Notice2026-07743
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
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April 21, 2026
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Health and Human Services DepartmentSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21299-21300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07743]
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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
AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA), Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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Proposed Project: SAMHSA Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic--
Expansion Grant Program Evaluation (OMB No. 0930-XXXX)--NEW COLLECTION
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, 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4635272b2e35273634270635272b2e3527682e2e3568212930"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="542735393c2735242635142735393c27357a3c3c277a333b22">[email 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 through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
In fiscal year 2022, SAMHSA awarded two new cohorts of its
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC)-Expansion program,
one for clinics interested in becoming CCBHCs that need planning and
support to come into compliance with CCBHC Certification Criteria, and
another for established CCBHCs seeking to expand, improve, and advance
their services. The purpose of the CCBHC-Expansion grants is to address
problems of access, coordination, and quality of behavioral health care
by establishing a standard definition and criteria for organizations
certified as CCBHCs to ensure that all service recipients have access
to a common set of comprehensive, coordinated services, with the
ultimate goal of decreasing gaps in care and improving outcomes across
communities.
SAMHSA is requesting clearance for one data collection activity and
forms related to the implementation and impact studies to be conducted
as part of an evaluation of these cohorts. Data collected in this
evaluation will help SAMHSA assess the degree to which activities at
the clinic level and systems level affect the development,
implementation, and sustainment of CCBHCs consistent with the
certification criteria and the impacts of model adoption on client
outcomes.
1. SAMHSA will ask grantees to upload de-identified client-level
Electronic Health Record data. This data will include client
demographics and interview information, the Patient Health
Questionnaire, the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale, the
Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item, the Alcohol Use Disorders
Identification Test, and the Drug Abuse Screening Test, which the
Evaluation Team has identified as tools grantees commonly use to
collect client data. Grantees will upload this data during Quarter 4,
2025 and during Quarter 3 2026; all client data will be uploaded during
periods to reduce burden required to determine duplicates. This data
will provide SAMHSA with further data about client outcomes. If this
data is not conducted, SAMHSA will not have adequate information to
evaluate the extent to which clients improve over time on key outcomes
related to CCBHC services.
The estimated response burden is as follows:
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Number of Average burden Total hour
Type of respondent Number of responses per per response Total burden Average hourly cost burden
respondents respondent (in hours) hours wage \a\
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Electronic Health Record data collection................ 298 2 8 4,768 $59.07 $281,645.76
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Total............................................... 298 2 8 4,768 59.07 281,645.76
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\a\ Total respondent cost is calculated as number of respondents x number of responses per respondent x average burden per response in hours x average
hourly wage.
Send comments to SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 15E-57A,
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857 or email a copy to:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4231232f2a31233230230231232f2a31236c2a2a316c252d34"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7d0e1c10150e1c0d0f1c3d0e1c10150e1c5315150e531a120b">[email protected]</span></a>. Written comments should be received by June
22, 2026.
Alicia Broadus,
Public Health Advisor.
[FR Doc. 2026-07743 Filed 4-20-26; 8:45 am]
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