[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65226-65227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31415]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[INFO-97-30]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques for other 
forms of information technology. Send comments to Wilma Johnson, CDC 
Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, Atlanta, GA 
30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

Proposed Projects

    1. Congenital Syphilis Case Investigation and Report Form (CDC 
73.126 REV 09-91) (0920-0128)--This request is for a 3-year extension 
of clearance. Reducing congenital syphilis (CS) is a national objective 
in the DHHS Report entitled Healthy People 2000: Midcourse Review and 
1995 Revisions. Objective 19.4 of this document states the goal: 
``reduce congenital syphilis to an incidence of no more than 40 cases 
per 100,000 live births'' by the year 2000. In order to meet this 
national objective, an effective surveillance system for CS must be 
continued in order to monitor current levels of disease and progress 
towards the year 2000 objective. This data will also be used to develop 
intervention strategies and to evaluate ongoing control efforts. The 
total estimated cost to respondents is $14,550.

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                                                                                 Number of   Average            
                                                                    Number of   responses/   burden/     Total  
                           Respondents                             respondents  respondent   response    burden 
                                                                                 (in hrs.)  (in hrs.)  (in hrs.)
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State and local health department................................        2000            1       0.25        500
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      Total......................................................  ...........  ..........  .........        500
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    2. Survey to Evaluate the 1989 Revisions of the U.S. Standard 
Certificates of Live Birth and Death and the U.S. Standard Report of 
Fetal Death--New--OMB approved the information collections for the 
evaluation of the 1978 revisions of the U.S. standard certificates and 
reports under OMB No. 0937-0114. The standard certificates are used by 
state vital statistics offices as models in developing their own birth, 
death, and fetal death reporting forms. Data obtained from these 
reporting forms in each individual state are used to compile national 
vital statistics. The standard certificates are the principal means of 
achieving uniformity of information upon which national vital 
statistics are based. To ensure that the standard certificates meet the 
various

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needs for which they are designed, it is essential that they be 
evaluated and revised periodically. This information collection will be 
used to evaluate the items on the 1989 revisions of the standard 
certificates and to determine if there is other information that should 
be included on the standards that is needed for relevant public health 
research. Respondents will include individuals and organizations who 
are involved in the completion of vital records or who utilize vital 
statistics data and have an interest in the content of the standard 
certificates. The information collected will be used by a group of 
consultants to determine what changes may be needed in the 1989 
standard certificates. The total cost to respondents is estimated at 
$90,000.

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                                                                                             Average            
                                                                  Number of     Number of    burden/     Total  
                          Respondents                            respondents  respondents/   response    burden 
                                                                                responses   (in hrs.)  (in hrs.)
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Live Birth Questionnaire.......................................        2000             1         0.5       1000
Fetal Death Questionnaire......................................        2000             1         0.5       1000
Death Questionnaire............................................        2000             1         0.5       1000
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      Total....................................................  ...........  ............  .........       3000
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    Dated: December 4, 1996.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-31415 Filed 12-10-96; 8:45 am]
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