[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80055-80056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31981]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-11-0776]


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

    Economic Analysis of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early 
Detection Program--Revision--Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, 
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 
(NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    CDC administers the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early 
Detection Program (NBCCEDP), the largest organized cancer screening 
program in the United States. The NBCCEDP provides critical breast and 
cervical cancer screening services to uninsured and underserved low-
income women in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, five U.S. 
territories, and 12 American Indian/Alaska Native organizations. The 
program provides breast and cervical cancer screening for eligible 
women who participate in the program as well as diagnostic procedures 
for women who have abnormal findings. During the past decade, the 
NBCCEDP has provided over 9.2 million breast and cervical cancer 
screening and diagnostic exams to over 3.7 million low-income women. 
Those who are diagnosed with cancer through the program are eligible 
for Medicaid coverage through the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention 
and Treatment Act passed by Congress in 2000.
    In 2008, CDC received OMB approval to collect one year of activity-
based economic cost data from NBCCEDP grantees. In 2009, CDC received 
OMB approval to collect two additional years of cost data for FY09 and 
FY10 (OMB

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No. 0920-0776, exp. 03/31/2011). Respondents are the 68 programs 
participating in the NBCCEDP. Information is collected electronically 
through a web-based Cost Assessment Tool (CAT) and includes: Staff and 
consultant salaries, screening costs, contracts and material costs, 
provider payments, in-kind contributions, administrative costs, 
allocation of funds and staff time devoted to specific program 
activities.
    CDC requests OMB approval for a six-month extension of the current 
approval period in order to complete the data collection. Based on our 
experience with previous cycles of data collection, 20 grantees (30% of 
the total 68 grantees) will not be able to meet the current data 
collection deadline of 3/31/2011. These programs will complete their 
fiscal year (FY) closeout process in April or May 2011. As a result, 
these programs will not be prepared to submit data to CDC until their 
FY is complete and records have been reconciled. The requested six-
month extension period will provide the time they need to complete 
their FY10 closeout and conduct data quality checks before submitting 
information to CDC. The requested six-month extension will improve the 
quality and completeness of information used for planned data analysis, 
and ensure CDC's authority to receive late submissions.
    The information is being collected to support activity-based 
analysis of the costs and cost-effectiveness of the NBCCEDP. The 
information will be used to assess the costs of various program 
components, identify factors that impact average cost, perform cost-
effectiveness analysis, and to develop a resource allocation tool for 
ensuring the most appropriate use of limited program resources. All 
information will be collected electronically.
    NBCCEDP grantees currently report information on screening and 
diagnosis volumes (the effectiveness measures for the program) as part 
of the Minimum Data Elements (MDE) for the NBCCEDP (OMB 0920-0571, exp. 
11/30/2012). Cost information to be collected through the CAT will 
complement information currently collected through the MDE project.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total 
estimated annualized burden hours are 440.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                Number of
                  Type of respondents                        Number of        responses per      Average burden
                                                            respondents         respondent          (in hrs)
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NBCCEDP grantee........................................                20                  1                 22
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Catina Conner,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
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