[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47957-47958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12235]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-24-0900; Docket No. CDC-2024-0045]


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 and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled Contact Investigation Outcome 
Reporting Forms. The project includes the contact investigation outcome 
reporting forms used to obtain data from State, local, and territorial 
public health professionals or conveyance operators and medical 
professionals on their contact tracing efforts to better assess the 
risk to individuals who may have been exposed to a confirmed case of a 
communicable disease of public health concern while traveling to or 
within the United States.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before August 5, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2024-
0045 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

    Contact Investigation Outcome Reporting Forms (OMB Control No. 
0920-0900, Exp. 8/31/2024)--Revision--National Center for Emerging and 
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    This proposed information collection project includes the contact 
investigation outcome reporting information collection tools used by 
CDC to better assess the risk to interstate and arriving international 
travelers who may have been exposed to a confirmed case of a 
communicable disease of public health concern while traveling. 
Different forms are tailored for different diseases of public health 
concern that are tracked by the Division of Global Migration Health 
(DGMH/CDC). The information will be used to assist and collaborate with 
State, local, and territorial health departments, conveyance operators, 
air, maritime, and land port of entry partners, and international 
public health authorities to identify potential exposures and to 
determine the risk of infection, and whether future public health 
interventions are needed.
    Methods used to collect the information are basic surveys of 
respondents that record information about the exposed traveler's 
location and activities on air or maritime conveyances or land border 
crossing, other potential exposures, signs/symptoms that may have 
occurred after their potential exposure, prior history of vaccination 
or disease, and other medical conditions that could influence the risk 
of infection or severity of illness.
    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC modified how cruise ships report 
information on cases of influenza-like-illness. Since December 2023, 
CDC has been using a new surveillance system for cumulative acute 
respiratory illness (ARI) reporting (under OMB Control Number 0920-
1335), which includes cases of influenza, COVID-19, and respiratory 
syncytial virus. One form (the Influenza Outbreak Enhanced Data 
Collection Form) is not used routinely now; however, this form may be 
used in limited circumstances in the future. The burden of outcome 
reporting forms has been adjusted based on more recent numbers, which 
notably excludes COVID-19 numbers because we are no longer requiring 
contact investigations for COVID-19 and thus these are lower than past 
estimates. This applies primarily to the General Contact Investigation 
Outcome Reporting Form. Other burden estimates have been adjusted to 
reflect current estimates reflecting 2021-2023 numbers.
    CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 50 annual burden hours.

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There is no cost to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                              Number of      Average      Total
       Type of respondent                Form name            Number of     responses per   burden per   burden
                                                             respondents      response       response     hours
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Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo      Clinically Active TB                 17               1        20/60         6
 Ship Managers.                    Contact Investigation
                                   Outcome Reporting
                                   Form--Maritime.
Cruise Ship Physicians/Cargo      Varicella Investigation              74               1        20/60        25
 Ship Managers.                    Outcome Reporting Form.
Cruise Ship Physicians..........  Influenza Outbreak                   20               1        20/60         7
                                   Enhanced Data
                                   Collection Form--
                                   Maritime.
State/Local/Territorial public    General Contact                       8               1         5/60         1
 health staff.                     Investigation Outcome
                                   Reporting Form--Air.
State/Local/Territorial public    TB Contact                           51               1         5/60         4
 health staff.                     Investigation Outcome
                                   Reporting Form--Air.
State/Local/Territorial public    Measles Contact                      72               1         5/60         6
 health staff.                     Investigation Outcome
                                   Reporting Form--Air.
State/Local/Territorial public    Rubella Contact                       5               1         5/60         1
 health staff.                     Investigation Outcome
                                   Reporting Form--Air.
State/Local/Territorial public    General Contact                       2               1         5/60         0
 health staff.                     Investigation Outcome
                                   Reporting Form--Land.
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    Total.......................  .......................  ..............  ..............  ...........        50
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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. 2024-12235 Filed 6-3-24; 8:45 am]
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