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Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration (SAMHSA) 

will publish periodic summaries of 

proposed projects. To request more 

information on the proposed projects or 

to obtain a copy of the information 

collection plans, call the SAMHSA 

Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276– 

1243. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collections of information 

are necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Proposed Project: Emergency Response 

Grants Regulations—42 CFR Part 51— 

(OMB No. 0930–0229)—Extension 

This rule implements section 501(m) 

of the Public Health Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 290aa), which authorizes the 

Secretary to make noncompetitive 

grants, contracts or cooperative 

agreements to public entities to enable 

such entities to address emergency 

substance abuse or mental health needs 

in local communities. The rule 

establishes criteria for determining that 

a substance abuse or mental health 

emergency exists, the minimum content 

for an application, and reporting 

requirements for recipients of such 

funding. SAMHSA will use the 

information in the applications to make 

a determination that the requisite need 

exists; that the mental health and/or 

substance abuse needs are a direct result 

of the precipitating event; that no other 

local, state, tribal or Federal funding 

sources are available to address the 

need; that there is an adequate plan of 

services; that the applicant has 

appropriate organizational capability; 

and, that the budget provides sufficient 

justification and is consistent with the 

documentation of need and the plan of 

services. Eligible applicants may apply 

to the Secretary for either of two types 

of substance abuse and mental health 

emergency response grants: Immediate 

awards and Intermediate awards. The 

former are designed to be funded up to 

$50,000, or such greater amount as 

determined by the Secretary on a caseby-case basis, and are to be used over 

the initial 90-day period commencing as 

soon as possible after the precipitating 

event; the latter awards require more 

documentation, including a needs 

assessment, other data and related 

budgetary detail. The Intermediate 

awards have no predefined budget limit. 

Typically, Intermediate awards would 

be used to meet systemic mental health 

and/or substance abuse needs during 

the recovery period following the 

Immediate award period. Such awards 

may be used for up to one year, with a 

possible second year supplement based 

on submission of additional required 

information and data. This program is 

an approved user of the PHS–5161 

application form, approved by OMB 

under control number 0920–0428. The 

quarterly financial status reports in 

51d.10(a)(2) and (b)(2) are as permitted 

by 45 CFR 92.41(b); the final program 

report, financial status report and final 

voucher in 51d.10(a)(3) and in 

51d.10(b)(3–4) are in accordance with 

45 CFR 92.50(b). Information collection 

requirements of 45 CFR part 92 are 

approved by OMB under control 

number 0990–0169. The following table 

presents annual burden estimates for the 

information collection requirements of 

this regulation. 

42 CFR citation Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Annual burden 

hours 

Immediate award application: 

51d.4(a) and 51d.6(a)(2) .......................................................................... 3 1 3 * 9 

51d.4(b) and 51d.6(a)(2) Immediate Awards ........................................... 3 1 10 * 30 

51d.10(a)(1)—Immediate awards—mid-program report if applicable ...... 3 1 2 * 6 

Final report content for both types of awards: 

51d.10(c) ................................................................................................... 6 1 3 18 

Total ................................................................................................... 6 18 

*This burden is carried under OMB No. 0920–0428. 

Send comments to Summer King, 

SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 

Room 7–1044, One Choke Cherry Road, 

Rockville, MD 20857 AND e-mail her a 

copy at summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov. 

Written comments should be received 

within 60 days of this notice. 

Dated: November 5, 2010. 

Elaine Parry, 

Director, Office of Management, Technology 

and Operations. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30-Day 11–0636] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of 

information collection requests under 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). To request a copy of these 

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance 

Officer at (404) 639–5960 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC or by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written 

comments should be received within 30 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) Secure 

Communications Network (Epi–X) 

(OMB No. 0929–0636 exp. 12/31/2010 

formerly State-Based Evaluation of the 

Alert Notification Component of CDC’s 

Secure Communication Network (Epi– 

X))—Revision—Office of Public Health 

Preparedness and Response (OPHPR), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The classification of this Information 

Collection (IC) is a revision of the StateBased Evaluation of the Alert 

Notification Component of CDC’s 


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Secure Communication Network (Epi– 

X) OMB Control No. 0920–0636. During 

this revision, we are requesting the title 

be revised to read—Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) Secure 

Communications Network (Epi–X). 

This IC is also being revised to 

improve the effectiveness of CDC 

communications with its public health 

partners during public health incident 

responses. Improvements include the 

addition of new data collection 

instruments related to six specific 

public health incidents. The addition of 

these instruments and the associated 

increase in burden hours is required to 

ensure that CDC and other Federal 

agencies will have secure, timely, and 

accurate information from our public 

health partners. This information is 

required by CDC during a public health 

incident for decision making and for 

effective and efficient execution of 

CDC’s response activities. Public health 

partners include public health officials 

and agencies at the state and local level. 

From 2005–2009, CDC conducted 

incident specific, public health 

emergency response operations on 

average of four public health incidents 

a year with an average emergency 

response length of 48 days for each 

incident. The effectiveness and 

efficiency of CDC’s response to any 

public health incident depends on 

information at the agency’s disposal to 

characterize and monitor the incident, 

make timely decisions, and take 

appropriate actions to prevent or reduce 

the impact of the incident. 

Available information during many 

public health incident responses is often 

incomplete, is not easily validated by 

state and local health authorities, and is 

sometimes conflicting. This lack of 

reliable information often creates a high 

level of uncertainty with potential 

negative impacts on public health 

response operations. 

Secure communications with CDC’s 

state and local public health partners is 

essential to de-conflict information, 

validate incident status, and establish 

and maintain accurate situation 

awareness. Reliable, secure 

communications are essential for the 

agency to, make informed decisions, 

and to respond in the most appropriate 

manner possible in order to minimize 

the impact of an incident on the public 

health of the United States. 

Epi–X is CDC’s Web-based 

communication system for securely 

communicating during public health 

emergencies that have multijurisdictional impact and implications. 

Epi–X was specifically designed to 

provide public health decision-makers 

at the state and local levels a secure, 

reliable tool for communicating 

information about sensitive, unusual, or 

urgent public health incidents to 

neighboring jurisdictions as well as to 

CDC. The system was also designed to 

generate a request for epidemiologic 

assistance (Epi–Aid) from CDC using a 

secure, paperless environment. 

Epi–X designers have developed 

functionalities that permit targeting of 

critical outbreak information to specific 

public health authorities who can act 

quickly to prevent the spread of diseases 

and other emergencies in multijurisdictional settings, such as those that 

could occur during an influenza 

pandemic, infection of food and water 

resources, and natural disasters. 

CDC has recognized a need to expand 

the use of Epi–X to collect specific 

response related information during 

public health emergencies. Authorized 

Officials from state and local health 

departments impacted by the public 

health incident will be surveyed only by 

Epi–X. Respondents will be informed of 

this data collection first through an Epi– 

X Facilitator, who will work closely 

with Epi–X program staff to ensure that 

Epi–X incident specific IC is 

understood. The survey instruments 

will contain specific questions relevant 

to the current and ongoing public health 

incident and response activities. 

The Web-based tool for data 

collection under Epi–X already is 

established for the current IC and has 

been in use since 2003. CDC will adapt 

it as needed to accommodate the data 

collection instruments. Respondents 

will receive the survey instrument as an 

official CDC e-mail, which is clearly 

labeled, ‘‘Epi–X Emergency Public 

Health Incident Information Request.’’ 

The e-mail message will be 

accompanied by a link to an Epi–X 

Forum discussion web page. 

Respondents can provide their answers 

to the survey questions by posting 

information within the discussion. 

There are no costs to respondents 

except their time. The total estimated 

annual burden hours are 24,400. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of 

respondent 

No. of 

respondents 

No. of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average burden per response 

(in hours) 

State epidemiologists ................................................................................................................... 50 104 1 

City and county health officials .................................................................................................... 1600 12 1 

Dated: November 4, 2010. 

Carol Walker, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approve the proposed 

information collection project: 

‘‘Development of the Guide to Patient 

and Family Engagement in Health Care 

Quality and Safety in the Hospital 

Setting.’’ In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 

3501–3520, AHRQ invites the public to 

comment on this proposed information 

collection. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by January 14, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, 


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