[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32570-32571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14050]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Community Living


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request; 
Protection and Advocacy Statement of Goals and Priorities

AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, Administration on 
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Federal statute and regulation require each Protection and 
Advocacy (P&A) System to prepare and submit to HHS a Statement of Goals 
and Priorities (SGP) for the P&A for Developmental Disabilities (PADD) 
program for each coming fiscal year. While the P&A is mandated to 
protect and advocate under a range of different Federally authorized 
disabilities programs, only the PADD program requires an SGP. Following 
the required public input for the coming fiscal year, the P&As submit 
the final version of this SGP to the Administration on Intellectual and 
Developmental Disabilities (AIDD). AIDD will analyze each SGP for 
compliance and aggregate the information in the SGPs into a national 
profile of programmatic emphasis for P&A Systems in the coming year. 
This aggregation will provide AIDD with a

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tool for monitoring of the P&As, including the public input 
requirement. Furthermore, it will provide an overview of program 
priorities, and permit AIDD to track accomplishments against goals, 
permitting the formulation of technical assistance and compliance with 
the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 
2000.

DATES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by 
August 10, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by 
email to: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Valerie Bond, Administration on 
Community Living, Administration on Intellectual and Developmental 
Disabilities, Office of Program Support, One Massachusetts Avenue NW., 
Room 4302, Washington, DC 20201, 202-690-5841.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with the requirements of 
section 506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Administration on Community Living is soliciting public comment on the 
specific aspects of the information collection described above. Copies 
of the proposed collection of information can be obtained and comments 
may be forwarded by writing to: Valerie Bond, Administration on 
Community Living, Administration on Intellectual and Developmental 
Disabilities, Office of Program, One Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Room 
4302, Washington, DC 20201.
    The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the 
proposed Collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the function 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) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden information to be 
collected; and (e) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection technique comments and or other forms of information 
technology. Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions 
submitted within 60 days of this publication.
    Respondents: 57 Protection and Advocacy Systems

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                  Number of     Average  burden
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours  per      Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
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State Developmental Disabilities Council 5-               57                1               44            2,508
 Year State Plan............................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,508.

    Dated: June 3, 2015.
Kathy Greenlee,
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2015-14050 Filed 6-8-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4154-01-P