In addition to questions asked of consumers as listed above, programs will be required to abstract information from consumer records regarding the services provided. The time to complete the revised instruments is estimated as shown below. These estimates are based on grantee reports of the amount of time required to complete the currently approved instruments accounting for the additional time required to complete the new questions, as based on an informal pilot. TRAC ReportingInfrastructure Development Data Collection

CMHS has identified categories and associated grant or community level indicators to assess performance of the Infrastructure Development grant programs to be reported by the grant Project Directors. The performance indicators are the focus of this proposed data collection. A webbased data entry system will be developed to capture this performance data for all CMHSfunded Infrastructure Development grants upon approval of the indicators. Not all categories or indicators will apply to every grant program; CMHS Program Directors will be responsible for determining whether a category (or an indicator within a category) applies to
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each grant program, establishing targets at the grant level, and monitoring data submission. The following table summarizes the total number of indicators for each category that may or may not apply to each grant program:
Number of Category indicators Policy Development........................................ 2 Workforce Development..................................... 5 Financing................................................. 3 Organizational Change..................................... 1 Partnerships/Collaborations............................... 2 Accountability............................................ 6 Types/Targets of Practices................................ 4

Total Number.......................................... 23

Grantee Project Directors will be responsible for submitting data quarterly. The use of standardized domains and data collection approaches will enhance aggregate data development and reporting. TRAC ReportingPrevention and Mental Health Promotion Data Collection

CMHS has identified categories and associated grant or community level indicators to assess performance of the Prevention grant programs. The performance indicators are the focus of this proposed data collection. A webbased data entry system will be developed to capture this performance data for all CMHSfunded Prevention and Mental Health Promotion grants upon approval of the indicators. Not all categories or indicators will apply to every grant program; CMHS Program Directors will be responsible for determining whether a category (or an indicator within a category) applies to each grant program, establishing targets at the grant level, and monitoring data submission. The following table summarizes the total number of indicators for each category that may or may not apply to each grant program:
Number of Category indicators Awareness................................................. 1 Training.................................................. 1 Knowledge/Attitudes/Beliefs............................... 1 Screening................................................. 1 Outreach.................................................. 2 Referral.................................................. 1 Access.................................................... 1

Total Number.......................................... 8

Grantee Project Directors will be responsible for submitting data quarterly. The use of standardized domains and data collection approaches will enhance aggregate data development and reporting.

Following is the estimated annual response burden for this effort. Data Type of response Number of collection per Total Hours per data Hour respondents respondent responses collection burden NOMs.................................... .............. .............. ........... .............. ......... Consumer Baseline Assessment............ 15,681 1 15,681 0.333 5,222 Consumer 6Month Reassessment........... 10,646 1 10,646 0.367 3,907 Consumer Discharge Interviews........... 4,508 1 4,508 0.367 1,655 Chart Abstraction....................... .............. .............. ........... .............. .........

Baseline............................ 2,352 1 2,352 0.1 235

Reassessment........................ 9,017 1 9,017 0.1 902 NOMs Subtotal................... 15,681 .............. 15,681 .............. 11,920 Infrastructure.......................... .............. .............. ........... .............. ......... Quarterly Record Abstraction............ 652 4 2,608 4 10,432 Prevention and Mental Health Promotion.. .............. .............. ........... .............. ......... Quarterly Record Abstraction............ 290 4 1,160 4 4,640

Total............................... 16,623 .............. ........... .............. 26,992

Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 71044, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20850 and email her a copy at summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov. Written comments should be received by December 7, 2009.

Dated: September 28, 2009.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
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SUMMARY:

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

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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) 2761243.

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
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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: Center for Mental Health Service (CMHS)
Transformation Accountability (TRAC) Reporting SystemRevision

SAMHSA's CMHS is requesting approval for a revision to the National Outcome Measures (NOMs) for Consumers Receiving Mental Health Services (OMB No. 09300285, Expiration Date: 4/30/2010). The name of this data collection effort is revised to the CMHS TRAC Reporting System (hereafter referred to as TRAC) to enable SAMHSA CMHS to consolidate its performance reporting activities within one package. This request includes a revision of the currently approved data collection effort directed at consumers of the Services (NOMs) programs; additional questions will enable CMHS to more fully explain grantee performance in relation to Agency and/or program objectives. This request also includes the addition of two new surveys to be completed by the Project Directors of grants that include infrastructure development and prevention activities. These new instruments will enable SAMHSA CMHS to capture a standardized set of performance indicators using a uniform reporting method.

These proposed data activities are intended to promote the use of consistent measures among CMHS grantees and contractors funded through the Program of Regional and National Significance (PRNS) and Children's Mental Health Initiative (CMHI) budget lines. These common measures recommended by CMHS are a result of extensive examination and recommendations, using consistent criteria, by panels of staff, experts, and grantees. Wherever feasible, the proposed measures are consistent with or build upon previous data development efforts within CMHS. These data collection activities will be organized to reflect and support the domains specified for SAMHSA's NOMs for the Services programs, and the categories developed by CMHS to specify the Infrastructure Development and Prevention program activities. The use of consistent measurement for specified outcomes across CMHSfunded projects will improve the ability of SAMHSA and CMHS to respond to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) and the Office of Management and Budget Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) evaluations.

TRAC ReportingConsumer NOMs Data Collection

The currently approved data collection effort for the SAMHSA CMHS programs that provide direct treatment to consumers includes separate data collection forms that are parallel in design for use in interviewing adults and children (or their caregivers for children under the age of 11 years old). These SAMHSA TRAC data will be collected at baseline, at six month reassessments for as long as the consumer remains in treatment, and at discharge. The proposed data collection encompasses eight of the ten SAMHSA NOMs domains. Number of Number of questions: Domain questions: caregiver and adult child/ adolescent Access/Capacity......................... 4 4 Functioning............................. 28 26 Stability in Housing.................... 1 2 Education and Employment................ 4 3 Crime and Criminal Justice.............. 1 1 Perception of Care...................... 15 14 Social Connectedness.................... 4 4 Retention \1\........................... 5 5

Total Number........................ 63 59 \1\ Retention is defined as retention in the community. The indicator is based on use of psychiatric inpatient services, which is based on a measure from the Stability in Housing Domain.

Changes to the current tools include the following:

In addition to questions asked of consumers as listed above, programs will be required to abstract information from consumer records regarding the services provided. The time to complete the revised instruments is estimated as shown below. These estimates are based on grantee reports of the amount of time required to complete the currently approved instruments accounting for the additional time required to complete the new questions, as based on an informal pilot. TRAC ReportingInfrastructure Development Data Collection

CMHS has identified categories and associated grant or community level indicators to assess performance of the Infrastructure Development grant programs to be reported by the grant Project Directors. The performance indicators are the focus of this proposed data collection. A webbased data entry system will be developed to capture this performance data for all CMHSfunded Infrastructure Development grants upon approval of the indicators. Not all categories or indicators will apply to every grant program; CMHS Program Directors will be responsible for determining whether a category (or an indicator within a category) applies to
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each grant program, establishing targets at the grant level, and monitoring data submission. The following table summarizes the total number of indicators for each category that may or may not apply to each grant program:
Number of Category indicators Policy Development........................................ 2 Workforce Development..................................... 5 Financing................................................. 3 Organizational Change..................................... 1 Partnerships/Collaborations............................... 2 Accountability............................................ 6 Types/Targets of Practices................................ 4

Total Number.......................................... 23

Grantee Project Directors will be responsible for submitting data quarterly. The use of standardized domains and data collection approaches will enhance aggregate data development and reporting. TRAC ReportingPrevention and Mental Health Promotion Data Collection

CMHS has identified categories and associated grant or community level indicators to assess performance of the Prevention grant programs. The performance indicators are the focus of this proposed data collection. A webbased data entry system will be developed to capture this performance data for all CMHSfunded Prevention and Mental Health Promotion grants upon approval of the indicators. Not all categories or indicators will apply to every grant program; CMHS Program Directors will be responsible for determining whether a category (or an indicator within a category) applies to each grant program, establishing targets at the grant level, and monitoring data submission. The following table summarizes the total number of indicators for each category that may or may not apply to each grant program:
Number of Category indicators Awareness................................................. 1 Training.................................................. 1 Knowledge/Attitudes/Beliefs............................... 1 Screening................................................. 1 Outreach.................................................. 2 Referral.................................................. 1 Access.................................................... 1

Total Number.......................................... 8

Grantee Project Directors will be responsible for submitting data quarterly. The use of standardized domains and data collection approaches will enhance aggregate data development and reporting.

Following is the estimated annual response burden for this effort. Data Type of response Number of collection per Total Hours per data Hour respondents respondent responses collection burden NOMs.................................... .............. .............. ........... .............. ......... Consumer Baseline Assessment............ 15,681 1 15,681 0.333 5,222 Consumer 6Month Reassessment........... 10,646 1 10,646 0.367 3,907 Consumer Discharge Interviews........... 4,508 1 4,508 0.367 1,655 Chart Abstraction....................... .............. .............. ........... .............. .........

Baseline............................ 2,352 1 2,352 0.1 235

Reassessment........................ 9,017 1 9,017 0.1 902 NOMs Subtotal................... 15,681 .............. 15,681 .............. 11,920 Infrastructure.......................... .............. .............. ........... .............. ......... Quarterly Record Abstraction............ 652 4 2,608 4 10,432 Prevention and Mental Health Promotion.. .............. .............. ........... .............. ......... Quarterly Record Abstraction............ 290 4 1,160 4 4,640

Total............................... 16,623 .............. ........... .............. 26,992

Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 71044, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20850 and email her a copy at summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov. Written comments should be received by December 7, 2009.

Dated: September 28, 2009.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E924021 Filed 10509; 8:45 am]
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