[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 241 (Tuesday, December 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70024-70025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30950]


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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: Community Mental Health Services Block Grant 
Application Guidance and Instructions, FY 2005--2007 (OMB No. 0930-
0168, Revision)--Sections 1911 through 1920 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x through 300x-9) provide for annual 
allotments to assist States to establish or expand an organized, 
community-based system of care for adults with serious mental illness 
and children with serious emotional disturbances. Under the provisions 
of the law, States may receive allotments only after an application is 
submitted and approved by the Secretary of the Department of Health and 
Human Services.
    For the Federal fiscal years 2005--2007 Community Mental Health 
Services Block Grant application cycles, SAMHSA will provide States 
with revised application guidance and instructions. Proposed revisions 
to the previously approved application include: (1) Additional 
introductory text on the history and goals of federal mental health 
funding and an orientation to the transition to Performance 
Partnerships Grants, (2) changes in the format of the plan, and (3) the 
introduction of ten performance indicators as CMHS Core Performance 
Indicators. With the exception of one indicator, all are currently 
reported through the Uniform Reporting System (URS) and will not 
increase the State's burden; one indicator is currently in 
developmental status and beginning in FY 2004, States were given three 
years to develop capacity to report data for this indicator. The 
following table summarizes the annual burden for the revised 
application.

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                                                                                      Burden
               Part of application                   Number of       Responses       response      Total burden
                                                     responses      respondent        (hrs.)           hours
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Plan--(Parts B and C):
    1 year......................................              33               1             190           6,270
    2 year......................................              12               1             160           1,920
    3 year......................................              14               1             120           1,680
Implementation Report (Part D)..................              59               1              85           5,015
Data Tables (Part E)............................              59               1              40           2,360
Copy Plan and Report having more than 120 pages               10               2               1              20
 in length......................................
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        Total...................................              59               1  ..............          17,265
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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: December 9, 2003.
Anna Marsh,
Acting Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 03-30950 Filed 12-15-03; 8:45 am]
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