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improve programs, expand practicebased evidence, and demonstrate health
outcomes. An important component of
assessing efficiency and effectiveness of
the program is examining synergy.
Synergy occurs when collaboration,
coordination, alignment, and a
combination of inputs and activities
(i.e., the assets and skills of all the
participating partners) produce outputs
and outcomes greater than those that
would have occurred if they had been
used separately.
CDC proposes to conduct an
assessment to better understand synergy
within and across State Public Health
Actions 1305 funded programs. The
assessment is designed to examine
changes in processes; organizational
structure; capacity; states’ ability to
implement a coordinated approach
across the different chronic disease
areas; challenges and benefits; and
measurable positive outcomes.
CDC plans to administer a web-based
survey to health departments receiving
funding through the State Public Health
Actions 1305 cooperative agreement,
including 50 states and the District of
Columbia. CDC plans to administer the
survey in 2016 (program year 4) and
2018 (program year 5) to explore
changes in partnerships and synergy
throughout the 5-year cooperative
agreement. Surveys will be
administered to health department staff
directly involved in planning and/or
implementation of the State Public
Health Actions 1305 program, including
principal investigators, chronic disease
directors, program evaluators,
epidemiologists, and program staff with
subject matter expertise in one or more
of the four categorical areas. CDC will
recruit approximately 8 individuals
from each funded program for a total of
approximately 408 respondents.
CDC will use survey findings to (1)
inform future CDC technical assistance
provision to State Public Health Actions
1305 funded programs, and (2) inform
future cross-cutting, coordinated
funding models. In addition, findings
will complement existing routine
reporting by gathering information
about the specific processes that support
program implementation plans.
Findings will be disseminated via
grantee webinars, grantee annual
meetings, reports to CDC leadership,
and U.S. Congressional reports.
OMB approval is requested for two
years. Participation is voluntary and
there are no costs to respondents other
than their time. The total estimated
burden hours are 306.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Type of respondents
Form name
State Health Department Staff ........................
State Synergy Survey ....................................
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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
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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
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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.
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Number of
responses per
respondent
1
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
45/60
Proposed Project
EEOICPA Special Exposure Cohort
Petitions (OMB No. 0920–0639 exp.
7/31/2016)—Extension—National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
On October 30, 2000, the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000
(EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384–7385 [1994,
supp. 2001] was enacted. The Act
established a compensation program to
provide a lump sum payment of
$150,000 and medical benefits as
compensation to covered employees
suffering from designated illnesses
incurred as a result of their exposure to
radiation, beryllium, or silica while in
the performance of duty for the
Department of Energy and certain of its
vendors, contractors and subcontractors.
This legislation also provided for
payment of compensation for certain
survivors of these covered employees.
This program has been mandated to be
in effect until Congress ends the
funding.
Among other duties, the Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS)
was directed to establish and implement
procedures for considering petitions by
classes of nuclear weapons workers to
be added to the ‘‘Special Exposure
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Cohort’’ (the ‘‘Cohort’’). In brief,
EEOICPA authorizes HHS to designate
such classes of employees for addition
to the Cohort when NIOSH lacks
sufficient information to estimate with
sufficient accuracy the radiation doses
of the employees, and if HHS also finds
that the health of members of the class
may have been endangered by the
radiation dose the class potentially
incurred. HHS must also obtain the
advice of the Advisory Board on
Radiation and Worker Health (the
‘‘Board’’) in establishing such findings.
On May 28, 2004, HHS issued a rule
that established procedures for adding
such classes to the Cohort (42 CFR part
83). The rule was amended on July 10,
2007.
The HHS rule authorizes a variety of
respondents to submit petitions.
Petitioners are required to provide the
information specified in the rule to
qualify their petitions for a complete
evaluation by HHS and the Board. HHS
has developed two forms to assist the
petitioners in providing this required
information efficiently and completely.
Form A is a one-page form to be used
by EEOICPA claimants for whom
NIOSH has attempted to conduct dose
reconstructions and has determined that
available information is not sufficient to
complete the dose reconstruction. Form
B, accompanied by separate
instructions, is intended for all other
petitioners. Forms A and B can be
submitted electronically as well as in
hard copy. Respondent/petitioners
should be aware that HHS is not
requiring respondents to use the forms.
Respondents can choose to submit
petitions as letters or in other formats,
but petitions must meet the
informational requirements stated in the
rule. NIOSH expects, however, that all
petitioners for whom Form A would be
appropriate will actually use the form,
since NIOSH will provide it to them
upon determining that their dose
reconstruction cannot be completed and
encourage them to submit the petition.
NIOSH expects the large majority of
petitioners for whom Form B would be
appropriate will also use the form, since
it provides a simple, organized format
for addressing the informational
requirements of a petition.
NIOSH will use the information
obtained through the petition for the
following purposes: (a) Identify the
petitioner(s), obtain their contact
information, and establish that the
petitioner(s) is qualified and intends to
petition HHS; (b) establish an initial
definition of the class of employees
being proposed to be considered for
addition to the Cohort; (c) determine
whether there is justification to require
HHS to evaluate whether or not to
designate the proposed class as an
addition to the Cohort (such an
evaluation involves potentially
extensive data collection, analysis, and
related deliberations by NIOSH, the
Board, and HHS); and, (d) target an
evaluation by HHS to examine relevant
potential limitations of radiation
monitoring and/or dosimetry-relevant
records and to examine the potential for
related radiation exposures that might
have endangered the health of members
of the class.
Finally, under the rule, petitioners
may contest the proposed decision of
the Secretary to add or deny adding
classes of employees to the cohort by
submitting evidence that the proposed
decision relies on a record of either
factual or procedural errors in the
implementation of these procedures.
NIOSH estimates that the time to
prepare and submit such a challenge is
5 hours. Because of the uniqueness of
this submission, NIOSH is not providing
a form. The submission will typically be
in the form of a letter to the Secretary.
The estimated annual Burden Hours
are 41. There are no costs to
respondents unless a respondent/
petitioner chooses to purchase the
services of an expert in dose
reconstruction, an option provided for
under the rule.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Type of respondents
Form name
Petitioners ................................................................................
Form A 42 CFR 83.9 .............
Form B 42 CFR 83.9 .............
42 CFR 83.9 ..........................
2
5
1
1
1
1
3/60
5
6
42 CFR 83.18 ........................
2
1
5
Authorization Form 42 CFR
83.7.
3
1
3/60
Petitioners using a submission format other than Form B (as
permitted by rule).
Petitioners Appealing final HHS decision (no specific form is
required).
Claimant authorizing a party to submit petition on his/her behalf.
Jeffrey M. Zirger,
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.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
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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
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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
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-16-0639]
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 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
EEOICPA Special Exposure Cohort Petitions (OMB No. 0920-0639 exp.
7/31/2016)--Extension--National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
On October 30, 2000, the Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384-7385 [1994,
supp. 2001] was enacted. The Act established a compensation program to
provide a lump sum payment of $150,000 and medical benefits as
compensation to covered employees suffering from designated illnesses
incurred as a result of their exposure to radiation, beryllium, or
silica while in the performance of duty for the Department of Energy
and certain of its vendors, contractors and subcontractors. This
legislation also provided for payment of compensation for certain
survivors of these covered employees. This program has been mandated to
be in effect until Congress ends the funding.
Among other duties, the Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) was directed to establish and implement procedures for
considering petitions by classes of nuclear weapons workers to be added
to the ``Special Exposure
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Cohort'' (the ``Cohort''). In brief, EEOICPA authorizes HHS to
designate such classes of employees for addition to the Cohort when
NIOSH lacks sufficient information to estimate with sufficient accuracy
the radiation doses of the employees, and if HHS also finds that the
health of members of the class may have been endangered by the
radiation dose the class potentially incurred. HHS must also obtain the
advice of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (the
``Board'') in establishing such findings. On May 28, 2004, HHS issued a
rule that established procedures for adding such classes to the Cohort
(42 CFR part 83). The rule was amended on July 10, 2007.
The HHS rule authorizes a variety of respondents to submit
petitions. Petitioners are required to provide the information
specified in the rule to qualify their petitions for a complete
evaluation by HHS and the Board. HHS has developed two forms to assist
the petitioners in providing this required information efficiently and
completely. Form A is a one-page form to be used by EEOICPA claimants
for whom NIOSH has attempted to conduct dose reconstructions and has
determined that available information is not sufficient to complete the
dose reconstruction. Form B, accompanied by separate instructions, is
intended for all other petitioners. Forms A and B can be submitted
electronically as well as in hard copy. Respondent/petitioners should
be aware that HHS is not requiring respondents to use the forms.
Respondents can choose to submit petitions as letters or in other
formats, but petitions must meet the informational requirements stated
in the rule. NIOSH expects, however, that all petitioners for whom Form
A would be appropriate will actually use the form, since NIOSH will
provide it to them upon determining that their dose reconstruction
cannot be completed and encourage them to submit the petition. NIOSH
expects the large majority of petitioners for whom Form B would be
appropriate will also use the form, since it provides a simple,
organized format for addressing the informational requirements of a
petition.
NIOSH will use the information obtained through the petition for
the following purposes: (a) Identify the petitioner(s), obtain their
contact information, and establish that the petitioner(s) is qualified
and intends to petition HHS; (b) establish an initial definition of the
class of employees being proposed to be considered for addition to the
Cohort; (c) determine whether there is justification to require HHS to
evaluate whether or not to designate the proposed class as an addition
to the Cohort (such an evaluation involves potentially extensive data
collection, analysis, and related deliberations by NIOSH, the Board,
and HHS); and, (d) target an evaluation by HHS to examine relevant
potential limitations of radiation monitoring and/or dosimetry-relevant
records and to examine the potential for related radiation exposures
that might have endangered the health of members of the class.
Finally, under the rule, petitioners may contest the proposed
decision of the Secretary to add or deny adding classes of employees to
the cohort by submitting evidence that the proposed decision relies on
a record of either factual or procedural errors in the implementation
of these procedures. NIOSH estimates that the time to prepare and
submit such a challenge is 5 hours. Because of the uniqueness of this
submission, NIOSH is not providing a form. The submission will
typically be in the form of a letter to the Secretary.
The estimated annual Burden Hours are 41. There are no costs to
respondents unless a respondent/petitioner chooses to purchase the
services of an expert in dose reconstruction, an option provided for
under the rule.
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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Petitioners........................... Form A 42 CFR 83.9...... 2 1 3/60
Form B 42 CFR 83.9...... 5 1 5
Petitioners using a submission format 42 CFR 83.9............. 1 1 6
other than Form B (as permitted by
rule).
Petitioners Appealing final HHS 42 CFR 83.18............ 2 1 5
decision (no specific form is
required).
Claimant authorizing a party to submit Authorization Form 42 3 1 3/60
petition on his/her behalf. CFR 83.7.
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
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.
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