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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30-Day–10–0212] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects, the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed projects. To 

request more information on the 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

data collection plans and instruments, 

call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer 

on 404–639–5960 or send comments to 

CDC Assistant Reports Clearance 

Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D–74, 

Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to 

omb@cdc.gov. Written comments 

should be received within 30 days of 

this notice. 

Proposed Project 

National Hospital Discharge Survey 

(NHDS)(OMB# 0920–0212 exp. 10/31/ 

2011)—Revision— National Center for 

Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Section 306 of the Public Health 

Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as 

amended, authorizes that the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services (DHHS), 

acting through NCHS, shall collect 

statistics on the extent and nature of 

illness and disability of the population 

of the United States. This three-year 

clearance request includes hospital 

recruitment and data collection for 

2011, 2012, and 2013 of the redesigned 

National Hospital Discharge Survey, as 

well as a pretest of data collection on 

acute coronary syndrome for a 

supplement to the NHDS which will be 

sponsored by the National Heart, Lung 

and Blood Institute. 

The National Hospital Discharge 

Survey has been conducted 

continuously by the National Center for 

Health Statistics, CDC, since 1965. It is 

the principal source of data on inpatient 

utilization of short-stay, non-Federal 

hospitals and is the principal annual 

source of nationally representative 

estimates on the characteristics of 

discharges, lengths of stay, diagnoses, 

surgical and non-surgical procedures, 

and patterns of use of care in hospitals 

in various regions of the country. It is 

the benchmark against which special 

programmatic data sources are 

measured. 

Although the current NHDS is still 

fulfilling its intended functions, it is 

based on concepts from the health care 

delivery system, as well as the hospital 

and patient universes, of previous 

decades. It has become clear that a 

redesign of the NHDS that provides 

greater depth of information is 

necessary. Consequently, 2010 will 

serve as the last year in which the 

current NHDS will be fielded. 

Meanwhile, the redesigned NHDS is 

scheduled to begin in 2011. 

A new sample of 500 hospitals drawn 

for the NHDS will be recruited 

beginning in June 2011 and continuing 

through September 2012 (167 hospitals 

on an annualized basis). In 2011, data 

collection will begin by collecting the 

electronic Uniform Bills (UB–04s) from 

hospitals recruited in 2011 followed by 

data for all sample facilities for 2012 

and 2013. A post induction annual 

facility questionnaire to update facility 

information will be collected for two 

years—2012 and 2013 (333 hospitals on 

an annualized basis). 

The data items to be collected from 

the UB–04 in the NHDS will include 

patient level data items including basic 

demographic information, personal 

identifiers, name, address, social 

security number (if available), and 

medical record number (if available), 

and characteristics of the discharge 

including admission and discharge 

dates, diagnoses, and surgical and nonsurgical procedures. Facility level data 

items include demographic information, 

clinical capabilities, and financial 

information. UB–04 data will be 

transmitted from all 500 hospitals on a 

quarterly basis. 

A pretest of a survey supplement on 

acute coronary syndrome sponsored by 

the National Heart Lung and Blood will 

also be fielded in 2011. The pretest will 

be conducted in a convenience sample 

of 32 hospitals (11 hospitals on an 

annualized basis) and discharges will be 

identified from the UB–04 codes for a 

diagnosis of acute myocardial 

infarction. 

Users of NHDS data include, but are 

not limited to CDC, Congressional 

Research Office, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation 

(ASPE), American Health Care 

Association, Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), and Bureau of 

the Census. Data collected through 

NHDS are essential for evaluating health 

status of the population, for the 

planning of programs and policy to 

elevate the health status of the Nation, 

for studying morbidity trends, and for 

research activities in the health field. 

NHDS data have been used extensively 

in the development and monitoring of 

goals for the Year 2000 and 2010 

Healthy People Objectives. In addition, 

NHDS data provide annual updates for 

numerous tables in the Congressionallymandated NCHS report, Health, United 

States. Other users of these data include 

universities, research organizations, 

many in the private sector, foundations, 

and a variety of users in the print media. 

There is no cost to respondents other 

than their time to participate. The total 

estimated annualized burden is 3,520 

hours. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Respondents Form Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Avg. burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Hospital CEO/CFO ................................... Survey Presentation for the NHDS .......... 167 1 1 

Director of health information management (DHIM) or Health information 

technology (DHIT).

Facility Questionnaire Form for the 

NHDS.

167 1 4 

DHIM or DHIT ........................................... Post-Induction Annual Facility Questionnaire.333 1 2 

DHIM or DHIT ........................................... Quarterly Transmission of UB–04 Data ... 500 4 1 


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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued 

Respondents Form Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Avg. burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Pretest 

Hospital CEO/CFO ................................... Survey Presentation for the ACS Module 

for the NHDS.

11 1 1 

DHIM or DHIT ........................................... Abstraction and Reabstraction for the 

ACS Module of the NHDS.

11 3 15/60 

Dated: December 28, 2010. 

Carol E. Walker, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2010–33342 Filed 1–4–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Mine Safety and Health Research 

Advisory Committee: Notice of Charter 

Renewal 

This gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463) of October 6, 1972, that the Mine 

Safety and Health Research Advisory 

Committee, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, Department of Health 

and Human Services, has been renewed 

for a 2-year period through November 

30, 2012. 

For information, contact Jeffrey 

Kohler, PhD, Designated Federal Officer, 

Mine Safety and Health Research 

Advisory Committee, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, 

Mailstop P05, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

15236, Telephone (412) 386–5301 or fax 

(412) 386–5300. 

The Director, Management Analysis 

and Services Office, has been delegated 

the authority to sign Federal Register 

notices pertaining to announcements of 

meetings and other committee 

management activities, for both CDC 

and the Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry. 

Dated: December 27, 2010. 

Andre Tyler, 

Acting Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2010–33341 Filed 1–4–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Office of Child Support Enforcement 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of Child Support 

Enforcement, ACF, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of the rescission, 

establishment, and amendment of 

systems of records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974 

(5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, the Office 

of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) is 

publishing notice that it will rescind a 

notice of a system of records entitled 

‘‘Location and Collection System,’’ 09– 

90–0074, establish two new systems of 

records entitled ‘‘OCSE National 

Directory of New Hires’’ and ‘‘OCSE 

Debtor File,’’ and amend an existing 

system of records entitled ‘‘OCSE 

Federal Case Registry of Child Support 

Orders.’’ 

DATES: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) invites 

interested parties to submit written 

comments on the proposed rescission, 

establishment and amendment to its 

systems of records notices until 

February 4, 2011. As required by the 

Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(r)), HHS on 

December 22, 2010 sent reports of the 

establishment of new systems of records 

(which included the proposed 

rescission of an existing system) and an 

amendment of a system of records to the 

Committee on Homeland Security and 

22 Governmental Affairs of the Senate, 

the Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform of the House of 

Representatives and the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs of 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). The proposed rescission, 

establishment and amendment 

described in this notice is effective on 

February 4, 2011, unless HHS receives 

comments which result in a contrary 

determination. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may 

submit written comment on this notice 

by writing to Linda Deimeke, Director, 

Division of Federal Systems, Office of 

Automation and Program Operations, 

Office of Child Support Enforcement, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, 370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW., 

4th Floor East, Washington, DC 20447. 

Comments received will be available for 

public inspection at this address from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Deimeke, Director, Division of 

Federal Systems, Office of Automation 

and Program Operations, Office of Child 

Support Enforcement, Administration 

for Children and Families, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., 4th Floor East, 

Washington, DC 20447, (202) 401–5439. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OCSE’s 

system of records, Location and 

Collection System (LCS), 09–90–0074, 

last published at 72 FR 51446 

(September 7, 2007), currently 

maintains the records of the National 

Directory of New Hires database and the 

Offset File database. By this notice, 

OCSE proposes to rescind the notice of 

the LCS system of records and to 

separate the NDNH and Offset databases 

by establishing two new systems of 

records, the National Directory of New 

Hires (NDNH), No. 09–80–0381 and the 

Debtor File, No. 09–80–0383. The 

NDNH system of records will maintain 

records currently held in the LCS’ 

NDNH database and the Debtor File will 

maintain records currently held in the 

LCS’ Offset File database. The 

separation and redesignation of LCS 

records is intended to more accurately 

reflect the purposes for which the 

records in the system may be used. 

OCSE also proposes to amend the notice 

of its system of records, the Federal Case 

Registry of Child Support Orders (FCR), 

No. 09–80–0202, last published at 73 FR 

20306 (April 15, 2008). A Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking to be published in 

the Federal Register for public comment 


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