2016-23488. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service-Annual Report

AGENCY:

The Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD), Administration for Community Living (ACL), HHS.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD), now part of the Administration for Community Living, is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES:

Submit written comments on the collection of information by October 31, 2016.

ADDRESSES:

[e-mail] or by fax to 202.395.5806. Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACL, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ophelia McLain at 202-795-7401 [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (now part of the Administration for Community Living) has submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for review and clearance.

Section 104 (42 U.S.C. 15004) of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act of 2000) directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and implement a system of program accountability to monitor the grantees funded under the DD Act of 2000. The program accountability system shall include the National Network of University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service (UCEDDs) authorized under Part D of the DD Act of 2000. In addition to the accountability system, Section 154 (e) (42 U.S.C. 15064) of the DD Act of 2000 includes requirements for a UCEDD Annual Report.

The proposed data collection tools may be found on the ACL/AIDD Web site at: http://www.acl.gov/​Programs/​AIDD/​Program_​Resource_​Search/​Results_​UCEDD.aspx. AIDD estimates the burden of this collection of information as 1,412 average burden hours per responses, for 67 UCEDDs,—Total burden is 94,604 hours per year.

Dated: September 22, 2016.

Edwin L. Walker,

Acting Administrator.