[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54237-54238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23537]


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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) Final Rule, 42 CFR part 51 (OMB No. 0930-0172--
Extension)--These regulations meet the directive under 42 U.S.C. 
10826(b) requiring the Secretary to promulgate final regulations to 
carry out the PAIMI Act. The regulations contain information collection 
requirements. The Act authorized funds to support activities on behalf 
of individuals with significant (severe) mental illness (adults) or 
emotional impairment (children/youth) (42 U.S.C. at 10802(4)). However, 
only entities designated by the governor of each State and six (6) 
territories (the American Indian Consortium, American Samoa, Guam, the 
Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), 
and the Mayor of the District of Columbia to protect and advocate the

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rights of persons with developmental disabilities under Part C of the 
Developmental Disabilities and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 6041 et 
seq., as amended in 2000) are eligible to receive PAIMI grants (42 
U.S.C. at 10802(2)). PAIMI grants are based on a formula prescribed by 
the Secretary (42 U.S.C. at 10822(a)(1)(A)).
    On January 1, each eligible State protection and advocacy (P&A) 
system is required to prepare and transmit to the Secretary and head of 
the State Mental Health Agency, in which the system is located, a 
report describing its activities, accomplishments, and expenditures 
during the most recently completed fiscal year. Section 10824(a) of the 
Act requires that the State P&A system's annual reports to the 
Secretary, shall describe its activities, accomplishments, and 
expenditures to protect the rights of individuals with mental illness 
supported with payments from PAIMI allotments, including:
    (A) The number of (PAIMI-eligible) individuals with mental illness 
served;
    (B) A description of the types of activities undertaken;
    (C) A description of the types of facilities providing care or 
treatment to which such activities are undertaken;
    (D) A description of the manner in which the activities are 
initiated;
    (E) A description of the accomplishments resulting from such 
activities;
    (F) A description of systems to protect and advocate the rights of 
individuals with mental illness supported with payments from PAIMI 
allotments;
    (G) A description of activities conducted by States to protect and 
advocate such rights;
    (H) A description of mechanisms established by residential 
facilities for individuals with mental illness to protect such rights; 
and,
    (I) A description of the coordination among such systems, 
activities and mechanisms;
    (J) Specification of the number of systems that are public and 
nonprofit systems established with PAIMI allotments; and
    (K) Recommendations for activities and services to improve the 
protection and advocacy of the rights of individuals with mental 
illness and a description of the needs for such activities and services 
which have not been met by the State P&A systems established under the 
PAIMI Act. (The PAIMI Rules 42 CFR section 51.32(b) state that P&A 
systems may place restrictions on case or client acceptance criteria 
developed as part of its annual PAIMI priorities. However, prospective 
clients must be informed of any such restrictions at the time they 
request service).
    This summary report must include a separate section, prepared by 
the PAIMI Advisory Council, that describes the council's activities and 
its assessment of the operations of the State P&A system (42 U.S.C. 
10805(7)). The burden estimate for the annual State P&A system 
reporting requirements for these regulations is as follows.

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                                                                                    Burden per
                 42 CFR Citation                     Number of     Responses per     response      Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent        (Hrs.)          burden
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51.(8)(a)(2) Program Performance Report \1\.....              57               1            26.0         (1,596)
51.8(8)(a)(8) Advisory Council Report \1\.......              57               1            10.0           (570)
51.10 Remedial Actions:
    Corrective Action Plan......................               6               1             8.0              48
    Implementation Status Report................               6               3             2.0              36
51.23(c) Reports, materials and fiscal data                   57               1             1.0              57
 provided to Advisory Council...................
51.25(b)(2) Grievance Procedure.................              57               1              .5              29
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    Total.......................................             126  ..............  ..............            170
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\1\ Burden hours associated with these reports are approved under OMB Control No. 0930-0169.

    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: September 9, 2003.
Anna Marsh,
Acting Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 03-23537 Filed 9-15-03; 8:45 am]
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