[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 242 (Friday, December 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78261-78262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32202]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60-Day 12-12BZ]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call (404) 639-5960 
and send written comments to Daniel Holcomb, CDC Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email 
to [email protected].
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information

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on respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology. Written comments 
should be received within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Residential Care Facility and Adult Day Service Center Components 
of the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers--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 
health resources * * * [and] utilization of health care, including 
extended care facilities, and other institutions.''
    NCHS seeks approval to collect data for the residential care 
facility (RCF) and adult day services center (ADSC) components of a 
planned new survey, the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers 
(NSLTCP). A two year clearance is requested.
    As background here are some details on the plans for the whole 
study, of which this data collection is two components. The entire 
NSLTCP is being designed to: (1) Broaden NCHS' ongoing coverage of 
paid, regulated long-term care (LTC) providers; (2) merge with existing 
administrative data on LTC providers (i.e. Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services (CMS) data on nursing home, home health, and hospice 
care); (3) update data more frequently on LTC providers for which 
nationally representative administrative data do not exist; and (4) 
enable comparisons across LTC provider types and monitor the supply and 
use of these providers.
    The data will be collected in the 50 states and the District of 
Columbia from two types of LTC facilities: 9,450 RCFs and 4,601 ADSCs. 
The data to be collected include the basic characteristics, services, 
staffing, and practices of RCFs and ADSCs, and aggregate-level 
distributions of the demographics, physical functioning, and cognitive 
functioning of RCF and ADSC care recipients.
    Expected users of data from this collection effort include, but are 
not limited to CDC; other Department of Health and Human Services 
(DHHS) agencies, such as the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Planning and Evaluation and the Agency for Healthcare Research and 
Quality; associations, such as LeadingAge (formerly the American 
Association of Homes and Services for the Aging), National Center for 
Assisted Living, American Seniors Housing Association, Assisted Living 
Federation of America, and National Adult Day Services Association; 
universities; foundations; and other private sector organizations.
    Expected burden from data collection is 45 minutes per respondent 
for a total of 5,270 hours. There is no cost to respondents other than 
their time to participate.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                                  Average burden/    Response
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of       Number of      response (in    burden (in
                                                    respondents      responses       minutes)         hours)
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RCF Director..................  RCF                        4,725               1           45/60           3,544
                                 Questionnaire.
ADSC Director.................  ADSC                       2,301               1           45/60           1,726
                                 Questionnaire.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           5,270
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    Dated: December 9, 2011.
Daniel Holcomb,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-32202 Filed 12-15-11; 8:45 am]
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