[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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