[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50452-50453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20704]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-19-19BQB; Docket No. CDC-2019-0081]
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 Public Health Accreditation Board
(PHAB): Assessment of Processes and Outcomes. This proposed collection
aims to learn about program processes and the accreditation/
reaccreditation standards to improve the program's quality, and to
document program outcomes to demonstrate impact and inform decision
making about future program direction.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before November 25,
2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0081 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:
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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
Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB): Assessment of Processes
and Outcomes--New--Center for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial
Support (CSTLTS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) works to
protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign,
and in the U.S. CDC strives to fulfill this mission, in part, by
supporting state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) health
departments. One mechanism for supporting STLT health departments is
through CDC's support of a national, voluntary accreditation program.
CDC supports the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), a non-
profit organization that serves as the independent accrediting body.
PHAB, with considerable input from national, state, tribal, and local
public health professionals, developed a consensus set of standards to
assess the capacity of state, tribal, local, and territorial health
departments. The first health departments were accredited by PHAB in
early 2013; as of August 2019, a total of 268 health departments (36
state, three Tribal and 229 local), as well as one statewide integrated
local public health department system have been accredited.
Accreditation is granted for a five-year period and the first several
health departments have successfully completed the reaccreditation
process. Formal efforts to assess the outcomes of the accreditation
program began in late 2012, and continue to date. Priorities focus on
gathering feedback for program improvement and documenting program
outcomes to demonstrate impact and inform decision making about future
program direction. Starting in 2012 and running through December 2019,
the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the social science
organization NORC at the University of Chicago, led evaluation efforts.
CDC will assume support of the evaluation starting in 2020 and as a
result, OMB approval for data collection is being sought.
The purpose of this ICR is to support the collection of information
from participating health departments through a series of five surveys.
The surveys seek to collect longitudinal data on each health department
throughout their accreditation process.
The respondent universe will include STLT health department
directors or designees. All surveys will be administered
electronically; a link to the survey website will be provided in the
email invitation. The surveys will be administered on a quarterly basis
and sent to all health departments that reach each milestone in the
accreditation process (application, recently accredited, accredited for
one year, approaching reaccreditation, and reaccreditation). Each
health department will be invited to participate in each survey once
(for a total of five surveys max per health department). The total
annualized estimated burden is 100 hours. There are no costs to
respondents except their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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STLT HD Directors or Designee. Survey 1: 60 1 20/60 20
Applicants.
STLT HD Directors or Designee. Survey 2: 60 1 20/60 20
Recently
Accredited HDs.
STLT HD Directors or Designee. Survey 3: HDs 60 1 20/60 20
Accredited One
Year.
STLT HD Directors or Designee. Survey 4: HDs 60 1 20/60 20
Approaching
Reaccreditation.
STLT HD Directors or Designee. Survey 5: 60 1 20/60 20
Reaccredited
HDs.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 100
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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. 2019-20704 Filed 9-24-19; 8:45 am]
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