[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9032-9033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3486]
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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 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,
through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Proposed Project: Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Mental
Illness (PAIMI) Annual Program Performance Report (OMB No. 0930-0169)--
Revision
The Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness
(PAIMI) Act at 42 U.S.C. 10801 et seq., authorized funds to the same
protection and advocacy (P&A) systems created under the Developmental
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 1975, known as the DD
Act (as amended in 2000, 42 U.S.C. 15041 et seq.). The DD Act supports
the Protection and Advocacy for Developmental Disabilities (PADD)
Program administered by the Administration on Developmental
Disabilities (ADD) within the Administration on Children and Families.
ADD is the lead Federal P&A agency. The PAIMI Program supports the same
governor-designated P&A systems established under the DD Act by
providing legal-based individual and systemic advocacy services to
individuals with significant (severe) mental illness (adults) and
significant (severe) emotional impairment (children/youth) who are at
risk for abuse, neglect and other rights violations while residing in a
care or treatment facility.
In 2000, the PAIMI Act amendments created a 57th P&A system--the
American Indian Consortium (the Navajo and Hopi Tribes in the Four
Corners region of the Southwest). The Act, at 42 U.S.C. 10804(d) states
that a P&A system may use its allotment to provide representation to
individuals with mental illness, as defined by s42 U.S.C. 10802
(4)(B)(iii) residing in the community, including their own home, only,
if the total allotment under this title for any fiscal year is $30
million or more, and in such cases an eligible P&A system must give
priority to representing PAIMI-eligible individuals, as defined by 42
U.S.C. 10802(4)(A) and (B)(i).
The Children's Health Act of 2000 (CHA) also referenced State P&A
system authority to obtain information on incidents of seclusion,
restraint and related deaths [see, CHA, Part H at 42 U.S.C. 290ii-1].
PAIMI Program formula grants awarded by SAMHSA go directly to each of
the 57 governor-designated P&A systems. These systems are located in
each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the American Indian
Consortium, and five (5) territories--American Samoa, Guam, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The PAIMI Act at 42 U.S.C. 10805(7) requires that each P & A system
prepare and transmit to the Secretary HHS and to the head of its State
mental health agency a report on January 1. This report describes the
activities, accomplishments, and expenditures of the system during the
most recently completed fiscal year, including a section prepared by
the advisory council (the PAIMI Advisory Council or PAC) that describes
the activities of the council and its assessment of the operations of
the system.
The Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
proposes to revise the annual PAIMI Program Performance Report (PPR),
including the advisory council section of the report for the following
reasons: (1) To make it consistent with the r annual reporting
requirements under the Act and its Rules [42 CFR part 51], (2) to
conform to the GPRA requirements that SAMHSA obtain information that
closely measures actual outcomes of programs that are funded by the
agency, and (3) to determine if the reporting burden can be reduced by
removing any information that does not facilitate evaluation of the
programmatic and fiscal effectiveness of a State P&A system.
The SAMHSA revisions to the annual PPR and Advisory Council section
reflect the statutory and regulatory requirements of the PAIMI Act.
These revisions include, but may not be limited to the following items:
(1) Clarifying the instructional guidance in the PPR, e.g., Section
3.--Living Arrangements; Section 4--Complaints/Problems of PAIMI-
eligible Individuals, at 4. D.2.--Intervention Strategy Outcome
Statement, by using a chart format to capture the most significant
outcome achieved per strategy used; eliminating the need for
attachments, i.e., in Section 7--Grievance Procedures, a copy of the
policies/procedures, in Section 8--Other Services and Activities a copy
of agency policies/procedures for obtaining comments from the public
(8.A.3.), and a copy of the public comment opportunity notice (8.A.1.);
(2) clarifying the Advisory Council section of the PPR, e.g., Section
B. PAIMI Advisory Council Membership, secondary identification
instructions; and, (3) eliminating the submission of supplemental
documents, e.g., PAIMI bylaws, etc. The revised report formats
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will be effective for the FY 2011 PPR reports due on January 1, 2012.
The annual burden estimate is as follows:
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Number of
Number of responses per Hours per Total hour
respondents respondent response burden
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Program Performance Report...................... 57 1 26 1,482
Advisory Council Report......................... 57 1 10 570
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Total....................................... 57 .............. .............. 2,052
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 8-1099, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 and also send an
e-mail copy of your comments to her at [email protected].
Written comments are due within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: February 7, 2011.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Management, Technology and Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-3486 Filed 2-15-11; 8:45 am]
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