Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations, 38182-38184 [2016-13848]

Download as PDF 38182 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 113 / Monday, June 13, 2016 / Notices srobinson on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Quality Act of 1999 and re-named the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. AHRQ’s mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within HHS and other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used. Three areas in which AHRQ makes a difference: • AHRQ invests in research and evidence to understand how to make health care safer and improve quality. • AHRQ creates materials to teach and train health care systems and professionals how to catalyze improvements in care. • AHRQ generates measures and data used to track and improve performance and to evaluate the progress of the U.S. health system. The purpose of the conference, consistent with AHRQ’s mission, is to bring together grantees, contractors, and others who produce AHRQ-supported research and products with stakeholders who can use them to achieve measurable improvements in the health care that patients receive. The conference provides additional opportunities to ensure that AHRQsupported research delivers anticipated results. More specifically, the conference’s goal is to share best practices based on AHRQ-supported research, and to demonstrate how these research findings and best practices provide solutions for the challenges facing today’s health care system. The conference also offers time for interaction among grantees, contractors, and users who can implement researchbased solutions to improve care. The co-sponsors will assist with conference and agenda development, strategic messaging, coordination, financial management, and meeting logistics in conjunction with AHRQ staff. 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Evaluation Criteria After engaging in exploratory discussions with potential co-sponsors that respond to this notice, representatives of AHRQ will select the co-sponsor or co-sponsors using the following evaluation criteria: (1) Qualifications and capability to fulfill co-sponsorship responsibilities; (2) Creativity related to enhancing the conference, including options for interactive sessions and ideas for improving the event based on the 2015 conference offerings; (3) Potential for reaching and generating attendees from among key stakeholders, including Federal, State and local policymakers, health care providers, consumers and patients, purchasers and payers, and other health officials and underserved/special populations; (4) Experience administering conferences; (5) Past or current work specific to health services research; (6) Personnel names, professional qualifications, and specific expertise with conference planning; (7) Availability and description of facilities needed to participate in and support the conference planning process, including office space, information technology, and telecommunication resources; (8) Description of financial management expertise, including demonstration of experience in developing a budget and collecting and PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 managing monies from organizations and individuals; and (9) Proposed plan for managing a conference with AHRQ. Sharon B. Arnold, Deputy Director. [FR Doc. 2016–13918 Filed 6–10–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160–90–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [60Day–16–16AOP; Docket No. CDC–2016– 0049] Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice with comment period. AGENCY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection entitled ‘‘TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.’’ CDC will use the information collected to determine how many children and adults experience a traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year in the United States, and to collect information about the circumstances that identifies groups most at risk for TBI. DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 12, 2016. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC–2016– 0049 by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS– D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. For SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\13JNN1.SGM 13JNN1 38183 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 113 / Monday, June 13, 2016 / Notices access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to Regulations.gov. Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed above. To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a proposed data collection as described below. 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 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: health and economic burden of TBI in the U.S. because they are based on healthcare administrative data that only capture information on the number of ED visits, hospitalizations, and deaths identified as TBI-related. A surveillance system will accurately determine how many children and adults experience a TBI each year in the United States, and will collect information about the circumstances that identifies groups most at risk for TBI. By administering the surveillance system over time, the surveillance system can monitor trends and allow for an understanding of whether TBIs are increasing or decreasing, and whether prevention efforts are effective. Data will be collected through household survey conducted as a random digit dial telephone survey utilizing both landline and cellphones; adult respondents will be asked about their own TBI history while adult respondents with children 5–17 years of age will serve as proxies and answer questions about their children’s TBI history. Information collected will produce nationally representative incidence estimates of all TBI, with a particular focus on the incidence of sports- and recreation-related TBI (SRR–TBI) among youth 5–21 years of age. Another use of the data is to produce nationallyrepresentative estimates of TBI-related disability. Participation in the information collection is voluntary. The survey will be conducted among English or Spanish speaking participants living in the United States. The estimated annual burden hours are 3,979. There are no costs to respondents other than their time. clarity of the information to be collected; (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; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information. Proposed Project TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM—New— National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description The CDC requests a three-year OMB approval for a new Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Surveillance System data collection. TBI is a significant public health concern in the United States, contributing to an estimated 2.2 million Emergency Department (ED) visits, 280,000 hospitalizations, and 50,000 deaths in 2010. These numbers, however, underestimate the true public ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS Average burden per response (in hours) Form name Adults 18 or older ............................. Adult Eligibility Screener .................. Adult Screener .................................. Adult Survey ..................................... Adolescent Screener ........................ Adolescent Survey ........................... 2,611 14,164 2,500 2,058 686 1 1 1 1 1 2/60 12/60 18/60 5/60 12/60 87 2,833 750 172 137 ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 3,979 Adolescent 12 to 17 years of age .... srobinson on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Total Annual Burden Hours ....... VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:48 Jun 10, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Number of respondents Number of responses per respondent Type of respondents Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13JNN1.SGM 13JNN1 Total burden (in hours) 38184 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 113 / Monday, June 13, 2016 / Notices 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. 2016–13848 Filed 6–10–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–18–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [30Day–16–0974] Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review As part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted a Generic Information Collection Request (Generic ICR): ‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery’’ to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). 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 omb@cdc.gov. 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 Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery (OMB Control No. 0920–0974, Expiration Date June 30, 2016)—Revision—Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Sciences, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description This revision in the information collection activity is being requested primarily to reflect a simultaneous increase in (1) the number of programs in the Center due to a reorganization in 2014, (2) interest in electronic survey methods, and (3) need for customer input to and satisfaction with program Web sites and materials. The activity will garner increased qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with the Administration’s commitment to improving service delivery. By qualitative feedback we mean information that provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions, but are not statistical surveys that yield quantitative results that can be generalized to the population of study. This feedback will provide insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences and expectations, provide an early warning of issues with service, or focus attention on areas where communication, training or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or services. These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and actionable communications between the Agency and its customers and stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement of program management. Feedback collected under this generic clearance will provide useful information, but it will not yield data that can be generalized to the overall population. This type of generic clearance for qualitative information will not be used for quantitative information collections that are designed to yield reliably actionable results, such as monitoring trends over time or documenting program performance. Such data uses require more rigorous designs that address: The target population to which generalizations will be made, the sampling frame, the sample design (including stratification and clustering), the precision requirements or power calculations that justify the proposed sample size, the expected response rate, methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data collection, and any testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior fielding the study. Depending on the degree of influence the results are likely to have, such collections may still be eligible for submission for other generic mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative results. 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 Office of Management and Budget control number. There is no cost to respondents other than their time. The estimated annualized burden hours for this data collection activity are 16,957. ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS Number of respondents srobinson on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Type of respondents Form name Users of CSELS products ............................... Users of CSELS products ............................... Users of CSELS products ............................... Online survey ................................................. Individual interview ......................................... Focus group ................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:48 Jun 10, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13JNN1.SGM 5,665 15 54 13JNN1 Number of responses per respondent 11 7 3 Average burden per response (in hours) 16/60 55/60 90/60

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 113 (Monday, June 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38182-38184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13848]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-16-16AOP; Docket No. CDC-2016-0049]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection entitled ``TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) 
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.'' CDC will use the information collected to 
determine how many children and adults experience a traumatic brain 
injury (TBI) each year in the United States, and to collect information 
about the circumstances that identifies groups most at risk for TBI.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 12, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0049 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted 
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. For

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access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, 
go to Regulations.gov.

    Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the 
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 
address listed above.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital or start-
up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services 
to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or 
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, 
install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of 
collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to 
train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of 
information, to search data sources, to complete and review the 
collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.

Proposed Project

    TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM--New--National 
Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The CDC requests a three-year OMB approval for a new Traumatic 
Brain Injury (TBI) Surveillance System data collection. TBI is a 
significant public health concern in the United States, contributing to 
an estimated 2.2 million Emergency Department (ED) visits, 280,000 
hospitalizations, and 50,000 deaths in 2010. These numbers, however, 
underestimate the true public health and economic burden of TBI in the 
U.S. because they are based on healthcare administrative data that only 
capture information on the number of ED visits, hospitalizations, and 
deaths identified as TBI-related.
    A surveillance system will accurately determine how many children 
and adults experience a TBI each year in the United States, and will 
collect information about the circumstances that identifies groups most 
at risk for TBI. By administering the surveillance system over time, 
the surveillance system can monitor trends and allow for an 
understanding of whether TBIs are increasing or decreasing, and whether 
prevention efforts are effective.
    Data will be collected through household survey conducted as a 
random digit dial telephone survey utilizing both landline and 
cellphones; adult respondents will be asked about their own TBI history 
while adult respondents with children 5-17 years of age will serve as 
proxies and answer questions about their children's TBI history.
    Information collected will produce nationally representative 
incidence estimates of all TBI, with a particular focus on the 
incidence of sports- and recreation-related TBI (SRR-TBI) among youth 
5-21 years of age. Another use of the data is to produce nationally-
representative estimates of TBI-related disability.
    Participation in the information collection is voluntary. The 
survey will be conducted among English or Spanish speaking participants 
living in the United States. The estimated annual burden hours are 
3,979. There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
     Type of  respondents           Form name       respondents    responses per   response (in     (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Adults 18 or older............  Adult                      2,611               1            2/60              87
                                 Eligibility
                                 Screener.
                                Adult Screener..          14,164               1           12/60           2,833
                                Adult Survey....           2,500               1           18/60             750
Adolescent 12 to 17 years of    Adolescent                 2,058               1            5/60             172
 age.                            Screener.
                                Adolescent                   686               1           12/60             137
                                 Survey.
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Total Annual Burden Hours.  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           3,979
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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. 2016-13848 Filed 6-10-16; 8:45 am]
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