[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 49 (Monday, March 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14269-14271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05301]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-22-0457; Docket No. CDC-2022-0033]


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 an information 
collection titled, Aggregate Reports for Tuberculosis Program 
Evaluation. The goal of the study is to allow CDC to collect and 
monitor indicators for key program activities, such as finding 
tuberculosis infections in recent contacts of cases and in other high-
risk persons likely to be infected, and providing therapy for latent

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tuberculosis infection, in an effort to eliminate tuberculosis in the 
United States.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before May 13, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0033 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

    Aggregate Reports for Tuberculosis Program Evaluation (OMB Control 
No. 0920-0457, Exp. 12/31/2022)--Extension--National Center for HIV/
AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    CDC requests an Extension of the Aggregate Reports for Tuberculosis 
Program Evaluation project, previously approved under OMB Control No. 
0920-0457, for a period of three years. There are no revisions to the 
report forms, data definitions, or reporting instructions.
    To ensure the elimination of tuberculosis in the United States, CDC 
monitors indicators for key program activities, such as finding 
tuberculosis infections in recent contacts of cases and in other 
persons likely to be infected, and providing therapy for latent 
tuberculosis infection. In 2000, CDC implemented two program evaluation 
reports for annual submission: Aggregate report of follow-up and 
treatment for contacts of tuberculosis cases, and Aggregate report of 
targeted testing and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection. The 
respondents for these reports are the 67 state and local tuberculosis 
control programs receiving federal cooperative agreement funding 
through the CDC Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE). These 
reports emphasize treatment outcomes, high-priority target populations 
vulnerable to tuberculosis, and electronic report entry and submission 
to CDC through the National Tuberculosis Indicators Project (NTIP), a 
secure web-based system for program evaluation data. No other federal 
agency collects this type of national tuberculosis data, and the 
aggregate report of follow-up and treatment for contacts of 
tuberculosis cases, and aggregate report of targeted testing and 
treatment for latent tuberculosis infection are the only data source 
about latent tuberculosis infection for monitoring national progress 
toward tuberculosis elimination with these activities. CDC provides 
ongoing assistance in the preparation and utilization of these reports 
at the local and state levels of public health jurisdiction. CDC also 
provides respondents with technical support for the NTIP software.
    CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 268 annual burden hours. 
There is no cost to respondents other than their time to participate.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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Data clerks and Program         Follow-up and                 67               1               2             134
 Managers (electronic).          Treatment of
                                 Contacts to
                                 Tuberculosis
                                 Cases Form.
Data clerks and Program         Targeted Testing              67               1               2             134
 Managers (electronic).          and Treatment
                                 for Latent
                                 Tuberculosis
                                 Infection.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             268
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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. 2022-05301 Filed 3-11-22; 8:45 am]
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