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Research and Quality (AHRQ) with 

respect to activities proposed or 

undertaken to carry out AHRQ’s 

statutory mission. AHRQ produces 

evidence to make health care safer, 

higher quality, more accessible, 

equitable, and affordable, and works 

within the U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services and with other 

partners to make sure that the evidence 

is understood and used. Seven new 

members will be appointed to replace 

seven current members whose terms 

will expire in November 2022. 

DATES: Nominations should be received 

on or before 60 days after date of 

publication. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent 

by email to Jaime Zimmerman at 

NationalAdvisoryCouncil@ahrq.hhs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jaime Zimmerman, AHRQ, at (301) 427– 

1456. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 42 U.S.C. 

299c provides that the Secretary shall 

appoint to the Council twenty-one 

appropriately qualified individuals. At 

least seventeen members shall be 

representatives of the public and at least 

one member shall be a specialist in the 

rural aspects of one or more of the 

professions or fields listed below. In 

addition, the Secretary designates, as ex 

officio members, representatives from 

other Federal agencies, principally 

agencies that conduct or support health 

care research, as well as Federal officials 

the Secretary may consider appropriate. 

42 U.S.C. 299c(c)(3). 

Seven current members’ terms will 

expire in November 2022. To fill these 

positions, we are seeking individuals 

who: (1) Are distinguished in the 

conduct of research, demonstration 

projects, and evaluations with respect to 

health care; (2) are distinguished in the 

fields of health care quality research or 

health care improvement; (3) are 

distinguished in the practice of 

medicine; (4) are distinguished in other 

health professions; (5) represent the 

private health care sector (including 

health plans, providers, and purchasers) 

or are distinguished as administrators of 

health care delivery systems; (6) are 

distinguished in the fields of health care 

economics, information systems, law, 

ethics, business, or public policy; and 

(7) represent the interests of patients 

and consumers of health care, 42 U.S.C. 

299c(c)(2). Individuals are particularly 

sought with experience and success in 

these activities. AHRQ will accept 

nominations to serve on the Council in 

a representative capacity. 

The Council meets in the Washington, 

DC, metropolitan area, generally in 

Rockville, Maryland, approximately 

three times a year to provide broad 

guidance to the Secretary and AHRQ’s 

Director on the direction of and 

programs undertaken by AHRQ. 

Seven individuals will be selected by 

the Secretary to serve on the Council 

beginning with the meeting in the 

spring of 2023. Members generally serve 

3-year terms. Appointments are 

staggered to permit an orderly rotation 

of membership. 

Interested persons may nominate one 

or more qualified persons for 

membership on the Council. Selfnominations are accepted. Nominations 

shall include: (1) A copy of the 

nominee’s resume or curriculum vitae; 

and (2) a statement that the nominee is 

willing to serve as a member of the 

Council. Selected candidates will be 

asked to provide detailed information 

concerning their financial interests, 

consultant positions and research grants 

and contracts, to permit evaluation of 

possible sources of conflict of interest. 

Please note that once a candidate is 

nominated, AHRQ may consider that 

nomination for future positions on the 

Council. 

The Department seeks a broad 

geographic representation. In addition, 

AHRQ conducts and supports research 

concerning priority populations, which 

include: Inner city; rural; low income; 

minority; women; children; elderly; and 

those with special health care needs, 

including those who have disabilities, 

need chronic care, or need end-of-life 

health care. See 42 U.S.C. 299(c). AHRQ 

also includes in its definition of priority 

populations those groups identified in 

Section 2(a) of Executive Order 13985 as 

members of underserved communities: 

Black, Latino, and Indigenous and 

Native American persons, Asian 

Americans and Pacific Islanders and 

other persons of color; members of 

religious minorities; lesbian, gay, 

bisexual, transgender, and queer 

(LGBTQ+) persons; persons with 

disabilities; persons who live in rural 

areas; and persons otherwise adversely 

affected by persistent poverty or 

inequality. Nominations of persons with 

expertise in health care for these 

priority populations are encouraged. 

Dated: May 2, 2022. 

Marquita Cullom, 

Associate Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60 Day–22–0824; Docket No. CDC–2022– 

0059] 

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 the National 

Syndromic Surveillance Program 

(NSSP). The NSSP promotes and 

advances development of a syndromic 

surveillance system for the timely 

exchange of syndromic data. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before July 5, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2022– 

0059 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: omb@

cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 


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(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 

National Syndromic Surveillance 

Program (NSSP) (OMB Control No. 

0920–0824, Exp. 7/31/2022)— 

Revision—Center for Surveillance, 

Epidemiology and Laboratory Services 

(CSELS), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Syndromic surveillance uses 

syndromic data and statistical tools to 

detect, monitor, and characterize 

unusual activity for further public 

health investigation or response. 

Syndromic data include electronic 

extracts of electronic health records 

(EHRs) from patient encounter data from 

emergency departments, urgent care, 

ambulatory care, and inpatient 

healthcare settings, as well as laboratory 

data. Though these data are being 

captured for different purposes, they are 

monitored in near real-time as potential 

indicators of an event, a disease, or an 

outbreak of public health significance. 

On the national level, these data are 

used to improve nationwide situational 

awareness and enhance responsiveness 

to hazardous events and disease 

outbreaks to protect America’s health, 

safety, and security. 

The BioSense Program was created by 

congressional mandate as part of the 

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism 

Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, 

and was launched by the CDC in 2003. 

The BioSense Program has since been 

expanded into the National Syndromic 

Surveillance Program (NSSP) which 

promotes and advances development of 

a syndromic surveillance system for the 

timely exchange of syndromic data. 

CDC requests a three-year approval for 

a Revision for NSSP (OMB Control No. 

0920–0824, Exp. 7/31/2022). This 

Revision includes a request for approval 

to continue to receive onboarding data 

from state, local and territorial public 

health departments about healthcare 

facilities in their jurisdiction; 

registration data needed to allow users 

access to the BioSense Platform tools 

and services; and data sharing 

permissions so that state, local and 

territorial health departments can share 

data with other state, local and 

territorial health departments and CDC. 

NSSP features the BioSense Platform 

and a collaborative Community of 

Practice. The BioSense Platform is a 

secure integrated electronic health 

information system that CDC provides, 

primarily for use by state, local and 

territorial public health departments. It 

includes standardized analytic tools and 

processes that enable users to rapidly 

collect, evaluate, share, and store 

syndromic surveillance data. NSSP 

promotes a Community of Practice in 

which participants collaborate to 

advance the science and practice of 

syndromic surveillance. Health 

departments use the BioSense Platform 

to receive healthcare data from facilities 

in their jurisdiction, conduct syndromic 

surveillance, and share the data with 

other jurisdictions and CDC. 

The BioSense Platform provides the 

ability to analyze healthcare encounter 

data from EHRs, as well as laboratory 

data. All EHR and laboratory data reside 

in a cloud-enabled, web-based platform 

that has authorization to operate from 

CDC. The BioSense Platform sits in the 

secure, private Government Cloud 

which is simply used as a storage and 

processing mechanism, as opposed to 

on-site servers at CDC. This 

environment provides users with easily 

managed on-demand access to a shared 

pool of configurable computing 

resources such as networks, servers, 

software, tools, storage, and services, 

with limited need for additional IT 

support. Each site (i.e., state or local 

public health department) controls its 

data within the cloud and is provided 

with free secure data storage space with 

tools for posting, receiving, controlling 

and analyzing their data; an easy-to-use 

data display dashboard; and a shared 

environment where users can 

collaborate and advance public health 

surveillance practice. Each site is 

responsible for creating its own data use 

agreements with the facilities that are 

sending the data, retains ownership of 

any data it contributes to its exclusive 

secure space, and can share data with 

CDC or users from other sites. 

NSSP has three different types of 

information collection: 

(1) Collection of onboarding data 

about healthcare facilities needed for 

state, local, and territorial public health 

departments to submit EHR data to the 

BioSense Platform; 

(2) Collection of registration data 

needed to allow users access to the 

BioSense Platform tools and services; 

and 

(3) Collection of data sharing 

permissions so that state and local 

health departments can share data with 

other state and local health departments 

and CDC. 

Healthcare data shared with CDC can 

include: EHR data received by state and 

local public health departments from 

facilities including hospital emergency 

departments and inpatient settings, 

urgent care, and ambulatory care; 

mortality data from state and local vital 

statistics offices; laboratory tests ordered 

and their results from a national private 

sector laboratory company; and EHR 

data from the Department of Defense 

(DoD) and the Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) National 

Disaster Medical System (NDMS) 

Disaster Medical Assistance Teams 

(DMATs). 

Respondents include state, local, and 

territorial public health departments. 

The only burden incurred by the health 

departments are for submitting 

onboarding data about facilities to CDC, 

submitting registration data about users 

to CDC, and setting up data sharing 

permissions with CDC. The estimated 

annual burden is 671 hours. There are 

no costs to respondents other than their 

time to participate. 


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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Avg. burden 

per response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

State, Local, and Territorial Public Health Departments.Onboarding ................... 20 100 10/60 333 

State, Local, and Territorial Public Health Departments.Registration .................. 20 100 10/60 333 

State, Local, and Territorial Public Health Departments.Data Sharing Permissions.20 1 15/60 5 

Total ............................................................... ....................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 671 

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–22–22EN; Docket No. CDC–2022– 

0056] 

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 efforts 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 proposed collection project 

titled Synopsis of State Oral Health 

Programs. This project collects data on 

state oral health infrastructure and 

capacity, including select indicators to 

monitor oral health status and trends 

and compare to other states, to inform 

planning and evaluation of oral health 

programs and policies, to measure state 

progress towards the Healthy People 

oral health objectives, and to educate 

the public and policy makers regarding 

cross-cutting public health programs. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before July 5, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2022– 

0056 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. All relevant comments 

received will be posted without change 

to www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

access to the docket to read background 

documents or comments received, go 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 

previously approved information 

collection before submitting the 

collection to 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 

Synopsis of State Oral Health 

Programs—Existing Collection in Use 

Without an OMB Control Number— 

National Center for Chronic Disease 

Prevention and Health Promotion 

(NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

This request is to collect information 

about human resources, programs, and 

infrastructure in oral health 

departments within a state health 

department for all 50 states and 

Washington, DC. Oral health affects our 

ability to eat, speak, smile, and show 

emotions. Oral health also affects a 

person’s self-esteem, school 

performance, and attendance at work or 

school. Oral diseases—which range 

from cavities and gum disease to oral 

cancer—cause pain and disability for 

millions of Americans and cost 

taxpayers billions of dollars each year. 

CDC supports states in their efforts to 

reduce oral disease and improve oral 


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