[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58485-58486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24681]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-15-0728]


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

    National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System--Revision--Center 
for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services (CSELS), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 241) authorizes CDC to 
disseminate nationally notifiable condition information. The Nationally 
Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) is based on data 
collected at the state, territorial and local levels as a result of 
legislation and regulations in those jurisdictions that require health 
care providers, medical laboratories, and other entities to submit 
health-related data on reportable conditions to public health 
departments. These reportable conditions, which include infectious and 
non-infectious diseases, vary by jurisdiction depending upon each 
jurisdiction's health priorities and needs. Infectious disease agents 
and environmental hazards often cross geographical boundaries. Each 
year, the Council of State and Territorial Disease Epidemiologists 
(CSTE), supported by CDC, determines which reportable conditions should 
be designated nationally notifiable and voluntarily submitted to CDC so 
that information can be shared across jurisdictional boundaries and 
both surveillance and prevention and control activities can be 
coordinated at regional and national levels.
    CDC requests a three-year approval for a Revision for the National 
Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS), (OMB Control No. 0920-
0728,

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Expiration Date 01/31/2017). This Revision includes new requests for 
approval to: (1) Replace ``Hepatitis C virus, past or present'' and 
``Hepatitis C, acute'' with ``Hepatitis C'' on the List of Nationally 
Notifiable Conditions, (2) replace all listed Arboviral conditions with 
an inclusive category, ``Arboviral Diseases'' on the List of Nationally 
Notifiable Conditions, (3) receive case notification data for 
Hantavirus infection, non-Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, (4) receive 
case notification data for Acute Flaccid Myelitis should it become 
nationally notifiable, (5) receive case notification data for Amebic 
Encephalitis should it become nationally notifiable, (6) receive new 
laboratory and vaccine data elements for all conditions, and (7) 
receive new disease-specific data elements for Mumps, Pertussis, 
Varicella, Arboviral Diseases, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD).
    Although this Revision includes case notifications that were not 
part of the last NNDSS Revision, the estimate of the average burden per 
response based on the burden tables from all of the consolidated 
applications has not changed. The burden on the states and cities is 
estimated to be 10 hours per response and the burden on the territories 
is estimated to be 5 hours per response. The addition of new vaccine, 
laboratory, and disease-specific data elements do not add any 
additional burden because the states, territories, and cities already 
collect those data elements. There will be no increase in burden for 
the states, territories, and cities to send those data elements to CDC. 
The estimated annual burden is 28,340 hours.

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours

 
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                                                                                     Number of      Avg. burden
          Type of respondents                   Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)
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States................................  Weekly and Annual.......              50              52              10
Territories...........................  Weekly and Annual.......               5              52               5
Cities................................  Weekly and Annual.......               2              52              10
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Leroy A. 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. 2015-24681 Filed 9-28-15; 8:45 am]
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