[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30918-30919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12226]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-04-57]


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)498-1210.
    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 or other 
forms of information technology. Send comments to Sandra Gambescia, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E11, 
Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to [email protected]. Written comments 
should be received within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS), OMB No. 
0920-0406--Revision--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    The State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS) 
mechanism has been conducted since 1997. This is a request to continue 
for three years the integrated and coordinated survey system designed 
to collect needed health and welfare related data at the national, 
state, and local levels. Using the random-digit-dial sampling frame 
from the ongoing National Immunization Survey (NIS) and Computer 
Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI), the State and Local Area 
Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS) has quickly collected and produced 
data to monitor many health-related areas including child and family 
well-being, access to care, program participation, and changes in 
health care coverage at the national and State levels. The first module 
will be the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs, 
which will provide data to be used for program planning and evaluation 
at the State and national levels.
    For some SLAITS modules, questionnaire content is drawn from 
existing surveys within the Department of Health and Human Services as 
well as other Federal agencies. Other questionnaire modules were 
developed specifically for SLAITS. Past modules include General Health, 
Children's Health, Child Well-Being and Welfare, Children with Special 
Health Care Needs (CSHCN), Asthma Prevalence and

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Treatment, Knowledge of Medicaid and the State Children's Health 
Insurance Program (SCHIP), Survey of Early Childhood Health, and HIV/
STD Related Risk Behavior.
    SLAITS has provided policy analysts, program planners, and 
researchers with high quality data for decisionmaking and program 
assessment. For example, the module on Medicaid and SCHIP was 
prominently featured in a report to Congress on insuring children. The 
CSHCN module has been used by Federal and State Maternal and Child 
Health Bureau Directors to evaluate programs and service needs. The 
American Academy of Pediatrics is using the module on early childhood 
health to advise pediatricians on patient care standards and to inform 
parents about the health and well-being of young children. There is no 
cost to respondents other than their time to participate. The burden 
table below is annualized.

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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
                   Respondents                      respondents    responses per   response  (in       hours
                                                                    respondent         hrs.)
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Household screening.............................         296,559               1            5/60          24,713
Household interview.............................         102,000               1           25/60          42,500
Pilot work, pre-testing activities, etc.........           6,100               1           13/60           1,322
    Total.......................................         404,659  ..............  ..............          68,535
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    Dated: May 19, 2004.
Joe E. Salter,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-12226 Filed 5-28-04; 8:45 am]
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