[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 98 (Monday, May 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 23476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10717]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed 
collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration will publish periodic summaries of proposed 
projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the SAMHSA 
Reports Clearance Officer at (240) 276-1243.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collections of 
information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions 
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) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Projects for Assistance in Transition From 
Homelessness (PATH) Program Annual Report (OMB No. 0930-0205)--Revision

    The Center for Mental Health Services awards grants each fiscal 
year to each of the states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands from allotments authorized 
under the PATH program established by Public Law 101-645, 42 U.S.C. 
290cc-21 et seq., the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
Amendments Act of 1990 (section 521 et seq. of the Public Health 
Service (PHS) Act) and the 21st Century Cures Act (114-255 Pub. L). 
Section 522 of the PHS Act and the 21st Century Cures Act require that 
the grantee states and territories must expend their payments under the 
Act solely for making grants to political subdivisions of the state, 
and to nonprofit private entities (including community-based veterans' 
organizations and other community organizations) for the purpose of 
providing services specified in the Act. Available funding is allotted 
in accordance with the formula provision of section 524 of the PHS Act.
    This submission is for a revision of the current approval of the 
annual grantee reporting requirements. Section 528 of the PHS Act and 
the 21st Century Cures Act specify that not later than January 31 of 
each fiscal year, a funded entity will prepare and submit a report in 
such form and containing such information as is determined necessary 
for securing a record and description of the purposes for which amounts 
received under section 521 were expended during the preceding fiscal 
year and of the recipients of such amounts and determining whether such 
amounts were expended in accordance with statutory provisions.
    The proposed changes to the PATH Annual Report are as follows:

1. Reporting on Contacts

    To ensure that all contacts made by PATH providers are reflected in 
the report, a new question has been added that reports out on all 
contacts provided during the reporting period. The previous PATH Annual 
Report only reported on contacts through the date of enrollment.

2. Referrals Provided

    To align with the HMIS Data Standards, all PATH Referral response 
categories are now included in the PATH Annual Report.

3. HMIS Data Standards Updates

    When needed, field response options and questions have been updated 
to align with the most recent version of the HMIS Data Standards.
    The estimated annual burden for these reporting requirements is 
summarized in the table below.

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                                                                                    Burden per
                   Respondents                       Number of     Responses per     response      Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        (hrs.)
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States..........................................              56               1              20           1,120
Local provider agencies.........................             487               1              15           7,305
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    Total.......................................             543  ..............  ..............           8,425
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57B, Rockville, MD 20857 OR email her a copy 
at [email protected]. Written comments should be received by 
July 20, 2018.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2018-10717 Filed 5-18-18; 8:45 am]
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