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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 235 (Friday, December 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 97006-97007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28688]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-25-1257; Docket No. CDC-2024-0101]

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 continuing information 
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project 
titled Assessment of Outcomes Associated with the Preventive Health and 
Health Services Block Grant (PHHS BG). This data collection allows CDC 
to describe the improvements achieved by grantees with funding and 
technical assistance provided by the PHHS BG program.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before February 4, 2025.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2024-
0101 by any 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: [email protected].

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

    Assessment of Outcomes Associated with the Preventive Health and 
Health Services Block Grant (PHHS BG) (OMB Control No. 0920-1257, Exp. 
6/30/2025)--Extension--National Center for STLT Public Health 
Infrastructure and Workforce (NCSTLTPHIW), Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Since 1981, CDC has collected information from grantees under the 
PHHS Block Grant (PHHS BG) (OMB Control No. 0920-0106). This 
information collection allows CDC to document and monitor the progress 
of activities supported with Block Grant funding. In 2019, in response 
to recommendations from governing and advisory entities, CDC obtained 
OMB approval for collection of additional information focusing on 
outcomes of PHHS BG funding (OMB Control No. 0920-1257, Exp. 6/30/
2025). CDC requests OMB approval to continue collecting the information 
needed to assess the outcomes of PHHS Block Grant funding. Findings 
will be used to: (1) describe the outcomes and achievements of 
grantees' public health efforts and identify how the use of PHHS Block 
Grant funds contributed to those results; and (2) help assess how the 
grant advances work of the public health system and provide evidence to 
support future budgetary requests. Data will be used to describe the 
grant as a whole--not individual grantee activities or outcomes.
    The data collection instrument will be administered online using 
Qualtrics[supreg], a web-based data collection instrument. Participants 
will respond to the instrument from their respective work locations. 
All Health Departments funded by the PHHS BG will be asked to respond 
to the data collection instrument, but participation is voluntary. 
Specific respondents include 61 PHHS BG coordinators, or their 
designees, across 61 health departments funded under the PHHS BG, 
acting in their official capacities. These respondents represent 50 
states, the District of Columbia, two tribes, five U.S. territories, 
and three freely associated states.

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    CDC requests OMB approval for three years and an estimated 46 
annual burden hours. There are no changes to the content of the 
information collection instrument or the estimated burden per response.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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PHHS Block Grant Coordinator    PHHS Block Grant              61               1           45/60              46
 or Designee.                    Assessment.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............              46
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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. 2024-28688 Filed 12-5-24; 8:45 am]
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