[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 30 (Monday, February 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8252-8253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03077]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60-Day-22-22CL; Docket No. CDC-2022-0021]


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 a proposed 
information collection project titled Population-based Surveillance of 
Outcomes, Needs, and Well-being of Children and Adolescents with 
Congenital Heart Defects (CHD). The purpose of this collection is to 
provide insight into public health questions that remain for CHD and to 
develop services and allocate resources to improve long-term health and 
well-being.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before April 15, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0021 by either 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 H21-8, 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 H21-8, 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

    Population-based Surveillance of Outcomes, Needs, and well-being of 
Children and Adolescents with Congenital Heart Defects--New--National 
Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    CHD are the most common type of structural birth defects, affecting 
approximately one in 110 live-born children. Due to advances in 
survival, there are approximately one million children with CHD in the 
United States. With vast declines in mortality from pediatric heart 
disease over the past 30 years, it is vital to evaluate health,

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social, educational, and quality of life outcomes beyond infancy and 
early childhood. However, existing U.S. population-based data are 
lacking on these outcomes among those born with CHD and the changes 
that may occur with time and age. U.S. data is needed to provide 
insight into the public health questions that remain for this 
population and to develop services and allocate resources to improve 
long-term health and well-being.
    For this project, we will use data from U.S. state birth defect 
surveillance systems, or population-based studies derived from them, to 
identify a population-based sample of children and adolescents 2-17 
years of age born with CHD. We will then use state databases and online 
search engines to find current addresses for those individuals and mail 
surveys to their caregivers inquiring about the child's cardiac and 
other healthcare utilization, barriers to healthcare, quality of life, 
social and educational outcomes, and transition of care from childhood 
to adulthood, as well as needs and experiences of the caregivers. The 
information collected from this population-based survey will be used to 
inform current knowledge, allocate resources, develop services, and, 
ultimately, improve long-term health of children and adolescents born 
with CHD.
    We estimate receiving completed surveys from 7,667 caregivers of 
children and adolescents with CHD in the birth defects surveillance 
systems. To generate sufficient sample size, accounting for non-
response, from caregivers up to 17 years after the birth of their child 
with CHD, we intend to sample 100% of eligible CHD cases identified 
through select birth defect surveillance systems. The survey takes 
approximately 20 minutes to complete. Therefore, we estimate the total 
annual burden to be 2,556 hours. There are no costs to participants 
other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondents           Form name       respondents    responses per   response (in     (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Caregivers of individuals aged  Survey                     7,667               1           20/60           2,556
 2-17 years with a CHD.          questionnaire.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           2,556
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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. 2022-03077 Filed 2-11-22; 8:45 am]
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