[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 235 (Friday, December 6, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66904-66906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26372]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-20-0853; Docket No. CDC-2019-0106]


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 ``Asthma Information Reporting 
System (AIRS)'' (OMB Control No. 0920-0853; expiration date 5/31/2020). 
The purpose of AIRS is to collect performance measure and surveillance 
data designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of state, 
local and territorial asthma programs and to monitor the impact of 
state, local, territorial and national programs.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before February 4, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0106 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.


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    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

    Asthma Information and Reporting System (AIRS)--Revision--National 
Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    In 1999, the CDC began its National Asthma Control Program (NACP), 
a public health approach to address the burden of asthma. The program 
supports the proposed objectives of ``Healthy People 2030'' for asthma, 
and is based on the public health principles of surveillance, 
partnerships, interventions, and evaluation. The CDC requests a three-
year approval to revise the ``Asthma Information Reporting System 
(AIRS)'' (OMB Control No. 0920-0853; expiration date 5/31/2020). 
Specifically, CDC seeks to make the following changes:
     Increase the number of respondents from 25 to 30.
     Increase the burden from 89 hours to 105 hours.
     Reduce and consolidate the required performance measures 
(PMs), from 18 to eight core measures.
     Change the collection method for receipt of PMs from an 
Excel spreadsheet to a newly developed electronic reporting tool 
(SharePoint site).
     Include instructions for the newly developed electronic 
reporting tool that will be utilized to report the eight core PMs.
     Change the collection method for receipt of surveillance 
data, from uploading to a SharePoint site to submitting by email to a 
dedicated mailbox.
     Update the estimated annualized cost to the government to 
reflect current funding for the cooperative agreement, updated salaries 
for staff, and contractor costs for development of the new electronic 
reporting tool.
    The three-year approval will allow CDC to continue to monitor 
states' program planning and delivery of public health activities and 
the programs' collaboration with health care systems through a new 
five-year cooperative agreement--A Comprehensive Public Health Approach 
to Asthma Control through Evidence-Based Interventions (CDC-RFA-EH19-
1902).
    The goal of this data collection is to provide NCEH with routine 
information about the activities and performance of the state, local 
and territorial recipients funded under the NACP through an annual 
reporting system. NACP requires recipients to report activities related 
to partnerships, infrastructure, evaluation and interventions to 
monitor the programs' performance in reducing the burden of asthma. 
AIRS also includes two forms to collect aggregate emergency department 
(ED) visits and hospital discharge (HD) data from recipients.
    AIRS was first approved by OMB in 2010 to collect data in a web-
based system to monitor and guide participating state health 
departments. Since implementation in 2010, AIRS and the technical 
assistance provided by CDC staff have provided states with uniform data 
reporting methods and linkages to other states' asthma program 
information and resources. Thus, AIRS has saved state resources and 
staff time when asthma programs embark on asthma activities similar to 
those conducted elsewhere.
    In the past three years, AIRS data were used to:
     Serve as a resource to NCEH when addressing congressional, 
departmental and institutional inquiries.
     Help the branch align its current interventions with CDC 
goals and allowed the monitoring of progress toward these goals.
     Allow the NACP and the state asthma programs to make more 
informed decisions about activities to achieve objectives.
     Facilitate communication about interventions across states 
and enable inquiries regarding interventions by populations with a 
disproportionate burden, age groups, geographic areas and other 
variables of interest.
     Provide feedback to the grantees about their performance 
relative to others through the distribution of two written reports and 
several presentations (webinar and in-person) summarizing the results.
     Customize and provide technical assistance and support 
materials to address implementation challenges.
    There will be no cost to respondents other than their time to 
complete the PM Reporting Tool, ED Visits Reporting Form, and HD 
Reporting Form, on an annual basis. The estimated annualized time 
burden is 105 hours.

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                                        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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Funded Asthma Program           Performance                   30               1          150/60              75
 Recipients.                     Measures
                                 Reporting Tool.
                                Emergency                     30               1           30/60              15
                                 Department
                                 Visits
                                 Reporting Form.
                                Hospital                      30               1           30/60              15
                                 Discharge
                                 Reporting Form.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             105
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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. 2019-26372 Filed 12-5-19; 8:45 am]
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