[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 212 (Tuesday, November 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67759-67760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27890]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-16-0824]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted
the following information collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public
and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; (d) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Written comments and/or
suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be
directed to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
BioSense (OMB Control No. 0920-0824, Expiration 11/30/2015)--
Revision--Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services
(CSELS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The BioSense Program was created by congressional mandate as part
of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and
Response Act of 2002 and was launched by the CDC in 2003. The original
BioSense Program (BioSense 1.0) was intended to serve as a national
level public health syndromic surveillance system for early detection
and rapid assessment of potential bioterrorism-related illness and
injury. In 2009, CDC began planning and developing the computing cloud-
based BioSense 2.0 Platform. This cloud-based system would offer secure
storage space for data and data sharing capacity for each state and
local health department. Since August 2012, when CDC submitted a
request to OMB for approval of a revision to the BioSense information
collection request, HHS published new guidance on Meaningful Use of
Electronic Health Records for syndromic surveillance. During this time,
CDC also initiated its new CDC Surveillance Strategy. These actions
provided new guidance for improvements to the BioSense Program, which
resulted in new requirements for data submission to the BioSense
Platform and new requests specified below.
CDC requests a three-year Revision approval for BioSense. This
Revision includes new requests for approval to: (1) Change the title of
the information collection request from BioSense to the National
Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP); (2) receive data from additional
state, local, and territorial health departments; (3) receive from
state, local, and territorial health departments syndromic surveillance
data submitted to those health departments from urgent care, ambulatory
care and hospital inpatient settings (in addition to data from hospital
emergency departments, included in the previously approved information
collection request); and (4) receive from state, local, and territorial
health departments additional syndromic surveillance data elements.
The total estimated number of burden hours has decreased since the
previously approved information collection request because we
inadvertently included estimates for the Department of Defense,
Department of Veterans Affairs, and the two organizations that provide
pharmacy data. We only included estimates for state, local, and
territorial public health jurisdictions and the private sector
laboratory company that provides laboratory data free of charge to CDC
in this information collection request. There is no burden for the
private sector laboratory company for recruitment, registration, and
healthcare data collection. The private sector laboratory company chose
their sharing permissions when they registered to use the system. The
estimated annual burden is 39 hours.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hrs.)
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State, Local and Territorial Public Recruitment Information 20 1 1
Health Departments. Collection.
State, Local and Territorial Public Registration Information 200 1 5/60
Health Departments. Collection.
State, Local, and Territorial Public Healthcare Information 20 1 5/60
Health Departments. Collection:
Administrator Data
Sharing Agreements/
Permissions.
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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, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2015-27890 Filed 11-2-15; 8:45 am]
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