[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55611-55612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25261]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-18-0914; Docket No. CDC-2017-0098]


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 the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled Workplace Violence Prevention 
Programs in NJ Healthcare Facilities. Through nursing home 
administrator interviews, CDC seeks to continue measuring compliance to 
the state regulations for workplace violence prevention program: 
Violence prevention policies, reporting systems for violent events, 
violence prevention committee, written violence prevention plan, 
violence risk assessments, post incident response and violence 
prevention training.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before January 22, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2017-
0098 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. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to Regulations.gov.

    Please note: Submit all Federal comments 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 A. 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 the OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
    1. 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;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. 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 
submissions of responses.
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Workplace Violence Prevention Programs in NJ Healthcare Facilities 
(OMB Control Number 0920-0914, Expiration 3/31/2018)--Extension--
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
seeks to request an extension of it already approved information 
collection project to complete 20 nursing home interviews.
    Healthcare workers are nearly five times more likely to become 
victims of violence than workers from all other industries combined. 
While healthcare workers are not at particularly high risk for job-
related homicide, nearly 60% of

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all nonfatal assaults occurring in private industry are experienced in 
healthcare. Six states have enacted laws to reduce violence against 
healthcare workers by requiring workplace violence prevention programs. 
However, little is understood about how effective these laws are in 
reducing violence against healthcare workers.
    The long-term goal of the proposed project is to reduce violence 
against healthcare workers. The objective of the proposed study is: (1) 
To examine nursing home compliance with the New Jersey Violence 
Prevention in Health Care Facilities Act, and (2) to evaluate the 
effectiveness of the regulations in this Act in reducing assault 
injuries to nursing home workers. Our central hypothesis is that 
nursing homes with high compliance with the regulations will have lower 
rates of employee violence-related injury.
    Previously under this OMB Control number, NIOSH received OMB 
approval to evaluate the legislation at 50 hospitals and at 40 nursing 
homes, to conduct a nurse survey, and to conduct a home healthcare aide 
survey (HHCAS). NIOSH completed the data collection activities for the 
hospitals, the nurse survey, and the HHCAS. However, NIOSH only 
completed 20 out of 40 nursing home interviews.
    NIOSH seeks to conduct face-to-face interviews with the Chairs of 
the Violence Prevention Committees in 20 nursing homes (10 in New 
Jersey and 10 in Virginia) who are in charge of overseeing compliance 
efforts. The purpose of the interviews is to measure compliance to the 
state regulations: Violence prevention policies, reporting systems for 
violent events, violence prevention committee, written violence 
prevention plan, violence risk assessments, post incident response and 
violence prevention training. A contractor will conduct the interviews.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total 
estimated burden hours are 40.

                                        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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Nursing Home Administrators...  Interview.......              20               1               1              20
Nursing Home Administrators...  Abstraction form              20               1               1              20
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    Total.....................  ................              40  ..............  ..............  ..............
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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. 2017-25261 Filed 11-21-17; 8:45 am]
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