[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 104 (Thursday, May 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25055-25056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11215]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-19-1128; Docket No. CDC-2019-0049]
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 efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection entitled ``State Unintentional Drug Overdose
Reporting System (SUDORS).'' CDC will use the information collected to
perform fatal unintentional drug overdose surveillance in a quick and
comprehensive way.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before July 29, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0049 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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 Jeffery 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
State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) (0920-
1128, Expiration 10/31/2020)--Revision--National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In 2013, there were nearly 44,000 drug overdose deaths, including
nearly 36,000 unintentional drug overdose deaths, in the United States.
More people are now dying of drug overdose than automobile crashes in
the US. A major driver of the problem are overdoses related to opioids,
both opioid pain relievers (OPRs) and illicit forms such as heroin. In
order to address this public health problem, the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) has made addressing the opioid abuse
problem a high priority.
In order to support targeting of drug overdose prevention efforts,
detect new trends in fatal unintentional drug overdoses, and assess the
progress of HHS's initiative to reduce opioid abuse and overdoses, the
State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) generates
public health surveillance information at the national, state, and
local levels that is more detailed, useful, and timely than is
currently available.
This collection will detect state and local community changes in
unintentional and undetermined intent drug-related overdose mortality
faster and provide in-depth state and local (e.g., county) information
on risk factors for fatal drug overdose deaths that can inform the
selection and targeting of interventions in all 50 states, the District
of Columbia and Puerto Rico. CDC requests OMB approval for three years
for this revision to make the following changes: (1) Expand data
collection from the 50 jurisdictions currently approved to include 52
jurisdictions (i.e., all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of
Columbia), (2) expand data
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collection from its current focus on opioid overdose deaths to a
broader focus on drug overdose deaths, (3) account for increasing data
collection burden related to large increases in drug overdose deaths,
(4) increase the timeliness of data reporting to a 6-month time lag,
and (5) update the web-based system to improve performance,
functionality, and accessibility as well as add data elements to the
State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) module to
capture more detailed information. This information will help develop,
inform, and assess the progress of drug overdose prevention strategies
at both the state and national levels. Improve identification and
response to changes in fatal unintentional and undetermined intent
drug-related overdose trends at the local, state, and national level.
There are no costs to respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Total number
Number of of responses Average burden Total burden
Type of respondent Form name respondents per per response hours (in
respondent (in hours) hours)
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Public agencies............... Retrieving and 52 1263 30/60 32,838
refile records.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 32,838
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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. 2019-11215 Filed 5-29-19; 8:45 am]
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