83 FR 35280 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 143 (July 25, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 25, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35280-35281]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15825]


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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 summary 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 (240) 276-1243.

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 (Pub. L. 114-255). 
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.

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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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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by August 24, 2018 to the SAMHSA 
Desk Officer at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). To ensure timely receipt of 
comments, and to avoid potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing 
of mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service, commenters are encouraged 
to submit their comments to OMB via email to: 
[email protected]. Although commenters are encouraged to send 
their comments via email, commenters may also fax their comments to: 
202-395-7285. Commenters may also mail them to: Office of Management 
and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10102, Washington, DC 20503.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2018-15825 Filed 7-24-18; 8:45 am]
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