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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–24–1181; Docket No. CDC–2023–
0101]
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 continuing information collection, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. This notice invites
comment on a proposed information
collection project titled Airline and
Traveler Information Collection:
Domestic Manifests and Passenger
Locator Form. These data collection
forms align with CDC’s regulatory and
public health mission under the
authorities listed in CDC regulations to
allow CDC to collect passenger and crew
information from travelers and airlines
when there has been a confirmed or
suspected case of communicable disease
aboard a domestic or international flight
that puts other travelers at public health
risk.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before March 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2023–
0101 by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE, MS H21–8, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
www.regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
through the Federal eRulemaking portal
(www.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
SUMMARY:
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instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS
H21–8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329;
Telephone: 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 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;
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; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Airline and Traveler Information
Collection: Domestic Manifests and the
Passenger Locator Form (42 CFR parts
70 and 71)—Revision—National Center
for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The goal of this information collection
is to ensure that, consistent with the
authorities in the Public Health Service
Act (PHSA) and in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR), CDC can collect
conveyance, passenger and crew
member manifest information (aka
manifests) and Passenger Locator Forms
(PLF) in the event an individual with a
confirmed or suspected case of a
communicable disease is known to have
traveled on an interstate flight while
infectious or potentially infectious and
presented a risk of spread to other
passengers or crew. This information is
collected so that CDC can initiate the
process of contact tracing or provision
of other public health follow up to
prevent further disease spread.
The intended use of the information
is to enable CDC to provide contact
information to State and local health
departments, so they can contact
travelers in a timely manner to provide
them with a notification that they may
have been exposed to a communicable
disease and to provide follow-up health
information and any recommended
interventions. In limited circumstances
CDC may contact travelers directly.
There are no statistical sampling or
research design methods being used.
CDC makes a determination of whether
or not to collect manifest information
depending on the risk of communicable
disease spread during and after travel.
There is no subpopulation being
studied. The universe of respondents is
any airline aboard which an infectious
or potentially infectious individual is
confirmed to have traveled.
Data will be analyzed to ensure that
timely responses from airlines are
received and that the manifest
information is shared with State and
local public health departments, who
generally bear the responsibility of
performing the contact investigations.
However, there is no predetermined
methodology to analyze the provision of
manifest data from an airline.
The Domestic TB Manifest Order
Template and Domestic non-TB
Manifest Order Template have
combined the domestic manifest request
into one Manifest Order Template to
align with current processes and needs.
In addition, the estimated burden for
tuberculosis and other infectious
diseases domestic manifest orders have
been combined into one estimate for the
domestic manifest order template as the
estimated time and burden to complete
the manifest request is estimated to be
very similar for all infectious diseases.
CDC requests OMB approval for an
estimated 228,134 annual burden hours.
There is no cost to respondents other
than their time to participate.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Type of respondents
Form name
Airline Medical Officer or Equivalent/Computer and Information Systems Manager.
Traveler .....................................................
Domestic Manifest Order Template .........
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Public Health Passenger Locator Form:
Outbreak of Public Health Significance
(International Flights).
Public Health Passenger Locator Form:
Limited Onboard Exposure (International and Domestic Flights).
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Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
500
1
6 (360/60)
3,000
2,700,000
1
5/60
225,000
1600
1
5/60
134
....................
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228,134
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burden
hours
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Public Health Ethics and
Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
William Parham at (410) 786–4669.
[Document Identifier: CMS–10450, CMS–
10652 and CMS–10540]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing
an opportunity for the public to
comment on CMS’ intention to collect
information from the public. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information, and to allow
a second opportunity for public
comment on the notice. Interested
persons are invited to send comments
regarding the burden estimate or any
other aspect of this collection of
information, including the necessity and
utility of the proposed information
collection for the proper performance of
the agency’s functions, the accuracy of
the estimated burden, ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected, and the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection
burden.
DATES: Comments on the collection(s) of
information must be received by the
OMB desk officer by February 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written 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
search function.
To obtain copies of a supporting
statement and any related forms for the
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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. The term ‘‘collection of
information’’ is defined in 44 U.S.C.
3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and
includes agency requests or
requirements that members of the public
submit reports, keep records, or provide
information to a third party. Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)) requires federal agencies
to publish a 30-day notice in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension or
reinstatement of an existing collection
of information, before submitting the
collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, CMS is
publishing this notice that summarizes
the following proposed collection(s) of
information for public comment:
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved Information Collection; Title
of Information Collection: Consumer
Assessment of Healthcare Providers and
Systems (CAHPS) Survey for Meritbased Incentive Payment Systems
(MIPS); Use: The CAHPS for MIPS
survey is used in the Quality Payment
Program (QPP) to collect data on fee-forservice Medicare beneficiaries’
experiences of care with eligible
clinicians participating in MIPS and is
designed to gather only the necessary
data that CMS needs for assessing
physician quality performance, and
related public reporting on physician
performance, and should complement
other data collection efforts. The survey
consists of the core Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) CAHPS Clinician & Group
Survey, version 3.0, plus additional
survey questions to meet CMS’s
information and program needs. The
survey information is used for quality
reporting, the compare tool on the
Medicare.gov website, and annual
statistical experience reports describing
MIPS data for all MIPS eligible
clinicians.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
SUMMARY:
proposed collection(s) summarized in
this notice, please access the CMS PRA
website by copying and pasting the
following web address into your web
browser: https://www.cms.gov/
Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/
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This 2024 information collection
request addresses the requirements
related to the statutorily required
quality measurement. The CAHPS for
MIPS survey results in burden to three
different types of entities: groups,
virtual groups, and subgroups; vendors;
and beneficiaries associated with
administering the survey. Virtual groups
are subject to the same requirements as
groups and subgroups; therefore, we
will refer only to ‘‘groups’’ as an
inclusive term for all entities unless
otherwise noted. Form Number: CMS–
10450 (OMB control number: 0938–
1222); Frequency: Yearly; Affected
Public: Business or other for-profits and
Not-for-profit institutions and
Individuals and Households; Number of
Respondents: 25,536; Total Annual
Responses: 25,536; Total Annual Hours:
5,867 (For policy questions regarding
this collection contact Renee Oneill at
410–786–8821.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of currently
approved Information Collection; Title
of Information Collection: Virtual
Groups for Merit-Based Incentive
Payment System (MIPS); Use: Section
1848(q)(5)(I)(ii) of the 2018 Quality
Payment Program final rule establishes
that a process must be in place to allow
an individual MIPS eligible clinician or
group consisting of not more than 10
MIPS eligible clinicians to elect, with
respect to a performance period for a
year, to be in a virtual group with at
least one other such individual MIPS
eligible clinician or group. Section
1848(q)(5)(I)(iii) of the Act establishes
the following requirements that pertain
to an election process: (1) individual
eligible clinicians and groups forming
virtual groups are required to make the
election prior to the start of the
applicable performance period under
MIPS and cannot change their election
during the performance period; (2) an
individual eligible clinician or group
may elect to be in no more than one
virtual group for a performance period
and in the case of the group electing to
be in a virtual group for the performance
period, the election applies to all
eligible clinicians in the group; (3) a
virtual group is a combination of TINs;
(4) formal written agreements are
required among the eligible clinicians
(includes individual eligible clinicians
and eligible clinicians within the
groups) electing to be a virtual group;
and (5) the Secretary has the authority
to include other requirements
determined appropriate.
Section 1848(q)(5)(I)(i) of the Act also
provides that MIPS eligible clinicians
electing to be a virtual group must: (1)
have their performance assessed for the
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-24-1181; Docket No. CDC-2023-0101]
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 continuing information
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project
titled Airline and Traveler Information Collection: Domestic Manifests
and Passenger Locator Form. These data collection forms align with
CDC's regulatory and public health mission under the authorities listed
in CDC regulations to allow CDC to collect passenger and crew
information from travelers and airlines when there has been a confirmed
or suspected case of communicable disease aboard a domestic or
international flight that puts other travelers at public health risk.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before March 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2023-
0101 by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to www.regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (www.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
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instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 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;
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; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Airline and Traveler Information Collection: Domestic Manifests and
the Passenger Locator Form (42 CFR parts 70 and 71)--Revision--National
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The goal of this information collection is to ensure that,
consistent with the authorities in the Public Health Service Act (PHSA)
and in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), CDC can collect
conveyance, passenger and crew member manifest information (aka
manifests) and Passenger Locator Forms (PLF) in the event an individual
with a confirmed or suspected case of a communicable disease is known
to have traveled on an interstate flight while infectious or
potentially infectious and presented a risk of spread to other
passengers or crew. This information is collected so that CDC can
initiate the process of contact tracing or provision of other public
health follow up to prevent further disease spread.
The intended use of the information is to enable CDC to provide
contact information to State and local health departments, so they can
contact travelers in a timely manner to provide them with a
notification that they may have been exposed to a communicable disease
and to provide follow-up health information and any recommended
interventions. In limited circumstances CDC may contact travelers
directly. There are no statistical sampling or research design methods
being used. CDC makes a determination of whether or not to collect
manifest information depending on the risk of communicable disease
spread during and after travel. There is no subpopulation being
studied. The universe of respondents is any airline aboard which an
infectious or potentially infectious individual is confirmed to have
traveled.
Data will be analyzed to ensure that timely responses from airlines
are received and that the manifest information is shared with State and
local public health departments, who generally bear the responsibility
of performing the contact investigations. However, there is no
predetermined methodology to analyze the provision of manifest data
from an airline.
The Domestic TB Manifest Order Template and Domestic non-TB
Manifest Order Template have combined the domestic manifest request
into one Manifest Order Template to align with current processes and
needs. In addition, the estimated burden for tuberculosis and other
infectious diseases domestic manifest orders have been combined into
one estimate for the domestic manifest order template as the estimated
time and burden to complete the manifest request is estimated to be
very similar for all infectious diseases.
CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 228,134 annual burden
hours. There is no cost to respondents other than their time to
participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response burden
respondent (in hours) hours
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Airline Medical Officer or Domestic Manifest 500 1 6 (360/60) 3,000
Equivalent/Computer and Order Template.
Information Systems Manager.
Traveler........................... Public Health 2,700,000 1 5/60 225,000
Passenger Locator
Form: Outbreak of
Public Health
Significance
(International
Flights).
Traveler........................... Public Health 1600 1 5/60 134
Passenger Locator
Form: Limited Onboard
Exposure
(International and
Domestic Flights).
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
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