[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60198-60199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27258]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-18-0943; Docket No. CDC-2017-0100]


Proposed Data Collections 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 
revision of the information collection project titled Data Collection 
for the Residential Care Community and Adult Day Services Center 
Components of the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers. CDC seeks 
to collect data for the residential care community and adult day 
services center components for the 2018 wave of the National Study of 
Long-Term Care Providers.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before February 20, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2017-
0100 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulation.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 public 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 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 shall 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;
    4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who 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

    Data Collection for the Residential Care Community and Adult Day 
Service Center Components of the National Study of Long-Term Care 
Providers (OMB Control Number 0920-0943 Expiration Date, 05/31/2019)--
Revision--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 
242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, ``shall collect statistics on 
health resources . . . [And] utilization of health care, including 
extended care facilities, and other institutions.''
    NCHS seeks approval to collect data for the residential care 
community (RCC) and adult day services center (ADSC) survey components 
of the fourth wave of the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers 
(NSLTCP). The request is for one-year clearance.
    As background, here are some details on the complete study design. 
NSLTCP voluntary survey designed to: (1) Broaden NCHS' ongoing coverage 
of paid and regulated long-term care (LTC) providers; (2) merge with 
existing administrative data on LTC providers and service users (i.e., 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) data on nursing homes 
and residents, home health agencies and patients, and hospices and 
patients); (3) update data more frequently on LTC providers and service 
users for which nationally representative administrative data do not 
exist; and (4) enable comparisons across LTC sectors and timely 
monitoring of supply, use, and characteristics of these sectors over 
time.
    CDC will collect data collected from two types of LTC providers in 
the 50 states and the District of Columbia: 2,090 RCCs and 1,650 ADSCs. 
Data collected in 2012, 2014, and 2016 and the data collected in 2018 
will include the basic characteristics, services, staffing, and 
practices of RCCs and ADSCs, and demographics, selected health 
conditions and health care utilization, physical functioning, and 
cognitive functioning of RCC residents and ADSC participants. The 2018 
wave will include services user questionnaires.
    Expected users of data from this collection effort include, but not 
limited to CDC and other Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) 
agencies. Other potential users include the following: Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; the Administration for 
Community Living; and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 
associations, such as LeadingAge, National Center for

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Assisted Living, American Seniors Housing Association, Argentum 
(formerly Assisted Living Federation of America), National Adult Day 
Services Association; universities; foundations; and other private 
sector organizations such as the Alzheimer's Association and the AARP 
Public Policy Institute.
    Expected burden from data collection for eligible cases is 80 
minutes per respondent: 5 minutes for a contact confirmation call; 15 
minutes for a screener and appointment setting call; 30 minutes for a 
provider questionnaire; and 30 minutes for a sampling and services user 
questionnaire. We estimate an eligibility rate for ADSCs of 86% and for 
RCCs of 76%. One-year clearance requested to cover the collection of 
data. The burden for the collection shown in Table 1 below. There is no 
cost to respondents other than their time to participate.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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RCC/ADSC Director/Designated    Contact                    3,740               1            5/60             312
 Staff Member.                   Confirmation
                                 Call.
RCC/ADSC Director/Designated    Screener and               3,740               1           15/60             935
 Staff Member.                   Appointment
                                 Setting Call.
RCC Director/Designated Staff   RCC Provider               1,589               1           30/60             795
 Member.                         Questionnaire.
ADSC Director/Designated Staff  ADSC Provider              1,419               1           30/60             710
 Member.                         Questionnaire.
RCC Director/Designated Staff   RCC Sampling and           1,589               1           30/60             795
 Member.                         Services User
                                 Questionnaire.
ADSC Director/Designated Staff  ADSC Sampling              1,419               1           30/60             710
 Member.                         and Services
                                 User
                                 Questionnaire.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           4,257
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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. 2017-27258 Filed 12-18-17; 8:45 am]
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