[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13928-13929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5730]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-01-23]


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 Anne O'Connor, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

Proposed Project

    National Public Health Performance Standards Program State Public 
Health System Assessment--New--Public Health Practice Program Office 
(PHPPO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    Since 1998, the CDC National Public Health Performance Standards 
Program has convened workgroups with the National Association of County 
and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the Association of State and 
Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), the National Association of Local 
Boards of Health

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(NALBOH), the American Public Health Association (APHA), and the Public 
Health Foundation (PHF) to develop performance standards for public 
health systems based on the essential services of public health. In the 
fall of 2000, CDC conducted field tests with the state public health 
survey instruments in Hawaii, Minnesota, and Mississippi.
    CDC is now proposing to implement a formal, voluntary data 
collection, based on the lessons learned during field testing, to 
assess the capacity of state public health systems to deliver the 
Essential Services of Public Health. Electronic data submission will be 
the method of choice when state and territorial health departments 
complete the public health assessment.
    An estimated 33% of the 59 state and territorial health departments 
are expected to participate in the National Performance Standards 
Program during the first year. In year 2, an additional 25% are 
expected to complete the assessment. There are no cost to respondents.

                               National Performance Standards Program Burden Table
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                                                                                      Average
                                                                   Responses per      burden       Total burden
                           Respondents                              respondent     response  (in       hours
                                                                                       hrs.)
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                                                     Year 1
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20..............................................................               1              15             300
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                                                     Year 2
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15..............................................................               1              15             225
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    Dated: March 2, 2001.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-5730 Filed 3-7-01; 8:45 am]
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