[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1393-1394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00202]


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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 (SAMHSA) 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) 276-0548.
    Comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed collection of 
information is 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

    SAMHSA awards grants each fiscal year to each state, the District 
of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 
American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
(hereafter referred to as ``states''), 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 (Pub. L. 114-255), hereafter referred to as 
``the Act'']. Section 522 of the Act, specifies that states must expend 
their payments solely for making grants to political subdivisions of 
the state, and to non-profit 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 the revision to the approved PATH Annual 
Report Manual. Section 528 of the Act specifies, not later than January 
31 of each fiscal year, a funded entity will ``prepare and submit to 
the Secretary a report in such form and containing such information as 
the Secretary determines to be necessary for: (1) securing a record and 
a 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 (2) determining whether such amounts 
were expended in accordance with the provisions of this part.''
    The proposed revision to the PATH 2023 Annual Report Manual are as 
follows:

Homeless Management Information System (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.
    In July 2022, HUD released updated HMIS programming specifications 
(Version 3.6) for the PATH Annual Report, which changed the 
instructions for counting contacts in questions 12a and 12b. HMIS 
vendors received these programming updates and HUD encouraged them to 
implement the changes by October 1, 2022. When providers run their PATH 
Annual Report in HMIS, it should reflect Version 3.6, including these 
most recent programming changes. In October 2022, SAMHSA launched a new 
PDX website for State Path Contacts (SPCs) and providers, who will use 
the site to enter provider-level data for their PATH Annual Report and 
progress reports. User guides were created to describe the features and 
functions of the new PDX site and provides guidance for reviewing and 
submitting PATH Annual Reports, setting up and reviewing progress 
reports, and accessing PATH resources. The requested revisions will not 
increase the overall burden.
    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              15             840
Local provider agencies.........................             437               1              15           6,555
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    Total.......................................             493  ..............  ..............           7,395
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    Send comments to Carlos Graham, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57-A, Rockville, Maryland 20857, OR email a 
copy to [email protected]. Written comments should be 
received by March 13, 2023.

Alicia Broadus,
Public Health Advisor.
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