[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 13 (Thursday, January 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4038-4039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1227]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-09-0691]


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

    State Medicaid Tobacco Coverage Survey--Reinstatement--National 
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control (NCCDPHP), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death in the 
United States despite the availability of evidence-based treatments for 
tobacco dependence, which include counseling and FDA-approved 
pharmacotherapies. To increase both the use of treatment by smokers 
attempting to quit and the number of smokers who quit successfully, the 
Guide to Community Preventive Services recommends reducing the out-of-
pocket cost of effective tobacco-dependence treatments, and the Public 
Health Service (PHS) Clinical Practice Guideline supports expanded 
insurance coverage for tobacco-dependence treatment.
    Medicaid recipients have approximately 50% greater smoking 
prevalence than the overall U.S. adult population, and they are 
disproportionately affected by tobacco-related disease and disability. 
Information about the amount and type of coverage for tobacco-
dependence treatment offered by Medicaid has been collected during 
1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007. Information 
collection for the three most recent years (2005-2007) was conducted by 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (OMB No. 0920-0691, 
expiration date 8/31/2008). Respondents were Medicaid directors or 
their designees in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
    CDC requests OMB approval to reinstate information collection for 
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additional three-year period. Responses will be submitted 
electronically using a web-based survey instrument. Minor changes to 
the instrument are proposed to address compliance with recommendations 
made in the updated PHS clinical practice guideline issued in May of 
2008, such as coverage for combination therapies, smokeless tobacco 
use, and states' familiarity with and use of the 2000 PHS guideline. 
The minor changes are not expected to affect the overall burden 
estimate. To minimize burden, each respondent will only be asked to 
record changes that occurred since the time of the previous submission. 
As in previous years, each respondent will also attach a copy of the 
state's Medicaid coverage plan to their completed survey, in order to 
assist the research team with the interpretation of responses.
    The information to be collected will allow CDC to continue 
monitoring compliance with the most recent PHS recommendations and the 
progress of State Medicaid Programs toward the 2010 National Health 
Objectives and Healthy People 2010 goals.
    There are no costs to respondents except the time to complete the 
survey. The total estimated burden hours are 26.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                   Number of     Average  burden
                         Respondents                              Number of      responses per    per  response
                                                                 respondents       respondent       (in hours)
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State Medicaid Programs......................................              51                1            30/60
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    Dated: January 13, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-1227 Filed 1-21-09; 8:45 am]
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