[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14020-14021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5920]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-11-0406]


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

    State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS), (OMB No. 
0920-0406, Expiration 04/30/2011)--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. This revision is to notify the public of a request to 
continue the SLAITS mechanism for the 2011 to 2014 survey period. A 
three year clearance is requested.
    SLAITS is an integrated and coordinated survey system that has been 
conducted since 1997, in accordance with the 1995 initiative to 
increase the integration of surveys within DHHS. It is designed to 
collect needed health and well-being data at the national, state, and 
local levels. Using the large sampling frame of the ongoing National 
Immunization Survey (NIS) and Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing 
(CATI), and when necessary independent samples, mail, and Internet 
modes to support data collection activities, SLAITS has quickly 
collected and produced household and person-level data to monitor 
health-related areas. Questionnaire content is drawn from existing 
surveys within DHHS and other Federal agencies, or developed 
specifically to meet project sponsor needs.

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    Examples of topical areas include infant, child, adolescent, 
parent, and family health, well-being, and knowledge, attitude, and 
behaviors; children with special health care needs (CSHCN); 
functioning; life course and social determinants of health; 
developmental delays and disabilities; acute and chronic conditions; 
immunizations; access to and use of health care; program participation; 
adoption; and changes in health insurance coverage and experiences.
    Users of SLAITS data include, but are not limited to, Congressional 
offices, Federal agencies, state and local governments, schools of 
public health, colleges and universities, private industry, nonprofit 
foundations, professional associations, clinicians, researchers, 
administrators, advocates, and health planners, to evaluate content 
and/or programs. SLAITS data continue to be heavily used by Federal and 
state Maternal and Child Health Bureau Directors to evaluate programs 
and service needs. Several SLAITS modules provided data for multiple 
Congressionally-mandated reports on healthcare disparities and quality; 
at least one report to Congress on health insurance coverage among 
children; and reports of the National Academy of Sciences. Within DHHS, 
the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation and 
the Administration for Children and Families used SLAITS to collect 
data for the first nationally representative survey of adoptive 
families across adoption types for children with and without special 
health care needs, and to assess their post-adoption service use and 
unmet needs.
    There is no cost to respondents other than their time to 
participate. The total estimated annualized burden hours are 194,675.

                                        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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Household screening.............................................       1,800,000               1            2/60
Household interview.............................................         306,000               1           25/60
Pilot work, pre-testing, and planning activities................          12,300               1           35/60
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    Dated: March 9, 2011.
Carol E. Walker,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-5920 Filed 3-14-11; 8:45 am]
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