81_FR_7147 81 FR 7120 - Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review

81 FR 7120 - Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 27 (February 10, 2016)

Page Range7120-7121
FR Document2016-02575

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 27 (Wednesday, February 10, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7120-7121]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02575]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special 
Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review

    In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) announces a meeting for the initial review of 
applications in response to Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) 
SH16-001, Research and Methods in Health Statistics.
    Time And Date: 10:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m., March 3, 2016 (Closed).
    Place: Teleconference.
    Status: The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with 
provisions set forth in Section 552b(c)(4) and (6), Title 5 U.S.C., and 
the Determination of the Director, Management Analysis and Services 
Office, CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92-463.
    Matters For Discussion: The meeting will include the initial 
review, discussion, and evaluation of applications received in response 
to ``Research and Methods in Health Statistics'', FOA SH16-001.
    Contact Person For More Information: Virginia S. Cain, Ph.D., 
Director of Extramural Research, National Center for Health Statistics, 
CDC, 3311 Toledo Rd., Room 7208, Hyattsville, MD, Telephone: (301) 458-
4500.
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to 
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, 
for both the Centers for Disease Control and

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Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Gary Johnson,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-02575 Filed 2-9-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                     and others. Small modifications will                                    rendered in a wide variety of settings,                                       (NHAMCS, OMB No. 0920–0278,
                                                     also be made to questions on the use of                                 including physicians’ offices and                                             expires 02/28/18) in 1992 to provide
                                                     electronic health records. This notice                                  hospital outpatient and emergency                                             data concerning patient visits to
                                                     also covers a decrease in the sample size                               departments.                                                                  hospital outpatient and emergency
                                                     resulting from smaller budget                                             The NAMCS target universe consists                                          departments. NAMCS and NHAMCS are
                                                     allocations and oversampling in                                         of all office visits made by ambulatory                                       the principal sources of data on
                                                     previous years. Due to this decrease,                                   patients to non-Federal office-based                                          ambulatory care provided in the United
                                                     selected state estimates will not be                                    physicians (excluding those in the                                            States.
                                                     available for 2016–2018 data.                                           specialties of anesthesiology, radiology,
                                                                                                                             and pathology) who are engaged in                                               There is no cost to the respondents
                                                        The National Ambulatory Medical                                      direct patient care. In 2006, physicians                                      other than their time. Burden hours
                                                     Care Survey (NAMCS) has been                                            and mid-level providers (i.e., nurse                                          have seen a net reduction of 19,876
                                                     conducted intermittently from 1973                                      practitioners, physician assistants, and                                      hours since the previously approved
                                                     through 1985, and annually since 1989.                                  nurse midwives) practicing in                                                 package, primarily due to a sample size
                                                     The purpose of NAMCS, a voluntary                                       community health centers (CHCs) were                                          decrease. Currently, there is not a plan
                                                     survey, is to meet the needs and                                        added to the NAMCS sample, and these                                          to include state-based estimates in the
                                                     demands for statistical information                                     data will continue to be collected.                                           future, unless funding is increased
                                                     about the provision of ambulatory                                         To complement NAMCS data, NCHS                                              sufficiently to support oversampling in
                                                     medical care services in the United                                     initiated the National Hospital                                               the states for which state based
                                                     States. Ambulatory services are                                         Ambulatory Medical Care Survey                                                estimates are desired.

                                                                                                                            ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Average
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Number of
                                                                                                                                                                              Number of                                              burden per              Total burden
                                                               Type of respondents                                                Form name                                                            responses per
                                                                                                                                                                             respondents                                              response                 (in hrs.)
                                                                                                                                                                                                         respondent                    (in hrs.)

                                                     Office-based physicians ....................             Physician      Induction   Interview                                        2,590                              1                  45/60               1,943
                                                                                                                (NAMCS–1).
                                                                                                              Patient Record form (NAMCS–30)                                                  259                          30                   14/60               1,813
                                                                                                                (Physician abstracts).
                                                                                                              Prepare and transmit EHR (MU On-                                                130                            1                         1              130
                                                                                                                Boarding).
                                                                                                              Pulling, re-filing medical record                                           2,201                            30                     1/60              1,101
                                                                                                                forms (FR abstracts).
                                                     Community Health Centers ...............                 Induction Interview—service delivery                                            104                            1                  30/60                  52
                                                                                                                site (NAMCS–201).
                                                                                                              Induction        Interview—Providers                                            234                           1                   30/60                 117
                                                                                                                (NAMCS–1).
                                                                                                              Patient Record form (NAMCS–30)                                                   23                          30                   14/60                 161
                                                                                                                (Provider abstracts).
                                                                                                              Pulling, re-filing medical record                                              211                           30                     1/60                106
                                                                                                                forms (FR abstracts).
                                                     Re-abstraction study .........................           Pulling, re-filing medical record                                                72                         10                      1/60                 12
                                                                                                                forms (FR abstracts).

                                                          Total ...........................................   ...........................................................   ........................   ........................   ........................          5,435



                                                     Leroy A. Richardson,                                                    (Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease                                     applications received in response to
                                                     Chief, Information Collection Review Office,                            Control and Prevention (CDC)                                                  ‘‘Research and Methods in Health
                                                     Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the                           announces a meeting for the initial                                           Statistics’’, FOA SH16–001.
                                                     Associate Director for Science, Office of the                           review of applications in response to
                                                     Director, Centers for Disease Control and                                                                                                                Contact Person For More Information:
                                                                                                                             Funding Opportunity Announcement                                              Virginia S. Cain, Ph.D., Director of
                                                     Prevention.                                                             (FOA) SH16–001, Research and
                                                     [FR Doc. 2016–02581 Filed 2–9–16; 8:45 am]                                                                                                            Extramural Research, National Center
                                                                                                                             Methods in Health Statistics.
                                                                                                                                                                                                           for Health Statistics, CDC, 3311 Toledo
                                                     BILLING CODE 4163–18–P                                                    Time And Date: 10:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.,
                                                                                                                                                                                                           Rd., Room 7208, Hyattsville, MD,
                                                                                                                             March 3, 2016 (Closed).
                                                                                                                                                                                                           Telephone: (301) 458–4500.
                                                                                                                               Place: Teleconference.
                                                     DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                                                                                                                 The Director, Management Analysis
                                                                                                                               Status: The meeting will be closed to
                                                     HUMAN SERVICES                                                                                                                                        and Services Office, has been delegated
                                                                                                                             the public in accordance with
                                                                                                                             provisions set forth in Section                                               the authority to sign Federal Register
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                                                     Centers for Disease Control and
                                                                                                                             552b(c)(4) and (6), Title 5 U.S.C., and                                       notices pertaining to announcements of
                                                     Prevention
                                                                                                                             the Determination of the Director,                                            meetings and other committee
                                                     Disease, Disability, and Injury                                         Management Analysis and Services                                              management activities, for both the
                                                     Prevention and Control Special                                          Office, CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92–                                       Centers for Disease Control and
                                                     Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review                                    463.
                                                                                                                               Matters For Discussion: The meeting
                                                       In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of                                will include the initial review,
                                                     the Federal Advisory Committee Act                                      discussion, and evaluation of


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                                                     Prevention and the Agency for Toxic                     DATES:  The meeting will be held on                   SUMMARY:    The National Institute for
                                                     Substances and Disease Registry.                        Wednesday, February 24, 2016 from                     Occupational Safety and Health
                                                                                                             11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST. Participants             (NIOSH) and the Mine Safety and
                                                     Gary Johnson,
                                                                                                             must pre-register for the meeting by 5                Health Administration (MSHA) have
                                                     Acting Director, Management Analysis and                p.m. Monday, February 22, 2016.                       approved the first large-capacity (Cap 3)
                                                     Services Office, Centers for Disease Control
                                                                                                                Meeting Accessibility: This Task Force             closed-circuit escape respirator (CCER)
                                                     and Prevention.
                                                                                                             meeting will be dedicated entirely to                 for use in underground coal mining,
                                                     [FR Doc. 2016–02575 Filed 2–9–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                             Task Force methods. The meeting will                  under the NIOSH new regulatory
                                                     BILLING CODE 4163–18–P
                                                                                                             therefore be a one-day session held via               standard. Accordingly, respirator
                                                                                                             webinar rather than the traditional in-               manufacturers may continue to
                                                                                                             person meeting. There will be a 100-                  manufacture, label, and sell large-
                                                     DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                                                                             participant limit for the Web meeting,                capacity CCERs approved under the
                                                     HUMAN SERVICES
                                                                                                             provided on a first-come, first-served                former regulatory standard (those CCERs
                                                     Centers for Disease Control and                         basis. All participants must register for             with a rated service time of greater than
                                                     Prevention                                              the meeting by 5 p.m. EST on Monday,                  50 minutes) for underground coal
                                                                                                             February 22, 2016. Participants will                  mining approved under the former
                                                     Meeting of the Community Preventive                     receive registration confirmation with                regulatory standard until January 4,
                                                     Services Task Force (Task Force)                        meeting instructions within two                       2017.
                                                                                                             business days.                                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                     AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To                   David Chirdon, NIOSH National
                                                     Prevention (CDC), Department of Health                  register, send an email with name and                 Personal Protective Technology
                                                     and Human Services (HHS).                               contact information to Onslow Smith,                  Laboratory (NPPTL), 626 Cochrans Mill
                                                     ACTION:   Notice of meeting.                            Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology                 Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15236; 412–386–
                                                                                                             and Laboratory Services; Centers for                  4000 (this is not a toll-free phone
                                                     SUMMARY:   The Centers for Disease                      Disease Control and Prevention, 1600                  number).
                                                     Control and Prevention (CDC) within                     Clifton Road NE., MS–E–69, Atlanta, GA                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In March
                                                     the Department of Health and Human                      30329. Telephone: (404) 498–6778.                     2012, the Department of Health and
                                                     Services announces the next meeting of                  Email: CPSTF@cdc.gov.                                 Human Services (HHS) published a final
                                                     the Community Preventive Services                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            rule establishing a new standard,
                                                     Task Force (Task Force). The Task Force                    Purpose: During the February 2016                  codified in 42 CFR part 84, subpart O,
                                                     is an independent, nonpartisan,                         meeting, the Community Preventive                     for the certification of closed-circuit
                                                     nonfederal, and unpaid panel. Its                       Services Task Force (Task Force) will                 escape respirators (CCERs) by the
                                                     members represent a broad range of                      discuss proposed methods for                          National Institute for Occupational
                                                     research, practice, and policy expertise                increasing throughput of Task Force                   Safety and Health (NIOSH) within the
                                                     in prevention, wellness, health                         findings (i.e., how to increase the                   Centers for Disease Control and
                                                     promotion, and public health, and are                   number of Task Force findings that are                Prevention (CDC). The new standard
                                                     appointed by the CDC Director. The                      produced in a given time period), while               was originally designed to take effect
                                                     Task Force was convened in 1996 by the                  maintaining adequate quality of the                   over a 3-year transition period.
                                                     Department of Health and Human                          underlying reviews; adequate usefulness               However, in a final rule published on
                                                     Services (HHS) to identify population                   for decision makers; and sufficient                   August 12, 2015, HHS determined that
                                                     health interventions that are                           attention to priority topics.                         extending the concluding date for the
                                                     scientifically proven to save lives,                       Matters to be discussed: Community                 transition was necessary to allow
                                                     increase lifespans, and improve quality                 Guide methods and procedures.                         sufficient time for respirator
                                                     of life. CDC is mandated to provide                       Dated: February 4, 2016.                            manufacturers to meet the demands of
                                                     ongoing administrative, research, and                   Sandra Cashman,                                       the mining, maritime, railroad, and
                                                     technical support for the operations of                 Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease              other industries.1 Pursuant to the
                                                     the Task Force. During its meetings, the                Control and Prevention.                               August 2015 final rule, the continued
                                                     Task Force (a) considers the findings of                [FR Doc. 2016–02619 Filed 2–9–16; 8:45 am]            manufacturing, labeling, and selling of
                                                     systematic reviews that assess the                      BILLING CODE 4163–18–P                                CCERs approved under the former
                                                     effectiveness and economics of                                                                                standard in Subpart H was authorized
                                                     community preventive services,                                                                                until either April 9, 2015 or 1 year after
                                                     programs, and policies, and (b) issues                  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                              the date that NIOSH first approves a
                                                     recommendations. Task Force                             HUMAN SERVICES                                        CCER model under the capacity rating
                                                     recommendations are not mandates for                                                                          categories Cap 1 (for mining
                                                     compliance or spending. Instead, they                   Centers for Disease Control and                       applications) and Cap 3 (mining and
                                                     provide information about evidence-                     Prevention                                            non-mining) described in 42 CFR
                                                     based options that decision makers and                                                                        84.304, whichever date came later.
                                                     stakeholders can consider when                          Closed-Circuit Escape Respirators;                       In accordance with 42 CFR 84.301,
                                                     determining what best meets the                         Approval of Cap 3 Device for                          NIOSH and the Mine Safety and Health
                                                                                                             Underground Coal Mining
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                                                     specific needs, preferences, available                                                                        Administration (MSHA) have approved
                                                     resources, and constraints of their                     AGENCY:  National Institute for                       the first large-capacity (Cap 3) CCER for
                                                     jurisdictions and constituents. The Task                Occupational Safety and Health                        use in underground coal mining, under
                                                     Force’s recommendations, along with                     (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease                    the standards published in 42 CFR part
                                                     the systematic reviews of the scientific                Control and Prevention (CDC),                         84, subpart O. Approval number TC–
                                                     evidence on which they are based, are                   Department of Health and Human                        13G–0005 was issued to Ocenco, Inc.,
                                                     compiled in the Guide to Community                      Services (HHS).                                       on January 4, 2016 for a Cap 3 CCER,
                                                     Preventive Services (The Community
                                                                                                             ACTION: Notice.
                                                     Guide).                                                                                                         1 80   FR 48268.



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Dates10:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m., March 3, 2016 (Closed).
FR Citation81 FR 7120 

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