[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 233 (Monday, December 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75885-75886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31108]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-12-11DU]


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 requirement of 
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To 
request a copy of these requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance 
Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an email 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

    The National Survey of Prison Health Care (NSPHC)--New--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 one-year clearance request includes data collection 
from identified respondents at the Department of Corrections within 
each state in the United States and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
    Few national level data exist concerning the administration of 
health care services in correctional facilities in the United States. 
National-level data from the health care providers within prison 
systems are important for a myriad of purposes related to improving 
prison health and health care. To remedy this gap in knowledge 
regarding the capacity of prison facilities to deliver medical and 
mental health services, NCHS in partnership with the Bureau of Justice 
Statistics (BJS) plans to conduct the National Survey of Prison Health 
Care (NSPHC). This collection aims to: provide an overall picture of 
the global structure of healthcare services in prisons in the United 
States; close gaps in available information about availability, 
location and capacity of healthcare services provided to inmates; and 
identify extent

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to which electronic medical records are utilized within the 
correctional healthcare system.
    NSPHC will be a mail survey to a prison official in the Department 
of Corrections (DOC) within each of the 50 States and Federal Bureau of 
Prisons (BOP) and will seek facility-level information on the types of 
healthcare services delivered and the mechanisms used to deliver these 
services.
    NSPHC will collect data on healthcare services including the extent 
to which services are contracted; staffing; locations (i.e., on- or 
off-site) of healthcare services and specialty healthcare services; and 
the types of of medical, dental, mental health, and pharmaceutical 
services provided to inmates. NSPHC will collect data on intake 
physical and mental health assessments practices for inmates; 
credentials of staff performing screenings; vaccinations against major 
infectious diseases; and smoking allowances. Discharge planning data 
collected includes the availability of bridge medications, Medicaid re-
enrollment processes, and the number of inmates with mental illness 
linked to housing prior to release. NSPHC will also collect data on how 
DOCs maintain health records including the format (paper and/or 
electronic) of specific types of health records.
    Potential users of the data collected through NSPHC are policy 
makers, correctional healthcare researchers, mental health researchers, 
and corrections administrators. There is no cost to respondents other 
than their time to participate. The total estimated annual burden is 
204 hours.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                   Number of     Avg. burden per
             Respondents                        Form              Number of      responses per     response (in
                                                                 respondents       respondent         hours)
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Prison official in DOC or BOP         NSPHC Questionnaire....              51                1                4
 (Medical/Health Researcher).
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    Dated: November 28, 2011.
Daniel Holcomb,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-31108 Filed 12-2-11; 8:45 am]
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