81 FR 36922 - Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 110 (June 8, 2016)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 110 (June 8, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-13571 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 36922-36923] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-13571] [[Page 36922]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [30Day-16-16KB] Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed information collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a) 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; (b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) 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 submission of responses; and (e) Assess information collection costs. To request additional information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call (404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be directed to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice. Proposed Project Measuring Perceived Self-Escape Competencies among Underground Mineworkers--New--National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description After a thorough review of United States' underground coal mine emergency escape preparedness and response, the National Academy of Sciences (NRC, 2013) has emphasized the need to improve underground mineworkers' ability to successfully escape a mine emergency. Specifically, several mine disasters of 2006 raised a number of issues about mine emergency preparedness and response particularly as they relate to self-escape competencies. The resulting federal regulations under the MINER Act of 2006, now require all underground coal miners receive SCSR and escapeway training quarterly throughout the year and new emergency communications and tracking systems have been mandated and installed in underground coal mines. While such improvements may have better prepared underground miners to self-escape, it has become increasingly apparent that further research and development of new strategies is needed to enhance miner emergency preparedness, particularly as it relates to competency training and assessment. A review of various reports on coal mine emergency response [MSTTC 2006, U.S. GAO 2007, West Virginia Mine Safety Technology Task Force 2006, McAteer 2006a, McAteer 2006b] offered a number of recommendations for improving training that resulted in the identification of three areas of critical importance: (1) Evaluation of competencies; (2) improved training methods; and (3) new training content. The NAS report echoed these findings and offered more specific recommendations for future training research and development. Specifically related to this information collection project, the NAS recommends that NIOSH identify critical self-escape competencies as well as any existing gaps in miners' knowledge, skills, abilities and other attributes (KSAOs) to be addressed through future training research and development. The specific aim of the work proposed is designed, in part, to respond to the recommendations set forth by the authors of the NAS report. The information collected will have practical utility in efforts to enhance the ability of miners to successfully escape from underground coal mines in the event of an emergency by identifying gaps in perceived competence in specific knowledge and skills in moving through the mine, avoiding dangers, and using protective equipment. This information collection will contribute to our understanding of actual miner capabilities from the perspective of the mineworkers themselves. NIOSH researchers will visit up to 20 mine sites to obtain informed consent from volunteer participants and administer a short paper and pencil survey. The survey will include demographic questions and 27 questions related to participants' perceived confidence in their own ability to escape their mine in the event of an emergency. Data collection will occur above ground at a variety of coal mines (and other above ground facilities) to gather information from a diverse sample of mines to better reflect the variability (e.g., size, mining method, geographic location) that exists among mines and could impact self-escape procedures and resource availability. Variability in mineworker and mining site characteristics is key to generating a cross-sectional snapshot of current mineworkers' perceived self-escape competence and may reveal any potential relationships among these characteristics and perceived competence in a variety of self-escape KSAOs. This data collection will occur once for each mine site over the next two years (after OMB approval) and is designed to gather information not previously available. This data collection instrument is not being used in any other research. The results produced are expected to lead to recommendations for emphasis in new and/or existing KSAO training and preparation as well as to inform future self-escape training and research development. This data will be used by NIOSH's Office of Mining Safety and Health Research to improve underground coal miners' self-escape competence. NIOSH proposes this exploratory two-year study to better characterize the current state of miner self-escape competence and to answer the following questions:What gaps exist between what miners are required to do for self-escape and their perceptions of their actual capabilities? How might miner demographics and mine-specific characteristics (e.g., size, mining method, and geographic location) relate to perceived competence in self-escape KSAOs? Based on the results of this and other concurrent exploratory work, interventions to increase mine escape competencies will be improved and/or developed and assessed which could lead to more standardized self-escape training and assessment throughout the industry. [[Page 36923]] Participants will be underground mining personnel drawn from a variety of operating underground coal mines. Descriptive and inferential statistics on data obtained from the survey will be used quantify miner self-escape competence and to identify any statistically significant relationships among aggregated miner characteristics and perceived competence. Finally, the data will serve as a gross baseline measure of miner self-escape competence to be directly compared to future data collection utilizing the identical data collection instrument. The total estimated annualized burden hours are 67. Estimated Annualized Burden Hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Average burden Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response respondents respondent (in hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mine Worker......................... Survey................. 400 1 10/60 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leroy A. Richardson, Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. 2016-13571 Filed 6-7-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Background and Brief Description capabilities from the perspective of the
HUMAN SERVICES After a thorough review of United mineworkers themselves.
States’ underground coal mine NIOSH researchers will visit up to 20
Centers for Disease Control and emergency escape preparedness and mine sites to obtain informed consent
Prevention response, the National Academy of from volunteer participants and
Sciences (NRC, 2013) has emphasized administer a short paper and pencil
[30Day–16–16KB] survey. The survey will include
the need to improve underground
mineworkers’ ability to successfully demographic questions and 27
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork questions related to participants’
Reduction Act Review escape a mine emergency. Specifically,
several mine disasters of 2006 raised a perceived confidence in their own
The Centers for Disease Control and number of issues about mine emergency ability to escape their mine in the event
Prevention (CDC) has submitted the preparedness and response particularly of an emergency. Data collection will
following information collection request as they relate to self-escape occur above ground at a variety of coal
to the Office of Management and Budget competencies. The resulting federal mines (and other above ground
(OMB) for review and approval in regulations under the MINER Act of facilities) to gather information from a
accordance with the Paperwork 2006, now require all underground coal diverse sample of mines to better reflect
Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for miners receive SCSR and escapeway the variability (e.g., size, mining
the proposed information collection is training quarterly throughout the year method, geographic location) that exists
published to obtain comments from the and new emergency communications among mines and could impact self-
public and affected agencies. and tracking systems have been escape procedures and resource
Written comments and suggestions mandated and installed in underground availability. Variability in mineworker
from the public and affected agencies coal mines. and mining site characteristics is key to
concerning the proposed collection of While such improvements may have generating a cross-sectional snapshot of
information are encouraged. Your better prepared underground miners to current mineworkers’ perceived self-
comments should address any of the self-escape, it has become increasingly escape competence and may reveal any
following: (a) Evaluate whether the apparent that further research and potential relationships among these
proposed collection of information is development of new strategies is needed characteristics and perceived
necessary for the proper performance of to enhance miner emergency competence in a variety of self-escape
the functions of the agency, including preparedness, particularly as it relates to KSAOs.
whether the information will have competency training and assessment. A This data collection will occur once
practical utility; (b) Evaluate the review of various reports on coal mine for each mine site over the next two
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the emergency response [MSTTC 2006, U.S. years (after OMB approval) and is
burden of the proposed collection of GAO 2007, West Virginia Mine Safety designed to gather information not
information, including the validity of Technology Task Force 2006, McAteer previously available. This data
the methodology and assumptions used; 2006a, McAteer 2006b] offered a collection instrument is not being used
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and number of recommendations for in any other research. The results
clarity of the information to be improving training that resulted in the produced are expected to lead to
collected; (d) Minimize the burden of identification of three areas of critical recommendations for emphasis in new
the collection of information on those importance: (1) Evaluation of and/or existing KSAO training and
who are to respond, including through competencies; (2) improved training preparation as well as to inform future
the use of appropriate automated, methods; and (3) new training content. self-escape training and research
electronic, mechanical, or other The NAS report echoed these findings development.
technological collection techniques or and offered more specific This data will be used by NIOSH’s
other forms of information technology, recommendations for future training Office of Mining Safety and Health
e.g., permitting electronic submission of research and development. Specifically Research to improve underground coal
responses; and (e) Assess information related to this information collection miners’ self-escape competence.
collection costs. project, the NAS recommends that NIOSH proposes this exploratory two-
To request additional information on NIOSH identify critical self-escape year study to better characterize the
the proposed project or to obtain a copy competencies as well as any existing current state of miner self-escape
of the information collection plan and gaps in miners’ knowledge, skills, competence and to answer the following
instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or abilities and other attributes (KSAOs) to questions:
send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written be addressed through future training • What gaps exist between what
comments and/or suggestions regarding research and development. The specific miners are required to do for self-escape
the items contained in this notice aim of the work proposed is designed, and their perceptions of their actual
should be directed to the Attention: in part, to respond to the capabilities?
CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management recommendations set forth by the • How might miner demographics
and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or authors of the NAS report. and mine-specific characteristics (e.g.,
by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written The information collected will have size, mining method, and geographic
comments should be received within 30 practical utility in efforts to enhance the location) relate to perceived competence
days of this notice. ability of miners to successfully escape in self-escape KSAOs?
from underground coal mines in the Based on the results of this and other
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Proposed Project event of an emergency by identifying concurrent exploratory work,
Measuring Perceived Self-Escape gaps in perceived competence in interventions to increase mine escape
Competencies among Underground specific knowledge and skills in moving competencies will be improved and/or
Mineworkers—New—National Institute through the mine, avoiding dangers, and developed and assessed which could
for Occupational Safety and Health using protective equipment. This lead to more standardized self-escape
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control information collection will contribute to training and assessment throughout the
and Prevention (CDC). our understanding of actual miner industry.
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Participants will be underground competence and to identify any competence to be directly compared to
mining personnel drawn from a variety statistically significant relationships future data collection utilizing the
of operating underground coal mines. among aggregated miner characteristics identical data collection instrument.
Descriptive and inferential statistics on and perceived competence. The total estimated annualized burden
data obtained from the survey will be Finally, the data will serve as a gross hours are 67.
used quantify miner self-escape baseline measure of miner self-escape
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
Number of
Number of burden per
Type of respondent Form name responses per
respondents response
respondent (in hours)
Mine Worker .................................................... Survey ............................................................ 400 1 10/60
Leroy A. Richardson, Registration for ‘‘A Bill You Can Basis Upon Which the Winners Will Be
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Understand’’ Design and Innovation Selected’’, the bullet point statements:
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Challenge: Help Patients Understand ‘‘• Contains all Necessary Data and
Associate Director for Science, Office of the Their Medical Bills and the Financial Information.
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Aspect of Health,’’ there were a number • Usefulness and Understandability
Prevention.
of technical errors that are identified of Patient Facing Materials (Bill or
[FR Doc. 2016–13571 Filed 6–7–16; 8:45 am] and corrected in section III., the Otherwise).
BILLING CODE 4163–18–P Correction of Errors. The provisions in • Adherence to Plain Language
this correction document are effective as Guidelines.
if they had been included in the • Transparency of Data (Including
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND document published May 10, 2016. How the Data is Translated and
HUMAN SERVICES Accordingly, the corrections are Explained).’’ are corrected to read:
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid effective June 3, 2016. ‘‘• Most Appropriate Use of Data and
Services Information.
II. Summary of Errors
• Addresses Top Concerns Associated
[CMS–5520–CN] On page 28874, under the heading ‘‘A. with the Current Medical Billing
Subject of the Challenge Competition’’, Experience.
Announcement of Requirements and and page 29975, under the heading ‘‘F. • Usefulness and Understandability
Registration for ‘‘A Bill You Can Basis Upon Which the Winners Will Be of Patient Facing Materials (Bill or
Understand’’ Design and Innovation Selected’’, we inadvertently omitted Otherwise).
Challenge: Help Patients Understand clarifying language. • Use of Human-Centered Design
Their Medical Bills and the Financial Process in Creation of Concept.
Aspect of Health; Correction III. Correction of Errors
• Use of Plain Language.’’
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & In FR Doc. 2016–10980 of May 10, Dated: June 2, 2016.
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 2016 (81 FR 28873), make the following
Andrew M. Slavitt,
ACTION: Notice; correction. corrections:
Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare
1. On page 28874, first column; fourth & Medicaid Services.
SUMMARY: This document corrects paragraph, under the heading ‘‘A.
[FR Doc. 2016–13548 Filed 6–3–16; 4:15 pm]
technical errors that appeared in the Subject of the Challenge Competition’’,
notice published in the May 10, 2016 BILLING CODE 4120–01–P
lines 8 through 16, the sentences
Federal Register entitled ‘‘Participants will be asked to submit
‘‘Announcement of Requirements and entries that improve both the design of DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
Registration for ‘‘A Bill You Can the medical bill and patient experience HUMAN SERVICES
Understand’’ Design and Innovation of the medical billing process.
Challenge: Help Patients Understand Submissions will include the (1) design Food and Drug Administration
Their Medical Bills and the Financial concept for the redesigned medical bill,
Aspect of Health.’’ (2) journey map or wireframe for the [Docket No. FDA–2016–N–0001]
DATES: Effective June 3, 2016. redesigned patient experience,’’ are
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben corrected to read ’’Participants will be
Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
Shannon, Communications Advisor, asked to submit entries that improve
Office of the Assistant Secretary for both the design of the medical bill and AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,
Public Affairs, Department of Health other materials and tools the patient HHS.
and Human Services, 200 Independence sees and interacts with as well as the ACTION: Notice.
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20210, patient experience of the medical billing
phone (202) 205–2819, email process. Submissions will include the: SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
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ben.shanon@hhs.gov. (1) Design concept for the redesigned Administration (FDA) announces a
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: medical bill and other materials and forthcoming public advisory committee
tools the patient sees and interacts with, meeting of the Cellular, Tissue and Gene
I. Background (2) journey map of the redesigned Therapies Advisory Committee. The
In FR Doc. 2016–10980 (81 FR 28873 patient experience,’’ general function of the committee is to
through 28875), the notice entitled 2. On page 28875, first column; in the provide advice and recommendations to
‘‘Announcement of Requirements and paragraph following the heading; ‘‘F. the Agency on FDA’s regulatory issues.
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