81 FR 61217 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 172 (September 6, 2016)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 172 (September 6, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 6, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 61217-61218] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-21296] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [60Day-16-0607; Docket No. CDC-2016-0087] 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on The National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) to continue collecting state- based surveillance data on violent deaths that will provide more detailed and timely information. DATES: Written comments must be received on or before November 7, 2016. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016- 0087 by any of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., MS- D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to Regulations.gov. Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the Federal eRulemaking portal (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 the Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., MS- D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 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. Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start- up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information. Proposed Project The National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS), (OMB Control No. 0920-0607, Expiration 10/31/2017)--Revision--National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description Violence is an important public health problem. In the United States, suicide and homicide are the second and third leading causes of death, respectively, in the 1-34 year old age group. Unfortunately, public health agencies do not know much more about the problem than the numbers and the sex, race, and age of the victims, or information obtainable from the standard death certificate. Death certificates, however, carry no information about key facts necessary for prevention such as the relationship of the victim and suspect and the circumstances of the deaths. Furthermore, death certificates are typically available 20 months after the completion of a single calendar year. Official publications of national violent death rates, e.g. those in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, rarely use data that is less than two years old. Local and Federal criminal justice agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) provide slightly more information about homicides, but they do not routinely collect standardized data about suicides, which are in fact much more common than homicides. The FBI's Supplemental Homicide Report (SHRs) does collect basic information about the victim-suspect relationship and circumstances related to the homicide. SHRs, do not link violent deaths that are part of one incident such as homicide-suicides. It also is a voluntary system in which some 10-20 percent of police [[Page 61218]] departments nationwide do not participate. The FBI's National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) provides slightly more information than SHRs, but it covers less of the country than SHRs. NIBRS also only provides data regarding homicides. Also, the Bureau of Justice Statistics Reports do not use data that is less than two years old. CDC requests OMB approval in order to revise its state-based surveillance system for violent deaths that will provide more detailed and timely information. The surveillance system captures case record information held by medical examiners/coroners, vital statistics (i.e., death certificates), and law enforcement. Data is collected by each state in the system and entered into a web system administered by CDC. Information is collected from these records about the characteristics of the victims and suspects, the circumstances of the deaths, and the weapons involved. States use standardized data elements and software designed by CDC. Ultimately, this information will guide states in designing, targeting, and evaluating programs that reduce multiple forms of violence. Neither victim's families nor suspects are contacted to collect this information; it all comes from existing records and is collected by state health department staff or their subcontractors. The number of hours per death required for the public agencies working with NVDRS states to retrieve and then refile their records is estimated to be 0.5 hours per death. Moving forward, we will no longer include state abstractors' time spent abstracting data in our estimates of public burden for NVDRS because state abstractors are funded by CDC to do this work. This significantly reduces the estimated public burden associated with NVDRS. The president has submitted plans to fund the expansion of the state-based surveillance system to collect information in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. This revision will allow 10 new state health departments, and 7 territorial governments to be added to the currently funded 39 state health departments (Maine and Vermont are funded as one entity), the health department of the District of Columbia, and 1 territorial government, resulting in a total of 59 states and territories to be included in the state-based surveillance system. Violent deaths include all homicides, suicides, legal interventions, deaths from undetermined causes, and unintentional firearm deaths. The average state will experience approximately 1,000 such deaths each year. There are no costs to respondents other than their time. Estimated Annualized Burden Hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Average burden Total burden Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response hours (in respondents respondent (in hours) hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public Agencies............... NVDRS Web System 59 1,000 30/60 29,500 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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Board (PRB) membership is required by Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, to provide information. Burden means
5 U.S.C. 4314 (c)(4). The PRB reviews Information Collection Review Office, the total time, effort, or financial
and evaluates the initial appraisal of a Centers for Disease Control and resources expended by persons to
senior executive’s performance by the Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
supervisor, and makes MS–D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. provide information to or for a Federal
recommendations regarding Instructions: All submissions received agency. This includes the time needed
performance ratings, performance must include the agency name and to review instructions; to develop,
awards, and pay-for-performance pay Docket Number. All relevant comments acquire, install and utilize technology
adjustments to the Chairwoman. received will be posted without change and systems for the purpose of
The following individuals have been to Regulations.gov, including any collecting, validating and verifying
designated to serve on the Commission’s personal information provided. For information, processing and
Performance Review Board: access to the docket to read background maintaining information, and disclosing
David Robbins, Executive Director, Chairman documents or comments received, go to and providing information; to train
David Shonka, Acting General Counsel Regulations.gov. personnel and to be able to respond to
Deborah Feinstein, Director, Bureau of Please note: All public comment a collection of information, to search
Competition should be submitted through the data sources, to complete and review
Jessica Rich, Director, Bureau of Consumer Federal eRulemaking portal the collection of information; and to
Protection (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the transmit or otherwise disclose the
Michael Vita, Deputy Director, Bureau of address listed above. information.
Economics
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To Proposed Project
By direction of the Commission. request more information on the
Donald S. Clark, The National Violent Death Reporting
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
System (NVDRS), (OMB Control No.
Secretary. the information collection plan and
0920–0607, Expiration 10/31/2017)—
[FR Doc. 2016–21402 Filed 9–2–16; 8:45 am] instruments, contact the Information
Revision—National Center for Injury
BILLING CODE 6750–01–P Collection Review Office, Centers for
Prevention and Control (NCIPC),
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Centers for Disease Control and
Clifton Road, NE., MS–D74, Atlanta,
Prevention (CDC).
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570;
HUMAN SERVICES Email: omb@cdc.gov. Background and Brief Description
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Violence is an important public
Centers for Disease Control and Under the Paperwork Reduction Act health problem. In the United States,
Prevention of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), suicide and homicide are the second
[60Day–16–0607; Docket No. CDC–2016– Federal agencies must obtain approval and third leading causes of death,
0087] from the Office of Management and respectively, in the 1–34 year old age
Budget (OMB) for each collection of group. Unfortunately, public health
Proposed Data Collection Submitted information they conduct or sponsor. In agencies do not know much more about
for Public Comment and addition, the PRA also requires Federal the problem than the numbers and the
Recommendations agencies to provide a 60-day notice in sex, race, and age of the victims, or
the Federal Register concerning each information obtainable from the
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and proposed collection of information, standard death certificate. Death
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health including each new proposed certificates, however, carry no
and Human Services (HHS). collection, each proposed extension of information about key facts necessary
ACTION: Notice with comment period. existing collection of information, and for prevention such as the relationship
each reinstatement of previously of the victim and suspect and the
SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease approved information collection before circumstances of the deaths.
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of submitting the collection to OMB for Furthermore, death certificates are
its continuing efforts to reduce public approval. To comply with this typically available 20 months after the
burden and maximize the utility of requirement, we are publishing this completion of a single calendar year.
government information, invites the notice of a proposed data collection as Official publications of national violent
general public and other Federal described below. death rates, e.g. those in Morbidity and
agencies to take this opportunity to Comments are invited on: (a) Whether Mortality Weekly Report, rarely use data
comment on proposed and/or the proposed collection of information that is less than two years old.
continuing information collections, as is necessary for the proper performance Local and Federal criminal justice
required by the Paperwork Reduction of the functions of the agency, including agencies such as the Federal Bureau of
Act of 1995. This notice invites whether the information shall have Investigation (FBI) provide slightly more
comment on The National Violent Death practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the information about homicides, but they
Reporting System (NVDRS) to continue agency’s estimate of the burden of the do not routinely collect standardized
collecting state-based surveillance data proposed collection of information; (c) data about suicides, which are in fact
on violent deaths that will provide more ways to enhance the quality, utility, and much more common than homicides.
detailed and timely information. clarity of the information to be The FBI’s Supplemental Homicide
DATES: Written comments must be collected; (d) ways to minimize the Report (SHRs) does collect basic
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received on or before November 7, 2016. burden of the collection of information information about the victim-suspect
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, on respondents, including through the relationship and circumstances related
identified by Docket No. CDC–2016– use of automated collection techniques to the homicide. SHRs, do not link
0087 by any of the following methods: or other forms of information violent deaths that are part of one
Federal eRulemaking Portal: technology; and (e) estimates of capital incident such as homicide-suicides. It
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions or start-up costs and costs of operation, also is a voluntary system in which
for submitting comments. maintenance, and purchase of services some 10–20 percent of police
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departments nationwide do not of the deaths, and the weapons The president has submitted plans to
participate. The FBI’s National Incident involved. States use standardized data fund the expansion of the state-based
Based Reporting System (NIBRS) elements and software designed by CDC. surveillance system to collect
provides slightly more information than Ultimately, this information will guide information in all 50 U.S. states, the
SHRs, but it covers less of the country states in designing, targeting, and District of Columbia, and U.S.
than SHRs. NIBRS also only provides evaluating programs that reduce territories. This revision will allow 10
data regarding homicides. Also, the multiple forms of violence. Neither new state health departments, and 7
Bureau of Justice Statistics Reports do victim’s families nor suspects are territorial governments to be added to
not use data that is less than two years contacted to collect this information; it the currently funded 39 state health
old. all comes from existing records and is departments (Maine and Vermont are
CDC requests OMB approval in order collected by state health department funded as one entity), the health
to revise its state-based surveillance staff or their subcontractors. The department of the District of Columbia,
system for violent deaths that will number of hours per death required for and 1 territorial government, resulting
provide more detailed and timely the public agencies working with in a total of 59 states and territories to
information. The surveillance system NVDRS states to retrieve and then refile be included in the state-based
captures case record information held their records is estimated to be 0.5 hours surveillance system. Violent deaths
by medical examiners/coroners, vital per death. Moving forward, we will no include all homicides, suicides, legal
statistics (i.e., death certificates), and longer include state abstractors’ time interventions, deaths from
law enforcement. Data is collected by spent abstracting data in our estimates undetermined causes, and unintentional
each state in the system and entered of public burden for NVDRS because firearm deaths. The average state will
into a web system administered by CDC. state abstractors are funded by CDC to experience approximately 1,000 such
Information is collected from these do this work. This significantly reduces deaths each year.
records about the characteristics of the the estimated public burden associated There are no costs to respondents
victims and suspects, the circumstances with NVDRS. other than their time.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
Number of Total burden
Number of burden per
Type of respondent Form name responses per hours
respondents response
respondent (in hours)
(in hours)
Public Agencies ................................ NVDRS Web System ....................... 59 1,000 30/60 29,500
Leroy A. Richardson, following: (a) Evaluate whether the comments should be received within 30
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, proposed collection of information is days of this notice.
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the necessary for the proper performance of
Associate Director for Science, Office of the Proposed Project
the functions of the agency, including
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Practice Patterns Related to Opioid
whether the information will have
Prevention.
practical utility; (b) Evaluate the Use during Pregnancy and Lactation—
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accuracy of the agencies estimate of the
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burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for
the methodology and assumptions used; Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and Background and Brief Description
clarity of the information to be
Centers for Disease Control and collected; (d) Minimize the burden of Over the past decade, the prevalence
Prevention the collection of information on those of maternal opioid use during
who are to respond, including through pregnancy has steadily increased. The
[30Day–16–16XD] use of opioids or other psychoactive
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other substances, either by illicit abuse or by
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork nonmedical abuse of prescription
Reduction Act Review technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, opioids, increases the risks for health
The Centers for Disease Control and e.g., permitting electronic submission of and social problems for both mother and
Prevention (CDC) has submitted the infant. For example, maternal substance
responses; and (e) Assess information
following information collection request abuse during pregnancy increases the
collection costs.
to the Office of Management and Budget risk of preterm birth, low birth weight,
(OMB) for review and approval in To request additional information on perinatal death, and neonatal abstinence
accordance with the Paperwork the proposed project or to obtain a copy syndrome (NAS). For many women, and
Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for of the information collection plan and some at-risk women in particular,
the proposed information collection is instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or prenatal visits may be the only time
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published to obtain comments from the send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written they routinely see a physician. Because
public and affected agencies. comments and/or suggestions regarding obstetrician-gynecologists (OB/GYNs)
Written comments and suggestions the items contained in this notice are the principal health care providers
from the public and affected agencies should be directed to the Attention: for women, OB/GYNs are well situated
concerning the proposed collection of CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management to screen for substance use and to treat
information are encouraged. Your and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or or encourage cessation of substance use
comments should address any of the by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written during pregnancy. Thus, it is important
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