[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3046-3047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-888]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30 Day--09-08AX]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    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) 639-5960 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Morbidity Surveillance--New--
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention 
(NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The CDC is responsible for the reporting and dissemination of 
nationally notifiable STD morbidity information for prevention and 
control purposes in collaboration with state and local health 
departments. Recent changes in sexually transmitted disease (STD) 
epidemiology in the United States indicate that the existing passive 
surveillance for STD does not include all the elements needed in order 
to control and prevent STDs in the U.S. Towards that end, CDC is 
proposing a new electronic information collection called STD Morbidity 
Surveillance that will include information on laboratory confirmation 
of syphilis infection and risk behaviors of persons infected with 
syphilis and other STDs. Physicians and other providers collect 
demographic, risk, and clinical (including laboratory) information from 
persons diagnosed with notifiable STDs during a clinical encounter or 
counseling session. The

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respondents will submit the information electronically, to the state 
and local public health departments. Clinical specimens obtained from 
case-patients are submitted to private or public diagnostic 
laboratories with laboratory requisition forms which includes 
information on the provider and case-patient. A subset of the 
information reported to state health departments from health care 
providers or laboratories is reported electronically as a case report 
e-record to CDC's Nationally Notifiable Disease Surveillance System on 
a weekly basis. CDC estimates that 57 respondents spend 20 minutes each 
week extracting notifiable STD surveillance information from their 
electronic information system. CDC staff review STD morbidity data at 
varying frequencies to identify population subgroups at increased risk 
for STDs. The target evidence-based intervention strategies, evaluate 
the impact of ongoing control efforts, thus enhancing our understanding 
of STD transmission. There is no cost to respondents other than their 
time. The total estimated annual burden hours are 989.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
          Types of respondent                   Form name           respondents    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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State Health Departments..............  Electronic STD Case                   50              52           20/60
                                         report.
Territorial Health Agencies...........  Electronic STD Case                    5              52           20/60
                                         report.
City and county health departments....  Electronic STD Case                    2              52           20/60
                                         report.
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    Dated: January 8, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E9-888 Filed 1-15-09; 8:45 am]
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