Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a list of information collection

requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these documents, call

the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301)443-8005.

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 Pub. L. 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:

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Annual Average Annual

number of Annual burden per burden

respondents frequency response hours

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Section 51.8(a)(2) Program Performance..................... 56 1 35.0 *1,960

Report:

Part I................................................. ........... ........... (33.0) ...........

Part II................................................ ........... ........... (2.0) ...........

Section 51.8(a)(8) Advisory Council: Report................ 56 1 10.0 *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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*Burden hours associated with the Annual Performance Report and Advisory Council Report are approved under OMB

Control No. 0930-0169.

Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed

information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Daniel J. Chenok, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office

of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10236,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: December 12, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 97-33013 Filed 12-17-97; 8:45 am]

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