[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75263-75264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31975]


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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) 
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 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;

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    (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(8)(a)(2) Program Performance Report \1\....              57               1            26.0         (1,482)
51.8(8)(a)(8) Advisory Council Report \1\.......              57               1            10.0           (570)
51.10 Remedial Actions: Corrective Action Plan..               7               1             8.0              56
Implementation Status Report....................               7               3             2.0              42
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.......................................              57  ..............  ..............            184
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\1\ Burden hours associated with these reports are approved under OMB Control No. 0930-0169.

    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
SAMHSA Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503; due to potential delays in OMB's receipt and 
processing of mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service, respondents 
are encouraged to submit comments by fax to: (202) 395-6974.

    Dated: December 18, 2003.
Anna Marsh,
Acting Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 03-31975 Filed 12-29-03; 8:45 am]
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