Notice2026-01616
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
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January 27, 2026
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3496-3498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-01616]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-26-1128]
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
9/30/2025 to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC
received 15 comments relating 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
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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 Number 0920-1128, exp. 2/26/2026)--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.
CDC established the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting
System (SUDORS) in order to detect new trends in fatal unintentional
drug overdoses, support targeting 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.
This is a Revision request for the currently approved State
Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS)--OMB Control No.
0920-1128 (Expiration Date 2/28/2026). With this Revision, CDC is
requesting OMB approval for an additional three years to continue data
collection efforts. SUDORS assists with ongoing surveillance of fatal
unintentional and undetermined intent drug overdoses to support
prevention and response efforts. Specifically, participating health
departments must abstract medical examiner and/or coroner (ME/C) data
and death certificate (DC) data on CDC required data elements into
SUDORS.
This Revision request does not entail a change in the estimated
burden per response, which is based on the time needed for a health
department to retrieve and refile vital statistics records, ME/C
records. Modifications to SUDORS include: (1) implementation of updates
to the web-based system to improve performance, functionality, and
accessibility; and (2) addition of several new data elements to the
system. The estimated burden per response does not include the time
needed to abstract SUDORS data variables from those sources, since this
activity is funded by the SUDORS cooperative agreement. The total
estimated annualized burden is 43,631 hours. There is no cost to
respondents other than their time to participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Total number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents 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 Public Health
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2026-01616 Filed 1-26-26; 8:45 am]
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