Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 7455-7456 [E9-3361]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7455-7456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3361]


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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, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Projects for Assistance in Transition from 
Homelessness (PATH) Program Annual Report (OMB No. 0930-0205)--Revision

    The Center for Mental Health Services awards grants each fiscal 
year to each of the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,

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and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands from allotments 
authorized under the PATH program established by Public Law 101-645, 42 
U.S.C. 290cc-21 et seq., the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
Amendments Act of 1990 (section 521 et seq. of the Public Health 
Service (PHS) Act). Section 522 of the PHS Act requires that the 
grantee States and Territories must expend their payments under the Act 
solely for making grants to political subdivisions of the State, and to 
non-profit private entities (including community-based veterans' 
organizations and other community organizations) for the purpose of 
providing services specified in the Act. Available funding is allotted 
in accordance with the formula provision of section 524 of the PHS Act.
    This submission is for a revision of the current approval of the 
annual grantee reporting requirements. Section 528 of the PHS Act 
specifies that not later than January 31 of each fiscal year, a funded 
entity will prepare and submit a report in such form and containing 
such information as is determined necessary for securing a record and 
description of the purposes for which amounts received under section 
521 were expended during the preceding fiscal year and of the 
recipients of such amounts and determining whether such amounts were 
expended in accordance with statutory provisions.
    The proposed changes to the PATH Annual Report Survey are as 
follows:
     Reporting on all persons served with PATH Federal and 
matching State funds.
    Additional Optional Questions:

Table A

     The number of staff persons who are consumers, peer 
providers, or prosumers supported by PATH federal and State matching 
funds.

Table C

     The number of Enrolled consumers placed into housing 
(Transitional, Supportive, or Permanent).
     The number of Enrolled consumers who were assisted with 
successfully obtaining income benefits (SSI, SSDI, VA, etc.).
     The number of Enrolled consumers who were assisted with 
successfully obtaining or increasing their earned income (employment).
     The number of Enrolled consumers who were assisted with 
successfully obtaining medical insurance or coverage plans (Medicaid, 
Medicare, and/or state/local plans).
     The number of Enrolled consumers who were assisted with 
successfully obtaining primary medical care.
    The estimated annual burden for these reporting requirements is 
summarized in the table below.

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                                          Number of        Responses per        Burden per
             Respondents                 respondents         respondent      response (hrs.)      Total burden
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States..............................                56                  1                 26              1,456
Local provider agencies.............               480                  1                 31             14,880
    Totals..........................               506   .................  .................            16,336
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 7-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857. Written 
comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: February 10, 2009.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
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