Notice2021-16821
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
August 6, 2021
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
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 The National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). NVDRS is a state-based surveillance system developed to monitor the occurrence of violent deaths in the United States.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 149 (Friday, August 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43241-43243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16821]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-21-0607; Docket No. CDC-2021-0078]
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.
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This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection
project titled The National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS).
NVDRS is a state-based surveillance system developed to monitor the
occurrence of violent deaths in the United States.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before October 5, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0078 by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> 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 <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>.
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:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d7b8bab597b4b3b4f9b0b8a1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6c03010e2c0f080f420b031a">[email protected]</span></a>.
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;
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; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
The National Violence Death Reporting System (NVDRS) (OMB Control
No. 0920-0607, Exp. 7/31/2023)--Revision--National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
This is a Revision request for the National Violent Death Reporting
System (NVDRS, OMB Control No. 0920-0607). All 50 states, the District
of Columbia, and Puerto Rico participate in the system. NVDRS is a
state-based surveillance system developed to monitor the occurrence of
violent deaths (i.e., homicide, suicide, deaths due to legal
intervention, deaths of undetermined intent, and unintentional firearm
deaths) in the United States (U.S.) by collecting comprehensive data
from multiple sources (e.g., death certificates, coroner/medical
examiner reports, law enforcement reports) into a useable, anonymous
database.
CDC received initial OMB approval in November 2004 and renewals in
January 2007, November 2009, September 2012, June 2013, October 2014,
November 2017, and July 2020. The last revision request that was
approved in July 2020 was to; (1) implement updates to the web-based
system to improve performance, functionality, and accessibility, (2)
add new data elements to the system, and (3) make minimal revisions to
the NVDRS coding manual.
This revision request is for several changes to the system; (1)
Implementation of updates to the web-based system to improve
performance, functionality, and accessibility, (2) Adding thirteen new
data elements to the web-based system (housing instability, history of
non-suicidal self injury/self harm, household known to local
authorities, caregiver use of corporal punishment contributed to child
death, children present and/or witnessed fatal incident, prior child
protective services report on child victim's household, substance abuse
in child victim's household, caregiver burden, history of traumatic
brain injury, family stressor, life transition/loss of independent
living, non-adherence to mental health/substance abuse treatment, and
disaster exposure (revisions to existing variable), (3) Adding the
School Associated Violent Death (SAVD) module (only applicable to
school-related incidents meeting certain inclusion criteria) to NVDRS
Software 2.2 in order to capture such incidents. To address
duplication, SAVD will be phased out and the SAVD module in NVDRS will
capture in depth information about such incidents. This change was made
as NVDRS has almost achieved full nationwide coverage, (4) Adding new
variables that have been incorporated into NVDRS 2.3 software,
anticipated to be rolled out in July/August 2021 (victim known to local
authorities, no substance(s) given as cause of death (on toxicology
tab), and type of physical health problem, and (5) Adding the Public
Safety Officer Suicide Reporting module, in January 2022, to capture
more detailed information on suicides among public safety officers.
A software update, version 2.3, is in testing and scheduled for
release early in August 2021 that includes; (1) capability to transfer
cases from one state to another (to assist collaboration on border-
crossing incidents), (2) generation of custom data export files on
demand, and (3) very slight modifications to School-Associated Violent
Death (SAVD) data elements based on feedback since launch of that
module. The new variables described in the updates above were needed in
response to feedback from VDRS abstractors and discussions among NVDRS
scientific and Information Technology staff about how to better capture
this information.
CDC requests approval for an estimated 41,827 annual burden hours.
The estimated change in burden from the last OMB submission is 4,027
hours. There are no costs to respondents other than their time.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number burden per Total burden
Type of respondent Form name respondents responses per response (in hours
respondent hours)
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Public Agencies............... Web-based Data 56 1,350 30/60 37,800
Entry.
School 45 1 30/60 23
Associated
Violent Death
Module.
Public Safety 56 429 10/60 4,004
Officer Suicide
Reporting
Module.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 41,827
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2021-16821 Filed 8-5-21; 8:45 am]
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