[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11886-11887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4635]


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 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-07-0406]


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 404-639-5960 
and send comments to Joan Karr, CDC Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 
1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to 
[email protected].
    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. 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).

Background and Brief Description

    Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 
242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, shall collect statistics on the 
extent and nature of illness and disability of the population of the 
United States. 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 well-being data at the national, 
state, and local levels (in accordance with the 1995 initiative to 
increase the integration of surveys within DHHS).
    Using the large sampling frame from the ongoing National 
Immunization Survey (NIS) and Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing 
(CATI), SLAITS has quickly collected and produced household and person-
level data to monitor many health-related areas. Questionnaire content 
is drawn from existing surveys within DHHS as well as other Federal 
agencies, or developed specifically for an instrument according to the 
needs of the project sponsor. Examples of topical areas include child 
and family health and well-being, early childhood health, children with 
special health care needs (CSHCN), influenza vaccination of children, 
asthma prevalence and treatment, access to care, program participation, 
the health and well-being of adopted children, post-adoption support 
use, knowledge of Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance 
Program (SCHIP), and changes in health care coverage at the national 
and state levels. The first module covered in this three-year clearance 
is the 2008 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs 
(NS-CSHCN). It will provide data to be used for program planning and 
evaluation at the state and national levels.
    Since its inception the SLAITS mechanism has been used by 
government, university, and private researchers; policymakers; and 
advocates to evaluate content and programmatic health issues. For 
example, the CSHCN and Children's Health modules have been used by 
Federal and state Maternal and Child Health Bureau Directors to 
evaluate programs and service needs. Several SLAITS modules have 
provided data for numerous editions of two Congressionally-mandated 
reports on healthcare disparities and quality. The module on Medicaid 
and SCHIP was prominently featured in a report to Congress on insuring 
children. The SLAITS asthma module was featured in two resource guides 
published by another Federal agency to improve the quality of asthma 
care at the state-level.
    There is no cost to respondents other than their time to 
participate.

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                                       Estimate of Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Respondents                       Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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Household screening.............................         622,000               1            1/60          10,367
Household interview.............................         102,000              11           25/60          42,500
Pilot work, pre-testing, and planning activities           6,100               1           35/60           3,558
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............          56,425
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    Dated: March 5, 2007.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-4635 Filed 3-13-07; 8:45 am]
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