Notice2023-00190
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
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January 10, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1395-1396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00190]
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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, 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 on (240) 276-0361.
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 leveraging automated data collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: Request to publish the 60-Day Notices in the
Federal Register to solicit public comment on information collection
for the continued approval and updates for the Protection and Advocacy
for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI)--Revised Annual Program
Performance Report (PPR)--OMB No. 0930-0169-- DECISION.
SAMHSA is requesting approval from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for changes to the Annual PPR, PPR Instructions, and the
ACR for the PAIMI program. The OMB clearance for the current 2022-2023
PPR, PPR Instructions, and ACR (0930-0169) will expire on 06/30/2023.
The protection and advocacy (P&A) systems were established under
the Developmental Disabilities Act of 1975 [42 U.S.C. 15001 et seq., as
amended in 2000]. The amendments of 2000 require the Secretary of
Health and Human Services submit a biennial report on disabilities to
the President, Congress, and the National Council on Disability. The
Secretary's report is prepared by the Administration on Intellectual
and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD), within the Administration on
Community Living. The PPR, which includes an ACR, contains information
from the PAIMI grantees on the types of activities and services they
provided on behalf of PAIMI-eligible individuals. SAMHSA aggregates
this information into a biennial summary report that AIDD includes in
an appendix to the Secretary's biennial report on disabilities.
The PAIMI Act at 42 U.S.C. 10805(7) requires that each P&A system
prepare and transmit a report to the Secretary HHS and to the head of
its state mental health agency 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 independent assessment of the
operations of the system.
The 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. 15001 et seq.]. The
DD Act supports the Protection and Advocacy for Developmental
Disabilities (PADD) Program administered by the Administration on
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) within the
Administration on Community Living. AIDD 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
section 42 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 the 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, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin
Islands.
SAMHSA proposes the following revision to its annual PAIMI Program
Performance Report (PPR), PPR Instructions, and ACR:
1. All questions related to Sex/Gender; added the following
choices: ``Transgender,'' ``Two-Spirit'' for AI/AN, and ``Other.''
2. All questions related to Age; added the clarification ``would
not disclose'' to ``Unknown.''
3. The choice ``A/N I'' (Abuse/Neglect Investigation)was added to
the ``Intervention Strategies'' section for clarification.
4. In the ``Death Investigation Activities'' section, the following
was added for clarification: ``if zero means the P&A did not receive
any death reports from CMS for investigation, please note this in the
Footnotes.''
5. In the ``Interventions on behalf of groups of PAIMI-eligible
Individuals'' section, ``Group Advocacy,'' the term ``non-litigation''
was corrected.
6. Tables and instructions were added to the ``Budget'' section,
for clarification.
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The current report formats will be effective for the FY 2023 PPR
reports due on January 1, 2024.
Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden
The estimated annualized burden for the uniform application will
increase to 33,493 hours to account for recording of the additional
supplemental funding efforts (approximately 2 hours per state agency).
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 20 1,140
Advisory Council Report......................... 57 1 10 570
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Total....................................... 57 .............. .............. 1,710
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Send comments to Carlos Graham, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
5600 Fisher Lane, Room 15E57A, Rockville, MD 20852 OR email him a copy
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#711210031d1e025f16031019101c3102101c1902105f1919025f161e07"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a6c5c7d4cac9d588c1d4c7cec7cbe6d5c7cbced5c788ceced588c1c9d0">[email protected]</span></a>. Written comments should be received by
March 13, 2023.
Alicia Broadus,
Public Health Advisor.
[FR Doc. 2023-00190 Filed 1-9-23; 8:45 am]
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