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 data

collection projects, 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 data collection plans and instruments, the SAMHSA Reports

Clearance Officer on (301) 443-8005.

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

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI)

Annual Program Performance Report--Revision--The PAIMI Act (P.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:

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Number of

Number of responses Hours per Total hour

respondents per response burden

respondent

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Annual Program Performance Report........................... 56 1 43 2,408

Activities and accomplishments.......................... ........... ........... (35) (1,960)

Performance outcomes.................................... ........... ........... (3) (168)

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Expense report.......................................... ........... ........... (2) (112)

Budget.................................................. ........... ........... (2) (112)

Priority Statement...................................... ........... ........... (1) (56)

Advisory Council Report..................................... 56 1 10 560

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Total................................................. ........... ........... ........... 2,968

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Send comments to Beatrice Rouse, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 16-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: January 30, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 97-2798 Filed 2-4-97; 8:45 am]

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