[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4888-4889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00879]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Public Comment Request; Protection and Advocacy for Traumatic Brain 
Injury (PATBI) Program Performance Report

AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Administration on Intellectual and Developmental 
Disabilities (AIDD), Administration for Community Living (ACL) is 
announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on the proposed 
collection of information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish a notice in 
the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of 
information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an 
existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public 
comment on the proposed action. This notice collects comments on the 
information collection requirements relating to an existing collection 
previously in use without an OMB Control Number: Protection and 
Advocacy for Traumatic Brain Injury (PATBI) Program Performance Report.

DATES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by 
March 20, 2017.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wilma Roberts, Administration for 
Community Living, Administration on Intellectual and Developmental

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Disabilities, Office of Program Support, 330 C Street SW., Washington, 
DC 20201, 202-795-7449.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal 
agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. 
``Collection of information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 
1320.3(c) and includes agency requests or requirements that members of 
the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a 
third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) 
requires Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal 
Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including 
each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, 
before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with 
this requirement, ACL is publishing a notice of the proposed collection 
of information set forth in this document. The Children's Health Act of 
2000, 42 U.S.C. Section 300d-53(h), requires the Protection and 
Advocacy (P&A) System in each State to annually prepare and submit to 
the Secretary a report that includes documentation of the progress they 
have made in serving individuals with traumatic brain injury. AIDD will 
review the program performance report (PPR) for compliance and for 
program outcomes. AIDD will aggregate the information in the PPRs into 
a national profile of programmatic activities and accomplishments. 
Information from these reports is shared with the public through 
postings to the ACL.gov Web site. The information will also allow AIDD 
to track accomplishments against performance goals and determine areas 
where technical assistance is needed to comply with Federal 
requirements or improve performance.
    The proposed Protection and or Traumatic Brain Injury (PATBI) 
Program Performance Report (PPR) form can be found on the AIDD Web site 
at: https://acl.gov/Programs/AIDD/Program_Resource_Search/Results_PA.aspx.
    Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding our 
burden estimates or any other aspect of this collection of information, 
including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility 
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of 
the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology to minimize the information 
collection burden.
    ACL estimates the burden hours for this collection of information 
as follows:

                                             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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PATBI PPR...................................              57                1               16              912
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    Dated: January 10, 2017.
Edwin Walker,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2017-00879 Filed 1-13-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4154-01-P