[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 173 (Thursday, September 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45246-45247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19294]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-18-18AVU; Docket No. CDC-2018-0081]


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 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 ``Assessment of Outcomes 
Associated with the Preventive Health and Health Services Block 
Grant''. This assessment will assess select cross-cutting outputs and 
outcomes of the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant and 
demonstrates the utility of the grant on a national level.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before November 5, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2018-
0081 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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 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 Jeffery M. Zirger, 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 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

    Assessment of Outcomes Associated with the Preventive Health and 
Health Services Block Grant--New--Office for State, Tribal, Local and 
Territorial Support (OSTLTS), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    For more than 35 years, the Preventive Health and Health Services 
Block Grant (PHHS Block Grant) has provided flexible funding for all 50 
states, the District of Columbia, two American Indian tribes, five U.S. 
territories, and three freely associated states to address the unique 
public health needs of their jurisdictions in innovative and locally 
defined ways. First authorized by Congress in 1981 through the Public 
Health Service Act (Pub. L. 102-531), the fundamental and enduring 
purpose of the grant has been to provide grantees with flexibility and 
control to address their priority public health needs. In 1992, 
Congress amended the law to align PHHS Block Grant funding priorities 
with the 22 chapters specified in Healthy People (HP) 2000, a set of 
national objectives designed to guide health promotion and disease 
prevention efforts. Additional amendments included set-aside funds 
specifically dedicated to sex offense prevention and victim services, 
thus requiring grantees receiving this support to include related HP 
objectives and activities as part of their PHHS Block Grant-funded 
local programs.
    CDC is establishing a comprehensive, standardized method to collect 
data to describe select outputs and outcomes and ensure the 
accountability of the PHHS Block Grant. The CDC PHHS Block Grant 
Measurement Framework is an innovative approach to assessing cross-
cutting outputs and outcomes resulting from grantees' use of flexible 
grant funds. The framework defines four measures that enable CDC to 
standardize the collection of data on grantee achievements. The 
measures capture data on public health infrastructure improved (i.e., 
information systems improved and quality improved--efficiency and 
effectiveness improvements achieved in programs, services, and 
operations), emerging public health needs addressed, and evidence-based 
public health interventions implemented.
    The purpose of this information collection request (ICR) is to 
collect data that assess select cross-cutting outputs and outcomes of 
the grant (as defined by the framework measures) and that demonstrate 
the utility of the grant on a national level. This data collection will 
describe the outcomes of the PHHS Block Grant as a whole--not 
individual grantee activities or outcomes. Findings from this data 
collection will be used to: (1) Describe the outcomes and achievements 
of grantees' public health efforts and identify how the use of PHHS 
Block Grant funds contributed to

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those results, and (2) help assess how the PHHS Block Grant advances 
work of the public health system and provides evidence to support 
future budgetary requests.
    The respondent universe consists of 61 PHHS Block Grant 
coordinators, or their designees, across 61 health departments (50 
states, the District of Columbia, two tribes, five US territories, and 
three freely associated states). The assessment will be administered to 
PHHS Block Grant coordinators electronically via a web-based 
questionnaire. A link to the assessment will be provided by email 
invitation. The survey will be completed once every two years. The 
total annualized estimated burden is 46 hours.

                                        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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PHHS Block Grant Coordinators,  PHHS Block Grant              61               1           45/60              46
 or Designees.                   Assessment.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............              46
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting 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. 2018-19294 Filed 9-5-18; 8:45 am]
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