Notice2021-16407
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
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August 2, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 145 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41495-41496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16407]
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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 (SAMHSA) will publish periodic summaries of
proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed project
or to obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer at (240) 276-0361.
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.
Project: State Opioid Response (SOR)/Tribal Opioid Response (TOR)
Program Instrument (OMB No. 0930-0384)--Revision
SAMHSA is requesting approval to modify its existing CSAT SOR/TOR
Program Instrument by (1) collapsing the original three questions into
two questions for clarity and (2) adding ten questions, in order to
collect information on Congressionally mandated and programmatic
activities and comply with reporting requirements. The program-level
information is collected quarterly and entered and stored in SAMHSA's
Performance Accountability and Reporting System, which is a real-time,
performance management system that captures information on the
substance abuse prevention and treatment and mental health services
delivered in the United States. Continued approval of this information
collection will allow SAMHSA to continue to meet Government Performance
and Results Modernization Act (GPRA) of 2010 reporting requirements
that quantify the effects and accomplishments of its discretionary
grant programs.
The SOR/TOR programs were first authorized under Title II Division
H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, Public Law 115-141.
SOR/TOR programs aim to address the opioid crisis by increasing access
to medication-assisted treatment using the three FDA-approved
medications for the treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), reducing
unmet treatment need, and reducing opioid overdose-related deaths
through the provision of prevention, treatment and recovery activities
for OUD (including illicit use of prescription opioids, heroin, and
fentanyl and fentanyl analogs).
SAMHSA is proposing to revise the SOR/TOR Program Instrument data
collection instrument (OMB No. 0930-0384), in order to collect
information on Congressionally mandated and programmatic activities and
comply with reporting requirements.
SAMHSA developed the SOR/TOR Program Instrument to collect minimum
data on naloxone purchase and distribution, but the SOR/TOR programs
are unique in that they have prevention requirements. SOR/TOR grantees
are required to engage in the following prevention activities: (1)
Implement prevention and education services, including training of
peers and first responders on recognition of opioid overdose and
appropriate use of the opioid overdose antidote naloxone, (2) develop
evidence-based community prevention efforts, including strategic
messaging on the consequences of opioid misuse, and (3) purchase and
distribute naloxone and train on its use. The revised tool will allow
SAMHSA to collect data on the required education and prevention
activities, and better assess grantee performance on these activities.
Based on a recent United States Government Accountability Office
(GAO) Report to Congress GAO 21-96, ``Drug Misuse: Agencies Have Not
Fully Identified How Grants That Can Support Drug Prevention Education
Programs Contribute to National Goals,'' \1\ GAO found that SAMHSA's
performance measures for the SOR program partially reflect its core
program activities, and that although SAMHSA reported three performance
measures for the SOR program, all three measures focused on treatment
or recovery services only. GAO recommended, and SAMHSA committed to,
implementing the following: ``The Secretary of Health and Human
Services should determine how the State Opioid Response program
contributes to the prevention goals of the National Drug Control
Strategy and develop performance measures that relate to achieving
those goals including the prevention education goal.'' Collection of
the data in the revised tool will enable SAMHSA to implement the
recommendations of GAO.
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\1\ United States Government Accountability Office. (2020,
November). Drug Misuse: Agencies Have Not Fully Identified How
Grants That Can Support Drug Prevention Education Programs
Contribute to National Goals. <a href="https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-21-96.pdf">https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-21-96.pdf</a>.
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Finally, the revisions will assist SAMHSA in providing
comprehensive data on the full range of required activities to inform
Congressionally mandated reports for the SOR program.
In order to address these issues, SAMHSA is proposing to (1)
collapse the three questions into two questions for clarity and (2) add
ten questions, in order to collect information on Congressionally
mandated and programmatic activities and comply with reporting
requirements. A summary of the proposed changes includes:
<bullet> The revised question will provide CSAT with clarification
on the purchase and distribution of naloxone kits.
<bullet> The ten additional questions will provide data on the
following:
[cir] Reported overdose reversals;
[cir] Purchase and distribution of fentanyl test strips;
[cir] Training of first responders and key community sectors on
recognizing an opioid overdose and the appropriate use of naloxone
overdose reversal kits;
[cir] Educating individuals, including school-aged children, on the
consequences of opioid and/or stimulant misuse using strategic
messaging and prevention activities;
[cir] Training individuals to provide school-based prevention and
education activities to school-aged children; and
[cir] Providing targeted prevention outreach activities to
underserved and/or diverse populations.
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Table 1--Estimate of Annualized Hour Burden for SOR/TOR Grantees
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Number of Responses per Total number Burden hours Total burden Hourly wage Total wage
SAMHSA data collection respondents respondent of responses per response hours \2\ cost
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Grantee-Level Instrument............... 159 4 636 .30 190.80 $24.78 $4,728.02
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CSAT Total......................... 159 4 636 .30 190.80 24.78 4,728.02
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Send comments to Carlos Graham, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57-A, Rockville, Maryland 20857, OR email a
copy to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c88ba9baa4a7bbe68fbaa9a0a9a588bba9a5a0bba9e6a0a0bbe6afa7be"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a7e4c6d5cbc8d489e0d5c6cfc6cae7d4c6cacfd4c689cfcfd489c0c8d1">[email protected]</span></a>. Written comments should be
received by October 1, 2021.
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\2\ The hourly wage estimate is $24.78 based on the Occupational
Employment and Wages, Mean Hourly Wage Rate for 21-1018 Substance
Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors = $24.78/
hr. as of May 2020 (<a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes211018.htm">https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes211018.htm</a>
Accessed on May 4, 2021.)
Carlos Graham,
Social Science Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2021-16407 Filed 7-30-21; 8:45 am]
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