[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 149 (Friday, August 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43241-43243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16821]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-21-0607; Docket No. CDC-2021-0078]


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.

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This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection 
project titled The National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). 
NVDRS is a state-based surveillance system developed to monitor the 
occurrence of violent deaths in the United States.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before October 5, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0078 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, 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;
    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; and
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    The National Violence Death Reporting System (NVDRS) (OMB Control 
No. 0920-0607, Exp. 7/31/2023)--Revision--National Center for Injury 
Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    This is a Revision request for the National Violent Death Reporting 
System (NVDRS, OMB Control No. 0920-0607). All 50 states, the District 
of Columbia, and Puerto Rico participate in the system. NVDRS is a 
state-based surveillance system developed to monitor the occurrence of 
violent deaths (i.e., homicide, suicide, deaths due to legal 
intervention, deaths of undetermined intent, and unintentional firearm 
deaths) in the United States (U.S.) by collecting comprehensive data 
from multiple sources (e.g., death certificates, coroner/medical 
examiner reports, law enforcement reports) into a useable, anonymous 
database.
    CDC received initial OMB approval in November 2004 and renewals in 
January 2007, November 2009, September 2012, June 2013, October 2014, 
November 2017, and July 2020. The last revision request that was 
approved in July 2020 was to; (1) implement updates to the web-based 
system to improve performance, functionality, and accessibility, (2) 
add new data elements to the system, and (3) make minimal revisions to 
the NVDRS coding manual.
    This revision request is for several changes to the system; (1) 
Implementation of updates to the web-based system to improve 
performance, functionality, and accessibility, (2) Adding thirteen new 
data elements to the web-based system (housing instability, history of 
non-suicidal self injury/self harm, household known to local 
authorities, caregiver use of corporal punishment contributed to child 
death, children present and/or witnessed fatal incident, prior child 
protective services report on child victim's household, substance abuse 
in child victim's household, caregiver burden, history of traumatic 
brain injury, family stressor, life transition/loss of independent 
living, non-adherence to mental health/substance abuse treatment, and 
disaster exposure (revisions to existing variable), (3) Adding the 
School Associated Violent Death (SAVD) module (only applicable to 
school-related incidents meeting certain inclusion criteria) to NVDRS 
Software 2.2 in order to capture such incidents. To address 
duplication, SAVD will be phased out and the SAVD module in NVDRS will 
capture in depth information about such incidents. This change was made 
as NVDRS has almost achieved full nationwide coverage, (4) Adding new 
variables that have been incorporated into NVDRS 2.3 software, 
anticipated to be rolled out in July/August 2021 (victim known to local 
authorities, no substance(s) given as cause of death (on toxicology 
tab), and type of physical health problem, and (5) Adding the Public 
Safety Officer Suicide Reporting module, in January 2022, to capture 
more detailed information on suicides among public safety officers.
    A software update, version 2.3, is in testing and scheduled for 
release early in August 2021 that includes; (1) capability to transfer 
cases from one state to another (to assist collaboration on border-
crossing incidents), (2) generation of custom data export files on 
demand, and (3) very slight modifications to School-Associated Violent 
Death (SAVD) data elements based on feedback since launch of that 
module. The new variables described in the updates above were needed in 
response to feedback from VDRS abstractors and discussions among NVDRS 
scientific and Information Technology staff about how to better capture 
this information.
    CDC requests approval for an estimated 41,827 annual burden hours. 
The estimated change in burden from the last OMB submission is 4,027 
hours. There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of        Number        burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondent            Form name       respondents    responses per   response (in        hours
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Public Agencies...............  Web-based Data                56           1,350           30/60          37,800
                                 Entry.
                                School                        45               1           30/60              23
                                 Associated
                                 Violent Death
                                 Module.
                                Public Safety                 56             429           10/60           4,004
                                 Officer Suicide
                                 Reporting
                                 Module.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............          41,827
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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. 2021-16821 Filed 8-5-21; 8:45 am]
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