Notice2024-26641
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
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Published
November 15, 2024
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Health and Human Services DepartmentSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 221 (Friday, November 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 90301-90302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26641]
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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.
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.
Proposed Project: Regulations To Implement SAMHSA's Charitable Choice
Statutory Provisions--42 CFR Parts 54 and 54a (OMB No. 0930-0242)--
Revision
Section 1955 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-65),
as amended by the Children's Health Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-310) and
sections 581-584 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290kk et
seq., as added by the Consolidated Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 106-
554)), set forth various provisions which aim to ensure that religious
organizations are able to compete on an equal footing for federal funds
to provide substance use services. These provisions allow religious
organizations to offer substance use services to individuals without
impairing the religious character of the organizations or the religious
freedom of the individuals who receive the services. The provisions
apply to the Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services
Block Grant (SUBG), to the Projects for Assistance in Transition from
Homelessness (PATH) formula grant program, and to certain Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) discretionary
grant programs (programs that pay for substance use treatment and
prevention services, not for certain infrastructure and technical
assistance activities). Every effort has been made to assure that the
reporting, recordkeeping and disclosure requirements of the proposed
regulations allow maximum flexibility in implementation and impose
minimum burden.
No changes are being made to the regulations or the information
collection provisions. A minor change reflecting current state
reporting has been made to the annual burden estimates in 54.8(c)(4)
resulting in total burden costs reported decreasing.
Information on how states comply with the requirements of 42 CFR
part 54 was approved by OMB as part of the Substance Use Prevention and
Treatment Block Grant FY 2019-2021 annual application and reporting
requirements approved under OMB control number 0930-0168.
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per
42 CFR citation and purpose respondents respondent responses response Total hours
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Part 54--States Receiving SUBG and/or Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness
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Reporting:
96.122(f)(5) Annual report 60 1 60 1 60
of activities the state
undertook to comply with 42
CFR part 54................
54.8(c)(4) Total number of
referrals to alternative
service providers reported
by program participants to
States (respondents).
SUBG.................... 7 7 (avg.) 47 1 47
PATH.................... 10 5 50 1 50
54.8 (e) Annual report by 56 1 56 1 56
PATH grantees on activities
undertaken to comply with
42 CFR part 54.............
Disclosure:
54.8(b) Program participant
notice to program
beneficiaries of rights to
referral to an alternative
service provider.
SUBG.................... 60 1 60 .05 3
PATH.................... 56 1 56 .05 3
Recordkeeping:
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54.6(b) Documentation must 60 1 60 1 60
be maintained to
demonstrate significant
burden for program
participants under 42
U.S.C. 300x-57 or 42 U.S.C.
290cc-33(a)(2).............
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Part 54--Subtotal....... 116 .............. 389 .............. 279
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Part 54a--States, local governments and religious organizations receiving funding under Title V of the PHS Act
for substance use prevention, treatment and recovery services
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Reporting:
54a.8(c)(1)(iv) Program 25 4 100 .083 8
participant notification to
state or local government
of a referral to an
alternative provider.......
54a(8)(d) Program 20 2 40 .25 10
participant notification to
SAMHSA of referrals. (NOTE:
This notification will
occur during the course of
the regular reports that
may be required under the
terms of the funding award)
Disclosure:
54a.8(b) Program participant 1,460 1 1,460 1 1,460
notice to program
beneficiaries of rights to
referral to an alternative
service provider...........
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Part 54a--Subtotal.......... 1,505 .............. 1,600 .............. 1,478
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Total................... 1,621 .............. 1,989 1 1,757
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Send comments to 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#a9dac8c4c1dac8d9dbc8e9dac8c4c1dac887c1c1da87cec6df"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b6c5d7dbdec5d7c6c4d7f6c5d7dbdec5d798dedec598d1d9c0">[email protected]</span></a>. Written comments should be received by
January 14, 2025.
Krishna Palipudi,
Social Science Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2024-26641 Filed 11-14-24; 8:45 am]
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