[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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