Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; the State Plan for Independent Living, 7310 [2020-02497]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
• Administration for Community Living

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 26 (Friday, February 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 7310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02497]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living

[0985-0044]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; the State Plan for Independent Living

AGENCY: Administration for Community Living (ACL), HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing 
that the proposed collection of information listed above has been 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
clearance as required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 
30-Day notice collects comments on the information collection 
requirements related to State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL) 
(Information Collection Request Rev (ICR Rev)).

DATES: Comments on the information collection request must be submitted 
electronically by 11:59 p.m. (EST) or postmarked by March 9, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by:
    (a) email to: [email protected], Attn: OMB Desk Officer 
for ACL;
    (b) fax to 202.395.5806, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACL; or
    (c) by mail to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
OMB, New Executive Office Bldg., 725 17th St. NW, Rm. 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACL.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Nye, Administration for 
Community Living, Washington, DC 20201, (202) 795-7606 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, ACL has 
submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for 
review and clearance. Legal authority for the State Plan for 
Independent Living is contained in Chapter 1 of Title VII of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act ([the Act], Pub. L. 113-128). Section 704 of the 
Rehabilitation Act requires that, to be eligible to receive financial 
assistance under Chapter 1, ``a State shall submit to the Department, 
and obtain approval of, a State plan containing such provisions as the 
Department may require.'' The Administration for Community Living's 
(ACL) approval of the SPIL is required for states to receive federal 
funding for both the Independent Living Services State grants and 
Centers for Independent Living programs. Federal statute and 
regulations require the collection of this information every three 
years.
    The SPIL is jointly developed by the chairperson of the Statewide 
Independent Living Council and the directors of the centers for 
independent living in the State, after receiving public input from 
individuals throughout the State; and signed by the chairperson of the 
Statewide Independent Living Council, acting on behalf of--and at the 
direction of--the Council, the director of the designated State entity, 
and not less than 51 percent of the directors of the centers for 
independent living in the State. ACL reviews the SPIL for compliance 
with the Rehabilitation Act and 45 CFR part 1329 and approves it. The 
SPIL also serves as a primary planning document for continuous 
monitoring of, and technical assistance to, the state independent 
living programs to ensure appropriate planning, financial support and 
coordination, and other assistance to appropriately address, on a 
statewide basis, needs for the provision of independent living services 
in the state.

Comments in Response to the 60-Day Federal Register Notice

    A notice was published in the Federal Register on August 12, 2019 
(Vol. 84, Number 2019-17172; pp. 39854-39855).
    ACL received 251 comments during the 60-day public-comment period. 
To access these comments and ACL responses, please see the attachment.
    The proposed form(s) and public comments and ACL responses may be 
found on the ACL website at https://www.acl.gov/about-acl/public-input.
    Estimated Program Burden: ACL estimates the burden of this 
collection of information as follows: 56 Statewide Independent Living 
Councils will respond to the requirement for a SPIL every three years. 
It will take approximately 60 hours for each state's Statewide 
Independent Living Council to jointly complete the development of the 
SPIL for a total of approximately 3,360 hours. This estimate is based 
on amounts of time that Statewide Independent Living Councils have 
reported that they have spent responding to previous requests for this 
report. ACL is not requesting any change in the data States are 
required to submit. As such, there is no change to the estimated 
reporting burden.

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Annual burden
       Respondent/data collection activity          respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Statewide Independent Living Councils...........              56               1              60           3,360
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    Total.......................................              56               1              60           3,360
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    Dated: January 22, 2020.
Mary Lazare,
Principal Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2020-02497 Filed 2-6-20; 8:45 am]
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