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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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Dated: February 24, 2010. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4177 Filed 2–26–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–10–10BT] 

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 projects or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, call 404–639–5960 or send 

comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 

Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 

30333 or send an e-mail to 

omb@cdc.gov. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is 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. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

National Quitline Data Warehouse — 

New—National Center for Chronic 

Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description: 

Despite the high level of public 

knowledge about the adverse effects of 

smoking, tobacco use remains the 

leading preventable cause of disease and 

death in the United States. Tobacco use 

results in approximately 440,000 deaths 

annually, including approximately 

38,000 deaths from secondhand smoke 

exposure. Adults who smoke contribute 

to $92 billion annually in lost worker 

productivity, and die an average of 14 

years earlier than nonsmokers. Although 

the prevalence of current smoking 

among adults decreased significantly 

since its peak in the 1960s, overall 

smoking prevalence among U.S. adults 

has remained virtually unchanged 

during the past five years. Large 

disparities in smoking prevalence 

continue to exist among members of 

racial/ethnic minority groups and 

individuals of low socioeconomic 

status. 

The National Tobacco Control 

Program (NTCP) was established by 

CDC to help reduce tobacco-related 

disease, disability, and death. The 

NTCP’s four goal areas are: (1) The 

prevention of initiation of tobacco use 

among young people, (2) the elimination 

of nonsmokers’ exposure to secondhand 

smoke, (3) the promotion of quitting 

among adults and young people, and (4) 

the elimination of tobacco-related 

disparities. The NTCP has provided 

funding for State quitlines, which 

provide telephone-based tobacco 

cessation services—including 

individualized counseling and self-help 

material—to help tobacco users quit. 

Quitlines overcome many of the barriers 

to tobacco cessation classes and 

traditional clinics because they are free 

and available at the caller’s 

convenience. Quitline services in all 

States can be accessed through a tollfree national portal number at 1–800– 

QUIT–NOW. According to CDC’s Best 

Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco 

Control, approximately six to eight 

percent of tobacco users potentially can 

be reached successfully by quitlines; 

however, currently, only one to two 

percent of tobacco users contact 

quitlines. 

All States collect intake information 

about quitline callers and the services 

provided to them, but have varied with 

respect to the schedule for follow-up 

with callers, the number of follow-up 

attempts per caller, and the collection of 

information related to follow-up. With 

leadership from the North American 

Quitline Consortium (NAQC) and other 

tobacco control organizations, the field 

has collaborated to develop a Minimum 

Data Set (MDS) consisting of a set of 

suggested intake questions that should 

be asked of all callers, and follow-up 

questions that should be asked of a 

representative sample of callers who 

have both completed intake and 

received a quitline service. 

CDC requests OMB approval to collect 

information for a National Quitline Data 

Warehouse (NDQW) based on a uniform 

follow-up protocol and standardized 

instruments adapted from the MDS. 

Respondents will be the 50 States, the 

District of Columbia, and Guam. 

Additional funding for the expansion of 

tobacco quitline services, 

standardization of the information 

collection, and transmission to the 

shared NQDW is provided under the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (ARRA). 

Intake information will be collected 

from approximately 60,833 callers per 

month over a 24-month period. Minimal 

information will be collected from 

callers who contact the Quitline on 

behalf of another person. The 

information collection will also include 

seven-month follow-up data from a 

random sample of approximately 3,400 

callers per month across all States, 

beginning in month eight (i.e., seven full 

months after the first intakes) and 

continuing through month 24. Finally, 

the Tobacco Control Manager for each 

ARRA awardee (State, district or 

territory) will be required to submit a 

quarterly report describing services 

provided. The quarterly report will be 

used to quantify improvements in the 

capacity of the quitlines to assist 

tobacco users over time and to evaluate 

the expenditure of Recovery Act dollars. 

The NQDW will have significant 

implications for the development of 

policies and programs aimed at tobacco 

use cessation and reduction of tobacco 

use. The information to be collected in 

the NQDW will be used to determine 

the role quitlines are playing in 

promoting tobacco use cessation, 

measure the number of tobacco users 

being served by State Quitlines, 

determine reach of quitlines to high-risk 

populations (e.g., racial and ethnic 

minorities and the medically 

underserved), measure the number 

using each State quitline who quit, 

determine whether some combinations 

of services contribute to higher quit 

rates than others, and improve the 

timeliness, access to, and quality of data 

collected by quitlines. 

CDC requests OMB approval to collect 

information for a two-year period. All 

information will be collected 

electronically. There are no costs to 

respondents other than their time. 

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