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CDC will accept all comments for this
proposed information collection project.
The Office of Management and Budget
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
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
NCCDPHP Work Plans, Progress
Monitoring, and Evaluation Reporting—
New—National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Each year, more than 80% of the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) and the National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion’s (NCCDPHP)
budget is distributed to awardees such
as State health departments,
universities, and other organizations,
primarily through cooperative
agreements. The structure of cooperative
agreements is such that awardees and
CDC project officers, subject matter
experts, and technical monitors work
together on designing projects intended
to improve public health. CDC/
NCCDPHP seeks OMB approval to use
Generic Information Collection Request
(ICR) templates to collect work plan,
monitoring, and/or evaluation
information from cooperative agreement
awardees.
NCCDPHP does not currently have a
single information collection
mechanism that encompasses all
collection needs for all cooperative
agreements. The purpose of this generic
ICR is to allow the creation of
individualized templates or forms for
each phase of each award. OMB
approval is requested for three years.
The total annualized burden hours are
21,380. There is no cost to respondents
other than their time to participate.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Type of form
Comprehensive Cancer Control Program Award Recipients ........
National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
Award Recipients.
National Program of Cancer Registries Award Recipients ............
Other CDC/NCCDPHP Award Recipients .....................................
Evaluation Plan ...............
Work Plan .......................
66
64
1
1
6
6
Evaluation Report ...........
Other Reporting Forms ...
50
2,000
1
1
12
10
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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Type of respondent
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Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice with comment period.
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 Information
Collection for Tuberculosis Data from
Panel Physicians. The data collection is
designed to collect tuberculosis (TB)
data from medical exams of U.S.—
bound immigrants and refugees who
seek permanent residence in the U.S.
SUMMARY:
CDC must receive written
comments on or before August 5, 2024.
DATES:
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You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2024–
0047 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
ADDRESSES:
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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
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.
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Proposed Project
Information Collection for
Tuberculosis Data from Panel
Physicians (OMB Control No. 0920–
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1102, Exp. 12/31/2024))—Revision—
National Center for Emerging and
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention’s (CDC), National Center for
Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Global
Migration Health (DGMH), Immigrant
and Refugee Health Branch (IRHB),
requests approval for a Revision of an
existing information collection. This
project pertains to collecting annual
reports on certain tuberculosis (TB) data
from U.S. panel physicians.
The respondents for this data
collection are panel physicians. More
than 760 panel physicians from 336
panel sites perform overseas predeparture medical examinations in
accordance with requirements, referred
to as Technical Instructions (TI),
provided by DGMH’s Quality
Assessment Program (QAP). The role of
QAP is to assist and guide panel
physicians in the implementation of the
TI; to evaluate the quality of the
overseas medical examination for U.S.bound immigrants and refugees; to
assess potential panel physician sites;
and to provide recommendations to the
U.S. Department of State in matters of
immigrant medical screening.
To achieve DGMH’s mission, the
IRHB works with domestic and
international programs to improve the
health of U.S.-bound immigrants and
refugees to protect the U.S. public by
preventing the importation of infectious
disease. These goals are accomplished
through IRHB’s oversight of medical
exams required for all U.S.—bound
immigrants and refugees who seek
permanent residence in the U.S. IRHB is
responsible for assisting and training the
international panel physicians with the
implementation of medical exam TI.
The TIs are detailed requirements and
national policies regarding the medical
screening and treatment of all U.S.bound immigrants and refugees.
Screening for TB is a particularly
important component of the
immigration medical exam and allows
panel physicians to diagnose active TB
disease prior to arrival in the United
States. As part of the TI requirements,
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panel physicians perform chest x-rays
and laboratory tests that aid in the
identification of TB infection (Class B1
applicants) and diagnosis of active TB
disease (Class A, inadmissible
applicants). CDC uses these
classifications to report new immigrant
and refugee arrivals with a higher risk
of developing TB disease to U.S. State
and local health departments for further
follow-up. Some information that panel
physicians collect as part of the medical
exam is not reported on the standard
Department of State forms (DS-forms),
thereby preventing CDC from evaluating
TB trends in globally mobile
populations and monitoring program
effectiveness.
Currently, CDC is requesting this data
be sent by panel physicians once per
year. The consequences of reducing this
frequency would be the loss of
monitoring program impact and TB
burdens in mobile populations and
immigrants and refugees coming to the
United States on an annual basis. A
prior estimate of 7.5 hours has been
reduced to three hours based on the
knowledge that most panel physicians
have established electronic tracking
systems since the last OMB approval
period, thereby reducing the amount of
time needed to report this data to CDC.
CDC has also reduced burden by
removing four variables related to
pending lab results since the last OMB
approval period. The introduction of a
web-based data collection tool using
REDCap will reduce the burden by
improving the efficiency of data
reporting and reducing the time to fill
out the previous excel spreadsheet and
send via email. This new web-based
data collection will improve efficiencies
by having built in validation rules that
will reduce potential data reporting
errors. The new web-based data
collection tool will be easier for panel
physicians to submit data back to CDC
by hitting submit rather than emailing a
spreadsheet back.
Based on improved IT capacity at
most panel sites and an overall
reduction in variables collected since
the last OMB approval period, the
updated annual burden hours is
decreased. The annual burden hours
requested is 999. There is no cost to the
respondents other than their time.
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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Type of respondents
International Panel Physicians (All
sites).
Total ...............................................
3
999
...............................................................
........................
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....................
999
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–24–1317; Docket No. CDC–2024–
0042]
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 National
Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
Coronavirus (COVID–19) Surveillance
in Healthcare Facilities. This data
collection is designed to standardize the
data elements collected from across the
country regarding the impact of COVID–
19 on healthcare facilities.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before August 5, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2024–
0042 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
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burden
(in hours)
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Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
333
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SUMMARY:
Number of
responses per
respondent
TB Indicators REDCap web form ........
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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Number of
respondents
Form name
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
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;
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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
National Healthcare Safety Network
(NHSN) Coronavirus (COVID–19)
Surveillance in Healthcare Facilities
(OMB Control No. 0920–1317, Exp. 3/
31/2026)—Revision—National Center
for Emerging and Zoonotic Infection
Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Division of Healthcare Quality
Promotion (DHQP), National Center for
Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) collects
data from healthcare facilities in the
National Healthcare Safety Network
(NHSN). NHSN allows facilities to share
data immediately with local, state, and
national partners for impact monitoring,
decision-making, and surveillance
activities. The NHSN COVID–19
Modules (OMB Control No. 0920–1317)
are designed to standardize the data
elements collected across the country
regarding the impact of COVID–19 on
healthcare facilities. In collecting
standardized data, NHSN provides a
vendor-neutral platform and a national
lens into the burden hospitals are
experiencing in a way that is designed
to support the public health response.
NHSN is a platform that exists in nearly
all acute-care hospitals, nursing homes,
and dialysis facilities in the US and can
provide a secure, sturdy infrastructure.
The ICR was previously approved in
May 2024 for 8,864,813 responses and
6,460,072 burden hours. The proposed
changes in this new ICR include
revisions to 12 existing data collection
forms and addition of two new data
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-24-1102; Docket No. CDC-2024-0047]
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.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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 Information Collection for Tuberculosis Data from Panel
Physicians. The data collection is designed to collect tuberculosis
(TB) data from medical exams of U.S.--bound immigrants and refugees who
seek permanent residence in the U.S.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before August 5, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2024-
0047 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
[[Page 47961]]
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 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
Information Collection for Tuberculosis Data from Panel Physicians
(OMB Control No. 0920-1102, Exp. 12/31/2024))--Revision--National
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC), National
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division
of Global Migration Health (DGMH), Immigrant and Refugee Health Branch
(IRHB), requests approval for a Revision of an existing information
collection. This project pertains to collecting annual reports on
certain tuberculosis (TB) data from U.S. panel physicians.
The respondents for this data collection are panel physicians. More
than 760 panel physicians from 336 panel sites perform overseas pre-
departure medical examinations in accordance with requirements,
referred to as Technical Instructions (TI), provided by DGMH's Quality
Assessment Program (QAP). The role of QAP is to assist and guide panel
physicians in the implementation of the TI; to evaluate the quality of
the overseas medical examination for U.S.-bound immigrants and
refugees; to assess potential panel physician sites; and to provide
recommendations to the U.S. Department of State in matters of immigrant
medical screening.
To achieve DGMH's mission, the IRHB works with domestic and
international programs to improve the health of U.S.-bound immigrants
and refugees to protect the U.S. public by preventing the importation
of infectious disease. These goals are accomplished through IRHB's
oversight of medical exams required for all U.S.--bound immigrants and
refugees who seek permanent residence in the U.S. IRHB is responsible
for assisting and training the international panel physicians with the
implementation of medical exam TI. The TIs are detailed requirements
and national policies regarding the medical screening and treatment of
all U.S.-bound immigrants and refugees.
Screening for TB is a particularly important component of the
immigration medical exam and allows panel physicians to diagnose active
TB disease prior to arrival in the United States. As part of the TI
requirements, panel physicians perform chest x-rays and laboratory
tests that aid in the identification of TB infection (Class B1
applicants) and diagnosis of active TB disease (Class A, inadmissible
applicants). CDC uses these classifications to report new immigrant and
refugee arrivals with a higher risk of developing TB disease to U.S.
State and local health departments for further follow-up. Some
information that panel physicians collect as part of the medical exam
is not reported on the standard Department of State forms (DS-forms),
thereby preventing CDC from evaluating TB trends in globally mobile
populations and monitoring program effectiveness.
Currently, CDC is requesting this data be sent by panel physicians
once per year. The consequences of reducing this frequency would be the
loss of monitoring program impact and TB burdens in mobile populations
and immigrants and refugees coming to the United States on an annual
basis. A prior estimate of 7.5 hours has been reduced to three hours
based on the knowledge that most panel physicians have established
electronic tracking systems since the last OMB approval period, thereby
reducing the amount of time needed to report this data to CDC. CDC has
also reduced burden by removing four variables related to pending lab
results since the last OMB approval period. The introduction of a web-
based data collection tool using REDCap will reduce the burden by
improving the efficiency of data reporting and reducing the time to
fill out the previous excel spreadsheet and send via email. This new
web-based data collection will improve efficiencies by having built in
validation rules that will reduce potential data reporting errors. The
new web-based data collection tool will be easier for panel physicians
to submit data back to CDC by hitting submit rather than emailing a
spreadsheet back.
Based on improved IT capacity at most panel sites and an overall
reduction in variables collected since the last OMB approval period,
the updated annual burden hours is decreased. The annual burden hours
requested is 999. There is no cost to the respondents other than their
time.
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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 (in
respondent (in hours) hours)
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International Panel Physicians TB Indicators 333 1 3 999
(All sites). REDCap web form.
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Total........................ ................... .............. .............. ........... 999
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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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