[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 228 (Monday, November 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 62575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28487]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30 Day-10-0573]


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) 395-5806. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Adult and Pediatric HIV/AIDS Confidential Case Reports for National 
HIV/AIDS Surveillance (OMB No. 0920-0573 Exp. 2/28/2010)--Revision--
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention 
(NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The purpose of HIV/AIDS surveillance data collection is to monitor 
trends in HIV disease and describe the characteristics of infected 
persons (e.g., demographics, modes of exposure to HIV, clinical and 
laboratory markers of HIV disease, manifestations of severe HIV 
disease, and deaths among persons with HIV/AIDS). HIV/AIDS surveillance 
data are widely used by scientists, researchers, and public health 
authorities at all levels to assess the impact of HIV infection on 
morbidity and mortality, to allocate medical care resources and 
services and to guide prevention and disease control activities.
    CDC in collaboration with health departments in the 50 states, the 
District of Columbia, and U.S. dependent areas, conducts national 
surveillance for cases of HIV infection that includes critical data 
across the spectrum of HIV disease from HIV diagnosis to AIDS, the end-
stage disease caused by infection with HIV, and death. In addition, 
this system provides the essential data to estimate HIV incidence and 
monitor patterns in variant, atypical, and resistant strains of HIV 
among infected persons in the United States. Case report data are 
either abstracted from medical records by health departments or 
reported from laboratories, physicians, and other care providers to 
health departments who compile the information and report data to CDC 
for inclusion in the national database. Since 1993, these data have 
been maintained and reported through the HIV/AIDS reporting system 
(HARS) software. In 2010, the new enhanced electronic HIV/AIDS 
reporting system (eHARS) will be fully deployed. The revisions 
requested include additional data elements for eHARS that will allow 
better tracking of documents and flow of previously approved currently 
collected surveillance data. In addition, we are requesting approval of 
a revised data collection form for enhanced perinatal surveillance 
(EPS) including non-substantial changes aimed at improving the format 
and usability of the EPS form.
    The data CDC collects through the national HIV surveillance system 
provide the sole source of comprehensive, complete national HIV 
statistics collected in a timely and standardized manner. Continued 
data collection will benefit the public by providing accurate and 
reliable information on the extent and distribution of the HIV epidemic 
in the United States to be used to guide local and national HIV 
prevention and control efforts and guide distribution of resources for 
HIV treatment and care. The total estimated annual burden hours are 
51,311.

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours

                               Exhibit 12.A--Estimates of Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of      Avg. burden
          Type of respondent                    Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Health Departments....................  Adult HIV/AIDS Case                   59           1,839           20/60
                                         Report.
Health Departments....................  Pediatric HIV/AIDS Case               59               8           20/60
                                         Report.
Health Departments....................  Case Report Updates.....              59              97            5/60
Health Departments....................  Incidence...............              25           2,437           10/60
Health Departments....................  VARHS...................              11           2,019            5/60
Health Departments....................  EPS.....................              15             167               1
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    Dated: November 20, 2009.
Marilyn S. Radke,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-28487 Filed 11-27-09; 8:45 am]
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