[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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