Notice2022-08217
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
April 18, 2022
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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 continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS). This information collection supports drug overdose prevention efforts, detects new trends in fatal unintentional drug overdoses, and assesses the progress of HHS's initiative to reduce opioid abuse.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 74 (Monday, April 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22890-22891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08217]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-22-1128; Docket No. CDC-2022-0050]
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 continuing information
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project
titled State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS).
This information collection supports drug overdose prevention efforts,
detects new trends in fatal unintentional drug overdoses, and assesses
the progress of HHS's initiative to reduce opioid abuse.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before June 17, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0050 by either of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.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 H21-8, 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://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>) 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 H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 404-639-7570;
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bfd0d2ddffdcdbdc91d8d0c9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e7888a85a7848384c9808891">[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
State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) (OMB
Control No. 0920-1128, Exp. 10/31/2023)--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 currently approved State
Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) (OMB Control No.
0920-1128, Exp. Date 10/31/2023). SUDORS assists with ongoing
surveillance of fatal unintentional and undetermined intent drug-
related overdoses to support prevention and response efforts.
In 2013, there were nearly 44,000 drug overdose deaths, including
nearly 36,000 unintentional drug overdose deaths, in the United States,
with more people now dying of drug overdoses than automobile crashes. A
major driver of the problem are overdoses related to opioids, both
opioid pain relievers (OPRs) and illicit forms such as heroin. In order
to address this public health problem, the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS) has made addressing the opioid abuse problem a
high priority.
To support targeting of drug overdose prevention efforts, detect
new trends in fatal unintentional drug overdoses, and assess the
progress of HHS's initiative to reduce opioid abuse and overdoses, the
State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) generates
public health surveillance information at the national, state, and
local levels. This information is more detailed, useful, and timely
than other information that is currently available.
This collection will detect state and local community changes in
unintentional and undetermined intent drug-related overdose mortality
faster and provide in-depth state and local (e.g., county) information
on risk factors for fatal drug overdose deaths that can
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inform the selection and targeting of interventions in all 50 states,
the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. This information will help
develop, inform, and assess the progress of drug overdose prevention
strategies at both the state and national levels. Information will also
improve the identification and response to changes in fatal
unintentional and undetermined intent drug-related overdose trends at
the local, state, and national level. CDC obtained OMB approval in 2020
for a Revision to make the following changes: (1) Expand data
collection from the 50 jurisdictions previously approved to include 52
jurisdictions (i.e., all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of
Columbia), (2) expand data collection from its current focus on opioid
overdose deaths to a broader focus on drug overdose deaths, (3) account
for increasing data collection burden related to large increases in
drug overdose deaths, and (4) update the web-based system to improve
performance, functionality, and accessibility, as well as add data
elements to the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System
(SUDORS) module to capture more detailed information.
CDC requests a three-year approval for an additional Revision
request to continue collecting SUDORS data. The current Revision
request has the following change: The burden estimate has been updated
to reflect the increase in the number of drug overdose deaths. This new
burden estimate is higher than the previously approved estimate of
32,838 hours because the previous burden estimates were based on the
number of unintentional and undetermined intent drug overdose deaths
that occurred among all 50 states in 2017 (64,998 deaths). This
Revision request will use the total number of unintentional or
undetermined intent drug overdose deaths in the US from 2020 (87,302
deaths). The total number of unintentional or undetermined intent drug
overdose deaths per jurisdiction was estimated by dividing the total
number of drug overdose deaths, 87,302 by the number of participating
health departments, 51, or approximately 1,711 deaths per participating
health department. This created an increase from the previously
approved burden.
CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 43,631 annual burden
hours. There are no costs to respondents other than their time to
participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Total number burden per Total burden
Type of respondent Form name respondents of responses response (in hours (in
per respondent hours) hours)
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Public Agencies............... Retrieving and 51 1,711 30/60 43,631
refiling
records.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 43,631
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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. 2022-08217 Filed 4-15-22; 8:45 am]
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