[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66275-66276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27900]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Public Comment Request; Independent Living Services (ILS) 
Program Performance Report (PPR) (0985-0043)

AGENCY: Administration for Community Living (ACL), HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living is announcing that the 
proposed collection of information listed above has been submitted to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance as 
required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 30-Day notice 
collects comments on the information collection requirements related to 
Independent Living Services Program Performance Report (Proposed 
Extension with Changes of a Currently Approved Collection (ICR Rev)).

DATES: Comments on the information collection request must be submitted 
electronically by 11:59 p.m. (EST) or postmarked by February 25, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by:
    (a) email to: [email protected], Attn: OMB Desk Officer 
for ACL; (b) fax to 202.395.5806, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACL; or 
(c) by mail to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, 
New Executive Office Bldg., 725 17th St. NW, Rm. 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACL.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Nye, Administration for 
Community Living, Washington, DC 20201, (202) 795-7606 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, ACL has 
submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for 
review and clearance. The Act of 1973 requires three Independent Living 
program reports: (1) State Plan for Independent Living, (2) ILS PPR, 
and (3) Center for Independent Living (CIL) PPR. The ILS PPR and CIL 
PPR were previously combined into one submission. However, for the 
purposes of this data collection, the ILS PPR and CIL PPR are being 
submitted separately because they are separate collections of different 
information from different parties. Separating these PRA processes 
reduces confusion and increases the Independent Living Administration's 
(ILA) ability to identify issues specific to designated state entities 
(DSEs) and Statewide Independent Living Councils (SILCs). This request 
is for the ILS PPR, which is submitted annually by the SILC and DSE in 
every state that receives Subchapter B funds. The ILS PPRs are used by 
ACL to assess grantees' compliance with title VII of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973, as amended, with 45 CFR part 1329 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, and with applicable provisions of the HHS Regulations at 
45 CFR part 75. The ILS PPR serves as the primary basis for ACL's 
monitoring activities in fulfillment of its responsibilities under 
sections 706 and 722 of the Act. The PPR is also used by ACL to design 
CIL and SILC training and technical assistance programs authorized by 
section 721 of the Act. The data is also used to meet the requirements 
of GPRAMA regarding performance measures. 31 U.S.C. 1115 (2011).
    The current version of the ILS PPR that ILA is requesting an 
extension for was approved by OMB, but will expire on December 31, 
2018. ILA plans to substantively review the data collection and publish 
a revised ILS program data collection instrument before the expiration 
of the extension request.
    The proposed data collection tools may be found on the ACL website 
for review at https://www.acl.gov/about-acl/public-input.

Comments in Response to the 60-Day Federal Register Notice

    A notice was published in the Federal Register on October 19, 2018 
(Vol. 83, Number 2018-22751; pp. 53062-53063).

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     Data collection form               Comment           ACL response
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One commenter asked whether     ACL does not intend     No change has
 ACL intends for states to use   for states to use the   been made.
 the new ILS PPR for the         new ILS PPR for the
 report that will be due in      report that will be
 January 2019.                   due in January 2019.
One commenter asked whether     ACL is updating the     No change has
 ACL has an update on the        CIL indicators and      been made.
 publication of the revised      expects to complete
 CIL indicators.                 them by the
                                 extension's end.
One commenter asked whether     ACL knows of no other   No change has
 there are other email lists     email lists related     been made.
 related to IL services          to IL services
 policies or programs that ACL   policies or programs
 has that DSEs could benefit     that DSEs could
 from.                           benefit from being
                                 added to; the
                                 commenter might
                                 benefit from
                                 information provided
                                 by ILRU, the training
                                 and technical-
                                 assistance provider.
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    The proposed form(s) may be found on the ACL website at https://www.acl.gov/about-acl/public-input.

Estimated Program Burden

    ACL estimates the burden of this collection of information as 
follows: Fifty-six jurisdictions--specifically, the fifty states, 
Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and the outlying areas--will 
each complete ILS PPRs annually, and it will take an estimated thirty-
five hours per jurisdiction per ILS PPR. The fifty-six jurisdictions 
will take an estimated 1,960 hours per year to complete ILS PPRs. This 
burden estimate is based on what DSEs and SILCs have told ILA about how 
long filling out ILS PPRs took in previous reporting years.

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                                                 Number of      Responses per      Hours per      Annual burden
     Respondent/data collection activity        respondents       respondent        response          hours
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SILCs and DSEs..............................              56                1               35            1,960
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    Dated: December 18, 2018.
Mary Lazare,
Principal Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2018-27900 Filed 12-21-18; 8:45 am]
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