[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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