Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 9032-9033 [2011-3486]

Agencies

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

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9032-9033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing 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 Summer.King@samhsa.hhs.gov. 
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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