[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 20 (Monday, January 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5391-5392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2018]
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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: Survey of Evidence-Based Practices for Mental Health
and Substance Use Disorders in State Medicaid Plans: Coverage
Structures, Access and Challenges--NEW
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) is conducting a survey to gather information about current and
planned State Medicaid activities and policies related to eight mental
health/substance abuse evidence-based practices (EBPs). This survey is
part of a five-year project to increase attention to and understanding
of Medicaid mental health and substance abuse service issues among
State Medicaid and Mental Health/Substance Abuse Directors, as well as
improve the effectiveness of State Medicaid mental health services.
The purpose of the survey is to determine the overall management
and delivery of mental health and substance abuse services within
Medicaid and the use of eight specific evidence-based practices. The
information provided through the survey will be vital to increasing
awareness and understanding of Medicaid mental health/substance abuse
evidence-based practice activities. This information will also be used
to develop numerous products to help State Medicaid and Mental Health/
Substance Abuse Directors adopt, deliver, and refine existing policies
about mental health and substance abuse EBPs.
A survey will be sent to the director of each State Medicaid office
in the 50 States and the District of Columbia, with responses expected
over a four-week period. The survey contains a total of 114 questions
on the overall management and delivery of mental health and substance
abuse services within Medicaid and on the implementation of eight EBPs
within the state Medicaid program. However, respondents will complete
part or all of the survey, depending on how many of the eight EBPs are
being implemented in their state. The survey will be sent
electronically to State Medicaid Directors, and they may respond by
email or facsimile. To reduce burden, prior to administering the survey
several survey questions will be pre-completed based on existing
information, as available.
Below is the table of the estimated total burden hours:
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Number of
Respondent Number of responses per Average burden Total burden
respondents respondent hour hours
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State Medicaid Directors.................... 51 1 1 51
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 8-1099, 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: January 24, 2011.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Management, Technology and Operations.
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