Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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 for opportunity for public comment on proposed information

requests, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration

(SAMHSA) will publish periodic summaries of each proposed collection of

information. To request a copy of these documents, contact the SAMHSA

Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-8005.

SAMHSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comment on the

Proposed Reporting Requirements in the Final Rule for the activities of

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI)

programs. Written comments from the public should be received within 60

days of the publication of this notice.

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

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use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information

technology.

Proposed Project: Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with

Mental Illness (PAIMI) Final Rule--Information collection requirements

in the Final Rule for the protection and advocacy programs serving

individuals with mental illness. The development of regulations and

issuance of the Final Rule meets the directive under Public Law 102-

173, ``Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Amendments

Act of 1991'' (PAIMI Act), 42 U.S.C. 10826(b), requiring the Secretary

to promulgate final regulations to carry out the Act. 45 CFR Subchapter

51 of the Final Rule contains information collection requirements.

The PAIMI Act (Pub. L. 99-319) authorized funds to support

activities on behalf of individuals with mental illness. Recipients of

this formula grant program are required by law to annually report their

activities and accomplishments to include the number of individuals

served, types of facilities involved, types of activities undertaken

and accomplishments resulting from such activities. This summary must

also include a separate report prepared by the PAIMI Advisory Council

descriptive of its activities and assessment of the operations of the

protection and advocacy system. The annual burden estimate is as

follows:

Estimated Annual Reporting Burden:

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Average

Annual Annual burden per Annual

number of frequency response burden

respondents (hours) hours

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Section 51.8(a)(2)

Program Performance Report.................................. 56 1 35.0 1 1,960

Part I.................................................. ........... ........... 33.0 ...........

Part II................................................. ........... ........... 2.0 ...........

Section 51.8(a)(8)

Advisory Council Report..................................... 56 1 10.0 1 560

Section 51.10

Remedial Actions:

Corrective Action Plan.................................. 6 1 8.0 48

Implementation Status Report............................ 6 3 2.0 36

Section 51.23(c)

Reports, materials and fiscal data to Advisory Council...... 56 1 1.0 56

Section 51.25(b)(2)

Grievance Procedure......................................... 56 1 0.5 28

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Total................................................... 124 ........... ........... 2,688

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1 Burden hours associated with the Annual Performance Report and Advisory Council Report are approved under OMB

Control No. 0930-0169.

Individuals or organizations wishing to submit comments on the

information collection requirements, estimated burden, or any other

aspect of this collection of information should send their comments to:

Beatrice A. Rouse, Reports Clearance Officer, SAMHSA, 16-105 Parklawn

Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Written

comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: August 15, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 97-22726 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am]

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