National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting, 51455-51456 [2020-18248]
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Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and draft
instruments, email paperwork@hrsa.gov
or call Lisa Wright-Solomon, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer
at (301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
information request collection title for
reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Enhancing Linkage of Sexually
Transmitted Infection and Human
Immunodeficiency Virus Surveillance
Data in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS
Program Evaluation, OMB No. 0906–
xxxx—New.
Abstract: HRSA’s Ryan White HIV/
AIDS Program (RWHAP) funds and
coordinates with cities, states, and local
clinics/community-based organizations
to deliver efficient and effective Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) care,
treatment, and support to low-income
people with HIV. Nearly two-thirds of
clients (patients) live at or below 100
percent of the Federal poverty level and
approximately three-quarters of RWHAP
clients are racial and ethnic minorities.
Since 1990, the RWHAP has developed
a comprehensive system of HIV service
providers who deliver high quality
direct health care and support services
to over half a million people with HIV—
ADDRESSES:
more than 50 percent of all people with
diagnosed HIV in the United States.
HRSA is conducting a multi-year
evaluation of the Enhancing Linkage of
Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI)
and HIV Surveillance Data in the Ryan
White HIV/AIDS Program (Enhancing
STI Linkage) demonstration project. The
Enhancing STI Linkage demonstration
project is a capacity building
cooperative agreement that seeks to
improve linkage, re-engagement in care,
and health outcomes for people with
HIV in the RWHAP. Through this
demonstration project, a Technical
Assistance Provider is collaborating
with four RWHAP Part B jurisdictions to
provide them with tailored training and
technical assistance (TA) to facilitate
data sharing across STI and HIV
surveillance systems. A persistent
barrier to addressing HIV and STI
infections simultaneously and jointly is
the lack of data systems linking HIV and
STI surveillance data. Aside from
helping to address problems around
coinfection, there are substantial
opportunities—particularly for the
RWHAP—associated with linking HIV
and STI surveillance data, including,
but not limited to, identifying people
with HIV currently out of care and
identifying people with STIs who could
be tested for HIV and promptly linked
to care. This clearance request is for
approval of data collection activities
associated with the Enhancing STI
Linkage evaluation which will occur
simultaneously with the demonstration
project, over a three-year project period.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: This mixed methods
evaluation will assess the achievement
and effectiveness of the Enhancing STI
Linkage demonstration project. HRSA
will collect quantitative and qualitative
data to inform the HRSA on how to
enhance jurisdictions’ use of STI and
HIV surveillance data to improve
service delivery and HIV-related health
outcomes. Information gleaned from the
Enhancing STI Linkage evaluation may
be used to enhance and coordinate
health departments’ responses to HIV
and STI epidemics and affect change in
HIV care continuum outcomes.
Likely Respondents: Multiple
respondents from four HRSA RWHAP
Part B recipients, including data endusers identified by the Part B recipients
within their jurisdiction.
Burden Statement: Burden in this
context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide the information
requested. 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. The total annual burden
hours estimated for this ICR are
summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden
Hours:
ANNUALIZED DATA COLLECTION BURDEN—YEARS 2 AND 3
Type of
respondent
Form name
Jurisdiction TA
Recipient.
Policy Stakeholder
Jurisdiction TA Recipient Semi-Structured Interview Guide.
Policy Stakeholder Semi-Structured
Interview Guide.
Data End-User Survey ......................
............................................................
Data End-User .....
Total ..............
Number of
respondents
Number
responses per
respondent *
Total
responses
Average burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
12
2
24
1
24
12
2
24
.5
12
105
129
2
........................
210
258
.17
........................
36
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* Note: Burden hours represent responses for both years 2 and 3; and there are 2 responses per respondent, indicating one in each year (one
in year 2 and another in year 3).
HRSA specifically requests comments
on (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
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technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
National Committee on Vital and Health
Statistics: Meeting
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announces the following advisory
committee meeting.
Name: National Committee on Vital
and Health Statistics (NCVHS), Hearing
of the Subcommittee on Privacy,
Confidentiality, and Security.
Dates and Times: Monday, September
14, 2020: 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Place: U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services Virtual.
Status: Open.
Purpose: At the September 14, 2020,
hearing, the National Committee on
Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS),
Subcommittee on Privacy,
Confidentiality, and Security, will
explore the privacy, confidentiality, and
security considerations for data
collection and use during a public
health emergency, in light of the
nationwide COVID–19 pandemic.
The Subcommittee will hear from
invited experts and review written
testimony received in advance from
interested individuals, organizations,
and stakeholders.
At the hearing, NCVHS will receive
input from public health practitioners,
academics, advocates, representatives of
industry, and other experts about data
stewardship principles designed to
guide the privacy and security of
individually identifiable health
information when new technologies are
deployed for public health surveillance
during an emergency. These are
expected to touch on new uses of
medical, geolocation, proximity, or
adjacency data; social media; contact
tracing applications; privacy and
security guardrails essential to
responsible use of data when creating
and employing new tools; and future
use and lifecycle management of
individually identifiable health data.
The Committee will also consider
concerns raised by privacy, civil rights,
and public interest advocates about the
potential for discrimination and harm
when information intended to protect
the public is repurposed for other uses,
such as law enforcement, immigration,
or unrelated research or commercial
enterprise.
The Committee will use this input to
inform development and dissemination
of best practices for safeguarding
individually identifiable health data
collected, used, and shared during a
pandemic or long-term nationwide
public health emergency.
The Committee requests comments
from the public to inform its
deliberations in advance and will
consider them together with the input of
subject matter experts at the hearing.
The Committee has developed specific
questions to ensure comments address
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key issues under consideration,
available at: https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/Sept2020-PCS-Subcommittee-HearingPublic-Comment-Questions. Please
submit comments using the questions
provided at this link to NCVHSmail@
cdc.gov by close of business
Wednesday, September 9, 2020.
There will be a public comment
period at the meeting. The meeting
times and topics are subject to change.
Please refer to the NCVHS website for
information and agenda updates.
Contact Person for More Information:
Substantive program information may
be obtained from Rebecca Hines, MHS,
Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National
Center for Health Statistics, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 3311
Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland
20782, telephone (301) 458–4715.
Summaries of meetings and a roster of
Committee members are available on the
home page of the NCVHS website:
https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/. Further
information, including an agenda and
instructions to access the broadcast of
the meeting, will be posted on the
NCVHS website.
Should you require reasonable
accommodation, please contact the CDC
Office of Equal Employment
Opportunity on (770) 488–3210 as soon
as possible.
Sharon Arnold,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Planning and Evaluation, Science and Data
Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Planning and Evaluation.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Periodically, the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) will publish a summary of
information collection requests under
OMB review, in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35). To request a copy of these
documents, call the SAMHSA Reports
Clearance Officer on (240) 276–0361.
Proposed Project: National Substance
Use and Mental Health Services Survey
(N–SUMHSS) (OMB No. 0930–)
Historically SAMHSA collected
information on substance use and
mental health treatment facilities
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through two (2) separate data
collections: The National Survey of
Substance Abuse Treatment Services
(N–SSATS; OMB No. 0930–0106) and
the National Mental Health Services
Survey (N–MHSS; OMB No. 0930–
0119). SAMHSA also maintain as part of
the N–SSATS data collection approval,
an inventory of treatment facility,
named the Inventory of Behavioral
Health Services (I–BHS) (N–SSATS;
OMB No. 0930–0106).
Some of the content and questions in
the N–SSATS and N–MHSS data
collection surveys are similar and
represented an additional burden to
approximately 14 percent of facilities
that received both surveys. SAMHSA
recognizes the need to have data
collections that are less burdensome to
these facilities that provide these
services. To help reduce respondent
burden, increase efficiency, and better
manage resources, SAMHSA goal is to
combine these two surveys into the
National Substance Use and Mental
Health Services Survey (N–SUMHSS).
The N–SUMHSS, will include the
facility characteristics and services
questions currently asked in the N–
SSATS and the N–MHSS. The survey
will also collect, on an annual basis,
client counts on those individuals
receiving services at these facilities.
Historically, client count information
was collected every other year; however
there is an increasing need to collect
and maintain data on current and
accurate numbers of clients in treatment
at the local level for community to
assess capacity and estimate resource
requirements. This information on
substance use and mental health
services has assisted with communities
to better respond to life changing events,
(i.e. hurricane) and plan for service
demands in the event of a natural
disaster, (i.e. earthquakes).
SAMHSA requests is for approval of
the N–SUMHSS data collection and the
extension of the I–BHS data collection.
The N–SUMHSS survey will provide
data on the numbers and types of
patients treated and the characteristics
of facilities providing substance use and
mental health treatment services. The
extension of the duration of the I–BHS
survey, which is current authorized as
part of N–SSATS (OMB No. 0930–0106),
aligns it to the same period as the N–
SUMHSS. These surveys are conducted
under the authority of Section 505 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
290aa–4) to meet the specific mandates
for annual information about public and
private substance use/mental health
treatment providers and the clients they
serve.
This request includes:
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS)
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announces the following advisory committee meeting.
Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS),
Hearing of the Subcommittee on Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security.
Dates and Times: Monday, September 14, 2020: 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Place: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Virtual.
Status: Open.
Purpose: At the September 14, 2020, hearing, the National Committee
on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), Subcommittee on Privacy,
Confidentiality, and Security, will explore the privacy,
confidentiality, and security considerations for data collection and
use during a public health emergency, in light of the nationwide COVID-
19 pandemic.
The Subcommittee will hear from invited experts and review written
testimony received in advance from interested individuals,
organizations, and stakeholders.
At the hearing, NCVHS will receive input from public health
practitioners, academics, advocates, representatives of industry, and
other experts about data stewardship principles designed to guide the
privacy and security of individually identifiable health information
when new technologies are deployed for public health surveillance
during an emergency. These are expected to touch on new uses of
medical, geolocation, proximity, or adjacency data; social media;
contact tracing applications; privacy and security guardrails essential
to responsible use of data when creating and employing new tools; and
future use and lifecycle management of individually identifiable health
data. The Committee will also consider concerns raised by privacy,
civil rights, and public interest advocates about the potential for
discrimination and harm when information intended to protect the public
is repurposed for other uses, such as law enforcement, immigration, or
unrelated research or commercial enterprise.
The Committee will use this input to inform development and
dissemination of best practices for safeguarding individually
identifiable health data collected, used, and shared during a pandemic
or long-term nationwide public health emergency.
The Committee requests comments from the public to inform its
deliberations in advance and will consider them together with the input
of subject matter experts at the hearing. The Committee has developed
specific questions to ensure comments address key issues under
consideration, available at: https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/Sept-2020-PCS-Subcommittee-Hearing-Public-Comment-Questions. Please submit comments
using the questions provided at this link to [email protected] by close
of business Wednesday, September 9, 2020.
There will be a public comment period at the meeting. The meeting
times and topics are subject to change. Please refer to the NCVHS
website for information and agenda updates.
Contact Person for More Information:
Substantive program information may be obtained from Rebecca Hines,
MHS, Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road,
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458-4715. Summaries of
meetings and a roster of Committee members are available on the home
page of the NCVHS website: https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/. Further information,
including an agenda and instructions to access the broadcast of the
meeting, will be posted on the NCVHS website.
Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the CDC
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (770) 488-3210 as soon as
possible.
Sharon Arnold,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation,
Science and Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning
and Evaluation.
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