[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 74 (Monday, April 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22890-22891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08217]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-22-1128; Docket No. CDC-2022-0050]


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 continuing information 
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project 
titled State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS). 
This information collection supports drug overdose prevention efforts, 
detects new trends in fatal unintentional drug overdoses, and assesses 
the progress of HHS's initiative to reduce opioid abuse.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before June 17, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0050 by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.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 www.regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (www.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; Telephone: 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

    State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) (OMB 
Control No. 0920-1128, Exp. 10/31/2023)--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 currently approved State 
Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) (OMB Control No. 
0920-1128, Exp. Date 10/31/2023). SUDORS assists with ongoing 
surveillance of fatal unintentional and undetermined intent drug-
related overdoses to support prevention and response efforts.
    In 2013, there were nearly 44,000 drug overdose deaths, including 
nearly 36,000 unintentional drug overdose deaths, in the United States, 
with more people now dying of drug overdoses than automobile crashes. A 
major driver of the problem are overdoses related to opioids, both 
opioid pain relievers (OPRs) and illicit forms such as heroin. In order 
to address this public health problem, the U.S. Department of Health 
and Human Services (HHS) has made addressing the opioid abuse problem a 
high priority.
    To support targeting of drug overdose prevention efforts, detect 
new trends in fatal unintentional drug overdoses, and assess the 
progress of HHS's initiative to reduce opioid abuse and overdoses, the 
State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) generates 
public health surveillance information at the national, state, and 
local levels. This information is more detailed, useful, and timely 
than other information that is currently available.
    This collection will detect state and local community changes in 
unintentional and undetermined intent drug-related overdose mortality 
faster and provide in-depth state and local (e.g., county) information 
on risk factors for fatal drug overdose deaths that can

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inform the selection and targeting of interventions in all 50 states, 
the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. This information will help 
develop, inform, and assess the progress of drug overdose prevention 
strategies at both the state and national levels. Information will also 
improve the identification and response to changes in fatal 
unintentional and undetermined intent drug-related overdose trends at 
the local, state, and national level. CDC obtained OMB approval in 2020 
for a Revision to make the following changes: (1) Expand data 
collection from the 50 jurisdictions previously approved to include 52 
jurisdictions (i.e., all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of 
Columbia), (2) expand data collection from its current focus on opioid 
overdose deaths to a broader focus on drug overdose deaths, (3) account 
for increasing data collection burden related to large increases in 
drug overdose deaths, and (4) update the web-based system to improve 
performance, functionality, and accessibility, as well as add data 
elements to the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System 
(SUDORS) module to capture more detailed information.
    CDC requests a three-year approval for an additional Revision 
request to continue collecting SUDORS data. The current Revision 
request has the following change: The burden estimate has been updated 
to reflect the increase in the number of drug overdose deaths. This new 
burden estimate is higher than the previously approved estimate of 
32,838 hours because the previous burden estimates were based on the 
number of unintentional and undetermined intent drug overdose deaths 
that occurred among all 50 states in 2017 (64,998 deaths). This 
Revision request will use the total number of unintentional or 
undetermined intent drug overdose deaths in the US from 2020 (87,302 
deaths). The total number of unintentional or undetermined intent drug 
overdose deaths per jurisdiction was estimated by dividing the total 
number of drug overdose deaths, 87,302 by the number of participating 
health departments, 51, or approximately 1,711 deaths per participating 
health department. This created an increase from the previously 
approved burden.
    CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 43,631 annual burden 
hours. There are no costs to respondents other than their time to 
participate.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of     Total number     burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondent            Form name       respondents    of responses    response  (in    hours  (in
                                                                  per respondent      hours)          hours)
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Public Agencies...............  Retrieving and                51           1,711           30/60          43,631
                                 refiling
                                 records.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............          43,631
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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. 2022-08217 Filed 4-15-22; 8:45 am]
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