Admission Data \1\......................... 52 4 6 1,248

TEDS Discharge Data \1\......................... 13 4 6 312

TEDS Discharge Crosswalks....................... 5 1 10 50

NFR Update \2\..................................

Additions................................... 56 17 .08 76

Revisions................................... 56 24 .0 67

Solicitation of Comments on UFDS revisions...... 56 1 .5 28

State Subtotal.................................. 56 .............. .............. 1,781

FACILITIES

Network Update.................................. 1,000 1 .1 100

UFDS Survey..................................... 21,000 1 .3 6,300

Augmentation Screening.......................... 2,000 1 .12 240

Pretests of UFDS revisions \3\.................. 100 1 .75 75

Facility Subtotal............................... 23,000 .............. .............. 6,715

TOTAL....................................... 23,056 .............. .............. 8,496

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\1\ This includes time for reformatting data received from facilities and submitting it to SAMHSA.

\2\ States forward to SAMHSA information they receive from facilities on changes in facility name, address,

status, etc. This will now be done electronically.

\3\ Two pretests of 50 facilities each are proposed.

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, D.C.

20503.

Dated: March 29, 1999.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 99-8137 Filed 4-1-99; 8:45 am]

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