[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12980-12981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5313]
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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
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respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: Access to Recovery (ATR) Program (OMB No. 0930-
0266)--Revision
The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is charged with
implementing the Access to Recovery (ATR) program which will allow
grantees (States, Territories, the District of Columbia and Tribal
Organizations) a means to implement voucher programs for substance
abuse clinical treatment and recovery support services. The ATR program
is part of a Presidential initiative to: (1) Provide client choice
among substance abuse clinical treatment and recovery support service
providers, (2) expand access to a comprehensive array of clinical
treatment and recovery support options (including faith-based
programmatic options), and (3) increase substance abuse treatment
capacity. Monitoring outcomes, tracking costs, and preventing waste,
fraud and abuse to ensure accountability and effectiveness in the use
of Federal funds are also important elements of the ATR program.
Grantees, as a contingency of their award, are responsible for
collecting Voucher Information (VI) [OMB (OMB No. 0930-0266);
Expiration Date 05/31/2011] and Voucher Transaction (VT) [(OMB No.
0930-0266; 05/31/2011)] data from their clients.
The primary purpose of this data collection activity is to meet the
reporting requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act
(GPRA) by allowing SAMHSA to quantify the effects and accomplishments
of SAMHSA programs. The following table is an estimated annual response
burden for this effort.
Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden \1\
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Total hour
Number of Responses Total Hours per Total hour Total wage cost/
Center/form/respondent type respondents per responses response burden cost respondent
respondent \1\
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Voucher information and transaction................... 53,333 1.5 80,000 .03 2,400 $18.40 $44,160
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\1\ This table represents the maximum additional burden if adult respondents for ATR provide responses/data at an estimated hourly wage (from 2010
Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 8-1099, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 and e-mail a copy
to [email protected]. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: March 2, 2011.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Management, Technology and Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-5313 Filed 3-8-11; 8:45 am]
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