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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 140 (Monday, July 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34312-34313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [http://www.gpo.gov/]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15448]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: 0990-new-30D]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services,
has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below,
to the

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Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments
submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided
to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public on this ICR
during the review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before August 23,
2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or via
facsimile to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sherrette Funn, Sherette.Funn@hhs.gov
or (202) 795-7714.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the document identifier 0990-new-30D for
reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Evaluation of the Certified
Community Behavioral Health Clinic Demonstration.
OMB No.: 0990-NEW.
Abstract: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) is requesting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for
data collection activities to support the evaluation of the Certified
Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) demonstration program.
In April 2014, Section 223 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act
(PAMA) mandated the CCBHC demonstration to address some of the
challenges of access, coordination, financing, and quality facing
community mental health centers (CMHCs) across the country. The CCBHC
demonstration is intended to improve the availability, quality, and
outcomes of CMHC ambulatory care by establishing a standard definition
and criteria for CCBHCs, and developing a new payment system that
accounts for the total cost of providing comprehensive services to all
individuals who seek care. The demonstration also aims to more fully
integrate primary and behavioral health care services; ensure more
consistent use of evidence-based practices; and, through enhanced
standardized reporting requirements, offer an opportunity to assess the
quality of care provided by CCBHCs across the country. The
demonstration and its evaluation offer an opportunity to examine the
implementation and outcomes of CCBHCs. The evaluation will provide
critical information to Congress and the larger behavioral health
community about innovative ways CCBHCs are attempting to improve care
and the effects of a well-defined, comprehensive service array on
client outcomes and costs.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Section 223 of PAMA
requires the Secretary of HHS to provide annual reports to Congress
that include an assessment of access to community-based mental health
services under Medicaid, the quality and scope of CCBHC services, and
the impact of the demonstration on federal and state costs of a full
range of mental health services. In addition, PAMA requires the
Secretary to provide recommendations regarding continuation, expansion,
modifications, or termination of the demonstration no later than
December 31, 2021. The data collected under this submission will help
ASPE address research questions for the evaluation, and inform the
required reports to Congress.
Likely Respondents:
--Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic demonstration grantees,
this includes leadership, providers, care managers, and administrative
and financial management staff;
--State Medicaid Officials;
--State Mental Health Officials; and
--State Consumer/Family Representatives.

The total annual burden hours estimated for this ICR are summarized
in the table below.

Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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Number of
Respondents/activity Number of respondents Responses per Total Hours per Total hour
sites per site respondent responses response burden
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CCBHC site leadership staff--site interview............. 8 1 1 8 2 16
CCBHC frontline providers--site interview............... 8 4 1 24 1 24
CCBHC care managers--site interview..................... 8 2 1 16 1 16
CCBHC administrative/finance staff--site interview...... 8 2 1 16 1 16
State Medicaid official--telephone interview............ 8 2 3 48 1 48
State mental health official--telephone interview....... 8 2 3 48 1 48
State consumer/family representative--telephone 8 2 1 16 1 16
interview..............................................
CCBHC site leadership staff--completion of report....... 76 1 2 152 4 608
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Total............................................... 132 16 13 178 16 792
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Darius Taylor,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-15448 Filed 7-21-17; 8:45 am]
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