[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55722-55723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22038]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-13-0215]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Send written comments 
to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC or 
by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received within 30 
days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Application form and related forms for the operation of the 
National Death Index (NDI), (OMB No. 0920-0215, Expiration 11/30/13)--
Extension--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The purpose of this request is to obtain OMB approval to extend the 
data collection for Application form and related forms for the 
operation of the National Death Index (NDI), OMB No. 0920-0215, expires 
11/30/2013. Section 306 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.), 
as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
acting through NCHS, shall collect statistics on the extent and nature 
of illness and disability of the population of the United States.
    The NDI is a national data base containing identifying death record 
information submitted annually to NCHS by all the state vital 
statistics offices, beginning with deaths in 1979. This request is for 
approval of forms used to request searches against the NDI file to 
obtain the states and dates of death and the death certificate numbers 
of deceased study subjects. The NDI Application Form is provided to all 
investigators who express an interest in the NDI. The Application Form 
is completed and submitted only by those investigators who actually 
decide to apply for use of the NDI services. The Request for a Repeat 
NDI File Search is used by those NDI users who already have an approved 
application on file. This form is used by researchers when they have 
additional study subjects that need to be identified as deceased. The 
final form used is the User Data Transmittal Format. The researcher 
uses this from when transmitting their data file to the NDI staff.
    Using the NDI Plus service, researchers have the option of also 
receiving cause of death information for deceased subjects, thus 
reducing the need to request copies of death certificates from the 
states. The NDI Plus option currently provides the International 
Classification of Disease (ICD) codes for the underlying and multiple 
causes of death for the years 1979-2010. Health researchers must 
complete administrative forms in order to apply for NDI services, and 
submit records of study subjects for computer matching against the NDI 
file. A three-year clearance is requested. There is no cost to 
respondents except for their time. The total estimated annual burden 
hours are 182.

                                   Table 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                                    Number of    Average burden/
         Type of respondent                   Form type             Number of      responses/      response (in
                                                                   respondents     respondent         hours)
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Health Researcher/Investigator.....  Application Form..........              50               1              2.5
Health Researcher/Investigator.....  Repeat Request Form.......              70               1          18/60
Health Researcher/Investigator.....  Data Transmittal Form.....             120               1          18/60
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LeRoy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-22038 Filed 9-10-13; 8:45 am]
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