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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: OS–0990–New]
Agency Emergency Information
Collection Clearance Request for
Public Comment
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of the Secretary (OS), Department
of Health and Human Services, is
publishing the following summary of a
proposed information collection request
for public comment. Interested persons
are invited to send comments regarding
this burden estimate or any other aspect
of this collection of information,
including any of the following subjects:
(1) The necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the
proper performance of the agency’s
functions; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden. To obtain copies of
the supporting statement and any
related forms for the proposed
paperwork collections referenced above,
e-mail your request, including your
address, phone number, OMB number,
sroberts on DSKD5P82C1PROD with NOTICES
AGENCY:
and OS document identifier, to
Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call
the Reports Clearance Office on (202)
690–6162. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collections must be directed
to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer
at the above e-mail address within 7days.
Proposed Project: HAvBED
Assessment for 2009–H1N1 Influenza
Serious Illness, OMB No. 0990–NEW–
HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Preparedness and Response (ASPR),
Office of Preparedness and Emergency
Operations (OPEO).
Abstract: The Office of the Secretary
(OS) is requesting emergency action for
this clearance by the Office of
Management and Budget no later than
August 28, 2009. ASPR is requesting
emergency processing procedures for
this application because this
information is needed immediately to
help reduce morbidity and mortality
from 2009–H1N1 by providing decision
makers with timely, usable information
regarding the status of the health care
system. The urgent timeline is
supported by the fact that Americans are
already becoming ill and even dying
due to 2009–H1N1 infection, and that
numerous countries in the Southern
Hemisphere (who are currently
experiencing their traditional influenza
season) have had a large surge in
seriously ill patients. The Southern
Hemisphere experience is leading to
valid anticipation of many additional
seriously ill patients in the US over the
upcoming months. During the spring
and summer novel H1N1 response in
the US, we did not have an adequate
understanding of disease severity,
health care system resource needs such
as ventilators and ICU beds, and did not
learn from our collective experiences
caring for these seriously ill patients. If
we do not develop a national data
collection mechanism for seriously ill
people infected with H1N1 then we
cannot adequately support hospitals to
care for these patients.
Pursuant to section 2811 of the PHS
Act, the ASPR serves as the principal
advisor to the Secretary on all matters
related to Federal public health and
medical preparedness and response for
public health emergencies. In addition
to other tasks, the ASPR coordinates
with State, local, and tribal public
health officials and healthcare systems
to ensure effective integration of Federal
public health and medical assets during
an emergency. ASPR’s National Hospital
Preparedness Program (HPP) awards
cooperative agreements to each of the 50
states, the Pacific Islands, and US
territories (for a total of 62 awardees) to
improve surge capacity and enhance
community and hospital preparedness
for public health emergencies. These 62
awardees are responsible for enhancing
the preparedness of the nation’s nearly
6000 hospitals. These awards are
authorized under section 391C–2 of the
Public Health Service (PHS) Act. For
this data collection the 62 HPP
awardees will gather data from the 6000
hospitals using a Web-based interface
known as HAvBED. The data gathered
from the hospitals will be reported to
the HHS Secretary’s Operations Center
weekly for 6 months. If the seriousness
of the stress on the hospitals increases
daily reporting may be requested.
Depending on the nature of the
existing systems at the hospitals, the
data may be obtained manually or
readily available electronically through
existing systems. States would have
their own procedures for training staff
on how to use their existing systems, so
there would not be an additional
training burden for learning those
systems. For manual data collection
using the HAvBED system personnel
would need to be trained. The system is
easy to use and intuitive. The user guide
provides information to help people
quickly understand how to use the
system. See Attachment 2 for a copy of
the user guide. Based on the experience
of the system administrator in working
with users, training time to learn the
HAvBED data entry procedures is no
more than one hour. On average it takes
40 minutes of explanation and 20
minutes of hands on practice with the
training site.
The actual data collection time for the
hospitals is approximately 1 hour and
the states will spend approximately 3
hours compiling the information from
all of the hospitals in their State/
territory. For automated systems the
time would be less. These estimates are
based on a pilot test of the system. This
cost model assumes daily data
collection over 3 months and weekly for
3 months.
6 MONTHS ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Type of respondent
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6 MONTHS ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued
Number of
respondents
Type of respondent
Number of
responses/
respondent
Average burden hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Hospital staff (data collection) .........................................................................
State/Territory Preparedness staff (training) ...................................................
State/Territory Preparedness staff (data collection) ........................................
6000
62
62
96
1
288
1
1
3
576,000
62
53,568
Total ..........................................................................................................
........................
386
........................
635,630
The burden was determined by asking
the States that participated in a pilot
study to report who collected the data
and how long it took them to gather the
information.
Terry Nicolosi,
Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance
Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9–20073 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am]
information collection is available on
the Internet at https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain.
Dated: August 13, 2009.
Jeffrey Shuren,
Associate Commissioner for Policy and
Planning.
[FR Doc. E9–19972 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[Docket No. FDA–2009–N–0030]
[30Day–09–09AA]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Announcement of Office of
Management and Budget Approval;
Investigational New Drug Regulations
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
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ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing
that a collection of information entitled
‘‘Investigational New Drug Regulations’’
has been approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Berbakos, Office of
Information Management (HFA–710),
Food and Drug Administration, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857,
Elizabeth.Berbakos@fda.hhs.gov, 301–
796–3792.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
Federal Register of May 8, 2009 (74 FR
21690), the agency announced that the
proposed information collection had
been submitted to OMB for review and
clearance under 44 U.S.C. 3507. An
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
a person is not required to respond to,
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. OMB has now approved the
information collection and has assigned
OMB control number 0910–0014. The
approval expires on August 31, 2011. A
copy of the supporting statement for this
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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 the CDC Reports Clearance
Officer at (404) 639–5960 or send an
e-mail to omb@cdc.gov. 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
BioSense—Recruitment of Data
Sources—Existing Data Collection
Without an OMB Number—National
Center for Public Health Informatics
(NCPHI), Coordinating Center for Health
Information and Service (CCHIS),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Congress passed the Public Health
Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness
and Response Act of 2002, which
requires specific activities related to
bioterrorism preparedness and response.
This congressional mandate outlines the
need for improving the overall public’s
health through electronic surveillance.
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The Department of Health and Human
Services outlined strategies aimed at
achieving this goal via the Public Health
IT Initiative thereby creating the
BioSense program.
BioSense is a national, human health
surveillance system designed to
improve the nation’s capabilities for
disease detection, monitoring, and realtime health situational awareness. This
work is enhanced by providing public
health real-time access to existing data
from healthcare organizations, state
syndromic surveillance systems,
national laboratories, and others for just
in time public health decisionmaking;
this information is made available to
users in the BioSense Application. The
application provides data, charts,
graphs, and maps through a secure Webbased interface which can be accessed
by CDC and authorized users from state
and local public health departments and
healthcare organizations.
In order to meet the congressional
mandate, the BioSense program must
have access to electronic health data.
Recruitment of data sources includes
collecting information on the types of
data available, the types of computer
systems used, and the approximate
record volume. This information is used
by BioSense personnel and contractors
to determine technical requirements for
linking a data source into the BioSense
program. To collect this information, a
series of questionnaires in an Excel
spreadsheet have been designed.
Information collection will take place
during and after on-site visits by
BioSense personnel and contractors. We
estimate that such information will be
collected from 20 new entities (each
representing many facilities or clinics)
each year.
Since the publication of the 60-day
Federal Register Notice, the information
collection instrument for the provision
of access to the BioSense Application
has been included in this information
collection request. Access to the
BioSense Application is obtained using
an automated data collection form. This
form is completed on the Internet via
the CDC Secure Data Network (SDN) in
which a prospective user identifies what
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[FR Doc No: E9-20073]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New]
Agency Emergency Information Collection Clearance Request for
Public Comment
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS),
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following
summary of a proposed information collection request for public
comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this
burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of
the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to minimize the information
collection burden. To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any
related forms for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above,
e-mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number,
and OS document identifier, to Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call
the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be
directed to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at the above e-mail
address within 7-days.
Proposed Project: HAvBED Assessment for 2009-H1N1 Influenza Serious
Illness, OMB No. 0990-NEW-HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Preparedness and Response (ASPR), Office of Preparedness and Emergency
Operations (OPEO).
Abstract: The Office of the Secretary (OS) is requesting emergency
action for this clearance by the Office of Management and Budget no
later than August 28, 2009. ASPR is requesting emergency processing
procedures for this application because this information is needed
immediately to help reduce morbidity and mortality from 2009-H1N1 by
providing decision makers with timely, usable information regarding the
status of the health care system. The urgent timeline is supported by
the fact that Americans are already becoming ill and even dying due to
2009-H1N1 infection, and that numerous countries in the Southern
Hemisphere (who are currently experiencing their traditional influenza
season) have had a large surge in seriously ill patients. The Southern
Hemisphere experience is leading to valid anticipation of many
additional seriously ill patients in the US over the upcoming months.
During the spring and summer novel H1N1 response in the US, we did not
have an adequate understanding of disease severity, health care system
resource needs such as ventilators and ICU beds, and did not learn from
our collective experiences caring for these seriously ill patients. If
we do not develop a national data collection mechanism for seriously
ill people infected with H1N1 then we cannot adequately support
hospitals to care for these patients.
Pursuant to section 2811 of the PHS Act, the ASPR serves as the
principal advisor to the Secretary on all matters related to Federal
public health and medical preparedness and response for public health
emergencies. In addition to other tasks, the ASPR coordinates with
State, local, and tribal public health officials and healthcare systems
to ensure effective integration of Federal public health and medical
assets during an emergency. ASPR's National Hospital Preparedness
Program (HPP) awards cooperative agreements to each of the 50 states,
the Pacific Islands, and US territories (for a total of 62 awardees) to
improve surge capacity and enhance community and hospital preparedness
for public health emergencies. These 62 awardees are responsible for
enhancing the preparedness of the nation's nearly 6000 hospitals. These
awards are authorized under section 391C-2 of the Public Health Service
(PHS) Act. For this data collection the 62 HPP awardees will gather
data from the 6000 hospitals using a Web-based interface known as
HAvBED. The data gathered from the hospitals will be reported to the
HHS Secretary's Operations Center weekly for 6 months. If the
seriousness of the stress on the hospitals increases daily reporting
may be requested.
Depending on the nature of the existing systems at the hospitals,
the data may be obtained manually or readily available electronically
through existing systems. States would have their own procedures for
training staff on how to use their existing systems, so there would not
be an additional training burden for learning those systems. For manual
data collection using the HAvBED system personnel would need to be
trained. The system is easy to use and intuitive. The user guide
provides information to help people quickly understand how to use the
system. See Attachment 2 for a copy of the user guide. Based on the
experience of the system administrator in working with users, training
time to learn the HAvBED data entry procedures is no more than one
hour. On average it takes 40 minutes of explanation and 20 minutes of
hands on practice with the training site.
The actual data collection time for the hospitals is approximately
1 hour and the states will spend approximately 3 hours compiling the
information from all of the hospitals in their State/territory. For
automated systems the time would be less. These estimates are based on
a pilot test of the system. This cost model assumes daily data
collection over 3 months and weekly for 3 months.
6 Months Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Number of responses/ hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hospital staff (Training)....................... 6000 1 1 6000
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Hospital staff (data collection)................ 6000 96 1 576,000
State/Territory Preparedness staff (training)... 62 1 1 62
State/Territory Preparedness staff (data 62 288 3 53,568
collection)....................................
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Total....................................... .............. 386 .............. 635,630
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The burden was determined by asking the States that participated in
a pilot study to report who collected the data and how long it took
them to gather the information.
Terry Nicolosi,
Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-20073 Filed 8-19-09; 8:45 am]
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