[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 221 (Thursday, November 15, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57485-57486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24968]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 Day-19-0728]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information
collection request titled National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance
System to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. CDC previously published a ``Proposed Data Collection
Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations'' notice on June 13,
2018 to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC
received 2 comments related to the previous notice. This notice serves
to allow an additional 30 days for public and affected agency comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly
interested in comments that:
(a) 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;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(d) 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 submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Direct written comments
and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice to the
Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Provide
written comments within 30 days of notice publication.
Proposed Project
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (OMB Control
Number: 0920-0728, Exp. Date: February 28, 2021)--Revision--Center for
Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services (CSELS), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 241) authorizes CDC to
disseminate nationally notifiable condition information. The National
Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) is based on data
collected at the state, territorial and local levels as a result of
legislation and regulations in those jurisdictions that require health
care providers, medical laboratories, and other entities to submit
health-related data on reportable conditions to public health
departments. These reportable conditions, which include infectious and
non-infectious diseases, vary by jurisdiction depending upon each
jurisdiction's health priorities and needs. Infectious disease agents
and environmental hazards often cross geographical boundaries. Each
year, the Council of State and Territorial Disease Epidemiologists
(CSTE), supported by CDC, determines which reportable conditions should
be designated nationally notifiable or under standardized surveillance
and voluntarily submitted to CDC so that information can be shared
across jurisdictional boundaries and surveillance and prevention and
control activities can be coordinated at regional and national levels.
CDC requests a three-year approval for this Revision which includes
(1) receipt of case notification data for Candida auris (C. auris)
which is now nationally notifiable; (2) receipt of case notification
data and disease-specific data elements for Carbapenemase-Producing
Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CP-CRE) which is now
nationally notifiable; (3) receipt of case notification data and
disease-specific data elements for S. Paratyphi Infection which is now
nationally notifiable; (4) renaming Typhoid Fever to ``S. Typhi
Infection'' on the List of Nationally Notifiable Conditions; (5)
receipt of case notification data and disease-specific data elements
for Carbon Monoxide (CO) Poisoning; (6) receipt of case notification
data and disease-specific data elements for Tuberculosis (TB) Disease;
(7) receipt of case notification data and disease-specific data
elements for Latent TB Infection which is now under standardized
surveillance; (8) receipt of case notification data for Respiratory
Syncytial Virus (RSV)-Associated Mortality which is now under
standardized surveillance; (9) receipt of disease-specific data
elements for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC),
Salmonellosis, Shigellosis, Campylobacteriosis, Cryptosporidiosis,
Cyclosporiasis, Cholera, Vibriosis, S. Typhi Infection, S. Paratyphi
Infection, Lyme Disease, Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Disease,
Meningococcal Disease, Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, Psittacosis,
Legionellosis, Tickborne Rickettsial Diseases (TBRD), and Hepatitis;
and (10) the extension of the pilot period by two years for receiving
sexual orientation and gender identity (SO/GI) data elements for
sexually transmitted diseases (STD).
The burden estimates include the number of hours that the public
health department uses to process and send case notification data from
their jurisdiction to CDC. Specifically, the burden estimates include
separate burden hours incurred for automated and non-automated
transmissions, separate weekly burden hours incurred
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for modernizing surveillance systems as part of NNDSS Modernization
Initiative (NMI) implementation, separate burden hours incurred for
annual data reconciliation and submission, and separate one-time burden
hours incurred for the addition of new diseases and data elements.
These estimates are based on information from CDC employees that manage
the NMI effort and conduct site visits to provide technical assistance
to help the public health departments modernize their surveillance
systems. The estimated annual burden is 19,527 hours.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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States................................ Weekly (Automated)...... 50 52 20/60
States................................ Weekly (Non-automated).. 10 52 2
States................................ Weekly (NMI 50 52 4
Implementation).
States................................ Annual.................. 50 1 75
States................................ One-time Addition of 50 1 27
Diseases and Data
Elements.
Territories........................... Weekly (Automated)...... 1 52 20/60
Territories........................... Weekly, Quarterly (Non- 5 56 20/60
automated).
Territories........................... Weekly (NMI 5 52 4
Implementation).
Territories........................... Annual.................. 5 1 5
Territories........................... One-time Addition of 1 1 2
Diseases and Data
Elements.
Freely Associated States.............. Weekly, Quarterly (Non- 3 56 20/60
automated).
Freely Associated States.............. Annual.................. 3 1 5
Cities................................ Weekly (Automated)...... 2 52 20/60
Cities................................ Weekly (Non-automated).. 2 52 2
Cities................................ Weekly (NMI 2 52 4
Implementation).
Cities................................ Annual.................. 2 1 75
Cities................................ One-time Addition of 2 1 27
Diseases and Data
Elements.
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2018-24968 Filed 11-14-18; 8:45 am]
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