[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21132-21133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08187]


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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) 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 authorizes funds to support activities on behalf 
of individuals with significant (severe) mental illness (adults) or 
emotional impairment (children/youth) [42 U.S.C. 10802 (4)]. Only 
entities designated by the governor of each State, including American 
Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia, and the tribal councils for the American Indian 
Consortium (the Hopi and Navajo Nations in the Four Corners region of 
the Southwest), to protect and advocate the rights of persons with 
developmental disabilities are eligible to receive PAIMI Program grants 
[the Act at 42 U.S.C. at 10802 (2)]. These 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 a report that describes its activities, 
accomplishments, and expenditures to protect the rights of individuals 
with mental illness supported with payments from PAIMI Program 
allotments during the most recently completed fiscal year. The PAIMI 
Act [at 42 U.S.C. 10824(a)] requires that each P&A system transmit a 
copy of its annual report to the Secretary (via SAMHSA/CMHS) and to the 
State Mental Health Agency where the system is located. These annual 
PAIMI Program Performance Reports (PPR) to the Secretary must include 
the following information:
     The number of (PAIMI-eligible) individuals with mental 
illness served;
     A description of the types of activities undertaken;
     A description of the types of facilities providing care or 
treatment to which such activities are undertaken;
     A description of the manner in which the activities are 
initiated;
     A description of the accomplishments resulting from such 
activities;
     A description of systems to protect and advocate the 
rights of individuals with mental illness supported with payments from 
PAIMI Program allotments;
     A description of activities conducted by States to protect 
and advocate such rights;
     A description of mechanisms established by residential 
facilities for individuals with mental illness to protect such rights; 
and,
     A description of the coordination among such systems, 
activities and mechanisms;
     Specification of the number systems that are public and 
nonprofit systems established with PAIMI Program allotments;
     Recommendations for activities and services to improve the 
protection and advocacy of the rights of individuals with mental 
illness and a description of the need for such activities and services 
that were not met by the State P&A systems established under the PAIMI 
Act due to resource or annual program priority limitations.
    ** The PAIMI Rules [42 CFR Part 51] mandate that each State P&A 
system may place restrictions on either its case or client acceptance 
criteria developed as part of its annual PAIMI priorities. Each P&A 
system is required to inform prospective clients of any such 
restrictions when they request a service [42 CFR 51.32(b)].
    This PAIMI PPR summary must include a separate section, prepared by 
the PAIMI Advisory Council (PAC) that describes the council's 
activities and its assessment of the State P&A system's operations [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.........              57               1            26.0        \1\1,482
51.8(8)(a)(8) Advisory Council Report...........              57               1            10.0          \1\570
51.10 Remedial Actions:
    Corrective Action Plans.....................               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 the PAC............................

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51.25(b)(2) Grievance Procedures................              57               1              .5              29
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        Total...................................             126               8            47.5             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 by May 9, 2013 to the SAMHSA Desk 
Officer at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB). To ensure timely receipt of comments, and 
to avoid potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing of mail sent 
through the U.S. Postal Service, commenters are encouraged to submit 
their comments to OMB via email to: [email protected]. 
Although commenters are encouraged to send their comments via email, 
commenters may also fax their comments to: 202-395-7285. Commenters may 
also mail them to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10102, Washington, DC 20503.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2013-08187 Filed 4-8-13; 8:45 am]
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