Notice2025-12846
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
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July 10, 2025
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 130 (Thursday, July 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30645-30646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12846]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-25-1447]
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 a Change Request
for the information collection request titled ``Generic Clearance for
the Collection of Minimal Data Necessary for Case Data During an
Emergency Response'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval.
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
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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
Generic Clearance for the Collection of Minimal Data Necessary for
Case Data During an Emergency Response (OMB Control No. 0920-1447, Exp.
10/31/2027)--Change Request--Office of Public Health Data,
Surveillance, and Technology (OPHDST), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Generic Clearance for the Collection of Minimal Data Necessary
for Case Data During an Emergency Response is a Generic Information
Collection Request (ICR) that is designed to facilitate standardized,
rapid, and consistent data exchange between state, tribal, local, and
territorial (STLT) health departments and CDC on confirmed, probable,
and suspected cases during a public health emergency response.
CDC requests approval for a Non-Substantive Change Request for the
Generic Clearance for the Collection of Minimal Data Necessary for Case
Data During an Emergency Response. This request includes addition of
the following 11 new data elements: Age Units--Other, Race Category--
Other, Ethnic Group--Other, Person Address County--Other, Person
Address State--Other, Case Disease Imported Code--Other, Disability
Type--Other, Outbreak Case Status, CDC Outbreak Name, First Date of
Exposure, and Last Date of Exposure.
Seven of the 11 added data elements are `other' data elements.
These data elements are associated with a coded data element of a
similar name (e.g., Age Units and Age Units Other). These added fields
give jurisdictions the option to send either coded data elements in the
coded field or text data in the text field. This makes it easier for
jurisdictions as they do not need to map to the CDC value set in order
for data to be sent. First and Last Date of Exposure are important data
elements to collect as understanding the time from exposure to symptom
onset or infection provides important information for responding to and
modeling outbreaks. Outbreak Case Status is critical as a definition of
a case can differ in an outbreak and in routine data collection and it
is very important to know whether a case meets the outbreak definition
in addition to whether the case meets the routine definition. CDC
Outbreak Name is important so that outbreaks that cross state lines can
be tracked as a single outbreak, whereas the previously approved `Case
Outbreak Name' is state-assigned and could differ for the same
outbreak.
CDC projects 10 emergency responses annually that will require
states, territories, freely associated states, and cities to submit
case data to CDC daily. The annual burden estimates below include the
time that states, territories, freely associated states, and cities
will incur to submit confirmed, probable, and suspected case data (MDN
and response-specific data elements) for diseases or conditions for 10
emergency responses. The average burden per response of 30 minutes is
the same regardless of the number of data elements. The number of data
elements will fluctuate by emergency response since each emergency
response may require a different number of response-specific data
elements depending on the condition. Therefore, the addition of 11 new
data elements will not affect the affect the previously approved
burden. The estimated annual burden for the 60 respondents is 109,510
hours.
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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States................................ Submission of case data. 50 3,650 30/60
Territories........................... Submission of case data. 5 3,650 30/60
Freely Associated States.............. Submission of case data. 3 3,650 30/60
Cities................................ Submission of case data. 2 3,650 30/60
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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. 2025-12846 Filed 7-9-25; 8:45 am]
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