Notice2023-00202
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 1393-1394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00202]
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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) 276-0548.
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 (PHS) Act and
the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. 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 2023 Annual Report Manual are as
follows:
Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Data Standards Updates
When needed, field response options and questions have been updated
to align with the most recent version of the HMIS Data Standards.
In July 2022, HUD released updated HMIS programming specifications
(Version 3.6) for the PATH Annual Report, which changed the
instructions for counting contacts in questions 12a and 12b. HMIS
vendors received these programming updates and HUD encouraged them to
implement the changes by October 1, 2022. When providers run their PATH
Annual Report in HMIS, it should reflect Version 3.6, including these
most recent programming changes. In October 2022, SAMHSA launched a new
PDX website for State Path Contacts (SPCs) and providers, who will use
the site to enter provider-level data for their PATH Annual Report and
progress reports. User guides were created to describe the features and
functions of the new PDX site and provides guidance for reviewing and
submitting PATH Annual Reports, setting up and reviewing progress
reports, and accessing PATH resources. The requested revisions will not
increase the overall burden.
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......................... 437 1 15 6,555
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Total....................................... 493 .............. .............. 7,395
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Send comments to Carlos Graham, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57-A, Rockville, Maryland 20857, OR email a
copy to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f3c3e2d33302c71382d3e373e321f2c3e32372c3e7137372c71383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fe9d9f8c92918dd0998c9f969f93be8d9f93968d9fd096968dd0999188">[email protected]</span></a>. Written comments should be
received by March 13, 2023.
Alicia Broadus,
Public Health Advisor.
[FR Doc. 2023-00202 Filed 1-9-23; 8:45 am]
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