[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 175 (Monday, September 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55808-55809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19557]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-22-1128]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information 
collection request titled ``State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting 
System (SUDORS)'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval. CDC previously published a ``Proposed Data 
Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations'' notice on 
April 18, 2022 to obtain comments from the public and affected 
agencies. CDC received one public comment related to the previous 
notice. This notice serves to allow an additional 30 days for public 
and affected agency comments.
    CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information 
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly 
interested in comments that:
    (a) 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;
    (b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected;
    (d) 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 submission of responses; and
    (e) Assess information collection costs.
    To request additional information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call 
(404) 639-7570. Comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Direct 
written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in 
this notice to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management 
and Budget, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 
395-5806. Provide written comments within 30 days of notice 
publication.

Proposed Project

    State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) (OMB 
Control No. 0920-1128, Exp. 1/31/2023)--Revision--National Center for 
Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    There has been a rapid increase in opioid overdose deaths since 
2013. In the United States, more people are now dying of drug overdose 
than automobile crashes, although opioids--both opioid pain relievers 
(OPRs) and illicit forms such as heroin--are also a major factor in 
overdose-related automobile crashes. On October 26, 2017, the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared the opioid 
overdose epidemic to be a national public health emergency (PHE).
    CDC established the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting 
System (SUDORS) in order to detect new trends in fatal unintentional 
drug overdoses, support targeting of drug overdose prevention efforts, 
and assess the progress of the HHS initiative to reduce opioid misuse 
and overdoses. Respondents are state- or jurisdiction-level health 
departments. The SUDORS surveillance system generates detailed, timely 
public health information on unintentional, fatal opioid-related drug 
overdoses and has been used to inform prevention and response efforts 
at the national, state, and local levels. SUDORS consolidates and 
supplements information available to health departments, including 
vital statistics and records created by medical examiners and coroners 
(ME/C). SUDORS is built on a web-based software platform and a 
collaborative surveillance and data integration model developed by CDC 
and health departments to improve understanding of homicide, suicide, 
undetermined deaths, and unintentional firearm deaths (National Violent 
Death Reporting System (NVDRS), OMB Control No. 0920-0607).
    Through SUDORS, CDC currently collects information that is not 
provided on death certificates, such as whether the drug(s) causing the 
overdoses were injected or taken orally; a toxicology report on the 
decedent, if available; and risk factors for fatal drug overdoses 
including previous drug overdoses, decedent's mental health, and 
whether the decedent recently exited a treatment program. Without this 
information, efforts to prevent drug overdose deaths are often based on 
limited information available on the death certificate and anecdotal 
evidence.
    OMB approval is requested for three years. Participating states and 
jurisdictions will continue to report SUDORS information to CDC through 
a module in the NVDRS web-based platform. State- and jurisdiction-level 
public health departments will be funded to abstract standardized data 
elements from ME/C reports as well as death certificates. During the 
next three years, CDC will remove data collection activities in Puerto 
Rico, and update the burden estimate to reflect the increase in drug 
overdose deaths.
    CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 43,631 annualized burden 
hours. There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                   Total number   Average burden
          Type of respondent                    Form name            Number of     of responses    per response
                                                                    respondents   per respondent    (in hours)
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Public Agencies.......................  Retrieving and refiling               51           1,711           30/60
                                         records.
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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. 2022-19557 Filed 9-9-22; 8:45 am]
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