[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5035-5036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2273]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of information 
collection requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 
documents, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-7978.
    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 USC. 10801 et seq.) authorized funds to support protection and 
advocacy services on behalf of individuals with severe mental illness 
and severe emotional impairment who are at risk for abuse and neglect 
and other civil rights violations while under treatment in a 
residential facility. This program is managed by SAMHSA's Center for 
Mental Health Services (CMHS).
    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 6 territories, and the District of Columbia to ensure that the 
rights of individuals with severe mental illness and severe emotional 
disturbance are not violated. In October 2000, the PAIMI Act was 
amended to create a 57th P&A system--the American Indian Consortium in 
Shiprock, New Mexico. Whenever the annual PAIMI appropriation reaches 
$30 million or more, State P&A systems may serve eligible individuals 
with serious mental illness or severe emotional impairments, as defined 
under the Act, residing in the community, including their own homes. 
However, PAIMI eligible persons residing in public and private 
residential care or treatment facilities have priority for all P&A 
system services.
    The PAIMI Act requires P & A systems to file an annual report on 
their activities and accomplishments and to provide information on such 
topics as: numbers of individuals served, types of complaints 
addressed, and the number of intervention strategies used to resolve 
the presenting issues. Under the Act, there is an Advisory Council 
which is also required to submit an annual report that assesses the 
effectiveness of the services provided to, and the activities conducted 
by, the P&A systems on behalf of PAIMI eligible individuals and their 
family members. In this submission, CMHS is reinstating information on 
fiscal year actual budget expenditures and making primarily minor 
changes to the annual reports. The revised report formats will be 
effective for the report due on January 1, 2004. 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...............              57               1              28           1,596
Activities & Accomplishments....................  ..............  ..............            (20)         (1,140)
Performance outcomes............................  ..............  ..............             (3)           (171)
Expenses........................................  ..............  ..............             (2)           (114)
Budget..........................................  ..............  ..............             (2)           (114)
Priority statements & objectives................  ..............  ..............             (1)            (57)
Advisory Council Report.........................              57               1              10             570
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    Total.......................................             114  ..............  ..............           2,166
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Allison Herron Eydt, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503.


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    Dated: January 15, 2003.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 03-2273 Filed 1-30-03; 8:45 am]
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