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Statistics Report Form for collection of 

annual marriage and divorce/annulment 

summary statistics for three years and to 

discontinue the Monthly Vital Statistics 

Report, which is currently used to 

provide counts of monthly occurrences 

of births, deaths, and infant deaths. The 

collection of the provisional birth and 

death data is now being achieved on a 

more timely, ongoing basis which 

negates the need to continue to use the 

monthly form. 

Data on vital events are used by the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services and by other government, 

academic, private research, and 

commercial organizations for research, 

tracking, and policy-making purposes. 

Respondents for the Annual Vital 

Statistics Reports Form are registration 

officials in all 50 States, seven 

Territories, including American Samoa, 

Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto 

Rico, Virgin Islands, the District of 

Columbia, and New York City, and the 

33 local (county clerk) officials in New 

Mexico who record marriages occurring, 

and divorces and annulments granted in 

each county of New Mexico. 

The Annual Vital Statistics 

Occurrence Report Form collects final 

annual counts of marriages and divorces 

by month for the United States and for 

each State. These final counts are 

usually available from State or county 

officials about eight months after the 

end of the data year. The data are 

widely used by government, academic, 

private research, and commercial 

organizations in tracking changes in 

trends of family formation and 

dissolution. 

CDC requests approval for an 

estimated 46 annual burden hours. 

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 

per response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

State, Territory, and New Mexico 

County Officials.

Monthly Vital Statistics Report ......... 91 1 30/60 46 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 46 

Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Lead, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Scientific Integrity, 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–22–0134; Docket No. CDC–2021– 

0134] 

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 proposed and/or continuing 

information collection, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

This notice invites comment on a 

proposed information collection project 

titled Foreign Quarantine Regulations, 

which specifies the required reporting 

of ill persons or deaths occurring during 

international travel to the United States. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before March 8, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2021– 

0134 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

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–D74, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30329. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket Number. CDC will post, without 

change, all relevant comments to 

Regulations.gov. 

Please note: Submit all comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking portal 

(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– 

D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 

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 

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 


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5. Assess information collection costs. 

Proposed Project 

Foreign Quarantine Regulations (42 

CFR 71) (OMB Control No. 0920–0134, 

Exp. 3/31/2022)—Revision—National 

Center for Emerging and Zoonotic 

Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Section 361 of the Public Health 

Service Act (PHSA) (42 U.S.C. 264) 

authorizes the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services to make and enforce 

regulations necessary to prevent the 

introduction, transmission or spread of 

communicable diseases from foreign 

countries into the United States. The 

statute and the existing regulations 

governing foreign quarantine activities 

(42 CFR 71) authorize quarantine 

officers and other personnel to inspect 

and undertake necessary control 

measures with respect to conveyances, 

persons, and shipments of animals and 

etiologic agents, in order to protect the 

public’s health. Other inspection 

agencies, such as Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP), assist quarantine 

officers in public health screening of 

persons, pets, and other importations of 

public health importance and make 

referrals to quarantine station staff when 

indicated. These practices and 

procedures ensure protection against the 

introduction and spread of 

communicable diseases into and within 

the United States with a minimum of 

recordkeeping and reporting 

procedures, as well as a minimum of 

interference with trade and travel. 

U.S. Quarantine Stations are located 

at 20 ports of entry that include both 

airports and land border crossings 

where international travelers arrive. The 

jurisdiction of each station includes air, 

maritime, and/or land-border ports of 

entry. Quarantine Station staff work in 

partnership with international, federal, 

state, and local agencies and 

organizations to fulfill their mission to 

reduce morbidity and mortality among 

immigrants, refugees, travelers, 

expatriates, and other globally mobile 

populations. This work is performed to 

prevent the introduction, transmission, 

and spread of communicable diseases 

from foreign countries into the United 

States or from one State or possession to 

another State or possession. When an 

illness suggestive of a communicable 

disease is reported by conveyance 

operators or port partners (e.g., Customs 

and Border Protection), Quarantine 

Officers respond to carry out an onsite 

public health assessment and collect 

data from the individual. This response 

may occur jointly with port partners. 

The collection of comprehensive, 

pertinent public health information 

during these responses enables 

Quarantine Officers to make an accurate 

public health assessment and identify 

appropriate next steps. For this reason, 

quarantine station staff need to 

systematically interview ill travelers 

and collect relevant health and 

epidemiologic information. 

When Quarantine Officers are present 

at the port of entry, they may often 

respond in person to conduct 

assessment of an ill traveler. However, 

there are many instances in which a 

Quarantine Officer may not be able to 

meet a conveyance or border crosser in 

person, including (but not limited to) 

the following: The conveyance arrives at 

a port of entry that does not have a 

Quarantine Station on site; a maritime 

vessel is still out at sea when the report 

comes in; Quarantine Officers are 

already responding to another illness 

report; or the illness may be reported 

after hours and Quarantine Officers 

cannot arrive in time to meet the 

conveyance or border crosser without 

causing substantial delays to travel. If 

Quarantine Officers are unable to 

respond in-person, they provide phone 

consultation to port partners (e.g., 

Emergency Medical Services (EMS), 

DHS/CBP, and maritime partners such 

as ship medical personnel) on the scene, 

to determine the public health 

importance of the illness. In both 

circumstances, an interview of the ill 

person(s) is required to conduct the 

public health assessment, whether inperson, by phone, or through a trained 

responder (in consultation with the 

Quarantine Officer). 

Data collected by DGMQ and the 

Quarantine staff during the initial report 

of illness or death, and during the 

follow-up using the illness or death 

response forms, is entered into the 

Quarantine Activity Reporting System 

(QARS). QARS is a secure internet 

database implemented in June 2005 to 

document and track the illnesses and 

deaths reported to Quarantine Stations 

that occurred on conveyances entering 

the United States and at land border 

crossings. 

Previously, this information 

collection also included information 

collections related to regulating 

importations of animals and human 

remains, and animal products. CDC 

plans to submit information collections 

related to importations into a new and 

separate information collection request. 

CDC requests approval for an estimated 

23,467 annual burden hours with this 

Revision ICR. 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 per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden hours 

Maritime Vessel Operator.42 CFR 71.21(a) report of illness or death from 

ships—Maritime Conveyance Illness or Death 

Investigation Form Sections 1–4.

500 1 10/60 83 

Maritime Vessel Operator.42 CFR 71.21(a) report of illness or death from 

ships—Maritime Conveyance Illness or Death 

Investigation Form Section 5.

100 1 5/60 8 

Maritime Vessel Operator.Cumulative Influenza/Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) 3000 1 2/60 100 

Maritime Vessel Operator.42 CFR 71.35 Report of death/illness during 

stay in port (No Form).

5 1 30/60 3 

Pilot in command ........... 42 CFR 71.21 (b) Death/Illness reports from aircrafts (No form).79,500 1 2/60 2,650 

Traveler .......................... Airline Travel Illness or Death Investigation and 

Traveler Follow up Form.

79,500 1 15/60 19,875 

Traveler .......................... Land Travel Illness or Death Investigation Form 3,000 1 15/60 750 


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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued 

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden hours 

Isolated or Quarantined 

individuals.

42 CFR 71.33 Report by persons in isolation or 

surveillance (No Form).

11 1 3/60 1 

Total ........................ .............................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ 23,467 

Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Lead, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Scientific Integrity, 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–2567] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing 

an opportunity for the public to 

comment on CMS’ intention to collect 

information from the public. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension or reinstatement of an existing 

collection of information, and to allow 

a second opportunity for public 

comment on the notice. Interested 

persons are invited to send comments 

regarding the burden estimate 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 on the collection(s) of 

information must be received by the 

OMB desk officer by February 7, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

To obtain copies of a supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed collection(s) summarized in 

this notice, you may make your request 

using one of following: 

1. Access CMS’ website address at 

website address at: https://

www.cms.gov/Regulations-andGuidance/Legislation/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Parham at (410) 786–4669. 

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. The term ‘‘collection of 

information’’ is defined in 44 U.S.C. 

3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and 

includes agency requests or 

requirements that members of the public 

submit reports, keep records, or provide 

information to a third party. Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)) requires Federal agencies 

to publish a 30-day notice in the 

Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension or 

reinstatement of an existing collection 

of information, before submitting the 

collection to OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, CMS is 

publishing this notice that summarizes 

the following proposed collection(s) of 

information for public comment: 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Statement of 

Deficiency and Plan of Correction Use: 

The form CMS–2567 is the means by 

which State and CMS surveyors 

document findings of compliance or 

noncompliance (deficiencies) resulting 

from inspection of Medicare, Medicaid, 

and Clinical Laboratory Improvement 

Amendments (CLIA) laboratories. The 

form CMS–2567 is the legal, 

documentary basis for CMS’ 

certification of a facility’s compliance or 

noncompliance with the Medicare/ 

Medicaid Conditions of Participation or 

Coverage, and the requirements for 

Nursing Home participation and CLIA 

certification. 

In December, 2020, Congress passed 

the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2021 (CAA, 2021). Section 407 of CAA, 

2021, amended Part A of Title XVIII of 

the Social Security Act (the Act) at 

section 1822 establishing hospice 

program survey and enforcement 

requirements. This amendment, in part, 

now requires the Accrediting 

Organizations (AOs) that accredit 

hospice programs to include the form 

CMS–2567 to document the findings of 

their hospice program surveys 

beginning on October 1, 2021. As of 

June 2021, there are three AOs with 

CMS-approved hospice accreditation 

programs. The AOs survey 

approximately half of the over 5,000 

Medicare-certified hospice programs, 

while the SAs survey the remaining 

half. Form Numbers: CMS–2567 (OMB 

control number: 0938–0391); Frequency: 

Yearly and Occasionally; Affected 

Public: Private Sector (Business or forprofits and Not-for-profit institutions); 

Number of Respondents: 65,948; Total 

Annual Responses: 65,948; Total 

Annual Hours: 1,187,064. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Caroline Gallaher at 410–786– 

8705.) 

Dated: January 4, 2022. 

William N. Parham, III, 

Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office 

of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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