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universe for fellowship alumni, this ICR 

is intentionally removing the host site 

supervisor component included in the 

original ICR. This revision will 

specifically focus on fellowship alumni 

only. A new ICR will be created for the 

host site supervisor survey. 

Each year, new cohorts ranging from 

three to 200 individuals are enrolled 

across these fellowship programs. While 

each fellowship differs in focus area, 

type of fellow, and projects, they all 

have the same mission: to train and 

provide learning opportunities to earlyand mid-career professionals who 

contribute to the public health 

workforce. Post-fellowship, it is the goal 

that alumni seek employment within 

the public health system (i.e., Federal, 

State, Tribal, local, or Territorial health 

agencies, or non-governmental 

organizations). 

CDC will apply a common approach 

to assessing how fellowship 

participation impacts the job placement, 

retention in the public health workforce, 

and career progression of alumni. DWD 

Fellowship Alumni Surveys will be 

administered to individual program 

alumni at three different time points 

(one year, three years, and five years 

post-program completion). Each 

fellowship program will invite their 

program’s alumni to participate. 

Fellowships will be deploying surveys 

specific to their programs. Assessment 

questions will remain consistent at each 

administration timepoint (i.e., one year, 

three years, or five years post-program 

completion). The language, however, 

will be updated for each survey 

administration to reflect the appropriate 

time period. Surveys will be 

administered electronically; a link to the 

survey will be provided in an email 

invitation. CDC will discontinue the 

Host Site Supervisor Survey previously 

approved for the PHAP fellowship 

alumni. 

CDC will use survey findings to 

document program outcomes, 

demonstrate evidence of impact, and 

inform decision making about future 

program direction. The results of these 

surveys may be published in peer 

reviewed journals and/or in nonscientific publications such as practice 

reports and/or fact sheets. OMB 

approval is requested for three years. 

The estimated burden is eight minutes 

per respondent per survey, and the total 

annualized estimated burden is 519 

hours. Participation is voluntary and 

there are no costs to respondents other 

than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden time 

per response 

(in hours) 

Total 

response 

burden 

(in hours) 

DWD Fellowship Alumni ................... DWD Alumni 1-Year Survey ............ 1300 1 8/60 173 

DWD Fellowship Alumni ................... DWD Alumni 3-Year Survey ............ 1300 1 8/60 173 

DWD Fellowship Alumni ................... DWD Alumni 5-Year Survey ............ 1300 1 8/60 173 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 519 

Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Lead, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Public Health Ethics and 

Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–24–0138; Docket No. CDC–2023– 

0088] 

Proposed Data Collection Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of 

its continuing effort to reduce public 

burden and maximize the utility of 

Government information, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies the opportunity to comment on 

a continuing information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. This notice invites 

comment on a proposed information 

collection project titled Pulmonary 

Function Testing Course Approval 

Program. The program consists of an 

application submitted by potential 

sponsors—universities, hospitals, and 

private consulting firms, who seek 

NIOSH approval to conduct courses, 

and if approved, notification to NIOSH 

of any course or faculty changes during 

the approval period, which is limited to 

five years. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before December 29, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2023– 

0088 by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information 

Collection Review Office, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 

Clifton Road NE, MS H21–8, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30329. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket Number. CDC will post, without 

change, all relevant comments to 

www.regulations.gov. 

Please note: Submit all comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking portal 

(www.regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to 

the address listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on the 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the information collection plan and 

instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Information Collection Review Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS 

H21–8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; 

Telephone: 404–639–7570; Email: omb@

cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies 

must obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also 

requires Federal agencies to provide a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each new 

proposed collection, each proposed 

extension of existing collection of 

information, and each reinstatement of 

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collection before submitting the 

collection to the OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, we are 

publishing this notice of a proposed 

data collection as described below. 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that will help: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses; and 

5. Assess information collection costs. 

Proposed Project 

Pulmonary Function Testing Course 

Approval Program. (OMB Control 

Number 0920–0138, Expiration Date 3/ 

31/2024)—Extension—National Institute 

for Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

NIOSH has the responsibility under 

the Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration’s (OSHA) Cotton Dust 

Standard, 29 CFR 1920.1043, for 

approving courses to train technicians 

to perform pulmonary function testing 

in the cotton industry. Successful 

completion of a NIOSH-approved course 

is mandatory under this Standard. In 

addition, regulations at 42 CFR 37.95(a) 

specify that persons administering 

spirometry tests for the national Coal 

Workers Health Surveillance Program 

must successfully complete a NIOSHapproved spirometry training course 

and maintain a valid certificate by 

periodically completing NIOSHapproved spirometry refresher training 

courses. Also, 29 CFR 

1910.1053(i)(2)(iv), 29 CFR 

1910.1053(i)(3), 29 CFR 

1926.1153(h)(2)(iv) and 29 CFR 

1926.1153(h)(3) specify that pulmonary 

function tests for initial and periodic 

examinations in general industry and 

construction performed under the 

Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard 

should be administered by a spirometry 

technician with a current certificate 

from a NIOSH-approved spirometry 

course. 

To carry out its responsibility, NIOSH 

maintains a Pulmonary Function 

Testing Course Approval Program. The 

program consists of an application 

submitted by potential sponsors 

(universities, hospitals, and private 

consulting firms) who seek NIOSH 

approval to conduct courses, and if 

approved, notification to NIOSH of any 

course or faculty changes during the 

approval period, which is limited to five 

years. The application form and added 

materials, including an agenda, 

curriculum vitae, and course materials 

are reviewed by NIOSH to determine if 

the applicant has developed a program 

which adheres to the criteria required in 

the Standard. Following approval, any 

subsequent changes to the course are 

submitted by course sponsors via letter 

or email and reviewed by NIOSH staff 

to assure that the changes in faculty or 

course content continue to meet course 

requirements. Course sponsors also 

voluntarily submit an annual report to 

inform NIOSH of their class activity 

level and any faculty changes. 

Sponsors who elect to have their 

approval renewed for an additional fiveyear period submit a renewal 

application and supporting 

documentation for review by NIOSH 

staff to ensure the course curriculum 

meets all current standard requirements. 

Approved courses that elect to offer 

NIOSH-Approved Spirometry Refresher 

Courses must submit a separate 

application and supporting documents 

for review by NIOSH staff. Institutions 

and organizations throughout the 

country voluntarily submit applications 

and materials to become course 

sponsors and carry out training. 

Submissions are required for NIOSH to 

evaluate a course and determine 

whether it meets the criteria in the 

Standard and whether technicians will 

be adequately trained as mandated 

under the Standard. 

NIOSH will disseminate a one-time 

customer satisfaction survey to course 

directors and sponsor representatives to 

evaluate our service to courses, the 

effectiveness of the program changes 

implemented since 2005, and the 

usefulness of potential program 

enhancements. The estimated annual 

burden to respondents is 178 hours. 

There will be no cost to respondents 

other than their time to participate. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Potential Sponsors ............................................ Initial Application ............................................... 3 1 10 30 

Approved Sponsors ........................................... Annual Report ................................................... 34 1 30/60 17 

Approved Sponsors ........................................... Report for Course Changes .............................. 24 1 30/60 12 

Approved Sponsors ........................................... Renewal Application ......................................... 13 1 6 78 

Approved Sponsors ........................................... Refresher Course Application ........................... 3 1 8 24 

Approved Sponsors ........................................... One-Time Customer Satisfaction Survey ......... 34 1 30/60 17 

Total ............................................................ ........................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 178 


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Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Lead, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Public Health Ethics and 

Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10434 #77] 

Medicaid and Children’s Health 

Insurance Program (CHIP) Generic 

Information Collection Activities: 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On May 28, 2010, the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

issued Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

guidance related to the ‘‘generic’’ 

clearance process. Generally, this is an 

expedited process by which agencies 

may obtain OMB’s approval of 

collection of information requests that 

are ‘‘usually voluntary, low-burden, and 

uncontroversial collections,’’ do not 

raise any substantive or policy issues, 

and do not require policy or 

methodological review. The process 

requires the submission of an 

overarching plan that defines the scope 

of the individual collections that would 

fall under its umbrella. On October 23, 

2011, OMB approved our initial request 

to use the generic clearance process 

under control number 0938–1148 

(CMS–10398). It was last approved on 

April 26, 2021, via the standard PRA 

process which included the publication 

of 60- and 30-day Federal Register 

notices. The scope of the April 2021 

umbrella accounts for Medicaid and 

CHIP State plan amendments, waivers, 

demonstrations, and reporting. This 

Federal Register notice seeks public 

comment on one or more of our 

collection of information requests that 

we believe are generic and fall within 

the scope of the umbrella. Interested 

persons are invited to submit comments 

regarding our burden estimates or any 

other aspect of this collection of 

information, including: the necessity 

and utility of the proposed information 

collection for the proper performance of 

the agency’s functions, the accuracy of 

the estimated burden, ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected, and the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology to 

minimize the information collection 

burden. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

November 13, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: When commenting, please 

reference the applicable form number 

(see below) and the OMB control 

number (0938–1148). To be assured 

consideration, comments and 

recommendations must be submitted in 

any one of the following ways: 

1. Electronically. You may send your 

comments electronically to http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for ‘‘Comment or 

Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’ 

to find the information collection 

document(s) that are accepting 

comments. 

2. By regular mail. You may mail 

written comments to the following 

address: CMS, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs, 

Division of Regulations Development, 

Attention: CMS–10398 (#64)/OMB 

control number: 0938–1148, Room C4– 

26–05, 7500 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, Maryland 21244–1850. 

To obtain copies of a supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed collection(s) summarized in 

this notice, please access the CMS PRA 

website by copying and pasting the 

following web address into your web 

browser: https://www.cms.gov/ 

Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William N. Parham at (410) 786–4669. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following 

is a summary of the use and burden 

associated with the subject information 

collection(s). More detailed information 

can be found in the collection’s 

supporting statement and associated 

materials (see ADDRESSES). 

Generic Information Collection 

1. Title of Information Collection: 

Medicaid and Continuous Eligibility for 

Children; Type of Information 

Collection Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection; Use: 

Section 5112 of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA) made it 

mandatory for states to provide 12 

months of continuous eligibility for 

children under age 19, whereas 

previously it was an option states could 

elect to provide and there were 

flexibilities it how states could design 

continuous eligibly for children. States 

must indicate in the state plan their 

compliance with the requirement to 

provide continued coverage for 

hospitalized children and in order to 

comply with section 5112 of the CAA 

must submit a SPA to provide 

continuous eligibility for children if 

they do not already do so in their 

Medicaid state plan, or if their current 

continuous eligibility does not comply 

with the CAA requirements. Form 

Number: CMS–10434 (#77) (OMB 

control number: 0938–1188); Frequency: 

Once and on occasion; Affected Public: 

State, Local, or Tribal Governments; 

Number of Respondents: 19; Total 

Annual Responses: 19; Total Annual 

Hours: 485. For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact: 

Caroline Haarmann at (667) 230–1850. 

Dated: October 25, 2023. 

William N. Parham, III, 

Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office 

of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Survey on Where Parents 

Look for and Find Information and How 

They Use Information When Selecting 

Child Care (New Collection) 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, Administration for 

Children and Families, U.S. Department 

of Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) within the 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) is proposing to collect 

nationally representative survey data to 

learn more about where parents look for 

and find information about Child Care 

and Early Education (CCEE); how 

parents assess the people, places, or 

things that may offer CCEE information; 

what types of CCEE information parents 

look for; and how parents use 

information to select CCEE. The study 

aims to gather information that may be 

used by Child Care Lead Agencies to 

inform their consumer education efforts. 

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of 

publication. In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting 

public comment on the specific aspects 

of the information collection described 

above. 


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