[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32570-32571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14050]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration on Community Living
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request;
Protection and Advocacy Statement of Goals and Priorities
AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, Administration on
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Federal statute and regulation require each Protection and
Advocacy (P&A) System to prepare and submit to HHS a Statement of Goals
and Priorities (SGP) for the P&A for Developmental Disabilities (PADD)
program for each coming fiscal year. While the P&A is mandated to
protect and advocate under a range of different Federally authorized
disabilities programs, only the PADD program requires an SGP. Following
the required public input for the coming fiscal year, the P&As submit
the final version of this SGP to the Administration on Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities (AIDD). AIDD will analyze each SGP for
compliance and aggregate the information in the SGPs into a national
profile of programmatic emphasis for P&A Systems in the coming year.
This aggregation will provide AIDD with a
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tool for monitoring of the P&As, including the public input
requirement. Furthermore, it will provide an overview of program
priorities, and permit AIDD to track accomplishments against goals,
permitting the formulation of technical assistance and compliance with
the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of
2000.
DATES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by
August 10, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by
email to: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Valerie Bond, Administration on
Community Living, Administration on Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities, Office of Program Support, One Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
Room 4302, Washington, DC 20201, 202-690-5841.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with the requirements of
section 506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration on Community Living 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: Valerie Bond, Administration on
Community Living, Administration on Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities, Office of Program, One Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Room
4302, Washington, DC 20201.
The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the
proposed Collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the function 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; (d) ways to minimize the burden information to be
collected; and (e) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection technique comments and or other forms of information
technology. Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions
submitted within 60 days of this publication.
Respondents: 57 Protection and Advocacy Systems
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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State Developmental Disabilities Council 5- 57 1 44 2,508
Year State Plan............................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,508.
Dated: June 3, 2015.
Kathy Greenlee,
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2015-14050 Filed 6-8-15; 8:45 am]
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