[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5661-5662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01857]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-20-19BNG]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information 
collection request titled Performance Measurement for STD Prevention to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. CDC 
previously published a ``Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendations'' notice on August 13, 2019 to obtain 
comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC received one 
comment related to the previous notice. This notice serves to allow an 
additional 30 days for public and affected agency comments.
    CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information 
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly 
interested in comments that:
    (a) 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;
    (b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected;
    (d) 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 submission of responses; and
    (e) Assess information collection costs.
    To request additional information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call 
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Direct written comments 
and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice to the 
Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th 
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Provide 
written comments within 30 days of notice publication.

Proposed Project

    Performance Measurement for STD Prevention--New--National Center 
for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Health departments play a critical role in addressing STD 
prevention and control and are well-positioned to monitor and 
understand local trends in STDs through case-based surveillance, and to 
respond to emerging threats and outbreaks. Health department STD 
programs also have the authority and skills to conduct disease 
investigation activities including partner services, an effective 
intervention to prevent STD transmission in some populations. Given 
that most STDs are diagnosed outside of public STD clinics, health 
departments must also work with primary care and other health care 
providers and organizations to promote the delivery of recommended, 
evidence-based STD screening, timely treatment, and other prevention 
services.
    Federal support for state, local, and territorial health 
departments to carry out these functions has been in place for decades 
and remains a critical source of funding to monitor and fight 
increasing STDs across the US. CDC's cooperative agreement PS19-1901 
STD PCHD (Sexually Transmitted Diseases Prevention and Control for 
Health Departments) is the latest iteration of this support, covering 
the five-year period 2019-2024. The cooperative agreement represents a 
focused scope of work that reflects the core public health functions of 
assessment, assurance, and policy and aligns with today's STD 
epidemiology and best practices. In 2019, approximately $92.5 million 
dollars were awarded by CDC to 59 state, local, and territorial health 
departments to carry out these functions.
    The goal of this data collection is to guide performance 
measurement efforts among the 59 health departments that receive 
funding from CDC to conduct STD surveillance, prevention and

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control through cooperative agreement PS19-1901. The purpose is to 
assess recipients' individual and collective progress towards the 
larger aims of the cooperative agreement, direct technical assistance 
to recipients, and obtain information needed to help assess the 
cooperative agreement's public health impact. The resulting data will 
be used to identify areas for improvement both within individual sites 
and as it pertains to the funded community as a whole, and to document 
outcomes associated with STD surveillance, prevention, and control 
efforts.
    Data will be collected in aggregate using a Microsoft Excel-based 
data collection tool. All health department recipients will be required 
to submit the data tool annually. The population from which data will 
be collected is the 59 state, local, and territorial health departments 
that are funded through the cooperative agreement PS19-1901 STD PCHD. 
The total annual burden hours are 1,770. There are no other costs to 
respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
          Type of respondents                   Form name           respondents    responses per   response (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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State health departments..............  Data Collection Tool....              50               1              30
Local health departments..............  Data Collection Tool....               7               1              30
Territorial health departments........  Data Collection Tool....               2               1              30
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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. 2020-01857 Filed 1-30-20; 8:45 am]
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