83 FR 42502 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 163 (August 22, 2018)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 163 (August 22, 2018)
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 22, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 42502-42503] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-18054] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [60Day-18-1102; Docket No. CDC-2018-0049] 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 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 Information Collection for Tuberculosis Data from Panel Physicians, which collects TB data gathered during overseas immigration medical exams. DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before October 22, 2018. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2018- 0049 by any of the following methods:Federal eRulemaking Portal: 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-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments to Regulations.gov. Please note: Submit all comments 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 Jeffery M. Zirger, Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov. 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; and 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. 5. Assess information collection costs. Proposed Project Information Collection for Tuberculosis Data from Panel Physicians--Revision--National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [[Page 42503]] Background and Brief Description The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC), National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ), Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Health Branch (IRMH), requests approval for a revision of an existing information collection. This project pertains to collecting annual reports on certain tuberculosis data from U.S. panel physicians. The respondents are panel physicians. More than 760 panel physicians from 336 panel sites perform overseas pre-departure medical examinations in accordance with requirements, referred to as technical instructions, provided by DGMQs Quality Assessment Program (QAP). The role of QAP is to assist and guide panel physicians in the implementation of the Technical Instructions; evaluate the quality of the overseas medical examination for U.S.-bound immigrants and refugees; assess potential panel physician sites; and provide recommendations to the U.S. Department of State in matters of immigrant medical screening. To achieve DGMQ's mission, the Immigrant, Refugee and Migrant Health branch (IRMH) works with domestic and international programs to improve the health of U.S.-bound immigrants and refugees to protect the U.S. public by preventing the importation of infectious disease. These goals are accomplished through IRMH's oversight of medical exams required for all U.S.-bound immigrants and refugees who seek permanent residence in the U.S. IRMH is responsible for assisting and training the international panel physicians with the implementation of medical exam Technical Instructions (TI). Technical Instructions are detailed requirements and national policies regarding the medical screening and treatment of all U.S.-bound immigrants and refugees. Screening for tuberculosis (TB) is a particularly important component of the immigration medical exam and allows panel physicians to diagnose active TB disease prior to arrival in the United States. As part of the Technical Instructions requirements, panel physicians perform chest x-rays and laboratory tests that aid in the identification of tuberculosis infection (Class B1 applicants) and diagnosis of active tuberculosis disease (Class A, inadmissible applicants). CDC uses these classifications to report new immigrant and refugee arrivals with a higher risk of developing TB disease to U.S. state and local health departments for further follow-up. Some information that panel physicians collect as part of the medical exam is not reported on the standard Department of State forms (DS-forms), thereby preventing CDC from evaluating TB trends in globally mobile populations and monitoring program effectiveness. Currently, CDC is requesting this data be sent by panel physicians once per year. The consequences of reducing this frequency would be the loss of monitoring program impact and TB burdens in mobile populations and immigrants and refugees coming to the United States on an annual basis. The total hours requested is 1,008. There is no cost to the respondents other than their time. Estimated annual burden is being reduced by 1,640 hours per year. The number of respondents is being reduced by 17. Reductions are due to revised estimates on burden time per response, and the removal of four variables from the data collection form and improved IT capacity at most panel sites. Estimated Annualized Burden Hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Average burden Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International panel physicians TB Indicators 336 1 3 1,008 Excel Spreadsheet. --------------------------------------------------------------- Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 1,008 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey M. Zirger, Acting 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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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
and Quality Assurance (GSA Forms HUMAN SERVICES
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
1678 and 308), in all correspondence
Centers for Disease Control and must obtain approval from the Office of
related to this collection. Comments
Prevention Management and Budget (OMB) for each
received generally will be posted
collection of information they conduct
without change to regulations.gov,
[60Day–18–1102; Docket No. CDC–2018– or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
including any personal and/or business 0049] requires Federal agencies to provide a
confidential information provided. To
60-day notice in the Federal Register
confirm receipt of your comment(s), Proposed Data Collection Submitted concerning each proposed collection of
please check regulations.gov, for Public Comment and information, including each new
approximately two-to-three business Recommendations proposed collection, each proposed
days after submission to verify posting
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and extension of existing collection of
(except allow 30 days for posting of
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health information, and each reinstatement of
comments submitted by mail).
and Human Services (HHS). previously approved information
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
collection before submitting the
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
A. Purpose collection to the OMB for approval. To
Under certain contracts, because of SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease comply with this requirement, we are
reliance on contractor inspection in lieu Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of publishing this notice of a proposed
of Government inspection, GSA’s its continuing effort to reduce public data collection as described below.
Federal Acquisition Service requires burden and maximize the utility of The OMB is particularly interested in
documentation from its contractors to government information, invites the comments that will help:
effectively monitor contractor general public and other Federal 1. Evaluate whether the proposed
performance and ensure that it will be agencies the opportunity to comment on collection of information is necessary
able to take timely action should that a proposed and/or continuing for the proper performance of the
performance be deficient. information collection, as required by functions of the agency, including
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. whether the information will have
B. Annual Reporting Burden This notice invites comment on a practical utility;
Response Time (Hours)—GSA Form proposed information collection project 2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
1678: 1,875. titled Information Collection for agency’s estimate of the burden of the
Response Time (Hours)—GSA Form Tuberculosis Data from Panel proposed collection of information,
308: 200. Physicians, which collects TB data including the validity of the
Total Burden Hours: 2,075. gathered during overseas immigration methodology and assumptions used;
medical exams. 3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
C. Public Comments clarity of the information to be
DATES: CDC must receive written
A 60-day notice published in the collected; and
comments on or before October 22,
Federal Register at 83 FR 22064 on May 4. Minimize the burden of the
2018.
11, 2018. No comments were received. collection of information on those who
Public comments are particularly ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, are to respond, including through the
invited on: Whether this collection of identified by Docket No. CDC–2018– use of appropriate automated,
information is necessary and whether it 0049 by any of the following methods: electronic, mechanical, or other
will have practical utility; whether our • Federal eRulemaking Portal: technological collection techniques or
estimate of the public burden of this Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions other forms of information technology,
collection of information is accurate and for submitting comments. e.g., permitting electronic submissions
based on valid assumptions and • Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information of responses.
methodology; and ways to enhance the Collection Review Office, Centers for 5. Assess information collection costs.
quality, utility, and clarity of the Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
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Clifton Road, NE, MS–D74, Atlanta, Proposed Project
information to be collected.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Georgia 30329. Information Collection for
Requesters may obtain a copy of the Instructions: All submissions received Tuberculosis Data from Panel
information collection documents from must include the agency name and Physicians—Revision—National Center
the General Services Administration, Docket Number. CDC will post, without for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), change, all relevant comments to Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease
1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC Regulations.gov. Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Background and Brief Description branch (IRMH) works with domestic these classifications to report new
The Centers for Disease Control and and international programs to improve immigrant and refugee arrivals with a
Prevention’s (CDC), National Center for the health of U.S.-bound immigrants higher risk of developing TB disease to
Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious and refugees to protect the U.S. public U.S. state and local health departments
Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Global by preventing the importation of for further follow-up. Some information
Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ), infectious disease. These goals are that panel physicians collect as part of
Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Health accomplished through IRMH’s oversight the medical exam is not reported on the
Branch (IRMH), requests approval for a of medical exams required for all U.S.- standard Department of State forms (DS-
revision of an existing information bound immigrants and refugees who forms), thereby preventing CDC from
collection. This project pertains to seek permanent residence in the U.S. evaluating TB trends in globally mobile
collecting annual reports on certain IRMH is responsible for assisting and populations and monitoring program
tuberculosis data from U.S. panel training the international panel effectiveness.
physicians. physicians with the implementation of Currently, CDC is requesting this data
The respondents are panel physicians. medical exam Technical Instructions be sent by panel physicians once per
More than 760 panel physicians from (TI). Technical Instructions are detailed
year. The consequences of reducing this
336 panel sites perform overseas pre- requirements and national policies
frequency would be the loss of
departure medical examinations in regarding the medical screening and
monitoring program impact and TB
accordance with requirements, referred treatment of all U.S.-bound immigrants
burdens in mobile populations and
to as technical instructions, provided by and refugees.
Screening for tuberculosis (TB) is a immigrants and refugees coming to the
DGMQs Quality Assessment Program United States on an annual basis. The
(QAP). The role of QAP is to assist and particularly important component of the
immigration medical exam and allows total hours requested is 1,008. There is
guide panel physicians in the
panel physicians to diagnose active TB no cost to the respondents other than
implementation of the Technical
disease prior to arrival in the United their time.
Instructions; evaluate the quality of the
overseas medical examination for U.S.- States. As part of the Technical Estimated annual burden is being
bound immigrants and refugees; assess Instructions requirements, panel reduced by 1,640 hours per year. The
potential panel physician sites; and physicians perform chest x-rays and number of respondents is being reduced
provide recommendations to the U.S. laboratory tests that aid in the by 17. Reductions are due to revised
Department of State in matters of identification of tuberculosis infection estimates on burden time per response,
immigrant medical screening. (Class B1 applicants) and diagnosis of and the removal of four variables from
To achieve DGMQ’s mission, the active tuberculosis disease (Class A, the data collection form and improved
Immigrant, Refugee and Migrant Health inadmissible applicants). CDC uses IT capacity at most panel sites.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
Number of Total
Number of burden per
Type of respondents Form name responses per burden
respondents response
respondent (in hours)
(in hours)
International panel physicians .......... TB Indicators Excel Spreadsheet .... 336 1 3 1,008
Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,008
Jeffrey M. Zirger, ACTION: Notice with comment period ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
Acting Chief, Information Collection Review identified by Docket No. CDC–2018–
Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 0076 by any of the following methods:
of the Associate Director for Science, Office Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of • Federal eRulemaking Portal:
of the Director, Centers for Disease Control Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
and Prevention. its continuing efforts to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of for submitting comments.
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