Notice2024-24250
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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October 21, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 203 (Monday, October 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84180-84181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24250]
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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 summary 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 at (240) 276-0166.
Project: State Opioid Response (SOR)/Tribal Opioid Response (TOR)
Program Instrument (OMB No. 0930-0384)--Revision
SAMHSA is requesting approval to modify its existing SOR/TOR
Program Instrument by (1) broadening language from `naloxone' to
`naloxone and other opioid overdose reversal medications' due to the
availability of new FDA-approved non-naloxone overdose reversal
medications; (2) broadening language from `fentanyl test strips' to
`drug checking technologies as directed by SAMHSA due to the
availability of new drug checking technology, including test strips for
other emerging substances; (3) adding five questions to collect
treatment and recovery support data that were previously reported
biannually in the performance progress reports; (4) adding one question
to collect data on clients who received contingency management for the
treatment of stimulant use disorder; (5) adding a sub-recipient entity
inventory table to collect expenditure data for each grant sub-
recipient in response to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (42
U.S.C. 300x-52(a)); (6) combining four questions with similar themes
into two questions for clarity; (7) removing question 12 because it is
comprised of more than one question with several different ideas,
making it unsuited for this instrument; and (8) adding one question at
the request of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to
collect information on Congressionally mandated and programmatic
activities, and to comply with reporting requirements. The program-
level information is collected quarterly for questions 1 to 13b, and
annually for the sub-recipient entity inventory table, and entered and
stored in SAMHSA's Performance Accountability and Reporting System
(SPARS), which is a real-time, performance management system that
captures information on the SAMHSA-funded substance use and substance
use disorder prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery
support services, 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 of 2010 reporting requirements that quantify the
effects and accomplishments of its discretionary grant programs.
The SOR/TOR programs are authorized under the Further Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2024, Division D, Title II, and section 1003 of the
21st Century Cures Act [Public Law 114-255] (42 U.S.C. 290ee-3a), as
amended. SAMHSA anticipates 189 recipients (states, territories, and
tribal entities) will participate in these grant programs. Grantee-
level data will include information related to: reported
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overdose reversals; the purchase and distribution of naloxone and other
opioid overdose reversal medications; types of entities that distribute
naloxone and other opioid overdose reversal medications; training on
recognizing an opioid overdose and appropriate use of naloxone and
other opioid overdose reversal medications; implementation of
prevention and education activities; the purchase and distribution of
drug checking technologies as directed by SAMHSA; treatment services
for opioid use disorder (OUD) and stimulant use disorder; types of
recovery support services; and the expenditure amounts for each SOR and
TOR grant sub-recipient. This grantee-level information will be
collected quarterly for questions 1 to 13b, and annually for the sub-
recipient entity inventory table.
The revisions to the tool will continue to enable SAMHSA to better
assess grantee accountability and performance on the required
prevention, education, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery support
activities for the SOR/TOR programs. The revisions will continue to
assist SAMHSA in providing comprehensive data on the full range of
required activities to inform Congressionally mandated reports for the
SOR program.
The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) anticipates that
the time required to collect and report the program-level information
is approximately 33 minutes per response. Since the submission of the
previous OMB package, there has been an increase in the number of
respondents. The estimated burden associated with the program-level
instrument includes an adjustment to reflect the current number of
grantees.
Table 1--Estimate of Annualized Hour Burden for SOR/TOR Grantees
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Total Burden Total
SAMHSA data collection Number of Responses per number of hours per burden Hourly wage Total wage
respondents respondent responses response hours \1\ cost
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Grantee-Level Instrument.................................. 189 4 756 .30 226.80 $28.89 $6,552.25
Grantee-Level Instrument.................................. 189 1 189 .25 47.25 28.89 1,365.05
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Total................................................. 378 5 945 .55 274.05 28.89 7,917.30
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\1\ The hourly wage estimate is $28.89 based on the Occupational Employment and Wages, Mean Hourly Wage Rate for 21-1018 Substance Abuse, Behavioral
Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors= $28.89/hr. as of May 2023 (<a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes211018.htm">https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes211018.htm</a> Accessed on September 23, 2024.)
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
Krishna Palipudi,
Social Science Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2024-24250 Filed 10-18-24; 8:45 am]
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