[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 110 (Thursday, June 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 33745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13795]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30-Day 12-12BZ]


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 
(404) 639-7570 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) 395-5806. Written comments should be received within 30 
days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Data collection for the 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 one 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: 11,701 RCFs and 5,000 ADSCs. 
The data to be collected from RCCs and ADSCs include basic 
characteristics, services offered, staffing, and practices of 
providers, as well as distributions of the demographics, physical 
functioning, and cognitive functioning of users (RCC residents and ADSC 
participants) aggregated to the RCC/ADSC level.
    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; provider 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, such as AARP.
    Expected burden from data collection is 30 minutes for respondents. 
We estimate that 10% of RCC and ADSC directors will be called for 15 
minutes of data retrieval when there are errors or omissions in their 
returned surveys. There is no cost to respondents other than their time 
to participate. The total estimate of annualized burden is 8,769 hours.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden/
          Type of respondent                    Form name            Number of      responses/      response (in
                                                                    respondents     respondent        hours)
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RCC Director..........................  RCC Questionnaire.......          11,701               1           30/60
ADSC Director.........................  ADSC Questionnaire......           5,000               1           30/60
RCC and ADSC Directors................  Data Retrieval..........           1,670               1           15/60
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Kimberly S. Lane,
Deputy Director, Office of Science Integrity, Office of the Associate 
Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-13795 Filed 6-6-12; 8:45 am]
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