[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 77 (Thursday, April 21, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22408-22409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9683]


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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 (240) 276-1243.

Project: Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness 
(PAIMI) Annual Program Performance Report (OMB No. 0930-0169)--
Reinstatement

    The Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness 
(PAIMI) Act at 42 U.S.C. 10801 et seq., authorized funds to the same 
protection and advocacy (P&A) systems created under the Developmental 
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 1975, known as the DD 
Act (as amended in 2000, 42 U.S.C. 15041 et seq.]. The DD Act supports 
the Protection and Advocacy for Developmental Disabilities (PADD) 
Program administered by the Administration on Developmental 
Disabilities (ADD) within the Administration on Children and Families. 
ADD is the lead Federal P&A agency. The PAIMI Program supports the same 
governor-designated P&A systems established under the DD Act by 
providing legal-based individual and systemic advocacy services to 
individuals with significant (severe) mental illness (adults) and 
significant (severe) emotional impairment (children/youth) who are at 
risk for abuse, neglect and other rights violations while residing in a 
care or treatment facility.
    In 2000, the PAIMI Act amendments created a 57th P&A system--the 
American Indian Consortium (the Navajo and Hopi Tribes in the Four 
Corners region of the Southwest). The Act, at 42 U.S.C. 10804(d) states 
that a P&A system may use its allotment to provide representation to 
individuals with mental illness, as defined by s42 U.S.C. 10802 
(4)(B)(iii) residing in the community, including their own home, only, 
if the total allotment under this title for any fiscal year is $30 
million or more, and in such cases an eligible P&A system must give 
priority to representing PAIMI-eligible individuals, as defined by 42 
U.S.C. 10802(4)(A) and (B)(i).
    The Children's Health Act of 2000 (CHA) also referenced State P&A 
system authority to obtain information on incidents of seclusion, 
restraint and related deaths [see, CHA, Part H at 42 U.S.C. 290ii-1]. 
PAIMI Program formula grants awarded by SAMHSA go directly to each of 
the 57 governor-designated P&A systems. These systems are located in 
each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the American Indian 
Consortium, and five (5) territories--American Samoa, Guam, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
    The PAIMI Act at 42 U.S.C. 10805(7) requires that each P & A system 
prepare and transmit to the Secretary HHS and to the head of its State 
mental health agency a report on January 1. This report describes the 
activities, accomplishments, and expenditures of the system during the 
most recently completed fiscal year, including a section prepared by 
the advisory council (the PAIMI Advisory Council or PAC) that describes 
the activities of the council and its assessment of the operations of 
the system.
    The Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) 
proposes to revise the annual PAIMI Program Performance Report (PPR), 
including the advisory council section of the report for the following 
reasons: (1) To make it consistent with the r annual reporting 
requirements under the Act and its Rules [42 CFR part 51], (2) to 
conform to the GPRA requirements that SAMHSA obtain information that 
closely measures actual outcomes of programs that are funded by the 
agency, and (3) to determine if the reporting burden can be reduced by 
removing any information that does not facilitate evaluation of the 
programmatic and fiscal effectiveness of a State P&A system.
    The SAMHSA revisions to the annual PPR and Advisory Council section 
reflect the statutory and regulatory requirements of the PAIMI Act. 
These revisions include, but may not be limited to the following items: 
(1) Clarifying the instructional guidance in the PPR, e.g., Section 3.-
Living Arrangements; Section 4--Complaints/Problems of PAIMI-eligible 
Individuals, at 4. D.2.--Intervention Strategy Outcome Statement, by 
using a chart format to capture the most significant outcome achieved 
per strategy used; eliminating the need for attachments, i.e., in 
Section 7--Grievance Procedures, a copy of the policies/procedures, in 
Section 8--Other Services and Activities a copy of agency policies/
procedures for obtaining comments from the public (8.A.3.), and a copy 
of the public comment opportunity notice (8.A.1.); (2) clarifying the 
Advisory Council section of the PPR, e.g., Section B. PAIMI Advisory 
Council Membership, secondary identification instructions; and, (3) 
eliminating the submission of supplemental documents, e.g., PAIMI 
bylaws, etc. The revised report formats will be effective for the FY 
2011 PPR reports due on January 1, 2012.
    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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Program Performance Report......................              57               1              26           1,482
Advisory Council Report.........................              57               1              10             570
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    Total.......................................              57  ..............  ..............           2,052
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by May 23, 2011 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: 202-395-7285.

    Dated: April 14, 2011.
 Elaine Parry
Director, Office of Management, Technology and Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-9683 Filed 4-20-11; 8:45 am]
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