[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 135 (Tuesday, July 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41287-41288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16569]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30-Day-14-0900]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted 
the following information collection request to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed 
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public 
and affected agencies.
    Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are 
encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a) 
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; (d) Minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses; and 
(e) Assess information collection costs.
    To request additional information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call 
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Written comments and/or 
suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be 
directed to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Contact Investigation Outcome Reporting Forms (0920-0900)- 
Revision--(Expiration date: September 30, 2014)--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), Division of 
Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) requests a revision of the 
currently approved Information Collection Request: ``Contact 
Investigation Outcome Reporting Forms,'' expiring September 30, 2014. 
CDC has conducted a thorough review of the data collection tools 
approved in this information collection request. To streamline the data 
collected, ease the completion of each data collection tool, and to 
target information collected to be more specific to the individual 
illness of public health concern, several changes to the data 
collection tools have been proposed. The result is a 12% reduction in 
burden, or a reduction of 32 total

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burden hours. A summary of changes is as follows:
     Data pertaining to contact investigations for measles, 
mumps and rubella will no longer be collected using one form for either 
the air or maritime environments.
     Data collection for measles contact investigations will be 
collected either by using the Measles Contact Investigation Reporting 
Form--Air, or the Measles Contact Investigation Reporting Form--
Maritime.
     CDC will no longer collect information pertaining to cases 
of mumps occurring during air travel. Contact investigations for cases 
of mumps occurring onboard maritime conveyances will still be 
evaluated, using the General Contact Investigation Outcome Form--
Maritime.
     Data collection for rubella contact investigations will be 
collected either by using the Rubella Contact Investigation Reporting 
Form--Air, or the Rubella Contact Investigation Reporting Form--
Maritime. Data collection fields pertaining to pregnant women have been 
added to assist in recommending the appropriate prophylaxis of those 
exposed.
     Data pertaining to contact investigations occurring in the 
air and land-border crossing environments will no longer be collected 
using the same form. Factors affecting the disease transmission in 
these environments is very different, thus, CDC has created separate 
data collection tools and fields. Data collection for contact 
investigations of illnesses of public health concern occurring in a 
land-border crossing environment will be collected by using the General 
Contact Investigation Reporting Form--Land. Data collection for 
illnesses of public health concern occurring in an air environment will 
be collected using tools specific to each disease.
     In response to a request from maritime operators (cruise 
ship physicians/cargo ship managers), CDC has added the option for 
contact investigation outcome reporting to be completed in either a MS 
Word or MS Excel format. The Excel format allows reporting for multiple 
patients simultaneously without completing separate documents for each 
ill traveler. The information collected on each of the data collection 
tools is the same. Data collection for contact investigations for 
diseases of public health concern occurring in a maritime environment 
will be collected using tools specific to each of the diseases listed 
above.
    This data collection supports the need for CDC staff to evaluate 
cases of communicable diseases of public health concern during travel 
and conduct investigative contact tracing for those that may have been 
exposed. The proposed data collection tools facilitate the collection 
of data pertaining to these contact investigations.
    CDC is requesting a total of 248 burden hours in this revision. 
There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
          Type of respondents                   Form name           respondents    responses per   response (in
                                                                                    respondent         hrs.)
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State/local health department staff...  General Contact                       12               1            5/60
                                         Investigation Outcome
                                         Reporting Form (Air).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship       General Contact                      100               1            5/60
 Managers.                               Investigation Outcome
                                         Reporting Form
                                         (Maritime--Word
                                         version).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship       General Contact                      100               1            5/60
 Managers.                               Investigation Outcome
                                         Reporting Form
                                         (Maritime--Excel
                                         version).
State/local health department staff...  General Contact                       12               1            5/60
                                         Investigation Outcome
                                         Reporting Form (Land).
State/local health department staff...  TB Contact Investigation           1,244               1            5/60
                                         Outcome Reporting Form
                                         (Air).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship       TB Contact Investigation             150               1            5/60
 Managers.                               Outcome Reporting Form
                                         (Maritime--Word
                                         version).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship       TB Contact Investigation             150               1            5/60
 Managers.                               Outcome Reporting Form
                                         (Maritime--Excel
                                         version).
State/local health department staff...  Measles Contact                      964               1            5/60
                                         Investigation Outcome
                                         Reporting Form (Air).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship       Measles Contact                       63               1            5/60
 Managers.                               Investigation Outcome
                                         Reporting Form
                                         (Maritime--Word
                                         version).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship       Measles Contact                       63               1            5/60
 Managers.                               Investigation Outcome
                                         Reporting Form
                                         (Maritime--Excel
                                         version).
State/local health department staff...  Rubella Contact                       95               1            5/60
                                         Investigation Outcome
                                         Reporting Form (Air).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship       Rubella Contact                       12               1            5/60
 Managers.                               Investigation Outcome
                                         Reporting Form
                                         (Maritime--Word
                                         version).
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship       Rubella Contact                       12               1            5/60
 Managers.                               Investigation Outcome
                                         Reporting Form
                                         (Maritime--Excel
                                         version).
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Leroy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-16569 Filed 7-14-14; 8:45 am]
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