[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 127 (Monday, July 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 31963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-15914]
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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 on (240) 276-1243.
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: 2010 National Mental Health Services Survey (N-MHSS)
(OMB No. 0930-0119)--Revision
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's
(SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) will conduct the 2010
N-MHSS. This national survey will update the previous biennial mental
health facility survey conducted in 2008--the National Survey of Mental
Health Treatment Facilities (NSMHTF) under OMB No. 0930-0119. Similar
in design to the 2008 NSMHTF, the 2010 N-MHSS will survey all mental
health service locations, instead of surveying each mental health
organization as a whole. These separate mental health service locations
(facilities) are in contrast to mental health organizations which may
include multiple facilities (service locations). This survey will be
(a) A 100-percent enumeration of all known facilities nationwide that
specialize in mental health treatment services, (b) more consumer-
oriented in describing services available at each facility location,
and (c) patterned after SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies National
Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (OMB No. 0930-0106).
The 2010 N-MHSS will utilize one questionnaire for all mental
health facility types including hospitals, residential treatment
centers, outpatient clinics, and multi-setting facilities. The
information collected will include: intake telephone numbers for
services, types of services offered, sources of payment for services,
facility caseload characteristics, and facility bed counts, if
applicable. This survey will use a multi-mode approach to data
collection--mail and Web with telephone follow-up.
The resulting database will be used to provide both State and
national estimates of facility types and their patient caseloads.
Information from the 2010 survey will also be used to update SAMHSA's
online Mental Health Facility Locator for use by consumers. In
addition, data derived from the survey will be published by CMHS in
SAMHSA publications such as Mental Health, United States and in
professional journals such as Psychiatric Services and the American
Journal of Psychiatry. The publication, Mental Health, United States,
is used by the general public, State governments, the U.S. Congress,
university researchers, mental health service providers, and mental
health care professionals. The following Table summarizes the estimated
response burden for the survey.
Estimated Total Response Burden for the 2010 N-MHSS
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Number of Responses per Average hours Total hour
Facility type respondents respondent per response burden
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Public Psychiatric Hospitals.................... 304 1 1 304
Private Psychiatric Hospitals................... 534 1 1 534
General Hospitals............................... 1,712 1 1 1,712
Residential Treatment Centers for Children...... 1,186 1 1 1,186
Residential Treatment Centers for Adults........ 829 1 1 829
Outpatient Clinics.............................. 6,266 1 1 6,266
Multi-Setting Facilities........................ 2,115 1 1 2,115
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Total Facilities............................ 12,946 1 1 12,946
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 7-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 and e-mail her
a copy at [email protected]. Written comments should be
received within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: June 29, 2009.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E9-15914 Filed 7-2-09; 8:45 am]
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