[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38146-38147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09854]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-24-0943; Docket No. CDC-2024-0033]
Proposed Data Collections 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 efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
federal agencies to take this 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 Data Collection for the Residential Care Community and
Adult Day Services Center Components of the National Post-Acute and
Long-Term Care Study. The purpose is to collect data for the
residential care community and adult day services center components for
the 2024 wave of the National Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Study.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2024-
0033 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 public 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 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 shall 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 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
Data Collection for the Residential Care Community and Adult Day
Service Center Components of the National Post-acute and Long-term Care
Study (OMB Control No. 0920-0943 Exp. 7/31/2025)--Revision--National
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C.
242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, shall collect statistics on
health resources . . . [and] utilization of health care, including
extended care facilities, and other institutions. NCHS seeks approval
to collect data for the residential care community (RCC) and adult day
services center (ADSC) components of the 7th National Post-Acute and
Long-Term Care Study (NPALS). A two-year clearance is requested.
Details on the complete study design include the following. The
NPALS is designed to: (1) broaden NCHS' ongoing coverage of paid,
regulated long-term care (LTC) providers; (2) present alongside
existing administrative data on LTC providers and service users (i.e.,
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) data on inpatient
rehabilitation facilities and patients, long-term care hospitals and
patients, nursing homes and residents, home health agencies and
patients, and hospices and patients); (3) update data more frequently
on LTC providers and service users for which nationally representative
administrative data do not exist; and (4) enable comparisons across LTC
sectors and timely monitoring of supply and use of these sectors over
time.
Data will be collected from two types of LTC providers in the 50
states and the District of Columbia: 11,600 RCCs and 5,500 ADSCs. Data
were collected in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022. The data to
be collected in 2024 include the basic characteristics, services,
staffing, and practices of RCCs and ADSCs, and aggregate-level
distributions of the demographics, selected health conditions and
health care utilization, physical functioning, and cognitive
functioning of RCC residents and ADSC participants. Expected users of
data from this collection effort include, but are not limited to CDC;
other Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) agencies, such as
the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, The
Administration for Community Living, and the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality; associations, such as LeadingAge, National Center
for Assisted Living, American Seniors Housing Association, Argentum,
and National Adult Day Services Association; universities; foundations;
and other private sector organizations such as the Alzheimer's
Association and the AARP Public Policy Institute.
Expected burden from data collection for eligible cases is 30
minutes per respondent. An estimated 5% of RCC and ADSC respondents
will have an additional five minutes of burden to complete a data
retrieval call. We calculated the burden based on a 100% response rate.
CDC requests OMB
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approval for an estimated 4,311 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) (in hours)
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RCC Director/Designated Staff RCC 5,800 1 30/60 2,900
Member. Questionnaire.
ADSC Director/Designated ADSC 2,750 1 30/60 1,375
Staff Member. Questionnaire.
RCC/ADSC Director/Designated Data retrieval 428 1 5/60 36
Staff Member. call.
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Total.................... ................ .............. ............... .............. 4,311
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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. 2024-09854 Filed 5-6-24; 8:45 am]
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