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Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–2021–1061; Docket No. CDC–2021–
0023]
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 effort to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies the opportunity to comment on
a proposed and/or continuing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This notice invites comment on a
proposed information collection project
titled Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System (BRFSS). BRFSS is
an annual state-based health survey,
designed to produce state- or sub-state
jurisdiction-level data about healthrelated risk behaviors, chronic health
conditions, use of preventive services,
and emerging health issues.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before May 11, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2021–
0023 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffrey Zirger, 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. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
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 Jeffrey M. Zirger,
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.
SUMMARY:
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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 the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in
comments that will help:
1. 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;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
4. 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 submissions
of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Proposed Project
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System (BRFSS) (OMB Control No.
0920–1061, Exp. 3/31/2022)—
Revision—National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC is requesting OMB approval to
revise the information collection for the
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System (BRFSS) for the period of 2022–
2024. The BRFSS is a nationwide
system of cross-sectional surveys using
random digit dialed (RDD) samples
administered by health departments in
states, territories, and the District of
Columbia (collectively referred to here
as states) in collaboration with CDC.
Traditionally, subject recruitment and
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interviews have been conducted by
telephone. In 2022–2024, the BRFSS
will introduce the option to allow
participants to voluntarily complete
online surveys after telephone
recruitment. The BRFSS produces statelevel information primarily on health
risk behaviors, health conditions, and
preventive health practices that are
associated with chronic diseases,
infectious diseases, and injury.
Designed to meet the data needs of
individual states and territories, the
CDC sponsors the BRFSS information
collection project under a cooperative
agreement with states and territories.
Under this partnership, BRFSS state
coordinators determine questionnaire
content with technical and
methodological assistance provided by
CDC. For most states and territories, the
BRFSS provides the only sources of data
amenable to state and local level health
and health risk indicator uses. Over
time, it has also developed into an
important data collection system that
federal agencies rely on for state and
local health information and to track
national health objectives such as
Healthy People.
CDC bases the BRFSS questionnaire
on modular design principles to
accommodate a variety of state-specific
needs within a common framework. All
participating states are required to
administer a standardized core
questionnaire, which provides a set of
shared health indicators for all BRFSS
partners. The BRFSS core questionnaire
consists of fixed core, rotating core, and
emerging core questions. Fixed core
questions are asked every year. Rotating
core questions cycle on and off the core
questionnaire in two- or three-year
cycles, depending on the question.
Emerging core questions are included in
the core questionnaire as needed to
collect data on urgent or emerging
health topics such as infectious disease.
In addition, the BRFSS includes a series
of optional modules on a variety of
topics. In off years, when the rotating
questions are not included in the core
questionnaire, they are offered to states
as optional modules. This framework
allows each state to produce a
customized BRFSS survey by appending
selected optional modules to the core
survey. States may select which, if any,
optional modules to administer. As
needed, CDC provides technical and
methodological assistance to state
BRFSS coordinators in the construction
of their state-specific surveys. Each state
administers its BRFSS questionnaire
throughout the calendar year.
CDC periodically updates the BRFSS
core survey and optional modules. The
purpose of this Revision request is to
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available tobacco products. In addition,
this request seeks approval for
reinstating topics which have been
included in BRFSS in the past,
dependent upon state interest and
funding.
add the following topics to the
questionnaires: COVID vaccination,
impact of the COVID pandemic,
periodontal disease, additional
questions on heart attack and stroke,
disaster/pandemic preparedness,
veterans’ health and the use of newly
Participation is voluntary and there is
no cost to respondents to participate
other than their time. The average time
burden per response will be 22 minutes.
The total time burden across all
respondents will be approximately
287,798 hours.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Form name
U.S. General Population ...................
Field Test Respondents (Adults >18
Years).
Landline Screener ............................
Cell Phone Screener ........................
Field Test Screener ..........................
BRFSS Core Survey by Phone
Interview.
BRFSS Optional Modules by Phone
Interview.
BRFSS Core Survey by Online Survey.
BRFSS Optional Modules by Online
Survey.
Field Test Survey by Phone Interview.
Total ...........................................
...........................................................
Annual Survey Respondents (Adults
>18 Years).
Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[30Day–21–0931]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
has submitted the information
collection request titled ‘‘Blood Lead
Surveillance System (BLSS)’’ to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. CDC
previously published a ‘‘Proposed Data
Collection Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations’’
notice on October 13, 2020, to obtain
comments from the public and affected
agencies. CDC did not receive comments
related to the previous notice. This
notice serves to allow an additional 30
days for public and affected agency
comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this
proposed information collection project.
The Office of Management and Budget
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Total burden
(in hours)
173,000
694,000
900
480,000
1
1
1
1
1/60
1/60
1/60
15/60
2,884
11,567
15
120,000
440,000
1
15/60
110,000
100,000
1
10/60
16,666
80,000
1
10/60
13,333
500
1
45/60
13,333
........................
........................
........................
287,798
is particularly interested in comments
that:
(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.
Comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
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Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Type of respondents
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search function. Direct written
comments and/or suggestions regarding
the items contained in this notice to the
Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by
fax to (202) 395–5806. Provide written
comments within 30 days of notice
publication.
Proposed Project
Blood Lead Surveillance System
(BLSS) (OMB Control No.0920–0931,
Exp. 05/31/2021)—Extension—National
Center for Environmental Health
(NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The National Center for
Environmental Health (NCEH) is leading
an extension of the three-year
information collection request (ICR),
titled ‘‘Blood Lead Surveillance System
(BLSS)’’ (OMB Control No. 0920–0931,
Expiration Date 05/31/2021), which
covers two Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) information
collections, one for childhood blood
lead surveillance by NCEH and another
for adult blood lead surveillance by the
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH).
The goal of the NCEH Childhood
Blood Lead Surveillance (CBLS)
Program is to support blood lead
screening and to promote primary
prevention of exposure to lead. Also, the
CBLS Program supports secondary
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-2021-1061; Docket No. CDC-2021-0023]
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 effort to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection project titled Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System (BRFSS). BRFSS is an annual state-based health
survey, designed to produce state- or sub-state jurisdiction-level data
about health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, use of
preventive services, and emerging health issues.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before May 11, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0023 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Jeffrey Zirger, 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. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments 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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email:
[email protected].
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 the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
1. 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;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
4. 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
submissions of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) (OMB Control No.
0920-1061, Exp. 3/31/2022)--Revision--National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC is requesting OMB approval to revise the information collection
for the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) for the
period of 2022-2024. The BRFSS is a nationwide system of cross-
sectional surveys using random digit dialed (RDD) samples administered
by health departments in states, territories, and the District of
Columbia (collectively referred to here as states) in collaboration
with CDC. Traditionally, subject recruitment and interviews have been
conducted by telephone. In 2022-2024, the BRFSS will introduce the
option to allow participants to voluntarily complete online surveys
after telephone recruitment. The BRFSS produces state-level information
primarily on health risk behaviors, health conditions, and preventive
health practices that are associated with chronic diseases, infectious
diseases, and injury. Designed to meet the data needs of individual
states and territories, the CDC sponsors the BRFSS information
collection project under a cooperative agreement with states and
territories. Under this partnership, BRFSS state coordinators determine
questionnaire content with technical and methodological assistance
provided by CDC. For most states and territories, the BRFSS provides
the only sources of data amenable to state and local level health and
health risk indicator uses. Over time, it has also developed into an
important data collection system that federal agencies rely on for
state and local health information and to track national health
objectives such as Healthy People.
CDC bases the BRFSS questionnaire on modular design principles to
accommodate a variety of state-specific needs within a common
framework. All participating states are required to administer a
standardized core questionnaire, which provides a set of shared health
indicators for all BRFSS partners. The BRFSS core questionnaire
consists of fixed core, rotating core, and emerging core questions.
Fixed core questions are asked every year. Rotating core questions
cycle on and off the core questionnaire in two- or three-year cycles,
depending on the question. Emerging core questions are included in the
core questionnaire as needed to collect data on urgent or emerging
health topics such as infectious disease. In addition, the BRFSS
includes a series of optional modules on a variety of topics. In off
years, when the rotating questions are not included in the core
questionnaire, they are offered to states as optional modules. This
framework allows each state to produce a customized BRFSS survey by
appending selected optional modules to the core survey. States may
select which, if any, optional modules to administer. As needed, CDC
provides technical and methodological assistance to state BRFSS
coordinators in the construction of their state-specific surveys. Each
state administers its BRFSS questionnaire throughout the calendar year.
CDC periodically updates the BRFSS core survey and optional
modules. The purpose of this Revision request is to
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add the following topics to the questionnaires: COVID vaccination,
impact of the COVID pandemic, periodontal disease, additional questions
on heart attack and stroke, disaster/pandemic preparedness, veterans'
health and the use of newly available tobacco products. In addition,
this request seeks approval for reinstating topics which have been
included in BRFSS in the past, dependent upon state interest and
funding.
Participation is voluntary and there is no cost to respondents to
participate other than their time. The average time burden per response
will be 22 minutes. The total time burden across all respondents will
be approximately 287,798 hours.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
U.S. General Population....... Landline 173,000 1 1/60 2,884
Screener.
Cell Phone 694,000 1 1/60 11,567
Screener.
Field Test 900 1 1/60 15
Screener.
Annual Survey Respondents BRFSS Core 480,000 1 15/60 120,000
(Adults >18 Years). Survey by Phone
Interview.
BRFSS Optional 440,000 1 15/60 110,000
Modules by
Phone Interview.
BRFSS Core 100,000 1 10/60 16,666
Survey by
Online Survey.
BRFSS Optional 80,000 1 10/60 13,333
Modules by
Online Survey.
Field Test Respondents (Adults Field Test 500 1 45/60 13,333
>18 Years). Survey by Phone
Interview.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 287,798
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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