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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55634-55636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14681]

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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 projects
or to obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer at (240) 276-0361 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#24474556484b570a4356454c4549645745494c57450a4c4c570a434b52"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3b585a49575448155c495a535a567b485a5653485a15535348155c544d">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
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 the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.

Proposed Project: Programs To Reduce Underage Drinking--(OMB No. 0930-
0316)--Revision

The Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act (the ``STOP
Act'') was passed by Congress in 2006, reauthorized in December 2016 as
part of the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. 114-255) and the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. 117-328), and codified
into law in 42 U.S.C. 290bb-25b: Programs to reduce underage drinking.
The STOP Act contains four primary elements:
1. The award of community-based coalition enhancement grants for
underage drinking prevention activities to eligible entities currently
receiving funds under the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997.
2. A national adult-oriented media public service campaign to
prevent underage drinking (``Talk. They Hear You.'' (TTHY), and an
annual report to Congress evaluating the campaign.
3. An annual report to Congress summarizing federal prevention
activities and the extent of progress in reducing underage drinking
nationally, including data from national surveys conducted by federal
agencies.
4. An annual report to Congress ``on each State's performance in
enacting, enforcing, and creating laws, regulations, and programs to
prevent or reduce underage drinking.'' The State Survey that is the
subject of this request gathers data used to develop the state-by-state
report on prevention and enforcement activities related to underage
drinking
Driven by the legislation and coordinated by the Interagency
Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD),
each of these activities work together to prevent and reduce underage
drinking. The Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of
Underage Drinking (ICCPUD) provides national leadership in federal
policy and programming to support state and community activities that
prevent and reduce underage drinking. The data collection activities
described in this package serve to assess the outputs and outcomes of
public health messaging and interventions. The three data collection
activities outlined in this package are:
1. The STOP Act State Survey: An annual survey mandated by the STOP
Act legislation sent to an individual designated by the governor of all
50 states and the mayor of the District of Columbia;
2. The ICCPUD Alcohol Policy Academy Evaluation: An assessment of
coalition capacity and workforce development throughout a 12 month
Alcohol Policy Academy; and
3. The Parents Night Out Evaluation; An assessment of changes in
knowledge, skills, and confidence of parents and caregivers after
receiving the training and materials for Parents Night Out and TTHY
products.

The STOP Act State Survey

The STOP Act states that the ``Secretary [of Health and Human
Services] shall . . . annually issue a report on each state's
performance in enacting, enforcing, and creating laws, regulations, and
programs to prevent or reduce underage drinking.'' The Secretary has
delegated responsibility for this report to SAMHSA. Therefore, SAMHSA
has developed a ``Survey of State Underage Drinking Prevention
Policies, Programs, and Practices'' (the ``State Survey'') to provide
input for the state-by-state report on prevention and enforcement
activities related to the underage drinking component of the ``Annual
Report to Congress on the Prevention and Reduction of Underage
Drinking'' (``Report to Congress'').
Congress' purpose in mandating the collection of data on state
policies, programs, and practices through the State Survey is to
provide policymakers and the public with otherwise unavailable but much
needed information regarding state underage drinking prevention
policies and programs. SAMHSA and other federal agencies that have
underage drinking prevention as part of their mandate use the results
of the State Survey to inform

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federal programmatic priorities, as do other stakeholders, including
community organizations. The information gathered by the State Survey
has established a resource for state agencies and the public for
assessing policies and programs in their own state and for becoming
familiar with the policies, programs, practices, and funding priorities
of other states.
SAMHSA has determined that data on Categories #2 and #3 mandated in
the STOP Act (as listed on page 2) (enforcement and educational
programs; programs targeting youth, parents, and caregivers) as well as
states' collaborations with tribal governments, use of social marketing
or counter-advertising campaigns, state-level interagency
collaborations, and prevention workforce development activities are not
available from secondary sources and therefore must be collected from
the states themselves. The State Survey is therefore necessary to
fulfill the Congressional mandate found in the STOP Act. Furthermore,
the uniform collection of these data from the states over the last
fifteen years has created a valuable longitudinal dataset, and the
State Survey's renewal is vital to maintaining this resource.
The State Survey is a single document that is divided into three
sections: (1) Enforcement of underage drinking laws; (2A) Underage
drinking prevention programs targeted to youth, parents, and
caregivers, including data on the approximate number of persons served
by these programs; (2B) State collaborations and best practices; (2C)
Interagency collaborations and state participation in social marketing
media campaigns intended to reduce underage drinking; and (3) Workforce
development activities, including strategies and funds expended on
recruiting and retaining a behavioral health workforce.
SAMHSA collects the required data using an online survey data
collection platform. Links to the survey are distributed to states via
email. The State Survey is sent to each state governor's office and the
Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia. SAMHSA provides both
telephone and electronic technical support to state agency staff and
emphasizes that the states are expected to provide data from existing
state databases and other data sources available to them. The burden
estimate below considers these assumptions.
The estimated annual response burden to collect this information is
as follows:

The ICCPUD Alcohol Policy Academy Evaluation

The Policy Academy strives to reduce and prevent underage and
excessive drinking by increasing the capacity of community coalitions
to modify the community context through the policy process. The Policy
Academy includes 14 coalitions from across the U.S., with two
individuals from each coalition serving as the Academy participants.
The Policy Academy evaluation is designed to measure the effectiveness
of increasing coalition capacity through the training and coaching of
the policy process. Additionally, the evaluation will measure the
increase in the policy training workforce through a coaches and mentee
development pipeline. The scope of the evaluation is limited to
measuring the impact of the Policy Academy curriculum on participants
and coaches.
The evaluation is comprised of seven surveys and one focus group.
Surveys are conducted after each monthly training and coaching call.
The participant surveys seek feedback on changes in knowledge, skills,
and confidence after each training or coaches call, as well as feedback
on the training content and training/coaching provider. The coach
surveys track the progress of the coalitions. These surveys take the
participants and coaches approximately 5-10 minutes each. The
participants will also complete a baseline survey, a 12-month survey,
and an 18-month survey. These surveys assess whether participants reach
their own goals during the Policy Academy, how they share their
knowledge and skills gained, and how they continue to progress in the
policy process. All surveys will be fielded using a web-based survey
tool. The focus group with the cohort will collect qualitative data
from the participants on their experience and efforts to incorporate
health equity into their policy campaign.
Table 2 indicates the estimated total annual burden on the
participants and coaches of the Policy Academy. The survey estimates
include reading the instructions and questions and responding to each
question. The focus group is scheduled for one hour, and includes
introductions, instructions, posing of questions, and open discussion.
The estimated annual response burden to collect this information is
as follows:

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Number of Responses/ Total Hours per Total hour Total hour
Instrument respondents respondent responses response burden Wage rate cost
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Focus Group............................. 28 1 28 1 28 $27.10 $758.80
Participant Post-Coaching Call Survey... 28 11 308 0.125 38.5 27.10 1,043.35
Participant Post-Training Call Survey... 28 10 280 0.125 35 27.10 948.50
Coach Post-Coaching Call Survey......... 3 77 231 0.17 39.27 50.00 1,963.50
Baseline................................ 28 1 28 0.67 18.76 27.10 508.40
Follow-Up............................... 28 1 28 1 28 27.10 758.80
Six-Month Follow-Up..................... 28 1 28 0.67 18.76 27.10 508.40
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``Talk. They Hear You.'' Parents Night Out Evaluation

The ``Talk. They Hear You'' campaign is comprised of a variety of
tools and resources designed to decrease underage drinking by
encouraging parents and caregivers, educators, and community members/
organizations to proactively engage youth in conversations about
alcohol another other drugs. Research has demonstrated that active and
engaged adults can reduce underage drinking.\1\ One TTHY mechanism to

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engage parents and caregivers is through Parents' Night Out (PNO).
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\1\ Glenn, S.D., Turrisi, R., Mallett, K.A., Waldron, M.S.,
Lenker, L.K. (2024). Examination of Brief Parent-Based Interventions
to Reduce Drinking Outcomes on a Nationally Representative Sample of
Teenagers. Journal of Adolescent Health, 74(3) 449-457. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.09.010">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.09.010</a>.
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The PNO Evaluation will assess changes in knowledge, skills, and
confidence of parents and caregivers after receiving the training and
materials for PNO and TTHY products. This evaluation will be delivered
in partnership with community partners, who will be exposed to varying
combinations of PNO and materials to determine change before and after
exposure. The information gleaned in a survey of parents and caregivers
will allow the evaluation team to assess whether PNO is being
implemented as intended, and which products are most useful in
increasing parents' and caregivers' capacity and intentions. The
results will be shared with the implementation team for PNO curriculum
modifications and for updating TTHY materials.
PNO data will be collected from participants through a survey
delivered via email using Qualtrics. Completing the survey is not a
requirement of the event, but an option to provide feedback to the
campaign team. Collecting data through Qualtrics will improve the
participant experience and allow them to quickly provide feedback. The
distribution of the PNO Evaluation survey will be facilitated by local
organizations who host a PNO event. They will be provided with the link
to the survey and will be asked to spend a few moments of the
presentation to share the link The TTHY campaign team will develop,
distribute, and support the survey.
Table 4 indicates the estimated total annual burden on the
participants of PNO. The survey estimates include reading the
instructions and questions and responding to each question, and totals
7 minutes. The wage rate was determined based on the highest state
minimum wage, as site locations have not yet been identified.
The estimated annual response burden to collect this information is
as follows:

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Number of Responses/ Hours per Total hour
Instrument respondents respondent Total responses response burden Wage rate Total hour cost
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PNO Evaluation Survey............ 150 1 150 0.12 18 $16.28* $293.04
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* <a href="https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/state">https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/state</a>.

Send comments to Alicia Broadus, SAMHSA Public Health Advisor at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#61000d080208004f03130e000514122112000c0912004f0909124f060e17"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="abcac7c2c8c2ca85c9d9c4cacfded8ebd8cac6c3d8ca85c3c3d885ccc4dd">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Written comments should be received by
August 5, 2024.

Alicia Broadus,
Public Health Advisor.
[FR Doc. 2024-14681 Filed 7-3-24; 8:45 am]
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