Notice2026-08496
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
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May 1, 2026
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Health and Human Services DepartmentSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23447-23448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-08496]
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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 PATH grants each fiscal year to states, the District
of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U. S. 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
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were expended in accordance with the provisions of this part.''
The proposed revisions to the PATH 2026 Annual Report Manual are as
follows:
Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Data Standards Updates
In September 2025, HUD released the FY2026 Data Standards. HMIS
Leads and System Administrators were notified of the changes and HMIS
software vendors were given access to the necessary programming
documentation and were instructed to be ready to deploy by October 1,
2025. The FY2026 updates included HMIS PATH Programming Specifications
(Version 1.0), which removed the demographic question for gender, added
the demographic question for sex, and updated the label for a question
on Hispanic ethnicity. Field response options and questions have been
updated to align with the most recent version of the HMIS Data
Standards.
Summary of Changes
Q26a: Removed question including Gender information
Q26c: Updated label for Hispanic/Latina/e/o to Hispanic/Latina/o
Q26l: Added question including Sex information
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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Send comments to 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#f88b9995908b99888a99b88b9995908b99d690908bd69f978e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e390828e8b9082939182a390828e8b9082cd8b8b90cd848c95">[email protected]</span></a>.
Written comments should be received by June 30, 2026.
Alicia Broadus,
Public Health Advisor.
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