Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 10456-10457 [2020-03558]

Agencies

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

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10456-10457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03558]


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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 (SAMHSA) 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 at (240) 276-1243.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is 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

    SAMHSA awards grants each fiscal year to each state, the District 
of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 
American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
(hereafter referred to as states), 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 Act and the 21st 
Century Cures Act (Public Law 114-255), hereafter referred to as ``the 
Act'']. Section 522 of the Act, specifies that states must expend their 
payments 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 the revision to the approved PATH Annual 
Report Manual. Section 528 of the Act specifies, not later than January 
31 of each fiscal year, a funded entity will ``prepare and submit to 
the Secretary a report in such form and containing such information as 
the Secretary determines to be necessary for: (1) Securing a record and 
a 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 (2) determining whether such amounts 
were expended in accordance with the provisions of this part.''
    The proposed revision to the PATH 2020 Annual Report Manual are as 
follows:

Homelessness Management Information System (HMIS) Data Standards 
Updates

    When needed, field response options and questions have been updated 
or added to align with the most recent version of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Developments (HUD) HMIS Data Standards.
    The HUD HMIS Data Standards have been updated and are effective 
October 1, 2019. The changes in the HUD HMIS Data Standards are 
reflected in the PATH Annual Report Manual, and include:

--Updates to response categories for Housing Outcomes
--Addition of an ``Unable to Locate Client'' response option to PATH 
Status
--Addition of a demographic question on history with domestic violence

    The estimated annual burden for these reporting requirements is 
summarized in the table below.

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                                                                                    Burden per
                  Respondents                       Number of     Responses per      response      Total burden
                                                   respondents      respondent        (hrs.)
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States.........................................              56                1              15             840
Local provider agencies........................             476                1              15           7,140
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    Total......................................             532  ...............  ..............           7,980
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    Send comments to Carlos Graham, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57-A, Rockville, MD OR email a copy at 
[email protected]. Written comments should be received by 
April 24, 2020.

Carlos Graham,
Social Science Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2020-03558 Filed 2-21-20; 8:45 am]
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