[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 132 (Thursday, July 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39399-39400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16121]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-14-0891]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce public burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the
below proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information
collection plan and instruments, call 404-639-7570 or send comments to
Leroy Richardson, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send
an email to [email protected].
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; (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; and (e)
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information
to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. Written comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
World Trade Center Health Program Enrollment, Appeals &
Reimbursement (OMB No. 0920-0891, expires 12/31/2014)--Revision--
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Title XXXIII of the PHS Act as amended establishes the WTC Health
Program within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The
Program provides medical monitoring and treatment benefits to
responders to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York
City, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and to
survivors of the terrorist attacks in New York City. Title XXXIII
requires that various Program provisions be established by regulation,
including eligibility criteria for responders and volunteers at the
Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
This submission will incorporate the World Trade Center Health
Program Enrollment, Appeals & Reimbursement (0920-0891, expiration date
12/31/2014), and the World Trade Center Enrollment & Appeals--Pentagon
& Shanksville (0920-1001, expiration date 12/31/2016) into one complete
package which will be called the World Trade Center Health Program
Enrollment, Appeals & Reimbursement. Upon OMB approval, 0920-1001 will
be discontinued. The provisions in the interim final rule that contain
data collection requirements are:
Sec. 88.5 Application process--status as a WTC responder. This
section informs applicants who believe they meet the eligibility
criteria for a WTC responder how to apply for enrollment in the WTC
Health Program, and describes the types of documentation the WTC
Program Administrator will accept as proof of eligibility. We expect
that to receive approximately 4,500 applications per year. The burden
table reflects the annualized total burden broken into the four
separate applicant groups: We estimate that 45 Fire Department of New
York (FDNY) responders (1% of applicants); 2,475 general responders
(55%); 630 Pentagon/Shanksville responders (14%); and 1,350 survivors
(30%) will submit applications. The burden estimates for these three
different forms are: FDNY = 23 hours; general responders = 1,238 hours;
Pentagon/Shanksville responders = 315 hours; survivors = 405 hours.
Sec. 88.11 Appeals regarding eligibility determination--responders
and survivors. This section establishes the process for appeals
regarding eligibility determinations. Of the 4,500 applications we
expect to receive per year, we expect that 10% will fail due to
ineligibility. We further assume that 10% of those individuals, or 45
respondents, will appeal the decision. The burden estimate is 23 hours.
Sec. 88.15 Appeals regarding treatment. This section establishes
the timeline and process to appeal the Administrator's determinations
regarding treatment decisions. HHS estimates that Program participants
will request certification for 20,000 health conditions each year. Of
those 20,000, we expect that .01 percent (200) will be denied
certification by the WTC Program Administrator. We further expect that
such a denial will be appealed 30 percent of the time. Of the projected
451,472 enrollees who will
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receive medical care, it is estimated that .05% percent (26) will
appeal decisions of unnecessary treatment. We estimate that the appeals
letter will take no more than 30 minutes.
Sec. 88.16 Reimbursement for travel expenses. This section
established the process for members of the Nationwide Provider Network
(NPN) who travel more than 250 miles to a nationwide network provider
for medically necessary treatment may be provided necessary and
reasonable transportation and other expenses. These individuals may
submit a travel refund request form, which should take respondents 10
minutes. HHS expects no more than 10 claims per year.
The reporting and record keeping requirements contained in these
regulations are used by NIOSH to carry out its responsibilities related
to the implementation of the WTC Health Program as required by law. The
burdens imposed have been reduced to the absolute minimum considered
necessary to permit NIOSH to carry out the purpose of the legislation,
i.e., to implement the WTC Health Program. This emergency data
collection is warranted because it is essential that individuals who
wish to be enrolled, apply to the WTC Health Program, appeal a
determination made by the WTC Program Administrator, or submit a claim
for reimbursement have the opportunity to do so as soon as the
eligibility criteria are established with the publication of this
interim final rule. There are no costs to respondents other than their
time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondent Form name respondents responses per response (in hours
respondent hours)
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FDNY Responder................ World Trade 45 1 30/60 23
Center Health
Program FDNY
Responder
Eligibility
Application.
General Responder............. World Trade 2,475 1 30/60 1,238
Center Health
Program
Responder
Eligibility
Application
(Other than
FDNY).
Pentagon/Shanksville Responder World Trade 630 1 30/60 315
Center Health
Program
Pentagon/
Shanksville
Responder.
WTC Survivor.................. World Trade 1,350 1 30/60 675
Center Health
Program
Survivor
Eligibility
Application.
Responder (FDNY and General Denial Letter 45 1 30/60 23
Responder)/Survivor. and Appeal
Notification--E
ligibility.
Responder (FDNY and General Denial Letter 60 1 30/60 30
Responder)/Survivor. and Appeal
Notification--H
ealth
Conditions.
Responder (FDNY and General Denial Letter 26 1 30/60 13
Responder)/Survivor. and Appeal
Notification--T
reatment.
Responder (FDNY and General WTC Health 10 1 10/60 2
Responder)/Survivor. Program Medical
Travel Refund
Request.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 2,319
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Leroy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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