[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 207 (Friday, October 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57431-57432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23368]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-20-0943; Docket No. CDC-2019-0090]


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.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 Data Collection for the 
Residential Care Community and Adult Day Services Center Components of 
the National Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Study. The purpose is to 
collect data for the residential care community and adult day services 
center components for the 2020 wave of the National Post-Acute and 
Long-Term Care Study (formerly the National Study of Long-Term Care 
Providers).

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before December 24, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0090 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 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

    The Residential Care Community and Adult Day Service Center 
components of the National Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Study (OMB 
Control No. 0920-0943 Exp. 03/12/2019)--Reinstatement with Change--
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 
242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, ``shall collect statistics on 
health resources . . . [and] utilization of health care, including 
extended care facilities, and other institutions.'' NCHS seeks approval 
to collect data for the Residential Care Community (RCC) and Adult Day 
Services Center (ADSC) survey components of the 5th National Post-Acute 
and Long-Term Care Study or NPALS (formerly known as the National Study 
of Long-Term Care Providers or NSLTCP). A two year clearance is 
requested.
    The NPALS is designed to (1) broaden NCHS' ongoing coverage of 
paid, regulated long-term care (LTC) providers; (2) merge with existing 
administrative data on LTC providers and service users (i.e., Centers 
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) data on inpatient 
rehabilitation facilities and patients, long-term care hospitals and 
patients, nursing homes and residents, home health agencies and 
patients, and hospices and patients); (3) update data more frequently 
on LTC providers and service users for which nationally representative 
administrative data do not exist; and (4) enable comparisons across LTC 
sectors and timely monitoring of supply and use of these sectors over 
time.
    Data will be collected from two types of LTC providers in the 50 
states and the District of Columbia: 11,600 RCCs and 5,500 ADSCs in 
each wave. Data were collected in 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018. The data 
to be collected in 2020 include the basic characteristics, services, 
staffing, and practices of RCCs and ADSCs, and aggregate-level 
distributions of the demographics, selected health conditions and 
health care utilization, physical functioning, and cognitive 
functioning of RCC residents and ADSC participants.
    Expected users of data from this collection effort include, but are 
not limited to CDC; other Department of Health and Human Services 
(DHHS) agencies, such as the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Planning and Evaluation, The Administration for Community Living, and 
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; associations, such as 
LeadingAge, National Center for Assisted Living, American Seniors 
Housing Association, Argentum, and National Adult Day

[[Page 57432]]

Services Association; universities; foundations; and other private 
sector organizations such as the Alzheimer's Association, the AARP 
Public Policy Institute, and the National Academies of Sciences, 
Engineering, and Medicine.
    Expected burden from data collection for eligible cases is 30 
minutes per respondent, except small RCCs that will have an additional 
five minutes for a contact confirmation call. We calculated the burden 
based on a 100% response rate. Two-year clearance is requested to cover 
the collection of data. The estimated annual burden hours for the 
collection are 4,534. There is no cost to respondents other than their 
time to participate.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Small RCC Director/Designated   Contact                    3,100               1            5/60             258
 Staff Member.                   Confirmation
                                 Call.
RCC Director/Designated Staff   RCC                        2,900               1           30/60           1,450
 Member.                         Questionnaire
                                 Version A.
RCC Director/Designated Staff   RCC                        2,900               1           30/60           1,450
 Member.                         Questionnaire
                                 Version B.
ADSC Director/Designated Staff  ADSC                       1,375               1           30/60             688
 Member.                         Questionnaire
                                 Version A.
ADSC Director/Designated Staff  ADSC                       1,375               1           30/60             688
 Member.                         Questionnaire
                                 Version B.
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           4,534
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-23368 Filed 10-24-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4163-18-P