Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Project

Title: Developmental Disabilities Council State Plan.

OMB No.: 0980-0162.

Description: Developmental Disabilities Councils (DD Councils) in

each State are required under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance

and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 6000 et seq.) to develop plans on a

triennial basis and to review those plans at least annually. Each

Council develops its plan as a basis for promoting systems change and

capacity building in service systems for persons with developmental

disabilities in the State. The State plan must be made available for

public comment in the State and must be approved by the Governor of the

State. After that it is submitted to the Department of Health and Human

Services, which will use the information to ensure compliance of the

State with requirements in the Act. The information in the State plan

is also used as one basis for providing technical assistance, such as

during site visits. The burden statement of 130 hours per State for

preparing this plan is annualized over the three-year period of the

plan. This requirement was recently redesigned with significant

involvement of State Developmental Disabilities Councils.

Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.

Annual Burden Estimates

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Number of Average burden

Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden

respondents respondent response hours

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Three Year State Plan....................... 55 1 130 7,150

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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,150.

In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) The

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and

Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the

information collection described above.

Copies of the proposed collection of information can be obtained

and comments may be forwarded by writing to the Administration for

Children and Families, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant

Promenade, SW, Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance

Officer. All requests should be identified by the title of the

information collection.

The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) whether the

proposed

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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) 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. Consideration will be given to

comments and suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication.

Dated: March 9, 1999.

Bob Sargis,

Acting Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 99-6291 Filed 3-15-99; 8:45 am]

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