[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 43 (Monday, March 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13390-13391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04673]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-FY-2021; Docket No. CDC-2021-0019]


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 Contact 
Investigation Outcome Reporting Forms, a collection that facilitates 
CDC working with state and local health departments, and maritime 
vessels, in conducting contact investigations of individuals exposed to 
a communicable illnesses during travel.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before May 7, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0019 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, of the 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

    Contact Investigation Outcome Reporting Forms (OMB Control No. 
0920-0900 Exp. 05/31/2021)--Revision--National Center for Emerging and 
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    CDC proposes to collect passenger-level, epidemiologic, 
demographic, and health status data from state/local Health Departments 
and maritime operators at the conclusion of contact investigations of 
individuals believed to have been exposed to a communicable disease 
during travel. The information requested by CDC would be obtained by 
the health departments or maritime operators while conducting the 
contact investigation according to their established policies and 
procedures, and would be reported to CDC on a voluntary basis. This 
information will assist CDC in fulfilling its regulatory responsibility 
to prevent the importation of communicable diseases from foreign 
countries (42 CFR part 71) and interstate control of communicable 
diseases in humans (42 CFR part 70).
    CDC provides state and local health departments and maritime 
conveyance

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operators with information to notify and contact individuals and 
further investigate this exposure by contacting others who may have 
been potentially exposed to disease. However, there currently is no 
standardized tool or form to collect pertinent information regarding 
the outcome of such investigations. To address the need to inform CDC 
of additional actions that may be needed to further protect public 
health based on the outcome of the contact investigations, CDC has 
developed forms to assist health departments and maritime conveyance 
operators in reporting back to CDC. The forms are specific to the 
nature of the investigation; Tuberculosis (TB), Measles, and Rubella, 
or the General form to for other diseases of public health concern. The 
purpose of the forms is the same: to collect information to help CDC 
quarantine officials to fully understand the extent of disease spread 
and transmission during travel and to inform the development and or 
refinement of investigative protocols, aimed at reducing the spread of 
communicable disease.
    Respondents are state and local health departments and maritime 
conveyance operators. Respondents may use these standardized forms to 
submit data voluntarily to CDC for each individual contacted via a 
secure means of their choice, (e.g., web-based application, fax or 
email). Additional respondents are Cruise Ship Medical Staff/Cargo Ship 
Managers and State/local health department staff. There is no cost to 
respondents other than their time to complete the form and submit the 
data to CDC.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of        Average
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of     responses per    burden per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo    Clinically                    15               1           20/60               5
 Ship Managers.                  Active TB
                                 Contact
                                 Investigation
                                 Outcome
                                 Reporting Form--
                                 Maritime.
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo    Varicella                     29               1           20/60              10
 Ship Managers.                  Investigation
                                 Outcome
                                 Reporting Form.
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo    Influenza Like                45               1           20/60              15
 Ship Managers.                  Illness
                                 Investigation
                                 Outcome
                                 Reporting Form.
State/Local public health       General Contact           36,000               1            5/60           3,000
 staff.                          Investigation
                                 Outcome
                                 Reporting Form--
                                 Air.
State/Local public health       TB Contact                   100               1            5/60               8
 staff.                          Investigation
                                 Outcome
                                 Reporting Form--
                                 Air.
State/Local public health       Measles Contact              189               1            5/60              16
 staff.                          Investigation
                                 Outcome
                                 Reporting Form--
                                 Air.
State/Local public health       Rubella Contact               38               1            5/60               3
 staff.                          Investigation
                                 Outcome
                                 Reporting Form--
                                 Air.
State/Local public health       General Contact               15               1            5/60               1
 staff.                          Investigation
                                 Outcome
                                 Reporting Form--
                                 Land.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           3,058
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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. 2021-04673 Filed 3-5-21; 8:45 am]
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