[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12608-12609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06304]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-19-0853]
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 Asthma Information Reporting System (AIRS) 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 December 6, 2018 to obtain
comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC did not receive
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
Asthma Information and Reporting System (AIRS) (OMB Control No.
0920-0853, Expiration Date: 06/30/2019)--Revision--National Center for
Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In 1999, the CDC began its National Asthma Control Program (NACP),
a public health approach to address the burden of asthma. The program
supports the goals and objectives of ``Healthy People 2020'' for asthma
and is based on the public health principles of surveillance,
partnerships, interventions, and evaluation. The CDC requests a 12-
month approval to revise the ``Asthma Information Reporting System
(AIRS)'' (OMB Control No. 0920-0853, Expiration Date 6/30/2019).
Specifically, CDC seeks to make the following changes:
Increase the number of awardees from 23 to 25.
Increase the requested burden hours from 82 to 89.
Increase the number of optional performance measures (PMs)
and decrease the number of required PMs, while still maintaining a
total of 18 PMs.
Update the instructions for the data collection
instruments to reflect the optional status of 5 of the 18 PMs and to
clarify instructions that were commonly misinterpreted.
Update the Emergency Department Data and Hospital
Discharge Data reporting forms to include example data submission
templates for each awardee. Add a tab labeled ``Technical Notes''
within the Excel reporting form to collect clarifying information about
the data from each awardee.
Add examples of Emergency Department Data and Hospital
Discharge Data reporting forms to provide clarity on how data should be
reported within the forms.
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Update respondent costs to reflect current wage data from
2017.
The 12-month approval will allow CDC to continue to monitor states'
program planning and delivery of public health activities and the
programs' collaboration with health care systems for the remainder of
the fifth and final year of cooperative agreement EH14-1404 (program
period: September 2014--August 2019), and the third and final year of
cooperative agreement EH16-1606 (program period: September 2016--August
2019).
The goal of this data collection is to provide NCEH with routine
information about the activities and performance of the state and
territorial awardees funded under the NACP through an annual reporting
system. NACP requires awardees to report activities related to
partnerships, infrastructure, evaluation and interventions to monitor
the state programs' performance in reducing the burden of asthma. AIRS
also includes two forms to collect aggregate ED and HD data from
awardees.
AIRS was first approved by OMB in 2010 to collect data in a web-
based system to monitor and guide participating state health
departments. Since implementation in 2010, AIRS and the technical
assistance provided by CDC staff have provided states with uniform data
reporting methods and linkages to other states' asthma program
information and resources. Thus, AIRS has saved state resources and
staff time when asthma programs embark on asthma activities similar to
those done elsewhere.
In the past three years, AIRS data were used to:
Serve as a resource to NCEH when addressing congressional,
departmental and institutional inquiries.
Help the branch align its current interventions with CDC
goals and allowed the monitoring of progress toward these goals.
Allow the NACP and the state asthma programs to make more
informed decisions about activities to achieve objectives.
Facilitate communication about interventions across
states, and enable inquiries regarding interventions by populations
with a disproportionate burden, age groups, geographic areas and other
variables of interest.
Provide feedback to the grantees about their performance
relative to others through the distribution of two written reports and
several presentations (webinar and in-person) summarizing the results.
Customize and provide technical assistance and support
materials to address implementation challenges.
There will be no cost to respondents other than their time to
complete the three AIRS spreadsheets annually. The estimated annualized
burden hours are 89.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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State Asthma Program Awardees..... AIRS Performance 25................... 1 150/60
Measures Reporting
Spreadsheets.
AIRS Emergency 25................... 1 30/60
Department Visits
Reporting Form.
AIRS Hospital 25................... 1 30/60
Discharge Reporting
Forms.
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-06304 Filed 4-1-19; 8:45 am]
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