Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 43 / Monday, March 5, 2012 / Notices 13129 

Keith A. Tucker, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5215 Filed 3–2–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Meeting of the National Biodefense 

Science Board 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services is hereby giving notice that the 

National Biodefense Science Board 

(NBSB) will be holding two closed 

sessions by teleconference under 

exemption 9(B) of the Government in 

Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. section 552b(c). 

DATES: The March 29, 2012, and April 

30, 2012, NBSB closed sessions by 

teleconference are tentatively scheduled 

from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The agenda and 

time are subject to change as priorities 

dictate. 

ADDRESSES: The closed sessions will 

occur by teleconference and will not be 

open to the public as stipulated under 

exemption 9(B) of the Government in 

Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. section 552b(c). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

MacKenzie Robertson, Acting Executive 

Director, NBSB, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response, U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services; Email: 

NBSB@HHS.GOV. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 319M of the Public Health 

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7f) and 

section 222 of the Public Health Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 217a), the Department of 

Health and Human Services established 

the National Biodefense Science Board. 

The Board shall provide expert advice 

and guidance to the Secretary on 

scientific, technical, and other matters 

of special interest to the Department of 

Health and Human Services regarding 

current and future chemical, biological, 

nuclear, and radiological agents, 

whether naturally occurring, accidental, 

or deliberate. The Board may also 

provide advice and guidance to the 

Secretary and/or the Assistant Secretary 

for Preparedness and Response on other 

matters related to public health 

emergency preparedness and response. 

Background: The Board is being asked 

to review and evaluate the 2012 Public 

Health Emergency Medical 

Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE) 

Strategy and Implementation Plan (SIP). 

Until a final document is approved by 

the Secretary of the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS), the 

development of PHEMCE SIP requires 

consideration and discussion of 

procurement-sensitive information that 

should not be released to the public 

prior to the Secretary’s final decision. 

Premature public disclosure of the draft 

PHEMCE SIP would limit the 

Secretary’s decision-making ability to 

effectively prioritize HHS expenditures 

on critical medical countermeasures. 

Therefore, the Board’s deliberations on 

the new task will be conducted in 

closed sessions in accordance with 

provisions set forth under exemption 

9(B) of the Government in Sunshine 

Act, 5 U.S.C. section 552b(c), and with 

approval by the Assistant Secretary for 

Preparedness and Response. 

Availability of Materials: All public 

materials will be posted on the NBSB 

Web site at www.phe.gov/nbsb. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

All written comments should be sent by 

email to NBSB@HHS.GOV with ‘‘NBSB 

Public Comment’’ as the subject line. 

Dated: February 27, 2012. 

Nicole Lurie, 

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5200 Filed 3–2–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects 

Title: National Child Abuse and 

Neglect Data System. 

OMB No: 0980–0229. 

Description: The Administration on 

Children, Youth and Families in the 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) established the National 

Child Abuse and Neglect Data System 

(NCANDS) to respond to the 1988 and 

1992 amendments (Pub. L. 100–294 and 

Pub. L. 102–295) to the Child Abuse 

Prevention and Treatment Act (42 

U.S.C. 5101 et seq.), which called for the 

creation of a coordinated national data 

collection and analysis program, both 

universal and case specific in scope, to 

examine standardized data on false, 

unfounded, or unsubstantiated reports. 

In 1996, the Child Abuse Prevention 

and Treatment Act was amended by 

Public Law 104–235 to require that any 

State receiving the Basic State Grant 

work with the Secretary of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) to provide specific data 

on child maltreatment, to the extent 

practicable. These provisions were 

retained in the 2010 reauthorization of 

CAPTA (Pub. L. 113–320). 

Each State to which a grant is made 

under this section shall annually work 

with the Secretary to provide, to the 

maximum extent practicable, a report 

that includes the following: 

1. The number of children who were 

reported to the State during the year as 

victims of child abuse or neglect. 

2. Of the number of children 

described in paragraph (1), the number 

with respect to whom such reports 

were— 

A. substantiated; 

B. unsubstantiated; or 

C. determined to be false. 

3. Of the number of children 

described in paragraph (2)— 

A. the number that did not receive 

services during the year under the State 

program funded under this section or an 

equivalent State program; 

B. the number that received services 

during the year under the State program 

funded under this section or an 

equivalent State program; and 

C. the number that were removed 

from their families during the year by 

disposition of the case. 

4. The number of families that 

received preventive services, including 

use of differential response, from the 

State during the year. 

5. The number of deaths in the State 

during the year resulting from child 

abuse or neglect. 

6. Of the number of children 

described in paragraph (5), the number 

of such children who were in foster 

care. 

7.A. The number of child protective 

service personnel responsible for the— 

i. intake of reports filed in the 

previous year; 

ii. screening of such reports; 

iii. assessment of such reports; and 

iv. investigation of such reports. 

B. The average caseload for the 

workers described in subparagraph (A). 

8. The agency response time with 

respect to each such report with respect 

to initial investigation of reports of child 

abuse or neglect. 

9. The response time with respect to 

the provision of services to families and 

children where an allegation of child 

abuse or neglect has been made. 

10. For child protective service 

personnel responsible for intake, 

screening, assessment, and investigation 

of child abuse and neglect reports in the 

State— 


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