[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46532-46533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19011]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60-Day-19-0739; Docket No. CDC-2019-0076]


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 a proposed 
information collection project titled CDC Oral Health Management 
Information System. The collection aims to monitor the performance of 
states funded to implement evidence-based prevention strategies to 
improve oral health, determine and tailor technical assistance to the 
states, and share quality improvement findings.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before November 4, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0076 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 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

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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

    CDC Oral Health Management Information System (OMB Control No. 
0920-0739)--Revision--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention 
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Tooth decay is one of the most common chronic conditions among 
children. More than 23% of children ages 2-11 have untreated decay, 
which can cause pain and infection and may lead to problems in eating, 
speaking, and learning. Children from low-income households are more 
than twice as likely to have untreated tooth decay as children from 
high-income households. Similar disparities exist for racial/ethnic 
minorities. By age 15, nearly 60% of all adolescents will have 
experienced dental decay. Approximately 51.7 million school hours 
annually are missed due to a dental problem or visit.
    More than 40% of adults have felt pain in their mouth in the last 
year and more than $6 billion in productivity is lost each year. Among 
dentate adults aged 65 years and older, 25% have lost all their teeth. 
The nation spends $117.5 billion annually on costs related to dental 
care. Individuals and families bear much of the burden, spending $30 
billion out-of-pocket on dental services, which ranks second only to 
prescription drug expenditures.
    Most oral diseases and conditions are preventable. Underutilized 
evidence-based preventive interventions exist to prevent cavities and 
save money. They remain underutilized because implementation barriers 
exist such as: Lack of state basic capacity to support oral health; 
costs associated with sustaining preventive programs; low awareness of 
effectiveness and safety of interventions; and lack of dental insurance 
and access to clinical and community preventive services.
    CDC seeks to improve the oral health of the nation by strengthening 
and enhancing state programs to monitor their population's oral health 
status and behaviors; reducing oral health disparities among high-risk 
groups; and supporting the development of effective programs. The 
Division of Oral Health provides $1.85 to $2.85 million in funding per 
state to 20 state health programs through Cooperative Agreement DP18-
1810, State Actions to Improve Oral Health Outcomes for five years.
    This information collection aims to enable CDC to monitor states' 
progress, tailor technical assistance, facilitate continuous quality 
improvement, and share findings. The request also revises the web-based 
platform to reduce the collection burden on states for several fields 
and monitor outcomes more efficiently, and revises the burden to 
reflect all of the forms in the platform rather than only the reporting 
form. The revision requests 1195 burden hours from the current 171 
hours and extends the request for an additional three years.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondents           Form name       respondents    responses per   response  (in    (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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State Health Department.......  Action Plan.....              20            1.33              12             319
                                Program                       20            1.33               1              27
                                 Information.
                                Planning........              20            1.33              20             532
                                Annual                        20            1.33              24             638
                                 Performance
                                 Report.
                                Financial                     20            1.33              .5              13
                                 Information.
                                Resources.......              20            1.33            2.25              60
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    Total Hours...............  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,195
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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. 2019-19011 Filed 9-3-19; 8:45 am]
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