[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33682-33683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11796]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-20-0493]


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 2021 and 2023 National Youth Risk Behavior 
Surveys 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 February 
28, 2020 to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC 
received five (5) comments 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. Comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. 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

    2021 and 2023 National Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (OMB Control No. 
0920-0493)--Reinstatement with Change--National Center for HIV/AIDS, 
Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The purpose of this request is to obtain OMB approval to reinstate 
with change, the data collection for the National Youth Risk Behavior 
Survey (YRBS), a school-based survey that has been conducted biennially 
since 1991.

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OMB approval for the 2017 YRBS and 2019 YRBS expired September 30, 2019 
(OMB Control No. 0920-0493). CDC seeks a three-year approval to conduct 
the YRBS in Spring 2021 and Spring 2023. Minor changes incorporated 
into this reinstatement request include: An updated title for the 
information collection to accurately reflect the years in which the 
survey will be conducted, minor changes to the data collection 
instrument, and the use of a tablet-based data collection methodology 
starting in 2023.
    The YRBS assesses priority health risk behaviors related to the 
major preventable causes of mortality, morbidity, and social problems 
among both youth and young adults in the United States. Data on health 
risk behaviors of adolescents are the focus of approximately 65 
national health objectives in Healthy People 2030, an initiative of the 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The YRBS provides 
data to measure 13 of the proposed health objectives and one of the 
Leading Health Indicators currently under public comment to establish 
Healthy People 2030 objectives. In addition, the YRBS can identify 
racial and ethnic disparities in health risk behaviors. No other 
national source of data measures as many of the Healthy People 2030 
objectives addressing adolescent health risk behaviors as the YRBS. The 
data also will have significant implications for policy and program 
development for school health programs nationwide.
    In Spring 2021 and Spring 2023, the YRBS will be conducted among 
nationally representative samples of students attending public and 
private schools in grades 9-12. The survey is anonymous and will be 
conducted using paper-and-pencil questionnaires in 2021 and tablets in 
2023. Information supporting the YRBS also will be collected from 
state-, district-, and school-level administrators and teachers. No 
individually identifiable information will be collected and only 
aggregated student data will be published. The table below reports the 
number of respondents annualized over the three-year project period.
    There are no costs to respondents except their time. The total 
estimated annualized burden hours are 6,259.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
          Type of respondent                    Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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State Administrators..................  State-level Recruitment               17               1           30/60
                                         Script for the Youth
                                         Risk Behavior Survey.
District Administrators...............  District-level                        80               1           30/60
                                         Recruitment Script for
                                         the Youth Risk Behavior
                                         Survey.
School Administrators.................  School-level Recruitment             133               1           30/60
                                         Script for the Youth
                                         Risk Behavior Survey.
Teachers..............................  Data Collection                      440               1           15/60
                                         Checklist for the Youth
                                         Risk Behavior Survey.
Students..............................  Youth Risk Behavior                8,045               1           45/60
                                         Survey.
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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. 2020-11796 Filed 6-1-20; 8:45 am]
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