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CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News December 16, 2003 Vol. 03-117

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[Federal Register: December 16, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 241)]

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

Proposed Project: Community Mental Health Services Block Grant

Application Guidance and Instructions, FY 2005--2007 (OMB No. 0930-0168,

Revision)--Sections 1911 through 1920 of the Public Health Service Act (42

U.S.C. 300x through 300x-9) provide for annual allotments to assist States

to establish or expand an organized, community-based system of care for

adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional

disturbances. Under the provisions of the law, States may receive

allotments only after an application is submitted and approved by the

Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

For the Federal fiscal years 2005--2007 Community Mental Health Services

Block Grant application cycles, SAMHSA will provide States with revised

application guidance and instructions. Proposed revisions to the

previously approved application include: (1) Additional introductory text

on the history and goals of federal mental health funding and an

orientation to the transition to Performance Partnerships Grants, (2)

changes in the format of the plan, and (3) the introduction of ten

performance indicators as CMHS Core Performance Indicators. With the

exception of one indicator, all are currently reported through the Uniform

Reporting System (URS) and will not increase the State's burden; one

indicator is currently in developmental status and beginning in FY 2004,

States were given three years to develop capacity to report data for this

indicator. The following table summarizes the annual burden for the

revised application.

Burden

Part of application Number of Responses response

Total burden

responses respondent (hrs.)

hours

Plan--(Parts B and C):

1 year.............................33 1 190

6,270

2 year.............................12 1 160

1,920

3 year.............................14 1 120

1,680

Implementation

Report (Part D).....................59 1 85

5,015

Data Tables (Part E)..............59 1 40

2,360

Copy Plan and Report having

more than 120 pages in length.. 10 2 1

20

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Total.............................59 1

.............. 17,265

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Send comments to Pearce, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room

16-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Written

comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

In compliance with Section 3506©(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 on

.

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; ( the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; © 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.

Dated: December 9, 2003.

Marsh,

Acting Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 03-30950 Filed 12-15-03; 8:45 am]

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