[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 111 (Friday, June 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37885-37886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12359]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-23-23FQ; Docket No. CDC-2023-0046]


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 information 
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project 
titled Public Health/Public Safety Strategies to Reduce Drug Overdose 
Data Collection. This data collection is designed to collect data on 
overdose prevention efforts that involve Public Health/Public Safety 
sectors or to address justice-involved populations at increased risk of 
overdose.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before August 8, 2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2023-
0046 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, 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

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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/Public Safety Strategies to Reduce Drug Overdose Data 
Collection--New--National Center for Injury Prevention and Control 
(NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The drug overdose epidemic continues to pose a serious threat to 
communities across the country. In March 2023, the declaration of the 
opioid crisis as a national Public Health Emergency was renewed yet 
again. Further, provisional data from the National Center for Health 
Statistics (NCHS) confirmed that the number of overdose deaths in 2022 
was 109,680, which is a 0.5% increase from 2020. Adding to this 
challenge, drug availability and overdose trends are rapidly changing, 
shaped by the westward expansion of fentanyl, the eastward expansion of 
methamphetamine, the inclusion of adulterants in the drug supply (e.g., 
fentanyl, xylazine), and increasing polysubstance-involved overdose.
    Multisector collaboration is critical to saving lives and reducing 
the overdose epidemic. Two key sectors in this response are public 
health and public safety (PH/PS), as they are both on the front lines 
and both tasked with improving community safety and well-being. CDC 
demonstrates strong commitment to PH/PS partnerships through 
implementation of several national programs. Beginning in September 
2019, CDC's Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) funds enhanced surveillance 
and prevention of fatal and nonfatal opioid overdoses in 47 states and 
19 localities. In most of these jurisdictions, prevention activities 
are carried out in partnership with public safety. Since 2017, CDC has 
supported the Overdose Response Strategy (ORS), a unique collaboration 
between public health and public safety partners created to help local 
communities reduce drug overdose and save lives. Finally, CDC recently 
launched the Opioid Rapid Response Program, an interagency, coordinated 
Federal effort with the HHS Office of Inspector General to help 
mitigate overdose risks among patients who lose access to a prescriber 
of opioids due to law enforcement actions. As a relatively new and 
increasingly leveraged tool for overdose prevention, a greater 
understanding of PH/PS strategies are needed to inform these national 
programs.
    The goal of this Generic mechanism is to collect data to improve 
overdose prevention efforts that involve PH/PS sectors or address 
justice-involved populations at increased risk of overdose. This 
requires practical information and experiential knowledge on current 
implementation of overdose prevention efforts by PH/PS. Based on 
previous experience, NCIPC anticipates that information will need to be 
collected to: (a) understand the design, implementation, and uptake of 
strategies that involve public health and safety, or individuals 
involved in the criminal legal system who are at increased risk of 
overdose; (b) identify barriers, facilitators, and best practices 
associated with strategy implementation; and (c) identify disparities 
in access to strategies among diverse populations or the effectiveness 
of these strategies in reducing overdose.
    This Generic mechanism will allow for the gathering of information 
about PH/PS strategies to identify actions to improve responses to the 
overdose crisis. No Generic currently exists that would allow for 
exploration of programs, practices, and capacity among PH/PS 
partnerships to address overdose. The assessments conducted and 
information gathered through this mechanism will be used to rapidly 
improve the implementation of programs enacted through these 
partnerships throughout the lifespan of CDC's national programs and 
more broadly.
    The estimated annual burden hours requested for this collection are 
2,500. There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

                                        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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Public Health/Public Safety     Public Health/             5,000               1           30/60           2,500
 Strategies Data Collection      Public Safety
 Participants.                   Strategies Data
                                 Collection
                                 Instruments.
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health 
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2023-12359 Filed 6-8-23; 8:45 am]
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