[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 113 (Monday, June 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38182-38184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13848]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-16-16AOP; Docket No. CDC-2016-0049]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection entitled ``TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) 
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.'' CDC will use the information collected to 
determine how many children and adults experience a traumatic brain 
injury (TBI) each year in the United States, and to collect information 
about the circumstances that identifies groups most at risk for TBI.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 12, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0049 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted 
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. For

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access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, 
go to Regulations.gov.

    Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the 
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 
address listed above.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital or start-
up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services 
to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or 
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, 
install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of 
collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to 
train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of 
information, to search data sources, to complete and review the 
collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.

Proposed Project

    TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM--New--National 
Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The CDC requests a three-year OMB approval for a new Traumatic 
Brain Injury (TBI) Surveillance System data collection. TBI is a 
significant public health concern in the United States, contributing to 
an estimated 2.2 million Emergency Department (ED) visits, 280,000 
hospitalizations, and 50,000 deaths in 2010. These numbers, however, 
underestimate the true public health and economic burden of TBI in the 
U.S. because they are based on healthcare administrative data that only 
capture information on the number of ED visits, hospitalizations, and 
deaths identified as TBI-related.
    A surveillance system will accurately determine how many children 
and adults experience a TBI each year in the United States, and will 
collect information about the circumstances that identifies groups most 
at risk for TBI. By administering the surveillance system over time, 
the surveillance system can monitor trends and allow for an 
understanding of whether TBIs are increasing or decreasing, and whether 
prevention efforts are effective.
    Data will be collected through household survey conducted as a 
random digit dial telephone survey utilizing both landline and 
cellphones; adult respondents will be asked about their own TBI history 
while adult respondents with children 5-17 years of age will serve as 
proxies and answer questions about their children's TBI history.
    Information collected will produce nationally representative 
incidence estimates of all TBI, with a particular focus on the 
incidence of sports- and recreation-related TBI (SRR-TBI) among youth 
5-21 years of age. Another use of the data is to produce nationally-
representative estimates of TBI-related disability.
    Participation in the information collection is voluntary. The 
survey will be conducted among English or Spanish speaking participants 
living in the United States. The estimated annual burden hours are 
3,979. 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     Total burden
     Type of  respondents           Form name       respondents    responses per   response (in     (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Adults 18 or older............  Adult                      2,611               1            2/60              87
                                 Eligibility
                                 Screener.
                                Adult Screener..          14,164               1           12/60           2,833
                                Adult Survey....           2,500               1           18/60             750
Adolescent 12 to 17 years of    Adolescent                 2,058               1            5/60             172
 age.                            Screener.
                                Adolescent                   686               1           12/60             137
                                 Survey.
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    Total Annual Burden Hours.  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           3,979
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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. 2016-13848 Filed 6-10-16; 8:45 am]
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