[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]
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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.
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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 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
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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
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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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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.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 4,534
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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. 2019-23368 Filed 10-24-19; 8:45 am]
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