98-10067. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 73 (Thursday, April 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18925-18926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10067]


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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 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 [phone].
    Proposed Project: Community Mental Health Services (CMHS) Block 
Grant Application--Revision--The ADAMHA Reorganization Act 42 USC 
300x1-9 established the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant 
program which authorized block grants to States to provide community 
based mental health services. The name of the program was changed in 
the Spring of 1997 to The Performance Partnership Block Grants (PPBG) 
for Community Mental Health Services. Under provision of the law, 
States may receive allotments only after an application is approved by 
the Secretary. Further, the Act requires States to submit to the 
Secretary a plan for providing comprehensive community mental health 
services to adults with a serious mental illness and to children with a 
serious emotional disturbance and an annual implementation report on 
the block grant fund activities for the previous year.
    This block grant program is administered by SAMHSA's Center for 
Mental Health Services (CMHS). Through an iterative process of 
consultation with State mental health planners, representatives of the 
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, and the 
National Governors Association, CMHS revised the recommended voluntary 
format and content. The proposed application for FY 1999-2001 reflects 
the criteria, assurances, and requirements set forth in Public Law 102-
321. The proposed application provides maximum flexibility to the 
States while providing performance measures as required by the 
Government Performance and Results Act. It includes a multi-year option 
for the State Plan, the option for consolidation of the 12 criteria for 
application to 5 criteria, and reduced respondent burden. Based on 
feedback from States that might exercise the multi-year planning option 
and the consolidation of the criteria, the annual burden estimates are 
as follows:

                                         Estimates of Annualized Burden                                         
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                                                                   Responses per                                
                                                     Number of      respondent       Hours per      Annualized  
                                                      States       (over 3 year      response        response   
                                                    responding        period)                     burden (hours)
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State Plan:                                                                                                     
    12 Criteria:                                                                                                
        1 year..................................               7               3             210            1470
        2 year..................................               3               2             180             360
        3 year..................................               4               1             150             200
    5 Criteria:                                                                                                 
        1 year..................................              15               3             180            2700
        2 year..................................              15               2             150            1500
        3 year..................................              15               1             110             550
Implementation Report...........................              59               3              80            4720
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    Totals......................................              59  ..............  ..............          11,500
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    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: April 7, 1998.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-10067 Filed 4-15-98; 8:45 am]
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