Notice2025-03365
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
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February 28, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 39 (Friday, February 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10928-10930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03365]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-25-0891]
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 ``World Trade Center Health Program
Enrollment, Appeals & Reimbursement'' 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 November 4, 2024 to obtain comments from
the public and affected agencies. CDC received one 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
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``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
World Trade Center Health Program Enrollment, Appeals &
Reimbursement (OMB Control No. 0920-0891, Exp. 09/30, 2025)--Revision--
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
seeks OMB approval for a Revision of an ongoing Information Collection
Request (ICR) titled World Trade Center Health Program Enrollment,
Appeals & Reimbursement (OMB Control No. 0920-0891, Exp. 09/30/2025).
In accordance with the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act
of 2010, individuals newly seeking enrollment in the WTC Health Program
as responders or survivors may apply to the Program. The recently
passed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (NDAA)
also expands Program enrollment eligibility for Pentagon and
Shanksville responders.
Title I of the Zadroga Act (Pub. L. 111-347, as amended by Pub. L.
114-113 and Pub. L. 116-59), added Title XXXIII to the Public Health
Service Act (PHS Act), establishing the World Trade Center (WTC) Health
Program within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The
Director of NIOSH serves as the Administrator of the WTC Health Program
for most purposes, with certain payment functions carried out by the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. As established by the Zadroga
Act, the WTC Health Program is a Federal limited benefit health care
program providing medical monitoring and treatment benefits to eligible
firefighters and related personnel, law enforcement officers, and
rescue, recovery, and cleanup workers who responded to the September
11, 2001, attacks in New York City, at the Pentagon, and in
Shanksville, Pennsylvania (responders). The program is also eligible to
persons who were present in the dust or dust cloud on September 11,
2001, or who worked, resided, or attended school, childcare, or adult
daycare in the New York City disaster area (survivors). The WTC Health
Program has been authorized for 75 years (through 2090).
In this Revision, NIOSH requests OMB approval for the revised WTC
Health Program Pentagon/Shanksville Application for Enrollment, to
include language regarding the expanded eligibility criteria mandated
by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024
as well as a new web-based Youth Research Cohort (YRC) Registration
portal that will be used to engage future cohort members and allow them
to self-enroll into the YRC.
In This Revision
The greatest increase in burden (+3,000 hours) is the result of the
new secure, public-facing web-based portal for the YRC. In December
2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. 117-328),
amended section 3341 of the PHS Act to direct the Administrator to
establish a new cohort for future research. This portal has been
developed to engage with future cohort members and streamline the
enrollment process into the YRC. By implementing this web-based portal,
it will maintain the privacy and data protection of future cohort
members in accordance with the provisions of the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and HIPAA
regulations.
Another increase in annualized burden (+250 hours) is, due to the
recent NDAA, eligibility for the Program has expanded for Pentagon and
Shanksville responders. The Program has updated the WTC Health Program
Pentagon/Shanksville Application for Enrollment to reflect the new
eligibility criteria mandated by the NDAA. The revised application now
includes an additional eligibility question targeting specific groups
such as active duty, retired, or reserve members of the military,
civilian employees of the Department of Defense (DOD), or certain DOD
contractors who responded to the Pentagon or Shanksville sites. The
application also now clarifies that in addition to the work status, the
responder must have participated in rescue, recovery, demolition,
debris cleanup, or other related services in order to be eligible to
enroll in the Program. This may increase the amount of Pentagon and
Shanksville responders who may be eligible and reduce confusion.
The total annualized burden hours requested is expected to increase
from 12,882 to 14,332 hours. There is no cost to respondents other than
their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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FDNY Responder......................... World Trade Center Health 140 1 30/60
Program FDNY Responder
Application for
Enrollment.
General Responder...................... World Trade Center Health 6,215 1 30/60
Program Responder
Application for
Enrollment (Other than
FDNY).
Pentagon/Shanksville Responder......... World Trade Center Health 742 1 30/60
Program Pentagon/
Shanksville Responder
Application for
Enrollment.
WTC Survivor........................... World Trade Center Health 9,240 1 30/60
Program Survivor
Application for
Enrollment (all
languages).
General responder...................... Clinic Selection Postcard 3,830 1 15/60
for new general
responders in NY/NJ to
select a clinic.
Interested Party....................... Petition for the addition 35 1 1
of health conditions.
Program Applicants or Members.......... Designated Representative 1,300 1 15/60
Appointment Form.
Program Applicants or Members.......... Designated Representative 1,300 1 15/60
HIPAA Release Form to
allow the sharing of
member information with
a third party.
General Public......................... WTC Health Program HIPAA 30 1 15/60
Authorization for
Deceased Individuals.
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Program Applicants or Members.......... WTC Health Program 30 1 15/60
General HIPAA
Authorization to Third
Parties.
Program Applicants or Members.......... Designated Representative 15 1 15/60
Appointment Form that
removes the members
current designated
representative.
Youth Research Cohort Enrollees........ Youth Research Cohort 6,000 1 30/60
Registration Portal.
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2025-03365 Filed 2-27-25; 8:45 am]
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