[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 98 (Monday, May 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 23476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10717]
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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 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed
collections of information, 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 information collection plans, call the SAMHSA
Reports Clearance Officer at (240) 276-1243.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collections of
information are 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: Projects for Assistance in Transition From
Homelessness (PATH) Program Annual Report (OMB No. 0930-0205)--Revision
The Center for Mental Health Services awards grants each fiscal
year to each of the states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands from allotments authorized
under the PATH program established by Public Law 101-645, 42 U.S.C.
290cc-21 et seq., the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance
Amendments Act of 1990 (section 521 et seq. of the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act) and the 21st Century Cures Act (114-255 Pub. L).
Section 522 of the PHS Act and the 21st Century Cures Act require that
the grantee states and territories must expend their payments under the
Act solely for making grants to political subdivisions of the state,
and to nonprofit private entities (including community-based veterans'
organizations and other community organizations) for the purpose of
providing services specified in the Act. Available funding is allotted
in accordance with the formula provision of section 524 of the PHS Act.
This submission is for a revision of the current approval of the
annual grantee reporting requirements. Section 528 of the PHS Act and
the 21st Century Cures Act specify that not later than January 31 of
each fiscal year, a funded entity will prepare and submit a report in
such form and containing such information as is determined necessary
for securing a record and description of the purposes for which amounts
received under section 521 were expended during the preceding fiscal
year and of the recipients of such amounts and determining whether such
amounts were expended in accordance with statutory provisions.
The proposed changes to the PATH Annual Report are as follows:
1. Reporting on Contacts
To ensure that all contacts made by PATH providers are reflected in
the report, a new question has been added that reports out on all
contacts provided during the reporting period. The previous PATH Annual
Report only reported on contacts through the date of enrollment.
2. Referrals Provided
To align with the HMIS Data Standards, all PATH Referral response
categories are now included in the PATH Annual Report.
3. HMIS Data Standards Updates
When needed, field response options and questions have been updated
to align with the most recent version of the HMIS Data Standards.
The estimated annual burden for these reporting requirements is
summarized in the table below.
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Burden per
Respondents Number of Responses per response Total burden
respondents respondent (hrs.)
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States.......................................... 56 1 20 1,120
Local provider agencies......................... 487 1 15 7,305
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Total....................................... 543 .............. .............. 8,425
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57B, Rockville, MD 20857 OR email her a copy
at [email protected]. Written comments should be received by
July 20, 2018.
Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2018-10717 Filed 5-18-18; 8:45 am]
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