[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 102 (Friday, May 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28836-28837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11319]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-21-0900]


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 Contact Investigation Outcome Reporting Forms 
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 March 8, 2021 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. 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

    Contact Investigation Outcome Reporting Forms (OMB Control No. 
0920-0900, Exp. 05/31/2021)--Revision--National Center for Emerging 
Zoonotic and 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 operators with information to notify and contact 
individuals, and to 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),

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Measles, and Rubella, or the General form 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 of 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). CDC requests approval for an estimated 1,422 annual burden 
hours. There is no cost to respondents other than their time to 
complete the forms 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
                                                                    respondents     respondent       response
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Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship       Clinically Active TB                  15               1           20/60
 Managers.                               Contact Investigation
                                         Outcome Reporting Form--
                                         Maritime.
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship       Varicella Investigation               20               1           20/60
 Managers.                               Outcome Reporting Form--
                                         Maritime.
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo Ship       Influenza Like Illness                30               1           20/60
 Managers.                               Investigation Outcome
                                         Reporting Form--
                                         Maritime.
State/Local public health staff.......  General Contact                   16,672               1            5/60
                                         Investigation Outcome
                                         Reporting Form--Air.
State/Local public health staff.......  TB Contact Investigation              38               1            5/60
                                         Outcome Reporting Form--
                                         Air.
State/Local public health staff.......  Measles Contact                       73               1            5/60
                                         Investigation Outcome
                                         Reporting Form--Air.
State/Local public health staff.......  Rubella Contact                        5               1            5/60
                                         Investigation Outcome
                                         Reporting Form--Air.
State/Local public health staff.......  General Contact                       15               1            5/60
                                         Investigation Outcome
                                         Reporting Form--Land.
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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. 2021-11319 Filed 5-27-21; 8:45 am]
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