[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 30 (Monday, February 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8254-8256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03081]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60-Day-22-1283; Docket No. CDC-2022-0019]


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 a proposed 
information collection project titled Monitoring and Reporting for the 
Overdose Data to Action Co-Operative Agreement. Information collected 
will provide crucial data for program performance monitoring, budget 
tracking, and where applicable, program success for programs funded 
under Overdose Data to Action (CDC-RFA-CE19-1904).

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

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0019 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.

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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

    Monitoring and Reporting for the Overdose Data to Action Co-
Operative Agreement--Revision--National Center for Injury Prevention 
and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National 
Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) seeks OMB approval for 
a Revision of a previously approved Information Collection Request 
(ICR) (OMB Control No. 0920-1283, Expiration 01/31/2023) for a one-year 
period, to continue collecting information from jurisdictions (which 
include states, Washington DC, U.S. Territories, cities and counties) 
funded under the Overdose Data to Action (CDC-RFA-CE19-1904) funding 
opportunity.
    Drug overdose deaths in the United States increased by 18% per year 
from 2014 to 2016. Opioid overdose deaths have increased fivefold from 
1999 to 2016, and in 2017, there were more than 47,000 deaths 
attributed to opioids. While the opioid overdose epidemic worsens in 
scope and magnitude, it is also becoming more complex. The complex and 
changing nature of the opioid overdose epidemic highlights the need for 
an interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and cohesive public health 
approach.
    The purpose of the Overdose Data to Action (CDC-RFA-CE19-1904) 
notice of funding opportunity (OD2A NOFO), is to support funded 
jurisdictions in obtaining high quality, complete, and timely data on 
opioid prescribing and overdoses, and to use those data to inform 
prevention and response efforts. There are two required components of 
this award--a surveillance component and a prevention component, with 
10 strategies in the funding opportunity across both components. The 
intent is to ensure that funded jurisdictions are well equipped to do 
rigorous work under both components, and to ensure that these 
components are linked and implemented as part of a system.
    This ICR will focus on three tools that funded jurisdictions will 
be required to use to assess performance as well as measure 
effectiveness: The Activity Progress Report, the Evaluation and 
Performance Measuring Plan, and the Organizational Capacity Assessment 
Tool. These tools support the overall OD2A NOFO (all strategies above). 
There is an overall reduction in burden of 880 burden hours from the 
previously approved request.
    A total of 79 jurisdictions were eligible to receive awards under 
this funding opportunity, and 67 jurisdictions submitted applications, 
of which 66 were funded. Each funded jurisdiction will be required to 
report the four elements of this ICR. Reporting is based on both web-
based tools and Word templates. This information is being collected to 
provide crucial data to CDC for program monitoring and budget tracking, 
to improve timely CDC-recipient communications, and to inform technical 
assistance and guidance documents produced by CDC to support program 
implementation among funded jurisdictions. The information feedback 
loop created by these information collection tools is designed to help 
jurisdictions decrease fatal and nonfatal overdoses. It will also 
provide CDC with the capacity to respond in a timely manner to requests 
for information about the program from the Department of Health and 
Human Services (HHS), the White House, Congress, and other sources.
    CDC requests approval for an estimated 462 annual burden hours. 
There is no cost to respondents 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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Overdose Data to Action funded  Evaluation and                66               1               4             264
 jurisdictions (State,           Performance      ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
 territories, counties and       Measuring Plan   ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
 cities) and their Designated    Template --                  66               1               1              66
 Delegates.                      Annual
                                 reporting.
                                Organizational
                                 Capacity
                                 Assessment--Ann
                                 ual Reporting.
                                Activity                      66               1               2             132
                                 Progress Report
                                 Tool--Annual
                                 Reporting.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             462
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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. 2022-03081 Filed 2-11-22; 8:45 am]
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