[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 199 (Friday, October 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61255-61256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23150]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-04-0406]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 498-1210 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Human 
Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-6974. Written 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS), OMB No. 
0920-0406--Extension--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 
the integrated and coordinated survey system for three years. This 
system is 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 
component of the next three-year period 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 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 decision making 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 are no 
costs to respondents other than their time to participate. The 
estimated annualized burden is 52,734 hours.

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                                                                                     Number of        Average
  Survey/questionnaire--children with special health care needs      Number of     responses per    burden per
                                                                    respondents     respondent       response
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                                              2005 Burden Estimates
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    Screener (child in HH)......................................         592,126               1           .5/60
    Screener (CSHCN)............................................         129,487               1            5/60
    Survey (CSHCN)..............................................          25,500               1           25/60
    Survey--state Augmentation (CSHCN)..........................           5,000               1           35/60
    Survey (Referent sample)....................................           3,000               1           25/60
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Developmental work for future module:
    Screener....................................................          10,000               1            5/60
    Survey......................................................           2,000               1           30/60
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SLAITS website--button or permanent website submission link:
    Survey......................................................             100               1            3/60
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                                              2006 Burden Estimates
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    Screener (child in HH)......................................         592,126               1           .5/60
    Screener (CSHCN)............................................         129,487               1            5/60
    Survey (CSHCN)..............................................          25,500               1           25/60
    Survey--state Augmentation (CSHCN)..........................           5,000               1           35/60
    Survey (Referent sample)....................................           3,000               1           25/60
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Developmental work for future module:
    Screener....................................................          10,000               1            5/60
    Survey......................................................           2,000               1           30/60
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SLAITS website--button or permanent website submission link:
    Survey......................................................             100               1            3/60
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                                              2007 Burden Estimates
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    Screener....................................................         589,847               1            5/60
    Survey......................................................         102,000               1           25/60
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Developmental work for future modules:
    Screener....................................................          10,000               1            5/60
    Survey......................................................           2,000               1           30/60
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SLAITS website--button or permanent website submission link:
    Survey......................................................             100               1            3/60
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    Dated: October 8, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-23150 Filed 10-14-04; 8:45 am]
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