[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39788-39790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17699]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-17-0740; Docket No. CDC-2017-0060]


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 effort 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 the Medical 
Monitoring Project, which collects interview and medical record data on 
a probability sample of HIV-diagnosed persons in order to provide 
national estimates of access to and utilization of HIV-related medical 
care and services, the quality of HIV-related ambulatory care, and HIV-
related behaviors and clinical outcomes.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 23, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2017-
0060 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 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 Leroy Richardson, 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

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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

    Medical Monitoring Project (MMP)--(OMB Control Number 0920-0740 
Expiration 6/30/2018)--Revision--National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral 
Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of 
HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) requests a revision of the currently 
approved Information Collection Request: ``Medical Monitoring Project'' 
expiring June 30, 2018. This data collection addresses the need for 
national estimates of access to and utilization of HIV-related medical 
care and services, the quality of HIV-related ambulatory care, and HIV-
related behaviors and clinical outcomes.
    For the proposed project, the same data collection methods will be 
used as for the currently approved project. Data would be collected 
from a probability sample of HIV-diagnosed adults in the U.S. who 
consent to an interview and abstraction of their medical records. As 
for the currently approved project, de-identified information would 
also be extracted from HIV case surveillance records for a dataset, 
referred to as the minimum dataset, which is used to assess non-
response bias, for quality control, to improve the ability of MMP to 
monitor ongoing care and treatment of HIV-infected persons, and to make 
inferences from the MMP sample to HIV-diagnosed persons nationally.
    No other Federal agency collects such nationally representative 
population-based information from HIV-diagnosed adults. The data are 
expected to have significant implications for policy, program 
development, and resource allocation at the state/local and national 
levels.
    The changes proposed in this request update the data collection 
system to meet prevailing information needs and enhance the value of 
MMP data, while remaining within the scope of the currently approved 
project purpose. The result is a 11% reduction in burden, or a 
reduction of 786 total burden hours annually. Specifically, the removal 
of three unfunded project areas reduces the number of interviews 
conducted and the number of persons for whom healthcare facility staff 
will be asked for contact information, assistance with approaching for 
participation, and pulling medical records.
    Changes were made that did not affect the burden, listed below:
     Sampled persons found to have resided in a non-funded 
project area on the date of sampling will be considered ineligible for 
the project, because non-funded project areas were deemed ineligible in 
the first stage of sampling.
     Tracking data reports will no longer be sent to CDC, as 
this information is no longer needed.
     The average token of appreciation for participants has 
been increased from $25 to $50.
     Changes have been made to the respondent consent form to 
decrease the reading comprehension level and clarify whom participants 
should contact for different concerns.
     Forty-two data elements were removed from the minimum data 
set and forty data elements were added. Because these data elements are 
extracted from the HIV surveillance system from which they are sampled, 
these changes do not affect the burden of the project.
    This proposed data collection would supplement the National HIV 
Surveillance System (NHSS, OMB Control No. 0920-0573, Exp. 6/30/2019) 
in 23 selected state and local health departments, which collect 
information on persons diagnosed with, living with, and dying from HIV 
infection and AIDS.
    The participation of respondents is voluntary. There is no cost to 
the respondents other than their time. Through their participation, 
respondents will help to improve programs to prevent HIV infection as 
well as services for those who already have HIV.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of                    Total response
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of     responses per   Average hours      burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response       (hours)
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Sampled, Eligible HIV-Infected  Interview                  7,760               1           45/60           5,820
 Persons.                        Questionnaire.
Facility office staff looking   N/A.............           1,940               1            2/60              65
 up contact information.
Facility office staff           N/A.............             970               1            5/60              81
 approaching sampled persons
 for enrollment.
Facility office staff pulling   N/A.............           7,760               1            3/60             388
 medical records.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           6,354
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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. 2017-17699 Filed 8-21-17; 8:45 am]
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