[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 116 (Friday, June 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39437-39438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12938]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-23-23FZ; Docket No. CDC-2023-0048]


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 Healthcare Outbreak Prevention and Response Curriculum for 
Public Health Departments. This data collection will allow CDC to 
evaluate whether the CDC-developed trainings are reaching the intended 
audience and achieving the intended goal of strengthening public health 
workforce capacity to prevent and respond to Healthcare-Associated 
Infections and Antibiotic Resistance (HAI/AR) outbreaks.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before August 15, 2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2023-
0048 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

    Healthcare Response and Prevention Training Curriculum for Health 
Departments--New--National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 
Disease (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    CDC funds Healthcare-Associated Infection and Antibiotic Resistance 
(HAI/AR) programs in 64 state, local and territorial health 
departments.

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Funding is awarded through the Epidemiology and Laboratory cooperative 
agreements (ELC), and is intended to provide critical resources to 
recipients in support of a broad range of healthcare infection 
prevention and control and epidemiologic surveillance activities to 
detect, monitor, mitigate, and prevent the spread of HAI/AR in 
healthcare settings.
    HAI/AR programs have experienced an increase in program size and 
scope through COVID-19 supplemental funds. To better support the 
growing programs, CDC has developed high-priority trainings requested 
by the health department programs with the goal of strengthening public 
health workforce capacity to prevent and respond to HAI/AR outbreaks in 
healthcare settings, including preventing the spread of SARS-CoV-2. The 
proposed training evaluation will be used to assess whether the CDC-
developed trainings are reaching the intended audience and achieving 
the intended goal of strengthening public health workforce capacity to 
prevent and respond to HAI/AR outbreaks, including COVID-19, at the 
individual trainee and program level.
    CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 316 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 respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per    per response    Total burden
                                                   respondents     respondent       (in hours)         hours
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Public Health Trainees.......  Registration....             600               2             5/60             100
Public Health Trainees.......  Pre-test........             600               2             5/60             100
Public Health Trainees.......  Post-test.......             600               2             5/60             100
HAI/AR Program Leads.........  Public Health                 64               1            15/60              16
                                program impact
                                of trainings.
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    Total....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ...............             316
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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. 2023-12938 Filed 6-15-23; 8:45 am]
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