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annually. The estimated burden per
response for the Work Plan is 20 hours
awardees. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time.
and the estimated burden per response
for the Annual Report is 15 hours.
Participation in this information
collection is required for Block Grant
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burden per
response
(in hours)
Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Total burden
(in hours)
Type of respondents
Form name
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Work Plan .........................................
Annual Report ..................................
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Dated: March 21, 2013.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI),
Office of the Associate Director for Science
(OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[30Day-13–0849]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
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 (404) 639–7570 or send an
email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written
comments to 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
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School Dismissal Monitoring System
(OMB Control No. 0920–0849
Expiration 5/31/2013)—Revision—
National Center Emerging and Zoonotic
Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In the spring of 2009, the beginning of
H1N1 influenza pandemic, illness
among school-aged students (K–12) in
many states and cities resulted in at
least 1,351 school dismissals due to
rapidly increasing absenteeism among
students or staff. These dismissals
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impacted at least 824,966 students and
53,217 teachers. During that time, the
U.S. Department of Education (ED) and
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) received numerous
daily requests about the overall number
of school dismissals nationwide and the
number of students and teachers
impacted by the school dismissals. CDC
and ED recognized the importance of
having a mechanism in place to collect
this information and gauge the impact of
school dismissals during the pandemic.
Although an informal process was put
in place in conjunction with ED to track
school closures, there was no formal
monitoring system established.
Consequently, CDC and ED launched
the School Dismissal Monitoring System
to track reports of school closures
during public health emergencies and
generate accurate, real-time, national
summary data daily on the number of
closed schools and the number of
students and teachers impacted by the
dismissals. The system, initially
approved under OMB Control No. 0920–
0008, Emergency Epidemic
Investigations, facilitates CDC’s and
ED’s efforts to track implementation of
CDC pandemic guidance, characterize
factors associated with differences in
morbidity and mortality due to
pandemic influenza in the schools and
surrounding communities, and describe
the characteristics of the schools
experiencing outbreaks as well as
control measures undertaken by those
schools. In the fall of 2009, CDC’s
School Dismissal Monitoring System
detected 1,947 school dismissals
impacting approximately 623,616
students and 40,521 teachers
nationwide. These data were used
widely throughout the U.S. Government
for situational awareness and
specifically at CDC to assess the impact
of CDC guidance and community
mitigation efforts in response to the
2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic.
The purpose of this monitoring
system is to continue to generate
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accurate, real-time, national summary
data daily on the number of school
dismissals and the number of students
and teachers impacted by the dismissals
due to public health emergencies. This
collection request includes dismissals
initiated for infectious disease outbreaks
or weather related events when school
dismissals are recommended by federal,
state or local public health authorities.
Respondents for this data collection are
individuals representing schools, school
districts, and public health agencies.
CDC has determined that the
information to be collected is necessary
to study the impact of a public health
emergency as it relates to community
mitigation activities. The information
has been used to help understand how
CDC’s guidance on school dismissals
has been implemented at the state and
local levels nationwide and to help
determine how this guidance might be
more helpful in the future.
Respondents are required to identify
their respective institutions by
providing non-sensitive information, to
include the name and zip code of
schools and school districts and their
dates of closure, as well as reason for
the dismissal (due to illness rates among
students and staff or pre-emptive to
slow the spread of infection). The
respondents have the option of
providing their position titles, phone
number of the institution they represent,
and email address. The estimates for
burden hours are derived from the 627
total number of reported closures during
the fall in 2009. We have multiplied that
number by four as an estimate for a
calendar year. Respondents are
providing this information as public
health and education officials and
representatives of their agencies and
organizations and not as private
citizens. The data collection does not
involve personally identifiable
information and should have no impact
on an individual’s privacy. There is no
cost to respondents other than their
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time. The total estimated annualized
burden is 208 hours.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Type of respondent
Form name
School, school district, or health department.
School Dismissal Monitoring System
Reporting Form.
Dated: March 21, 2013.
Ron Otten,
Director, 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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HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
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Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–639–7570 or send
written comments to Ron Otten, 1600
Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov.
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; and (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. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
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Proposed Project
Frame development for the long-term
care component of the National Health
Care Surveys (OMB No. 0920–0912,
expired 1/31/2013)—Reinstatement
without change—National Center for
Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Section 306 of the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as
amended, authorizes that the Secretary
of Health and Human Services (DHHS),
acting through NCHS, ‘‘shall collect
statistics on health resources * * *
[and] utilization of health care,
including extended care facilities, and
other institutions.’’
NCHS seeks approval to collect data
needed to develop up-to-date sampling
frames of residential care facilities. The
sampling frames will be used to draw
nationally representative samples for
two waves of the National Study of
Long-Term Care Providers (NSLTCP).
The frame-related data will be collected
from representatives in state regulatory
agencies in the 50 states and the District
of Columbia primarily via telephone
calls, emails, and in a few cases, via
formal written requests. The frame
information was first collected in 2012
(OMB No. 0920–0912, expired 1/31/
2013). The data to be collected from
these state officials include (1)
confirming that we have identified the
appropriate licensure categories of
residential care facilities within each
state that meet the NSLTCP definition
and (2) for each relevant licensure
category, requesting an electronic file of
the licensed residential care facilities for
which the agency is responsible if such
files with the needed variables are not
downloadable from the state’s Web site.
The NSLTCP study definition of a
residential care facility is one that is
licensed, registered, listed, certified, or
otherwise regulated by the state to
provide room and board with at least
two meals a day, provide around-theclock on-site supervision, and help with
activities of daily living (e.g., bathing,
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burden per
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(in hours)
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respondent
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eating, or dressing) or health related
services, such as medication
supervision; serves primarily an adult
population; and has at least four
licensed, certified, or regulated beds.
Facilities licensed to serve the mentally
ill or the intellectually disabled/
developmentally disabled populations
exclusively are excluded. Nursing
homes and skilled nursing facilities are
also excluded, unless they have a unit
or wing meeting the above definition
and residents can be separately
enumerated.
The electronic files we seek to obtain
from the states should include the
name, address, phone number, and Web
site (if available) of the residential care
facility; name, phone number, and email
address (if available) of facility director;
licensure category; chain affiliation;
ownership type; and bed size. Data on
individual facilities are confidential and
a public-use file will not be produced.
Expected users of the findings from
the frame data include, but are not
limited to CDC’s NCHS and its
contractors; other Department of Health
and Human Services (DHHS) agencies,
such as the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
and the Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality; associations, such as
Leading Age (formerly the American
Association of Homes and Services for
the Aging), National Center for Assisted
Living, American Seniors Housing
Association, and Assisted Living
Federation of America; universities;
foundations; and other private sector
organizations.
Burden is estimated at approximately
2.5 hours per state each time the frame
will be developed, including time to
verify contact information, to respond to
a semi-structured telephone protocol,
and to develop the facility listing in an
electronic format. Three year clearance
is requested to cover two collections of
frame information. The burden for the
two collections is shown in Table 1
below. There is no cost to respondents
other than their time to participate.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-13-0849]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
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
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments
to 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
School Dismissal Monitoring System (OMB Control No. 0920-0849
Expiration 5/31/2013)--Revision--National Center Emerging and Zoonotic
Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In the spring of 2009, the beginning of H1N1 influenza pandemic,
illness among school-aged students (K-12) in many states and cities
resulted in at least 1,351 school dismissals due to rapidly increasing
absenteeism among students or staff. These dismissals impacted at least
824,966 students and 53,217 teachers. During that time, the U.S.
Department of Education (ED) and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) received numerous daily requests about the overall
number of school dismissals nationwide and the number of students and
teachers impacted by the school dismissals. CDC and ED recognized the
importance of having a mechanism in place to collect this information
and gauge the impact of school dismissals during the pandemic. Although
an informal process was put in place in conjunction with ED to track
school closures, there was no formal monitoring system established.
Consequently, CDC and ED launched the School Dismissal Monitoring
System to track reports of school closures during public health
emergencies and generate accurate, real-time, national summary data
daily on the number of closed schools and the number of students and
teachers impacted by the dismissals. The system, initially approved
under OMB Control No. 0920-0008, Emergency Epidemic Investigations,
facilitates CDC's and ED's efforts to track implementation of CDC
pandemic guidance, characterize factors associated with differences in
morbidity and mortality due to pandemic influenza in the schools and
surrounding communities, and describe the characteristics of the
schools experiencing outbreaks as well as control measures undertaken
by those schools. In the fall of 2009, CDC's School Dismissal
Monitoring System detected 1,947 school dismissals impacting
approximately 623,616 students and 40,521 teachers nationwide. These
data were used widely throughout the U.S. Government for situational
awareness and specifically at CDC to assess the impact of CDC guidance
and community mitigation efforts in response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza
pandemic.
The purpose of this monitoring system is to continue to generate
accurate, real-time, national summary data daily on the number of
school dismissals and the number of students and teachers impacted by
the dismissals due to public health emergencies. This collection
request includes dismissals initiated for infectious disease outbreaks
or weather related events when school dismissals are recommended by
federal, state or local public health authorities. Respondents for this
data collection are individuals representing schools, school districts,
and public health agencies. CDC has determined that the information to
be collected is necessary to study the impact of a public health
emergency as it relates to community mitigation activities. The
information has been used to help understand how CDC's guidance on
school dismissals has been implemented at the state and local levels
nationwide and to help determine how this guidance might be more
helpful in the future.
Respondents are required to identify their respective institutions
by providing non-sensitive information, to include the name and zip
code of schools and school districts and their dates of closure, as
well as reason for the dismissal (due to illness rates among students
and staff or pre-emptive to slow the spread of infection). The
respondents have the option of providing their position titles, phone
number of the institution they represent, and email address. The
estimates for burden hours are derived from the 627 total number of
reported closures during the fall in 2009. We have multiplied that
number by four as an estimate for a calendar year. Respondents are
providing this information as public health and education officials and
representatives of their agencies and organizations and not as private
citizens. The data collection does not involve personally identifiable
information and should have no impact on an individual's privacy. There
is no cost to respondents other than their
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time. The total estimated annualized burden is 208 hours.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response (in
respondents respondent hours)
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School, school district, or School Dismissal 2500 1 5/60
health department. Monitoring System
Reporting Form.
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Dated: March 21, 2013.
Ron Otten,
Director, 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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