[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11088-11089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03842]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System; [OMB# 
0985-0054]

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 
an extension without change and solicits comments on the information 
collection requirements relating to the National Adult Maltreatment 
Reporting System (NAMRS).

DATES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by 
March 27, 2020.

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: Stephanie Whittier Eliason, 
Administration for Community Living, Washington, DC 20201, at 202-795-
7467 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 National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System 
authorized under the Elder Justice Act of 2009, which amends Title XX 
of the Social Security Act [42.U.S.C. 13976 et seq.], requires that the 
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
``collects and disseminates data annually relating to the abuse, 
exploitation, and neglect of elders in coordination with the Department 
of Justice'' [Sec. 2041 (a)(1)(B)] and ``conducts research related to 
the provision of adult protective services'' [Sec. 2041 (a)(1)(D)].
    The Elder Justice Coordinating Council (EJCC) recommended 
development of ``a national adult protective services (APS) system 
based upon standardized data collection and a core set of service 
provision standards and best practices.''
    NAMRS is a voluntary system that has been annually collecting since 
FFY2016 both summary and de-identified case-level data on APS 
investigations submitted by states. NAMRS consists of three components:
    (1) ACL proposes to collect descriptive data on state agency and 
practices from all states through the ``Agency Component,'' and
    (2) Case-level, non-identifiable data on persons who receive an 
investigation by APS in response to an allegation of abuse, neglect, or 
exploitation through ``Case Component'', or
    (3) For states that are unable to submit a case-level file through 
the ``Case Component,'' a ``Key Indicators Component'' will be 
available for them to submit data on a smaller set of core items.
    ACL provides technical assistance to states to assist in the 
preparation of their data submissions. Respondents are state APS 
agencies and APS agencies in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Virgin Islands, and American Samoa 
(states, hereafter). No personally identifiable information is 
collected. 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 associated with this collection of 
information as follows: 56 States will respond every year. It will take 
approximately 4 hours for all 56 states to respond to the Agency 
Component, 20 hours for 17 states to respond to the Key Indicator 
Component, and 100 hours for 35 states to respond to the Case 
Component. The total annual burden is estimated to be 4,164 hours. The 
estimates are based on the amount of time States have previously 
reported in completing the data collection instruments; continued 
increase in the number of states reporting on Case Component and Key 
Indicator Component data; and assumption of modest incremental 
efficiencies by States in reporting data to NAMRS every year, 
including, most significantly, minimal need to recode to extract data 
after the initial year.

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Annual burden
       Respondent/data collection activity          respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Agency Component................................              56               1               4             224
Key Indicators Component........................              17               1              20             340
Case Component..................................              36               1             100           3,600
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           4,164
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    Dated: February 19, 2020.
Mary Lazare,
Principal Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2020-03842 Filed 2-25-20; 8:45 am]
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