[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 111 (Thursday, June 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31283-31284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14701]


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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 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 (301) 443-7978.
    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 through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With 
Mental Illness (PAIMI) Annual Program Performance Report (OMB No. 
0930-0169, Revision)

    The Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness 
(PAIMI) Act, (42 U.S.C. Chapter 1114) authorized funds to support 
protection and advocacy services on behalf of individuals with mental 
illness and severe emotional disturbance who are at risk for abuse and 
neglect and other civil rights violations while under treatment in a 
residential facility. Under the PAIMI Act, formula grant awards are 
made to protection and advocacy (P&A) systems designated by the 
governors of the 50 states and 5 territories, and the District of 
Columbia to ensure that the rights of individuals with mental illness 
and severe emotional disturbance are not violated. The PAIMI Act 
requires P & A systems to file an annual report on their activities and 
accomplishments and to provide in the report information on such topics 
as, numbers of individuals served, types of complaints addressed, the 
number of intervention strategies used to resolve the presenting 
issues. The Act also requires that the P&A Advisory Council also submit 
an annual report that assesses the effectiveness of the services 
provided by P&A systems.
    The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is revising the PAIMI 
Annual Program Performance Report for the following reasons: (1) to 
make it consistent with the revised annual program report format used 
by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities, Administration on 
Children and Families; and, (2) to conform to the GPRA requirements 
that the reporting burden to the States be reduced. CMHS proposes no 
revisions to the PAIMI Annual Advisory Council Report.
    Planned revisions to the PAIMI Annual Program Performance Report 
include: (1) Deletion of financial expenditure and sub-contractor 
information, which P&A systems are required to submit annually to the 
SAMHSA Grants Management Office; (2) Deletion of items that are more 
appropriate for inclusion in the Guidance for Applicants (GFA), such as 
PAIMI program staff positions, by-laws & policies and procedures; (3) 
PAIMI staff, advisory council and governing board demographic 
information will be reduced to a comprehensive graph format; (4) All 
``information not available'' statements will be deleted to ensure that 
P&A systems focus on gathering more accurate client data during the 
intake and referral process; (5) Sections such as, PAIMI program 
mechanisms for public comment, individual PAIMI clients, etc. will be 
reduced to a graph format similar to that approved by OMB for use by 
the Administration on Developmental Disabilities, Administration on 
Children and Families, which administers the Protection and Advocacy to 
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Developmentally Disabled (PADD) Program; (6) Case complaints and 
problems of the individuals served by the P&As will be modified to 
capture more accurate information on incidents of abuse, neglect and 
civil rights violations, such as the incidents of seclusion and 
restraint used in the emergency rooms of general hospitals on 
individuals with mental illness, co-occurring disorders and severe 
emotional disturbance, during transport to and from a residential 
treatment facility, etc.; and, (7) Sections focused on the types of 
intervention strategies, public education and awareness/training 
activities used by the P&As on behalf of the clients served will be 
placed in a chart format. The revised format will be effective for the 
report due on January 1, 2001.
    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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Annual Program Performance Report...............              56               1              26           1,456
    Activities & accomplishments................  ..............  ..............            (20)         (1,120)
    Performance outcomes........................  ..............  ..............             (3)           (168)
    Expenses....................................  ..............  ..............             (0)             (0)
    Budget......................................  ..............  ..............             (2)           (112)
    Priority statement..........................  ..............  ..............             (1)            (56)
Advisory Council Report.........................              56               1              10             560
    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           2,016
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    Send comments to Nancy Pearce, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 16-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. 
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: June 14, 1999.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 99-14701 Filed 6-9-99; 8:45 am]
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