[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 203 (Monday, October 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84148-84149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24303]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-25-25AC; Docket No. CDC-2024-0076]


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.

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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 proposed information 
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project 
titled Overdose Response Strategy Data Collection. This data collection 
will allow Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) teams and their partners to 
provide critical data to CDC for program monitoring and achieve the 
goal of supporting public health and public safety partnerships to 
reduce drug overdose.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before December 20, 
2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2024-
0076 by either of the following methods:
    <bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments.
    <bullet> 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, H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 404-639-7570; Email: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9df2f0ffddfef9feb3faf2eb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="442b2926042720276a232b32">[email protected]</span></a>.

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 previously approved information 
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

    Overdose Response Strategy Data Collection--New--National Center 
for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Drug overdoses remain the leading cause of injury-related death in 
the United States. CDC predicts that around 108,000 Americans died from 
a drug overdose in the 12-month period ending December 2023. Recently, 
overdose deaths have been linked to the rapid

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increase in synthetic opioids, including illicitly manufactured 
fentanyl (IMF), and a resurgence of stimulants, particularly 
methamphetamine, into the illegal drug supply.
    Multisector collaboration is critical to preventing overdoses and 
saving lives. Two key sectors in this response are public health and 
public safety, as they are both on the front lines and both tasked with 
improving community safety and well-being. CDC demonstrates strong 
commitment to public health/public safety partnerships through 
implementation of several national programs, including the Overdose 
Response Strategy (ORS).
    ORS teams support public health and public safety entities in their 
jurisdictions by:
    <bullet> Sharing data systems to inform rapid and effective 
community overdose prevention efforts.
    <bullet> Supporting immediate, evidence-based response efforts that 
can directly reduce overdose deaths.
    <bullet> Designing and using promising strategies at the 
intersection of public health and public safety.
    <bullet> Disseminating information to support the implementation of 
evidence-informed overdose prevention strategies.
    As the ORS is one of CDC's flagship overdose prevention programs, 
and partnering with public safety is one of CDC's key overdose 
prevention strategies, a greater understanding of the impact and 
effectiveness of the ORS is needed to inform program enhancements and 
improvements. This ICR focuses on a survey and a reporting tool that 
ORS teams and their partners will complete to provide critical data to 
CDC for program monitoring, to inform technical assistance and guidance 
documents produced by CDC or other partners, and to assess the extent 
to which the ORS program is achieving the goal of supporting public 
health and public safety partnerships to reduce drug overdose. It will 
also provide CDC with the capacity to respond in a timely manner to 
requests for information about the program from the Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS), the White House, Congress, and other 
sources. Information collected will be disseminated to ORS teams and to 
the public via an annual Program Evaluation Report and an ORS Annual 
Report. Data from both reports will largely be used to develop 
programmatic reports, tools, and implementation guides for the purposes 
of program improvement.
    CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 633 annual burden hours. 
There is no cost to respondents other than their time to participate.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                          Average
                                                           Number of      Number of      burden per     Total
       Type of respondents               Form name        respondents   responses per     response   burden  (in
                                                                          respondent     (in hours)     hours)
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ORS Public Health Analysts.......  ORS Annual                      61                1        30/60           31
                                    Evaluation Survey-
                                    PHA.
                                   ORS Quarterly                   61                4            1          244
                                    Reporting Template.
ORS Drug Intelligence Officers...  ORS Annual                      61                1        30/60           31
                                    Evaluation Survey-
                                    DIO.
                                   ORS Quarterly                   61                4            1          244
                                    Reporting Template.
State, territory, county and city  ORS Annual                      70                1        30/60           35
 health department staff.           Evaluation Survey-
                                    Public Health
                                    Partner.
HIDTA staff......................  ORS Annual                      70                1        30/60           35
                                    Evaluation Survey-
                                    Public Safety
                                    Partner.
CDCF ORS National Team Staff.....  ORS Annual                      25                1        30/60           13
                                    Evaluation Survey-
                                    ORS Management/
                                    Coordination Team.
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    Total........................  ....................  ............  ...............  ...........          633
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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.
[FR Doc. 2024-24303 Filed 10-18-24; 8:45 am]
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