[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 197 (Friday, October 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47741-47742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22199]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-17-0728]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information
collection request titled National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance
System to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. CDC previously published a ``Proposed Data Collection
Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations'' notice on December
26, 2016 to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC
received one comment related to the previous notice. This notice serves
to allow an additional 30 days for public and affected agency comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly
interested in comments that:
(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 agency's 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]. Direct written comments
and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice to the
Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW.,
[[Page 47742]]
Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Provide written
comments within 30 days of notice publication.
Proposed Project
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (0920-0728,
January 31, 2019)--Revision--Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and
Laboratory Services (CSELS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 241) authorizes CDC to
disseminate nationally notifiable condition information. The National
Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) is based on data
collected at the state, territorial and local levels as a result of
legislation and regulations in those jurisdictions that require health
care providers, medical laboratories, and other entities to submit
health-related data on reportable conditions to public health
departments. These reportable conditions, which include infectious and
non-infectious diseases, vary by jurisdiction depending upon each
jurisdiction's health priorities and needs. Infectious disease agents
and environmental hazards often cross geographical boundaries. Each
year, the Council of State and Territorial Disease Epidemiologists
(CSTE), supported by CDC, determines which reportable conditions should
be designated nationally notifiable or under standardized surveillance
and voluntarily submitted to CDC so that information can be shared
across jurisdictional boundaries and surveillance and prevention and
control activities can be coordinated at regional and national levels.
CDC requests a three-year approval for this Revision, which
includes requests to receive: (1) Case notification data from the
Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands,
and the Republic of Palau (independent nations that operate under a
Compact of Free Association with the United States of America that are
commonly referred to as ``freely associated states''); (2) new
laboratory data elements for all conditions; (3) new data elements for
all vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs); (4) new data elements for the
following conditions that are already approved: Congenital Rubella
Syndrome (CRS), Salmonellosis, Shigellosis, Campylobacteriosis, Shiga
toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), Hepatitis, and Hantavirus
Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS); (5) case notification data for histoplasmosis
which is now under standardized surveillance; (6) case notification
data for Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) which is now under standardized
surveillance; and (7) case notification data for all enteric
Escherichia coli infections should any of them become nationally
notifiable or be placed under standardized surveillance. CDC already
has approval to receive case notification data for STEC, which is
nationally notifiable.
The burden estimates include the number of hours that the public
health department uses to process and send case notification data from
their jurisdiction to CDC. Specifically, the burden estimates include
separate burden hours incurred for automated and non-automated
transmissions, separate weekly burden hours incurred for modernizing
surveillance systems as part of NNDSS Modernization Initiative (NMI)
implementation, separate burden hours incurred for annual data
reconciliation and submission, and separate one-time burden hours
incurred for the addition of new diseases and data elements. These
estimates are based on information from CDC employees that manage the
NMI effort and conduct site visits to provide technical assistance to
help the public health departments modernize their surveillance
systems. The estimated annual burden is 18,529 hours.
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 hours)
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States................................ Weekly (Automated)...... 50 52 20/60
States................................ Weekly (Non-automated).. 10 52 2
States................................ Weekly (NMI 50 52 4
Implementation).
States................................ Annual.................. 50 1 75
States................................ One-time Addition of 50 1 8
Diseases and Data
Elements.
Territories........................... Weekly (Automated)...... 1 52 20/60
Territories........................... Weekly, Quarterly (Non- 5 56 20/60
automated).
Territories........................... Weekly (NMI 5 52 4
Implementation).
Territories........................... Annual.................. 5 1 5
Territories........................... One-time Addition of 1 1 10/60
Diseases and Data
Elements.
Freely Associated States.............. Weekly, Quarterly (Non- 3 56 20/60
automated).
Freely Associated States.............. Annual.................. 3 1 5
Cities................................ Weekly (Automated)...... 2 52 20/60
Cities................................ Weekly (Non-automated).. 2 52 2
Cities................................ Weekly (NMI 2 52 4
Implementation).
Cities................................ Annual.................. 2 1 75
Cities................................ One-time Addition of 2 1 8
Diseases and Data
Elements.
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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. 2017-22199 Filed 10-12-17; 8:45 am]
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