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2Note that the number of questions in Sections 

2A is an estimate. This Section asks States to 

identify their programs that are specific to underage 

drinking prevention. For each program identified 

there are six follow-up questions. Based on 

feedback from stakeholders and pilot testers, it is 

anticipated that States will report an average of 

three programs for a total of 18 questions. 

3Note that the number of questions in Section 2B 

is an estimate. This Section asks States to identify 

their programs that are related to underage drinking 

prevention. For each program identified there are 

two follow-up questions. Based on feedback from 

stakeholders and pilot testers, it is anticipated that 

States will report an average of three such programs 

for a total of six questions. 

Information System (APIS), an 

authoritative compendium of State 

alcohol-related laws. The APIS data will 

be augmented by SAMHSA with 

original legal research on State laws and 

policies addressing underage drinking 

to include all of the STOP Act’s 

requested laws and regulations 

(Category #1 of the four categories 

included in the STOP Act, as described 

above, page 2). 

The STOP Act mandates that the State 

Survey assess ‘‘best practices’’ and 

emphasize the importance of building 

collaborations with Federally 

Recognized Tribal Governments (‘‘Tribal 

Governments’’). It also emphasizes the 

importance at the Federal level of 

promoting interagency collaboration 

and to that end established the 

Interagency Coordinating Committee on 

the Prevention of Underage Drinking 

(ICCPUD). SAMHSA has determined 

that to fulfill the Congressional intent, it 

is critical that the State Survey gather 

information from the States regarding 

the best practices standards that they 

apply to their underage drinking 

programs, collaborations between States 

and Tribal Governments, and the 

development of State-level interagency 

collaborations similar to ICCPUD. 

SAMHSA has determined that data on 

Categories #2, #3, and #4 mandated in 

the STOP Act (as listed on page 2) 

(enforcement and educational programs; 

programs targeting youth, parents, and 

caregivers; and State expenditures) as 

well as States’ best practices standards, 

collaborations with Tribal Governments, 

and State-level interagency 

collaborations are not available from 

secondary sources and therefore must be 

collected from the States themselves. 

The State Survey will therefore be 

necessary to fulfill the Congressional 

mandate found in the STOP Act. 

The State Survey is a single document 

that is divided into four sections, as 

follows: 

(1) Enforcement of underage drinking 

prevention laws; 

(2) Underage drinking prevention 

programs, including data on State best 

practices standards and collaborations 

with Tribal Governments; 

(3) State interagency collaborations 

used to implement the above programs; 

and 

(4) Estimates of the State funds 

invested in the categories specified in 

the STOP Act (see description of 

Category #4, above, page 2) and 

descriptions of any dedicated fees, taxes 

or fines used to raise these funds. 

The number of questions in each 

Section is as follows: 

Section 1: 29 questions 

Section 2A: 18 questions 2

Section 2B: 6 questions 3

Section 2C: 6 questions 

Section 3: 12 questions 

Section 4: 19 questions 

TOTAL: 90 Questions 

It is anticipated that respondents will 

actually respond to only a subset of this 

total. This is because the survey is 

designed with ‘‘skip logic,’’ which 

means that many questions will only be 

directed to a subset of respondents who 

report the existence of particular 

programs or activities. 

To ensure that the State Survey 

obtains the necessary data while 

minimizing the burden on the States, 

SAMHSA has conducted a lengthy and 

comprehensive planning process. It has 

sought advice from key stakeholders (as 

mandated by the STOP Act) including 

hosting an all-day stakeholders meeting, 

conducting two field tests with State 

officials likely to be responsible for 

completing the State Survey, and 

investigating and testing various State 

Survey formats, online delivery systems, 

and data collection methodologies. 

Based on these investigations, 

SAMHSA has decided to collect the 

required data using an online survey 

instrument over an 8-week period. The 

State Survey will be sent to each State 

Governor’s office and the Office of the 

Mayor of the District of Columbia, for a 

total of 51 survey respondents. Based on 

the feedback received from stakeholders 

and field pilot testers, it is anticipated 

that the State Governors will designate 

staff from State agencies that have 

access to the requested data (typically 

State Alcohol Beverage Control [ABC] 

agencies and State Substance Abuse 

Program agencies). SAMHSA will 

provide both telephone and online 

technical support to State agency staff 

and will emphasize that the States are 

only expected to provide data that is 

readily available and are not required to 

provide data that has not already been 

collected. The burden estimate below 

takes into account these assumptions. 

The estimated annual response 

burden to collect this information is as 

follows: 

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Responses/ 

respondent 

Burden/ 

response 

(hrs) 

Annual burden 

(hrs) 

State Questionnaire ......................................................................................... 51 1 17.7 902.7 

Send comments to Summer King, 

SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 

Room 7–1044, One Choke Cherry Road, 

Rockville, MD 20857 and e-mail a copy 

to summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov. 

Written comments should be received 

within 60 days of this notice. 

Dated: February 19, 2010. 

Elaine Parry, 

Director, Office of Program Services. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4117 Filed 2–26–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier CMS–576A] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement 

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS), Department of Health 

and Human Services, is publishing the 

following summary of proposed 

collections for public comment. 

Interested persons are invited to send 

comments regarding this burden 

estimate or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including any 

of the following subjects: (1) The 

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necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the Agency’s function; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology to 

minimize the information collection 

burden. 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Organ 

Procurement Organization’s (OPO’s) 

Health Insurance Benefits Agreement 

and Supporting Regulations at 42 CFR 

486.301–486.348; Use: The information 

provided on this form serves as a basis 

for continuing the agreements with CMS 

and the 580 OPOs for participation in 

the Medicare and Medicaid programs 

for reimbursement of service. Form 

Number: CMS–576A (OMB#: 0938– 

0512); Frequency: Reporting— 

Occasionally; Affected Public: Private 

Sector: Business or other for-profits and 

Not-for-profit institutions; Number of 

Respondents: 58; Total Annual 

Responses: 58; Total Annual Hours: 

116. (For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Michele Walton at 

410–786–3353. For all other issues call 

410–786–1326.) 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access CMS Web Site 

address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995, or Email your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and CMS document identifier, to 

Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the 

Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786– 

1326. 

To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collections must 

be received by the OMB desk officer at 

the address below, no later than 5 p.m. 

on March 31, 2010. 

OMB, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: CMS Desk Officer, 

Fax Number: (202) 395–6974, 

E-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: February 23, 2010. 

Michelle Shortt, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4186 Filed 2–26–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–10–10AD] 

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 

School Dismissal Monitoring 

System—New—National Center for 

Preparedness, Detection, and Control of 

Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

During the spring 2009 H1N1 

outbreak, the U.S. Department of 

Education (ED) and the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 

received numerous daily requests about 

the overall number of school dismissals 

nationwide including the number of 

students and teachers impacted by the 

outbreak. Illness among school-aged 

students (K–12) in many states and 

cities resulted in at least 1351 school 

dismissals due to rapidly increasing 

absenteeism among students or staff that 

impacted at least 824,966 students and 

53,217 teachers. 

Although a system was put in place 

to track school closures in conjunction 

with the Department of Education (ED), 

no formal monitoring system was 

established, making it difficult to 

monitor reports of school dismissal and 

to gauge the impact of the outbreak. 

CDC has recently issued guidance for 

school closure for the 2009–2010 school 

year. To address the need to monitor 

reports of school closure, CDC and ED 

have established a School Dismissal 

Monitoring System to report on novel 

influenza A (H1N1)-related school or 

school district dismissals in the United 

States. Although the School Dismissal 

Monitoring System is currently 

approved to collect data under OMB 

Control Number 0920–0008, Emergency 

Epidemic Investigations, CDC would 

like to continue the data collection long 

term. Thus, CDC is requesting a separate 

OMB Control Number for this data 

collection. 

The purpose of the School Dismissal 

Monitoring System is to generate 

accurate, real-time, national summary 

data daily on the number of school 

dismissals and the number of students 

and teachers impacted by the school 

dismissals. CDC will use the summary 

data to fully understand how schools 

are responding to CDC community 

mitigation guidance among schools, 

students, household contacts and for 

overall awareness of the impact of 

influenza outbreaks on school systems 

and communities. 

Respondents are schools, school 

districts, and local public health 

agencies. Respondents will use a 

common reporting form to submit data 

to CDC. The reporting form includes the 

following data elements: Name of school 

district; zip code of school district; date 

the school or school district was 

dismissed; and the date school or school 

district is projected to reopen. Optional 

data elements include: name of person 

submitting information; the 

organization/agency; phone number of 

the organization/agency; and e-mail 

address. There is no cost to respondents 

other than their time to complete the 

data collection. The total annualized 

burden for this information collection 

request is 42 hours. 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Respondent Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

respondent 

(in hours) 

School, school district or public health department .................................................................... 500 1 5/60 

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