Notice2026-07217
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
April 14, 2026
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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 U.S. Tuberculosis Follow-Up Worksheet for Newly Arrived Persons and U.S. Status Adjusters with Tuberculosis Classifications. This Tuberculosis (TB) follow-up worksheet is designed to capture TB examination information for persons newly arrived in the U.S. and for U.S. status adjusters with TB classifications and will provide outcomes for improving national TB prevention programs.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 14, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19139-19140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07217]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-26-1238; Docket No. CDC-2026-0563]
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 U.S. Tuberculosis Follow-Up Worksheet for Newly Arrived Persons
and U.S. Status Adjusters with Tuberculosis Classifications. This
Tuberculosis (TB) follow-up worksheet is designed to capture TB
examination information for persons newly arrived in the U.S. and for
U.S. status adjusters with TB classifications and will provide outcomes
for improving national TB prevention programs.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before June 15, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2025-
0563 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#305f5d52705354531e575f46"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="335c5e51735057501d545c45">[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
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5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Information Collection for The Electronic Disease Notification
(EDN) System Tuberculosis Follow-Up Worksheet for Newly-Arrived Persons
and US Status Adjusters with Overseas Tuberculosis Classifications (OMB
Control No. 0920-1238)--Reinstatement--National Center for Emerging and
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
This information is designed to assist CDC in fulfilling its
regulatory responsibility to prevent the importation and spread of
communicable diseases from foreign countries (42 CFR part 71) and
interstate control of communicable diseases in humans (42 CFR part 70).
Section 361 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 264)
authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make and
enforce regulations necessary to prevent the introduction,
transmission, or spread of communicable disease from foreign countries
into the United States. Under its delegated authority in 42 CFR parts
70 and 71, the Division of Global Migration Health (DGMH) works to
fulfill this responsibility through numerous activities that include
monitoring the arrival of persons with Class A and Class B TB
conditions and coordinating domestic follow-up examinations to prevent
new transmission of TB in the United States. The TB follow-up worksheet
is designed to capture U.S. TB examination data for newly arrived
persons and U.S. status adjusters with Classification A and B for TB.
The information collected by the TB follow-up worksheet will provide a
method of performing several TB prevention activities, both
international and domestic in nature.
The U.S. foreign-born population had the highest incidence of TB
compared to the U.S. non-foreign-born population. CDC strongly
recommends incoming persons receive follow-up examinations for TB in
the U.S. This data collection will facilitate the methodical collection
of TB follow-up outcome data to monitor and track persons with overseas
Classification A and B for TB and will assist in the national effort to
prevent new transmission of TB. To accurately determine rates of TB,
recent U.S. arrivals receive domestic follow-up evaluations. U.S.
health departments will provide domestic follow-up outcome information
to CDC. Without this data, DGMH will not have a method of tracking and
monitoring newly arrived persons with overseas Classification A or B
for TB. DGMH will use information reported on the worksheet to ensure
that TB programs are effectively tracking new foreign arrivals and
coordinating follow-up evaluations with local clinicians. To monitor
and evaluate domestic TB program performance, CDC needs to collect data
on all elements of TB domestic follow-up evaluations including chest x-
rays, diagnoses, and U.S. treatment outcomes.
DGMH staff along with other federal partners will also use this
information to evaluate panel physician/civil surgeon performance and
prevention activities. To evaluate panel physician/civil surgeon
performance and TB prevention activities, CDC needs to know the results
of domestic chest x-rays (CXR), CXR comparison sputum smears and
cultures, and TB diagnoses along with domestic reviews of overseas
treatment.
Modifications to the previously approved data collection include:
(1) changes to the number of respondents due to more applicants
requesting access to the EDN system since the last approval; (2) a
change to the number of respondents due to addition of U.S. status
adjusters with TB classification and data collection efficiencies
(specifically using an electronic rather than paper collection system);
and (3) minor adjustments made to the information collection in order
to provide more clarity through enhancement of particular fields. CDC
requests OMB approval for an estimated 3,626 annual burden hours. There
are no costs to respondents other than their time to participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number Avg. burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hrs.) (in hrs.)
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EDN data entry staff at state US Tuberculosis 1,813 4 0.5 3,626
and local health departments. Follow-up
Worksheet for
Newly-Arrived
and US Status
Adjusters with
Tuberculosis
Classifications.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 3,626
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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. 2026-07217 Filed 4-13-26; 8:45 am]
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