Notice2022-19557
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
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Published
September 12, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 175 (Monday, September 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55808-55809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19557]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-22-1128]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information
collection request titled ``State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting
System (SUDORS)'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. CDC previously published a ``Proposed Data
Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations'' notice on
April 18, 2022 to obtain comments from the public and affected
agencies. CDC received one public comment related to the previous
notice. This notice serves to allow an additional 30 days for public
and affected agency comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly
interested in comments that:
(a) 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;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(d) 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 submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570. Comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Direct
written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in
this notice to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management
and Budget, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202)
395-5806. Provide written comments within 30 days of notice
publication.
Proposed Project
State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) (OMB
Control No. 0920-1128, Exp. 1/31/2023)--Revision--National Center for
Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
There has been a rapid increase in opioid overdose deaths since
2013. In the United States, more people are now dying of drug overdose
than automobile crashes, although opioids--both opioid pain relievers
(OPRs) and illicit forms such as heroin--are also a major factor in
overdose-related automobile crashes. On October 26, 2017, the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared the opioid
overdose epidemic to be a national public health emergency (PHE).
CDC established the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting
System (SUDORS) in order to detect new trends in fatal unintentional
drug overdoses, support targeting of drug overdose prevention efforts,
and assess the progress of the HHS initiative to reduce opioid misuse
and overdoses. Respondents are state- or jurisdiction-level health
departments. The SUDORS surveillance system generates detailed, timely
public health information on unintentional, fatal opioid-related drug
overdoses and has been used to inform prevention and response efforts
at the national, state, and local levels. SUDORS consolidates and
supplements information available to health departments, including
vital statistics and records created by medical examiners and coroners
(ME/C). SUDORS is built on a web-based software platform and a
collaborative surveillance and data integration model developed by CDC
and health departments to improve understanding of homicide, suicide,
undetermined deaths, and unintentional firearm deaths (National Violent
Death Reporting System (NVDRS), OMB Control No. 0920-0607).
Through SUDORS, CDC currently collects information that is not
provided on death certificates, such as whether the drug(s) causing the
overdoses were injected or taken orally; a toxicology report on the
decedent, if available; and risk factors for fatal drug overdoses
including previous drug overdoses, decedent's mental health, and
whether the decedent recently exited a treatment program. Without this
information, efforts to prevent drug overdose deaths are often based on
limited information available on the death certificate and anecdotal
evidence.
OMB approval is requested for three years. Participating states and
jurisdictions will continue to report SUDORS information to CDC through
a module in the NVDRS web-based platform. State- and jurisdiction-level
public health departments will be funded to abstract standardized data
elements from ME/C reports as well as death certificates. During the
next three years, CDC will remove data collection activities in Puerto
Rico, and update the burden estimate to reflect the increase in drug
overdose deaths.
CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 43,631 annualized burden
hours. There are no costs to respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Total number Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of of responses per response
respondents per respondent (in hours)
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Public Agencies....................... Retrieving and refiling 51 1,711 30/60
records.
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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. 2022-19557 Filed 9-9-22; 8:45 am]
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