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from laboratories, vital statistics, or 

additional providers. CDC estimates 

approximately 97 updates to case 

reports will be processed by each of the 

59 health departments annually. Case 

report information compiled over time 

by health departments is then reidentified and forwarded to CDC on a 

monthly basis (twelve times a year) for 

inclusion in the national HIV 

surveillance database. 

Supplemental surveillance data are 

collected in a subset of areas to provide 

additional information necessary to 

estimate HIV incidence, to better 

describe the extent of HIV viral 

resistance and quantify HIV subtypes 

among persons infected with HIV, and 

to monitor and evaluate perinatal HIV 

prevention efforts. Health departments 

funded for these supplemental data 

collections obtain this information from 

laboratories, health providers, and 

medical records. CDC estimates that on 

average 2,437 reports containing 

incidence data elements will be 

processed annually, by each of the 25 

health departments funded to collect 

incidence data annually. Additionally, 

an estimated 2,019 reports containing 

additional viral resistance data elements 

will be processed on average, annually, 

by each of the 11 health departments 

conducting variant and resistant HIV 

surveillance (VARHS) annually. An 

estimated 167 reports containing 

perinatal surveillance data elements 

will be processed on average by each of 

the 15 health departments reporting 

data collected as part of enhanced 

perinatal surveillance (EPS). Data 

collected for these 3 supplemental data 

collections are also reported monthly to 

CDC. 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Form Type of 

respondent 

No. of 

respondents 

No. of 

responses per 

respondent 

Avg. burden 

per response 

(in hours) 

Total 

annual burden 

(in hours) 

Adult HIV/AIDS Case Reports ......... Health Departments ........................ 59 1,839 20/60 36,167 

Peds HIV/AIDS Case Reports ......... Health Departments ........................ 59 8 20/60 157 

Case Report Updates ...................... Health Departments ........................ 59 97 5/60 477 

Incidence .......................................... Health Departments ........................ 25 2,437 10/60 10,154 

VARHS ............................................. Health Departments ........................ 11 2,019 5/60 1,851 

EPS .................................................. Health Departments ........................ 15 167 1 2,505 

Total .......................................... .......................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 51,311 

Dated: August 28, 2009. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–09–09AR] 

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 

STD Surveillance Network (SSuN)- 

NEW- National Center for HIV/AIDS, 

Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted 

Diseases, and Tuberculosis Elimination 

Programs (NCHHSTP), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The purpose of the proposed study is 

to improve the capacity of national, 

State, and local STD programs to detect, 

monitor, and respond rapidly to trends 

in STDs through enhanced collection, 

reporting, analysis, visualization and 

interpretation of disease information. 

The SSuN Project will be an active STD 

sentinel surveillance network 

comprised of 12 surveillance sites 

around the United States. SSuN will use 

two surveillance strategies to collect 

information. The first is a STD clinicbased surveillance which will extract 

data from existing electronic medical 

records for all patient visits at 

participating STD clinics over the 3 

years. The second is a population-based 

surveillance in which a sample of 

individuals reported with gonorrhea to 

the 12 SSuN state or city health 

departments are interviewed using 

locally designed interview templates. 

For the clinic-based surveillance, the 

specified data elements are abstracted 

on a quarterly basis from existing 

electronic medical records for all patient 

visits to participating clinics. Data in the 

electronic medical record may have 

been collected at time of registration, 

during the clinic encounter, or through 

laboratory testing. For the populationbased STD surveillance, the results of 

interviews will be entered into a 

developed Microsoft Access database 

that will be adapted locally for each 

clinic. High quality, informative, and 

timely surveillance data are necessary to 

guide STD programs so interventions 

are designed and implemented 

appropriately. Furthermore, 

surveillance data are necessary for 

understanding the impact of STD 

interventions based on the 

epidemiology of each STD. 

This information is being collected to 

establish an integrated network of 

sentinel STD clinics and health 

departments to inform and guide 

national programs and policies for STD 

control in the US. It will improve the 

capacity of national, state, and local 

STD programs to detect, monitor, and 

respond to established and emerging 

trends in STDs, HIV, and viral hepatitis. 

SSuN will help identify and evaluate 

the effectiveness of public health 

interventions to reduce STD morbidity. 

The SSuN surveillance platform 

allows CDC to establish and maintain 

common standards for data collection, 

transmission, and analysis, and allows 

CDC to build and maintain STD 

surveillance expertise in 12 surveillance 

areas. Such common systems, 

established mechanisms of 

communication, and in-place expertise 

are all critical components for timely, 

flexible, and high quality surveillance. 


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There is no cost to respondents other 

than their time. The total estimated 

annual burden hours are 432. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Types of respondent Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

SSuN site ..................................................................................................................................... 12 4 2 

Gonorrhea Case .......................................................................................................................... 2880 1 7/60 

Dated: August 28, 2009. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration 

Notice of Meeting 

Pursuant to Public Law 92–463, 

notice is hereby given that the 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration (SAMHSA) 

National Advisory Council will meet on 

September 25, 2009 in Portland, Oregon. 

The meeting is open to the public and 

will include a report from the SAMHSA 

Acting Administrator. The meeting will 

include discussions and presentations 

from state and local representatives and 

organizations focusing on substance use 

prevention and treatment and mental 

health of children, youth and their 

families. 

Attendance by the public will be 

limited to space available. Public 

comments are welcome. The meeting 

can also be accessed via net-conference. 

To obtain the call-in numbers and 

access codes, to submit written or brief 

oral comments, or to request special 

accommodations for persons with 

disabilities, please communicate with 

the SAMHSA National Advisory 

Council Designated Federal Official, Ms. 

Toian Vaughn (see contact information 

below). You may also register on-line at: 

https://nac.samhsa.gov/Registration/ 

meetingsRegistration.aspx. 

Substantive program information and 

a roster of Council members may be 

obtained either by accessing the 

SAMHSA Committee Web site, https:// 

nac.samhsa.gov/NACcouncil/ 

index.aspx or by contacting Ms. 

Vaughn. The transcript for the meeting 

will be available on the SAMHSA 

Committee Web site within three weeks 

after the meeting. 

Committee Name: SAMHSA National 

Advisory Council. 

Date/Time/Type: Friday, September 25, 

2009, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Open. 

Place: Hilton Portland & Executive Towers, 

Salons II and III, Portland, Oregon. 

Contact: Toian Vaughn, M.S.W., 

Designated Federal Official, SAMHSA 

National Advisory Council and SAMHSA 

Committee Management Officer, 1 Choke 

Cherry Road, Room 8–1089, Rockville, 

Maryland 20857, Telephone: (240) 276–2307; 

FAX: (240) 276–2220 and E-mail: 

toian.vaughn@samhsa.hhs.gov. 

Toian Vaughn, 

Committee Management Officer, Substance 

Abuse and Mental Health Services 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Board of Scientific Counselors, 

National Center for Health Statistics 

(BSC, NCHS) 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), National 

Center for Health Statistics announces 

the following meeting of the 

aforementioned committee: 

Times and Dates: 

11 a.m.–5:30 p.m., September 24, 2009; 

8:30 a.m.–2 p.m., September 25, 2009. 

Place: NCHS Headquarters, 3311 

Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 

20782. 

Status: This meeting is open to the 

public; however, visitors must be 

processed in accordance with 

established Federal policies and 

procedures. For foreign nationals or 

non-US citizens, pre-approval is 

required (please contact Althelia Harris, 

301–458–4261, adw1@cdc.gov or 

Virginia Cain, vcain@cdc.gov at least 10 

days in advance for requirements. All 

visitors are required to present a valid 

form of picture identification issued by 

a State, Federal or international 

government. As required by the Federal 

Property Management Regulations, Title 

41, Code of Federal Regulation, Subpart 

101–20.301, all persons entering in or 

on Federal controlled property and their 

packages, briefcases, and other 

containers in their immediate 

possession are subject to being x-rayed 

and inspected. Federal law prohibits the 

knowing possession or the causing to be 

present of firearms, explosives and other 

dangerous weapons and illegal 

substances. The meeting room 

accommodates approximately 100 

people. 

Purpose: This committee is charged 

with providing advice and making 

recommendations to the Secretary, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services; the Director, CDC; and the 

Director, NCHS, regarding the scientific 

and technical program goals and 

objectives, strategies, and priorities of 

NCHS. 

Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda 

will include welcome remarks by the 

Director, NCHS; review of the Long-term 

Care Statistics program; presentation of 

the National Survey of Family Growth 

program; and an open session for 

comments from the public. 

Requests to make oral presentations 

should be submitted in writing to the 

contact person listed below. All requests 

must contain the name, address, 

telephone number, and organizational 

affiliation of the presenter. 

Written comments should not exceed 

five single-spaced typed pages in length 

and must be received by September 11, 

2009. 

The agenda items are subject to 

change as priorities dictate. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Virginia S. Cain, Ph.D., Director of 

Extramural Research, NCHS, CDC, 3311 

Toledo Road, Room 7211, Hyattsville, 

Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458– 

4500, fax (301) 458–4020. 


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