[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 175 (Monday, September 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55806-55808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19565]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-22-1295; Docket No. CDC-2022-0105]


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 Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB): Assessment of 
Processes and Outcomes. The purpose of this Extension is to collect 
information from health departments throughout the initial 
accreditation and reaccreditation process to learn about program 
processes and the accreditation/reaccreditation standards, to improve 
the program's quality, and to document program outcomes and inform 
decision making about future program direction.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before November 14, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0105 by any 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 
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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

    Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB): Assessment of Processes 
and Outcomes (OMB Control No. 0920-1295, Exp. 4/30/2023)--Extension--
Center for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support (CSTLTS), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) works to 
protect America from health, safety, and security threats, both foreign 
and domestic. CDC strives to fulfill this mission, in part, by 
supporting state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) health 
departments. One mechanism for supporting STLT health departments is 
through CDC's support of a national, voluntary accreditation program.
    CDC supports the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), a non-
profit organization that serves as the independent accrediting body. 
PHAB, with considerable input from national, state, tribal, and local 
public health professionals, developed a consensus set of standards to 
assess the capacity of STLT health departments. Between February 2013 
(when the first health department was accredited) and August 2022, 40 
state health departments, 305 local health departments, five Tribal 
health departments, and one integrated system (comprised of 67 local 
health departments in one centralized state) have been accredited. 
Accreditation is granted for a five-year period and 68 health 
departments have successfully completed the reaccreditation process. 
Formal efforts to assess the outcomes of the accreditation program 
began in late 2012 and continue to date. Priorities focus on gathering 
feedback for program improvement and documenting program outcomes to 
demonstrate impact and inform decision making about future program 
direction. From 2012-2019, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) 
and the social science organization NORC at the University of Chicago, 
led evaluation efforts. CDC assumed support of the evaluation beginning 
in 2020 and is seeking OMB approval to continue data collection.
    The purpose of this Information Collection Request (ICR) is to 
support the collection of information from participating health 
departments through a series of five surveys. The surveys seek to 
collect longitudinal data on each health department throughout their 
accreditation process. Data collected through this ICR provides 
documentation about the evidence and value of health department 
accreditation.
    Respondents will include STLT health department directors or 
designees, one respondent per each health department. All surveys will 
be administered electronically; a link to the survey website will be 
provided in an email invitation. The surveys will be administered on a 
quarterly basis and sent to all health departments that reach any of 
five milestones in the accreditation process (application, recently 
accredited, accredited for one year, approaching reaccreditation, and 
reaccreditation). Each health department will be invited to participate 
in each survey once (for a total of five surveys max per health 
department). The total annualized estimated burden is 100 hours. There 
are no costs to respondents other than their time to participate.

                                                            Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                             Number of    Average burden
                  Type of respondents                               Form name                Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                                                            respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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STLT HD Directors or Designee.........................  Survey 1: Applicant HDs.........              60               1           20/60              20
STLT HD Directors or Designee.........................  Survey 2: Recently Accredited                 60               1           20/60              20
                                                         HDs.
STLT HD Directors or Designee.........................  Survey 3: HDs Accredited One                  60               1           20/60              20
                                                         Year.
STLT HD Directors or Designee.........................  Survey 4: HDs Approaching                     60               1           20/60              20
                                                         Reaccreditation.
STLT HD Directors or Designee.........................  Survey 5: Reaccredited HDs......              60               1           20/60              20
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    Total.............................................  ................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             100
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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. 2022-19565 Filed 9-9-22; 8:45 am]
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