[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 23, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16859-16861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08151]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60-Day-19-0457; Docket No. CDC-2019-0032]


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 effort to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies the 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 Aggregate Reports 
for Tuberculosis Program Evaluation. The goal of the study is to allow 
CDC to collect and monitor indicators for key program activities, such 
as finding tuberculosis infections in recent contacts of cases

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and in other high-risk persons likely to be infected and providing 
therapy for latent tuberculosis infection in an effort to eliminate 
Tuberculosis in the United States. CDC is requesting approval for 268 
burden hours. This is an increase of 42 hour from the previously 
approved 226 hours.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before June 24, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0032 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Ph.D., 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 Jeffrey 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 the 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

    Aggregate Reports for Tuberculosis Program Evaluation (OMB No. 
0920-0457, Expiration date 2/29/2020)--Revision--National Center for 
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    CDC requests approval of this revision of the Aggregate Reports for 
Tuberculosis Program Evaluation, previously approved under OMB No. 
0920-0457, for three years. There are minor revisions to the report 
forms, data definitions, and reporting instructions.
    CDC is requesting approval for 268 burden hours. This is an 
increase of 42 hours from the previously approved 226 hours. The minor 
revisions that contributed to an increase in data collection burden 
address the change in the national strategies for TB control and 
prevention, emphasizing treatment of individuals with latent TB 
infection (LTBI), and at high risk of progression to TB disease. The 
revisions, which are optional data collection elements, will help 
programs assess high-risk populations served, and evaluate the 
adaptation and effectiveness of new diagnostic tests and drug regimens 
in treating LTBI.
    To ensure the elimination of tuberculosis in the United States, CDC 
monitors indicators for key program activities, such as finding 
tuberculosis infections in recent contacts of cases and in other 
persons likely to be infected and providing therapy for latent 
tuberculosis infection. In 2000, CDC implemented two program evaluation 
reports for annual submission: Aggregate report of follow-up and 
treatment for contacts of tuberculosis cases, and Aggregate report of 
targeted testing and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection (OMB 
No. 0920-0457). The respondents for these reports are the 67 state and 
local tuberculosis control programs receiving federal cooperative 
agreement funding through the CDC Division of Tuberculosis Elimination 
(DTBE). These reports emphasize treatment outcomes, high-priority 
target populations vulnerable to tuberculosis, and electronic report 
entry and submission to CDC through the National Tuberculosis 
Indicators Project (NTIP), a secure web-based system for program 
evaluation data. No other federal agency collects this type of national 
tuberculosis data, and the aggregate report of follow-up and treatment 
for contacts of tuberculosis cases, and aggregate report of targeted 
testing and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection are the only 
data source about latent tuberculosis infection for monitoring national 
progress toward tuberculosis elimination with these activities. CDC 
provides ongoing assistance in the preparation and utilization of these 
reports at the local and state levels of public health jurisdiction. 
CDC also provides respondents with technical support for the NTIP 
software. The estimated annualized burden hours are 268. There is no 
cost to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondent            Form name       respondents    responses per   response  (in       hours
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Data clerks and Program         Follow-up and                 67               1               2             134
 Managers (electronic).          Treatment of
                                 Contacts to
                                 Tuberculosis
                                 Cases Form (3a).

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Data clerks and Program         Targeted Testing              67               1               2             134
 Managers (electronic).          and Treatment
                                 for Latent
                                 Tuberculosis
                                 Infection (3b).
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             268
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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. 2019-08151 Filed 4-22-19; 8:45 am]
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