83 FR 45244 - 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 173 (September 6, 2018)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 173 (September 6, 2018)
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 173 (Thursday, September 6, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 45244-45246] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-19296] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [60Day-18-1099; Docket No. CDC-2018-0080] 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 Capacity Building Assistance Program: Assessment and Quality Control. The purpose of this information collection is to assess how well the capacity building assistance (CBA) program meets the needs of health care staff from organizations funded directly or indirectly by the CDC, involved in HIV prevention service delivery. The program will assess customer satisfaction with CBA services and changes in capacity, knowledge, skills, and self-efficacy as a result of CBA service delivery. DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before November 5, 2018. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2018- 0080 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: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a proposed data collection as described below. The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help: 1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; 2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, [[Page 45245]] 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 Capacity Building Assistance Program: Assessment and Quality Control--Revision--National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description The CDC is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to grant a one year revision to collect data that comprises the Health Professional Application for Training, Training Follow-up Instrument, and the Technical Assistance Satisfaction Instrument. For this one year revision we will not collect any qualitative data (interviews) since we have gleaned valuable information that has been used to improve our service delivery and processes. The purpose of this information collection is to assess how well the CDC's Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) program meets the needs of its consumers in order to enhance its capacity building strategy over time. The PTCs and CBA providers are funded by CDC/Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP) and Division of HIV/ AIDS Prevention (DHAP) over a five-year period to provide capacity building services that includes information, training, and technical assistance. CBA means the provision of free (not for fee) information, training, technical assistance, and technology transfer to individuals, organizations, and communities to improve their capacity in the delivery and effectiveness of evidence-based interventions and core public health strategies for HIV prevention. CBA is provided to support health departments, community-based organizations, and healthcare organizations in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of evidence-based HIV prevention interventions and programs; building organizational infrastructure; and community mobilization to decrease stigma and increase HIV testing in high risk communities. CBA services are requested by health departments, community-based organizations, and healthcare organizations and also offered proactively. Under this project, there will be no duplication of information collection, because it builds on existing, OMB approved data collection activities. The PTCs and CBA providers offer classroom and experiential training, web-based training, clinical consultation, and capacity building assistance to maintain and enhance the capacity of healthcare professionals to control and prevent STDs and HIV. The CBA service recipients are healthcare professionals who work at community-based organizations (CBOs), health departments, and healthcare organizations, most of whom are funded directly or indirectly by the CDC, involved in HIV prevention service delivery. Their positions include HIV educator, clinical supervisor, HIV prevention specialist, clinician, outreach worker, case manager director, program coordinator, program manager, disease intervention specialist, partner services provider, physicians, nurses, and health educators, etc. CDC is requesting to use two web- based assessments that will be administered to recipients of CBA services: (1) Training Follow-Up Instrument and (2) Technical Assistance Satisfaction Instrument. The first quantitative assessment will be disseminated 90 days after a training event to agency staff who participated in a training activity. It takes approximately 12 minutes to complete. The purpose of this web-based assessment is to determine the training participants' satisfaction with the trainers, training materials, and the course pace, benefits from the training, and CBA needs, how relevant the training was to their work, and whether they were able to utilize the information gained from the training. The second quantitative assessment will be disseminated 45 days after a technical assistance event to agency staff who participated in a technical assistance. This instrument takes approximately 12 minutes to complete. The purpose of the second assessment is to assess participants' satisfaction with the technical assistance they received, intended or actual use of enhanced capacity, barriers and facilitators to use, and benefits of the technical assistance. The 7,400 respondents represent an average of the number of health professionals who receive training and technical assistance from the CBA and PTC grantees during the years 2010 and 2011. The data collection is necessary (a) to assess CBA consumers' (community-based organizations, health departments, and healthcare organizations) satisfaction with and short-term outcomes from the overall CBA program as well as specific elements of the CBA program; (b) to improve CBA services and enhance the Capacity Building Branch's national capacity building strategy over time; (c) to assess the performance of the grantees in delivering training and technical assistance and to standardize the registration processes across the two CBA programs (i.e., the PTC program and the CBA program) and multiple grantees funded by each program. There are no costs to respondents. The estimated annualized burden hours for this data collection activity are 8,633 hours. Estimated Annualized Burden Hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number Average burden Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden respondents respondent (in hours) hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Healthcare Professionals...... Health 7,400 2 5/60 1,233 Professional Application for Training (HPAT) (att 3). Healthcare Professionals...... Training Follow- 3,700 2 15/60 1,850 up Instrument (att 5). Healthcare Professionals...... Training 3,700 2 15/60 1,850 Telephone Script (att 13). Healthcare Professionals...... Technical 3,700 2 15/60 1,850 Assistance (TA) Satisfaction Instrument (att 7). Healthcare Professionals...... Technical 3,700 2 15/60 1,850 Assistance Telephone Script (att 14). --------------------------------------------------------------- Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 8,633 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 45246]] 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. [FR Doc. 2018-19296 Filed 9-5-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P
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(5) Private sector and local policy communities to improve the health and changes in capacity, knowledge, skills,
maker rationales for making investments well-being of people could also and self-efficacy as a result of CBA
in community health; and revitalize and improve economic service delivery.
(6) Successful efforts by local policy opportunity, enhancing prosperity in DATES: CDC must receive written
makers to promote and sustain private the community and for its residents and comments on or before November 5,
sector investments in community businesses. 2018.
health. Although there are published
Please note that comments received, literature and several ongoing public, ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
including attachments and other private and philanthropic initiatives identified by Docket No. CDC–2018–
supporting materials, are part of the examining how investments in 0080 by any of the following methods:
public record and subject to public community health can enhance well- • Federal eRulemaking Portal:
disclosure. Comments will be posted at being and economic prosperity, there Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
https://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, has not been a thorough assessment that for submitting comments.
do not include any information in your compiles the evidence and best • Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information
comment or supporting materials that practices to illustrate benefits for the Collection Review Office, Centers for
you consider confidential or private sector and local policy makers. Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
inappropriate for public disclosure. If The Surgeon General’s Call to Action is Clifton Road NE, MS–D74, Atlanta,
you include your name, contact expected to bridge that gap and inspire Georgia 30329.
information, or other information that more investments by the private sector Instructions: All submissions received
identifies you in the body of your and local policy makers in community must include the agency name and
comments, that information will be on health. Docket Number. CDC will post, without
public display. CDC will review all Dated: August 31, 2018. change, all relevant comments to
submissions and may choose to redact Regulations.gov.
Lauren Hoffmann,
or withhold submissions containing Please note: Submit all comments
Acting Executive Secretary, Centers for
private or proprietary information, such Disease Control and Prevention. through the Federal eRulemaking portal
as Social Security numbers, medical (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
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duplicate/near duplicate examples of a FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
mass-mail campaign. CDC will carefully request more information on the
consider all comments submitted and proposed project or to obtain a copy of
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
may include relevant information in the the information collection plan and
HUMAN SERVICES
Call to Action. instruments, contact Jeffery M. Zirger
Background Centers for Disease Control and Information Collection Review Office,
Prevention Centers for Disease Control and
America’s prosperity is being
hampered by preventable chronic [60Day–18–1099; Docket No. CDC–2018– Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS–
diseases and behavioral health issues. 0080] D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone:
Life expectancy at birth dropped in the 404–639–7570; email: omb@cdc.gov.
United States for a second consecutive Proposed Data Collection Submitted SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
year in 2016. Preliminary data indicate for Public Comment and Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
that age-adjusted death rates continued Recommendations (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
to rise in 2017, which is likely to mark AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and must obtain approval from the Office of
a third straight year of declining life Prevention (CDC), Department of Health Management and Budget (OMB) for each
expectancy. The U.S. lags behind and Human Services (HHS). collection of information they conduct
comparable high-income countries on a ACTION: Notice with comment period.
or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
range of health outcomes including life requires Federal agencies to provide a
expectancy despite spending more on SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 60-day notice in the Federal Register
health care. About 6 in 10 American Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of concerning each proposed collection of
adults have at least one chronic health its continuing effort to reduce public information, including each new
condition, and these people account for burden and maximize the utility of proposed collection, each proposed
90% of total health care spending. government information, invites the extension of existing collection of
While chronic diseases affect all general public and other Federal information, and each reinstatement of
populations, they are not evenly agencies the opportunity to comment on previously approved information
distributed. Disease rates vary by race, a proposed and/or continuing collection before submitting the
ethnicity, education, geography and information collection, as required by collection to the OMB for approval. To
income level, with the most the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. comply with this requirement, we are
disadvantaged Americans often This notice invites comment on a publishing this notice of a proposed
suffering the highest burden of disease. proposed information collection project data collection as described below.
However, only about 20% of the titled Capacity Building Assistance The OMB is particularly interested in
factors that influence a person’s health Program: Assessment and Quality comments that will help:
can be addressed by health care and the Control. The purpose of this information 1. Evaluate whether the proposed
remaining 80% reflect socioeconomic, collection is to assess how well the collection of information is necessary
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environmental or behavioral factors. capacity building assistance (CBA) for the proper performance of the
Focusing on strategies that address the program meets the needs of health care functions of the agency, including
social and community conditions could staff from organizations funded directly whether the information will have
improve health, life expectancy, and or indirectly by the CDC, involved in practical utility;
quality of life, while also reducing HIV prevention service delivery. The 2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
related health care costs and program will assess customer agency’s estimate of the burden of the
productivity losses. Investing in satisfaction with CBA services and proposed collection of information,
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Jeffrey M. Zirger, (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the Background and Brief Description
Acting Chief, Information Collection Review address listed above. For more than 35 years, the
Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To Preventive Health and Health Services
of the Associate Director for Science, Office
of the Director, Centers for Disease Control request more information on the Block Grant (PHHS Block Grant) has
and Prevention. proposed project or to obtain a copy of provided flexible funding for all 50
[FR Doc. 2018–19296 Filed 9–5–18; 8:45 am] the information collection plan and states, the District of Columbia, two
instruments, contact Jeffery M. Zirger, American Indian tribes, five U.S.
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Information Collection Review Office, territories, and three freely associated
Centers for Disease Control and states to address the unique public
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS– health needs of their jurisdictions in
HUMAN SERVICES D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: innovative and locally defined ways.
404–639–7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov. First authorized by Congress in 1981
Centers for Disease Control and through the Public Health Service Act
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Prevention (Pub. L. 102–531), the fundamental and
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
enduring purpose of the grant has been
[60Day–18–18AVU; Docket No. CDC–2018– (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
to provide grantees with flexibility and
0081] must obtain approval from the Office of
control to address their priority public
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
Proposed Data Collection Submitted health needs. In 1992, Congress
collection of information they conduct
for Public Comment and amended the law to align PHHS Block
or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
Recommendations Grant funding priorities with the 22
requires Federal agencies to provide a
chapters specified in Healthy People
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 60-day notice in the Federal Register
(HP) 2000, a set of national objectives
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health concerning each proposed collection of
designed to guide health promotion and
and Human Services (HHS). information, including each new
disease prevention efforts. Additional
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
proposed collection, each proposed
amendments included set-aside funds
extension of existing collection of
specifically dedicated to sex offense
SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease information, and each reinstatement of
prevention and victim services, thus
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of previously approved information
requiring grantees receiving this support
its continuing efforts to reduce public collection before submitting the
to include related HP objectives and
burden and maximize the utility of collection to OMB for approval. To
activities as part of their PHHS Block
government information, invites the comply with this requirement, we are
Grant-funded local programs.
general public and other Federal publishing this notice of a proposed CDC is establishing a comprehensive,
agencies to take this opportunity to data collection as described below. standardized method to collect data to
comment on a proposed and/or The OMB is particularly interested in describe select outputs and outcomes
continuing information collection, as comments that will help: and ensure the accountability of the
required by the Paperwork Reduction 1. Evaluate whether the proposed PHHS Block Grant. The CDC PHHS
Act of 1995. This notice invites collection of information is necessary Block Grant Measurement Framework is
comment on a proposed information for the proper performance of the an innovative approach to assessing
collection project titled ‘‘Assessment of functions of the agency, including cross-cutting outputs and outcomes
Outcomes Associated with the whether the information will have resulting from grantees’ use of flexible
Preventive Health and Health Services practical utility; grant funds. The framework defines four
Block Grant’’. This assessment will measures that enable CDC to
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
assess select cross-cutting outputs and standardize the collection of data on
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
outcomes of the Preventive Health and grantee achievements. The measures
proposed collection of information,
Health Services Block Grant and capture data on public health
including the validity of the
demonstrates the utility of the grant on infrastructure improved (i.e.,
methodology and assumptions used;
a national level. information systems improved and
DATES: CDC must receive written
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be quality improved—efficiency and
comments on or before November 5, effectiveness improvements achieved in
2018. collected; and
programs, services, and operations),
4. Minimize the burden of the emerging public health needs
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
collection of information on those who addressed, and evidence-based public
identified by Docket No. CDC–2018–
are to respond, including through the health interventions implemented.
0081 by any of the following methods:
use of appropriate automated,
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: The purpose of this information
electronic, mechanical, or other collection request (ICR) is to collect data
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
technological collection techniques or that assess select cross-cutting outputs
for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information other forms of information technology, and outcomes of the grant (as defined by
Collection Review Office, Centers for e.g., permitting electronic submissions the framework measures) and that
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 of responses. demonstrate the utility of the grant on
Clifton Road NE, MS–D74, Atlanta, 5. Assess information collection costs. a national level. This data collection
Georgia 30329. Proposed Project will describe the outcomes of the PHHS
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Instructions: All submissions received Block Grant as a whole—not individual
must include the agency name and Assessment of Outcomes Associated grantee activities or outcomes. Findings
Docket Number. CDC will post, without with the Preventive Health and Health from this data collection will be used to:
change, all relevant comments to Services Block Grant—New—Office for (1) Describe the outcomes and
Regulations.gov. State, Tribal, Local and Territorial achievements of grantees’ public health
Please note: Submit all comments Support (OSTLTS), Centers for Disease efforts and identify how the use of
through the Federal eRulemaking portal Control and Prevention (CDC). PHHS Block Grant funds contributed to
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