[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 242 (Thursday, December 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78737-78738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31706]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-16-0009]
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.
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Proposed Project
National Disease Surveillance Program-I--Case Reports--Revision--
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease (NCEZID),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Background and Brief Description
Surveillance of the incidence and distribution of disease has been
an important function of the US Public Health Service (PHS) since an
1878 Act of Congress, which authorized the PHS to collect morbidity
reports. After the Malaria Control in War Areas Program had fulfilled
its original 1942 objective of reducing malaria transmission, its basic
tenets were carried forward and broadened by the formation of the
Communicable Disease Center (CDC) in 1946. CDC was conceived of as a
well-equipped, broadly staffed agency used to translate facts about
analysis of morbidity and mortality statistics on communicable diseases
and through field investigations.
The surveillance emphasis has shifted as certain diseases have
declined in incidence, national emergencies have prompted involvement
in new areas, and other diseases have taken on new aspects.
Surveillance for the following diseases was approved three years ago:
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), Cyclosporiasis cayetanensis, Q Fever,
Dengue, Reye Syndrome, Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), Tick-borne
Rickettsial Disease, Kawasaki syndrome, Trichinosis, Legionellosis,
Tularemia, Lyme Disease (LD), Typhoid Fever, Malaria, Viral Hepatitis,
and Plague. Due to change requests and surveillance systems moving to
and receiving information collection approval under OMB Control number
0920-0728 (National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS))
during the last three years, the following diseases/conditions are now
included in this program: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), Reye
Syndrome, Kawasaki syndrome, and Acute Flaccid Myelitis. CDC needs to
continue this surveillance package for another three years to maintain
continuity in these surveillance systems. The data throughout the years
are used to monitor the occurrence of non-notifiable conditions and to
plan and conduct prevention and control programs at the state,
territorial, local and national levels.
CDC currently collects data for certain diseases in summary form
under OMB Control number 0920-0004, (National Disease Surveillance
Program II--Disease Summaries). These disease summaries are for
important, yet different types of infections from those covered in this
disease case reports request. Maintaining separate OMB Control number
approvals for these two types of data collections assists CDC in
managing the two surveillance activities.
CDC works with state health departments to propose, coordinate, and
evaluate nationwide surveillance systems. State epidemiologists are
responsible for the collection, interpretation, and transmission of
medical and epidemiological information to CDC.
The original purpose for reporting communicable diseases was to
determine the prevalence of diseases dangerous to public health.
However, collecting data also provided the basis for planning and
evaluating effective programs for prevention and control of infectious
diseases. Current information on disease incidence is needed to study
present and emerging disease problems. CDC coordination of nationwide
reporting maintains uniformity so that comparisons can be made from
state to state and year to year.
In addition to development of prevention and control programs,
surveillance data serves as statistical material for those engaged in
research or medical practice, aid to health education officials and
students, and data for manufacturers of pharmaceutical products. Annual
surveillance data are published in the MMWR Surveillance Summary. The
total burden requested is 190 hours, a decrease in 11,257 hours since
the last submission. This is due to the other diseases reporting moving
to the Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (0920-0728). There is no
cost to respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hrs.)
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Epidemiologist........................ CJD..................... 20 2 20/60
Epidemiologist........................ Kawasaki Syndrome....... 55 8 15/60
Epidemiologist........................ Reye Syndrome........... 50 1 20/60
Epidemiologist........................ Acute Flaccid Myelitis.. 100 1 30/60
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Total............................. ........................ .............. .............. ..............
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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.
[FR Doc. 2015-31706 Filed 12-16-15; 8:45 am]
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