# Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
**AGENCY:**
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health and Human Services (HHS).
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the *Federal Register* concerning each proposed collection of information (including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information) and to allow 60 days for public comment on the proposed action. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.
**DATES:**
Comments must be received by January 26, 2026.
**ADDRESSES:**
When commenting, please reference the document identifier or OMB control number. To be assured consideration, comments and recommendations must be submitted in any one of the following ways:
1. *Electronically* . You may send your comments electronically to *http://www.regulations.gov.* Follow the instructions for “Comment or Submission” or “More Search Options” to find the information collection document(s) that are accepting comments.
2. *By regular mail.* You may mail written comments to the following address: CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of Regulations Development, Attention: Document Identifier: __/OMB Control Number: __, Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
To obtain copies of a supporting statement and any related forms for the proposed collection(s) summarized in this notice, please access the CMS PRA website by copying and pasting the following web address into your web browser: *https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing* .
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
William N. Parham at (410) 786-4669.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Contents**
This notice sets out a summary of the use and burden associated with the following information collections. More detailed information can be found in each collection's supporting statement and associated materials (see *ADDRESSES* ).
Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), federal agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. The term “collection of information” is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and includes agency requests or requirements that members of the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA requires federal agencies to publish a 60-day notice in the *Federal Register* concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, CMS is publishing this notice.
**Information Collections**
1. *Type of Information Collection Request:* Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection; *Title of Information Collection:* Conditions of Participation for Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities' (PRTFs) Use of Restraint & Seclusion; *Use:* We are requesting reinstatement of the previously approved information collection. This collection supports CMS's oversight of the use of involuntary “restraint” and “seclusion”—interventions used to manage patients who pose a danger to themselves or others, in psychiatric residential treatment facilities (PRTFs) that serve individuals under age 21. As authorized under the Social Security Act, the Medicaid program allows federal funding available for state expenditures under an approved State Medicaid plan for inpatient psychiatric services in both hospital and non-hospital settings. Non-hospital settings, defined as PRTFs, serve individuals under age 21 with psychiatric conditions that require physician-directed inpatient care in a residential setting.
The requirements under 42 CFR § 483.350 *et seq.* are used by CMS to monitor compliance in Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTFs). Compliance is assessed by state surveyors through on-site surveys and is used to determine a facility's eligibility for Medicare certification and re-certification. PRTFs are typically surveyed at least once every six years. *Form Number:* CMS-R-306 (OMB control number: 0938-0833); *Frequency:* Occasionally; *Affected Public:* Private sector (Business or other for-profits); *Number of Respondents:* 366; *Total Annual Responses:* 1,376,621; *Total Annual Hours:* 439,623. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Claudia Molinar at 410-786-8445.)
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Division of Information Collections and Regulatory Impacts, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.