[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53887-53888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21720]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60-Day-12-12RI]


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 404-639-7570 
and send comments to Ron Otten, 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 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

    Information Collection on foreign-born, migrant, refugee and other 
mobile populations with current or future ties to the United States--
New--National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases 
(NCEZID), Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National 
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division 
of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ), requests approval of a new 
``generic clearance'' to better understand the health status, risk 
factors for disease and other health outcomes among foreign-born, 
migrant, refugee and other mobile populations with current or future 
ties to the United States. Insights gained from information collections 
will assist in the planning, implementation and improvement of disease 
prevention and control activities.
    The information collection for which approval is sought is in 
accordance with DGMQ's mission to reduce morbidity and mortality among 
immigrants, refugees, travelers, expatriates, and other globally mobile 
populations, and to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread 
of communicable diseases from foreign countries into the United States. 
This

[[Page 53888]]

mission is supported by delegated legal authorities.
    Section 361 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 USC 264) 
authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make and 
enforce regulations necessary to prevent the introduction, 
transmission, or spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries 
or possessions into the United States and from one state or possession 
into any other state or possession. These regulations are codified in 
42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 70 and 71.
    The Secretary of Health and Human Services also has the legal 
authority to establish regulations outlining the requirements for the 
medical examination of aliens before they may be admitted into the 
United States. This authority is provided under Section 212(a)(1)(A) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(1)(A)) and 
Section 325 of the Public Health Service Act. These regulations are 
codified in 42 CFR part 34, which establish requirements that determine 
whether aliens can be admitted into the United States.
    Successful implementation of DGMQ's regulatory authority and public 
health mission requires a variety of information collections with 
foreign-born, migrant and other mobile populations with current or 
future ties to the United States. These include but are not limited to: 
Immigrants, international travelers, asylees and refugees, expatriates, 
border region residents, temporary migrants, and permanent alien 
residents.
    Numerous types of information will be collected under the auspices 
of this generic OMB clearance. These include, but are not limited to, 
knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, behavioral intentions, practices, 
behaviors, skills, self-efficacy, and health information needs and 
sources.
    The proposed generic clearance is needed for DGMQ to fulfill its 
regulatory authority and public health mission, and will allow DGMQ to 
quickly collect important health-related information from the 
aforementioned hard-to-reach populations in order to improve routine 
and emergency public health programs and activities.
    DGMQ staff proposes that data collection methods for this package 
will include but are not limited to: interviews, focus groups, and 
surveys. Depending on the specific purpose, data collection methods may 
be conducted either in-person, by telephone, on paper, or online. Data 
may be collected in quantitative and/or qualitative forms. Each 
proposed information collection will submit the tools used for data 
collection, including screenshots of web-based surveys, in the 
statement provided to OMB.
    DGMQ estimates that 59,550 respondents will be screened in order 
for 19,850 to be involved in information collection activities each 
year. It is estimated that information collection activities will total 
21,992 burden hours per year.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondent            Form name       respondents   responses  per   response  (in       hours
                                                                     respondent       hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Foreign-born, migrant, refugee  Screeners for             39,700               1           10/60           6,617
 and other mobile populations.   Surveys, Focus
                                 Groups,
                                 Interviews.
Foreign-born, migrant, refugee  Surveys.........          19,200               1           45/60          14,400
 and other mobile populations.
Foreign-born, migrant, refugee  Focus Groups,                650               1             1.5             975
 and other mobile populations.   Interviews.
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............          21,992
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


    Dated: August 28, 2012.
Ron A, Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate 
Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-21720 Filed 8-31-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P