[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33670-33672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11803]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-20-1204; Docket No. CDC-2020-0053]


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 efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on the ``Behavioral 
Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Asthma Call-back Survey 
(ACBS)'' (OMB Control No. 0920-1204, expiration date 11/30/2020). The 
ACBS is an in-depth asthma survey conducted on a subset of BRFSS 
respondents with an asthma diagnosis. The goal of this survey is to 
strengthen the existing body of asthma data and to address critical 
questions surrounding the health and experiences of persons with 
asthma.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 3, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2020-
0053 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulation.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

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(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

    Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Asthma Call-back 
Survey (ACBS)--Revision--National Center for Environmental Health 
(NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The CDC's National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) is 
requesting a three-year Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearance to 
revise and continue to collect information under the ``Behavioral Risk 
Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Asthma Call-back Survey (ACBS)'' 
(OMB Control No. 0920-1204, expiration date 11/30/2020). The ACBS is 
funded by the NCEH National Asthma Control Program (NACP) in the Asthma 
and Community Health Branch (ACHB). The NACP provides its 40 
participating states with technical and methodological assistance.
    The ACBS is a follow-up survey on asthma and is administered on 
behalf of NCEH by the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) BRFSS Program. The BRFSS (OMB 
Control No. 0920-1061, expiration date 3/31/2021) is a nationwide 
system of customized, cross-sectional telephone health surveys. The 
BRFSS information collection is conducted in a continuous, three-part 
telephone interview process: screening, participation in a common BRFSS 
core survey, and participation in optional question modules that states 
use to customize survey content. BRFSS coordinators in the health 
departments in U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia 
(collectively referred to as ``states'' and ``jurisdictions'') are 
responsible for both the BRFSS and the ACBS administration. The ACBS is 
conducted within two days after the BRFSS survey.
    The purpose of ACBS is to gather state-level asthma data and to 
make them available to track the burden of the disease, to monitor 
adherence to asthma guidelines, and to direct and evaluate 
interventions undertaken by asthma control programs located in state 
health departments. Beyond asthma prevalence estimates, for most 
states, the ACBS provides the only sources of adult and child asthma 
data on the state and local level.
    Data collection for ACBS involves screening, obtaining permission, 
consenting, and telephone interviewing on a subset of the BRFSS 
respondents from participating states. The ACBS eligible respondents 
are BRFSS adults, 18 years and older, who report ever being diagnosed 
with asthma. In addition, some states include children, below 18 years 
of age, who are randomly selected subjects in the BRFSS household. 
Parents or guardians serve as ACBS proxy respondents for their children 
ever diagnosed with asthma. If both the BRFSS adult respondent and the 
selected child in the household have asthma, then only one or the other 
is eligible for the ACBS.
    State BRFSS Coordinators submit de-identified data files to CDC on 
a monthly or quarterly basis for cleaning and weighting. The CDC BRFSS 
ACBS operation team returns clean, weighted data files to the state of 
origin for its use. The ACBS adds considerable state-level depth to the 
existing body of asthma data. It addresses critical questions 
surrounding the health and experiences of persons with asthma. Health 
data include symptoms, environmental factors, and medication use among 
persons with asthma. Data on their experiences include activity 
limitation, health system use, and self-management education. These 
asthma data are needed to direct and evaluate interventions undertaken 
by asthma control programs located in state health departments. Federal 
agencies and other entities also rely on this critical information for 
planning and evaluating efforts and to reduce the burden from this 
disease. The CDC makes annual ACBS datasets available for public use 
and provides guidance on statistically appropriate uses of the data.
    The time burden estimates are based on the 2016 ACBS data 
collection, which is the most recent data released. The burden table 
reflects the landline and cell phone data collection methods used in 
2016 and later years. Additionally, the time burden accounts for 
reporting burden incurred by the states for the monthly or quarterly 
adult and child ACBS data submissions to CDC. The total estimated 
annualized time burden for all respondents is 6,615 hours. 
Participation in the ACBS is voluntary and there are no costs to 
respondents other than their time.

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                                   Estimated Annualized Burden to Respondents
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)         hours
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BRFSS Adults..................  ACBS Landline             17,800               1            1/60             297
                                 Screener--Adult.
                                ACBS Cell Phone           16,733               1            1/60             279
                                 Screener--Adult.
BRFSS Parents or Guardians of   ACBS Landline              2,576               1            1/60              43
 Children.                       Screener--Child.
                                ACBS Cell Phone            3,824               1            1/60              64
                                 Screener--Child.
ACBS Adults...................  ACBS Adult                23,166               1           10/60           3,861
                                 Consent and
                                 Questionnaire.
ACBS Parents or Guardians of    ACBS Child                 3,787               1           10/60             631
 Children.                       Consent and
                                 Questionnaire.
State BRFSS Coordinators......  ACBS Adult Data               40              12          155/60           1,240
                                 Submission
                                 Layout.
                                ACBS Child Data               40              12           25/60             200
                                 Submission
                                 Layout.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           6,615
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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. 2020-11803 Filed 6-1-20; 8:45 am]
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