83 FR 62866 - 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 234 (December 6, 2018)

Page Range		62866-62867
FR Document		2018-26352

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 ``Asthma Information Reporting System (AIRS)'' (OMB Control No. 0920-0853, expiration date 6/30/2019). The purpose of AIRS to collect performance measure and surveillance data spreadsheets designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of state asthma programs and to monitor the impact of the state and national programs.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-19-0853; Docket No. CDC-2018-0105]


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.

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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 ``Asthma Information Reporting 
System (AIRS)'' (OMB Control No. 0920-0853, expiration date 6/30/2019). 
The purpose of AIRS to collect performance measure and surveillance 
data spreadsheets designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness 
of state asthma programs and to monitor the impact of the state and 
national programs.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before February 4, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2018-
0105 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 Jeffrey 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, 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

    Asthma Information and Reporting System (AIRS)--Revision--National 
Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    In 1999, the CDC began its National Asthma Control Program (NACP), 
a public health approach to address the burden of asthma. The program 
supports the goals and objectives of ``Healthy People 2020'' for 
asthma, and is based on the public health principles of surveillance, 
partnerships, interventions, and evaluation. The CDC requests a 12-
month approval to revise the ``Asthma Information Reporting System 
(AIRS)'' (OMB Control No. 0920-0853; expiration date 6/30/2019). 
Specifically, CDC seeks to make the following changes:
     Increase the number of awardees from 23 to 25.
     Increase the requested burden hours from 82 to 89.
     Increase the number of optional performance measures (PMs) 
and decrease the number of required PMs, while still maintaining a 
total of 18 PMs.
     Update the instructions for the data collection 
instruments to reflect the optional status of 5 of the 18 PMs and to 
clarify instructions that were commonly misinterpreted.
     Update the Emergency Department Data and Hospital 
Discharge Data reporting forms to include example data submission 
templates for each awardee. Add a tab labeled ``Technical Notes'' 
within the Excel reporting form to collect clarifying information about 
the data from each awardee.
     Add examples of Emergency Department Data and Hospital 
Discharge Data reporting forms to provide clarity on how data should be 
reported within the forms.
     Update respondent costs to reflect current wage data from 
2017.
    The 12-month approval will allow CDC to continue to monitor states' 
program planning and delivery of public health activities and the 
programs' collaboration with health care systems for the remainder of 
the fifth and final year of cooperative agreement EH14-1404 (program 
period: September 2014-August 2019), and the third and final year of 
cooperative agreement EH16-1606 (program period: September 2016-August 
2019).
    The goal of this data collection is to provide NCEH with routine 
information about the activities and performance of the state and 
territorial awardees funded under the NACP through an annual reporting 
system. NACP requires awardees to report activities related to 
partnerships, infrastructure, evaluation and interventions to monitor 
the state programs' performance in reducing the burden of asthma. AIRS 
also includes two forms to collect aggregate ED and HD data from 
awardees.
    AIRS was first approved by OMB in 2010 to collect data in a web-
based

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system to monitor and guide participating state health departments. 
Since implementation in 2010, AIRS and the technical assistance 
provided by CDC staff have provided states with uniform data reporting 
methods and linkages to other states' asthma program information and 
resources. Thus, AIRS has saved state resources and staff time when 
asthma programs embark on asthma activities similar to those done 
elsewhere.
    In the past three years, AIRS data were used to:
     Serve as a resource to NCEH when addressing congressional, 
departmental and institutional inquiries.
     Help the branch align its current interventions with CDC 
goals and allowed the monitoring of progress toward these goals.
     Allow the NACP and the state asthma programs to make more 
informed decisions about activities to achieve objectives.
     Facilitate communication about interventions across 
states, and enable inquiries regarding interventions by populations 
with a disproportionate burden, age groups, geographic areas and other 
variables of interest.
     Provide feedback to the grantees about their performance 
relative to others through the distribution of two written reports and 
several presentations (webinar and in-person) summarizing the results.
     Customize and provide technical assistance and support 
materials to address implementation challenges.
    There will be no cost to respondents other than their time to 
complete the three AIRS spreadsheets annually. The estimated annualized 
burden hours are 89.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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State Asthma Program Awardees.  AIRS Performance              25               1          150/60              63
                                 Measures
                                 Reporting
                                 Spreadsheets.
                                AIRS Emergency                25               1           30/60              13
                                 Department
                                 Visits
                                 Reporting Form.
                                AIRS Hospital                 25               1           30/60              13
                                 Discharge
                                 Reporting Forms.
 
    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............              89
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
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Jeffrey M. Zirger, (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the public health approach to address the
Acting Lead, Information Collection Review address listed above. burden of asthma. The program
Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To supports the goals and objectives of
of Science, Centers for Disease Control and request more information on the ‘‘Healthy People 2020’’ for asthma, and
Prevention. is based on the public health principles
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
[FR Doc. 2018–26350 Filed 12–4–18; 8:45 am] the information collection plan and of surveillance, partnerships,
BILLING CODE 4163–18–P instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, interventions, and evaluation. The CDC
Information Collection Review Office, requests a 12-month approval to revise
Centers for Disease Control and the ‘‘Asthma Information Reporting
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS– System (AIRS)’’ (OMB Control No.
HUMAN SERVICES D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 0920–0853; expiration date 6/30/2019).
404–639–7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov. Specifically, CDC seeks to make the
Centers for Disease Control and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the following changes:
Prevention • Increase the number of awardees
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
[60Day–19–0853; Docket No. CDC–2018– (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies from 23 to 25.
0105] must obtain approval from the Office of • Increase the requested burden hours
Management and Budget (OMB) for each from 82 to 89.
Proposed Data Collection Submitted
collection of information they conduct • Increase the number of optional
for Public Comment and performance measures (PMs) and
or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
Recommendations decrease the number of required PMs,
requires Federal agencies to provide a
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 60-day notice in the Federal Register while still maintaining a total of 18
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health concerning each proposed collection of PMs.
and Human Services (HHS). information, including each new • Update the instructions for the data
proposed collection, each proposed collection instruments to reflect the
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
extension of existing collection of optional status of 5 of the 18 PMs and
SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease information, and each reinstatement of to clarify instructions that were
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of previously approved information commonly misinterpreted.
its continuing effort to reduce public • Update the Emergency Department
collection before submitting the
burden and maximize the utility of Data and Hospital Discharge Data
collection to the OMB for approval. To
government information, invites the reporting forms to include example data
comply with this requirement, we are
general public and other Federal submission templates for each awardee.
publishing this notice of a proposed
agencies the opportunity to comment on Add a tab labeled ‘‘Technical Notes’’
data collection as described below.
a proposed and/or continuing The OMB is particularly interested in within the Excel reporting form to
information collection, as required by comments that will help: collect clarifying information about the
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 1. Evaluate whether the proposed data from each awardee.
This notice invites comment on a collection of information is necessary • Add examples of Emergency
proposed information collection project for the proper performance of the Department Data and Hospital Discharge
titled ‘‘Asthma Information Reporting functions of the agency, including Data reporting forms to provide clarity
System (AIRS)’’ (OMB Control No. whether the information will have on how data should be reported within
0920–0853, expiration date 6/30/2019). practical utility; the forms.
The purpose of AIRS to collect 2. Evaluate the accuracy of the • Update respondent costs to reflect
performance measure and surveillance agency’s estimate of the burden of the current wage data from 2017.
The 12-month approval will allow
data spreadsheets designed to increase proposed collection of information,
CDC to continue to monitor states’
the efficiency and effectiveness of state including the validity of the
program planning and delivery of public
asthma programs and to monitor the methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and health activities and the programs’
impact of the state and national
clarity of the information to be collaboration with health care systems
programs.
collected; and for the remainder of the fifth and final
DATES: CDC must receive written year of cooperative agreement EH14–
4. Minimize the burden of the
comments on or before February 4, 1404 (program period: September 2014–
collection of information on those who
2019. August 2019), and the third and final
are to respond, including through the
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, use of appropriate automated, year of cooperative agreement EH16–
identified by Docket No. CDC–2018– electronic, mechanical, or other 1606 (program period: September 2016–
0105 by any of the following methods: technological collection techniques or August 2019).
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: other forms of information technology, The goal of this data collection is to
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions e.g., permitting electronic submissions provide NCEH with routine information
for submitting comments. of responses. about the activities and performance of
• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information 5. Assess information collection costs. the state and territorial awardees funded
Collection Review Office, Centers for under the NACP through an annual
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Proposed Project reporting system. NACP requires
Clifton Road NE, MS–D74, Atlanta, Asthma Information and Reporting awardees to report activities related to
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Georgia 30329. System (AIRS)—Revision—National partnerships, infrastructure, evaluation
Instructions: All submissions received Center for Environmental Health and interventions to monitor the state
must include the agency name and (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and programs’ performance in reducing the
Docket Number. CDC will post, without Prevention (CDC). burden of asthma. AIRS also includes
change, all relevant comments to two forms to collect aggregate ED and
Regulations.gov. Background and Brief Description HD data from awardees.
Please note: Submit all comments In 1999, the CDC began its National AIRS was first approved by OMB in
through the Federal eRulemaking portal Asthma Control Program (NACP), a 2010 to collect data in a web-based

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system to monitor and guide • Serve as a resource to NCEH when burden, age groups, geographic areas
participating state health departments. addressing congressional, departmental and other variables of interest.
Since implementation in 2010, AIRS and institutional inquiries. • Provide feedback to the grantees
and the technical assistance provided by • Help the branch align its current about their performance relative to
CDC staff have provided states with interventions with CDC goals and others through the distribution of two
uniform data reporting methods and allowed the monitoring of progress written reports and several
linkages to other states’ asthma program toward these goals. presentations (webinar and in-person)
information and resources. Thus, AIRS summarizing the results.
• Allow the NACP and the state • Customize and provide technical
has saved state resources and staff time asthma programs to make more
when asthma programs embark on assistance and support materials to
informed decisions about activities to address implementation challenges.
asthma activities similar to those done achieve objectives.
elsewhere. There will be no cost to respondents
• Facilitate communication about other than their time to complete the
In the past three years, AIRS data interventions across states, and enable three AIRS spreadsheets annually. The
were used to: inquiries regarding interventions by estimated annualized burden hours are
populations with a disproportionate 89.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
Number of
Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondents Form name responses per
respondents response (in hours)
respondent (in hours)

State Asthma Program Awardees .... AIRS Performance Measures Re- 25 1 150/60 63
porting Spreadsheets.
AIRS Emergency Department Visits 25 1 30/60 13
Reporting Form.
AIRS Hospital Discharge Reporting 25 1 30/60 13
Forms.

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 89

Jeffrey M. Zirger, proposed information collection project Docket Number. CDC will post, without
Acting Lead, Information Collection Review titled National Surveillance of change, all relevant comments to
Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office Community Water Systems and Regulations.gov.
of Science, Centers for Disease Control and Corresponding Populations with the Please note: Submit all comments
Prevention. Recommended Fluoridation Level. This through the Federal eRulemaking portal
[FR Doc. 2018–26352 Filed 12–4–18; 8:45 am] surveillance collects the fluoridation (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
BILLING CODE 4163–18–P status of the nation’s approximately address listed above.
52,000 community water systems (CWS)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
which serve the 50 states and the
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND request more information on the
District of Columbia. It also collects
HUMAN SERVICES proposed project or to obtain a copy of
fluoride level testing data for those CWS
the information collection plan and
which adjust naturally occurring
Centers for Disease Control and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger,
fluoride levels. The data are analyzed
Prevention Information Collection Review Office,
and published to inform the public and
[60Day–19–19DO; Docket No. CDC–2018– Centers for Disease Control and
to support state and local governments’
0108] Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS–
efforts to monitor community water
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone:
fluoridation levels relative to the US
Proposed Data Collection Submitted 404–639–7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov.
Public Health Service recommended
for Public Comment and level to prevent tooth decay. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Recommendations Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
DATES: CDC must receive written
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and comments on or before February 4, (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 2019. must obtain approval from the Office of
and Human Services (HHS). Management and Budget (OMB) for each
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, collection of information they conduct
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
identified by Docket No. CDC–2018– or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 0108 by any of the following methods: requires Federal agencies to provide a
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of • Federal eRulemaking Portal: 60-day notice in the Federal Register
its continuing effort to reduce public Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions concerning each proposed collection of
burden and maximize the utility of for submitting comments. information, including each new
khammond on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES

government information, invites the • Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Acting Lead, proposed collection, each proposed
general public and other Federal Information Collection Review Office, extension of existing collection of
agencies the opportunity to comment on Centers for Disease Control and information, and each reinstatement of
a proposed and/or continuing Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS– previously approved information
information collection, as required by D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. collection before submitting the
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Instructions: All submissions received collection to the OMB for approval. To
This notice invites comment on a must include the agency name and comply with this requirement, we are

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Action		Notice with comment period.
Dates		CDC must receive written comments on or before February 4, 2019.
Contact		To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, contact Jeffrey 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]
FR Citation		83 FR 62866

83 FR 62866 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 234 (December 6, 2018)

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