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Submission of Written Information 

The Working Group invites written 

submissions on those topics to be 

addressed at the Working Group 

business meeting listed above. In 

general, individuals or organizations 

wishing to provide written information 

for consideration by the Citizens’ Health 

Care Working Group should submit 

information electronically to 

citizenshealth@ahrq.gov. Since all 

electronic submissions will be posted 

on the Working Group Web site, 

separate submissions by topic will 

facilitate review of ideas submitted on 

each topic by the Working Group and 

the public. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 05–21863 Filed 11–1–05; 11:42 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–90–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–06–0334] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of 

information collection requests under 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance 

Officer at (404) 639–4766 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC or by fax to (202) 395–6974. Written 

comments should be received within 30 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

National Survey of Ambulatory 

Surgery—Reinstatement—National 

Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

The National Survey of Ambulatory 

Surgery (NSAS) was previously 

conducted by the CDC National Center 

for Health Statistics from 1994 through 

1996. It is the principal source of data 

on ambulatory surgery center (ASC) 

services in the United States. It 

complements surgery data obtained in 

the NCHS National Hospital Discharge 

Survey (NHDS) (OMB No. 0920–0212), 

which provides annual data concerning 

the nation’s use of inpatient medical 

and surgical care provided in short-stay, 

non-Federal hospitals. The NSAS is a 

national probability sample survey of 

ambulatory surgery visits in hospitals 

and freestanding ambulatory surgery 

centers. It has been the benchmark 

against which special programmatic 

data sources are compared. 

Data for the NSAS will be collected 

annually beginning in 2006 from a 

nationally representative sample of 

hospitals and freestanding ambulatory 

surgery centers. The hospital universe 

includes noninstitutional hospitals 

exclusive of Federal, military, and 

Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals 

located in the 50 States and the District 

of Columbia. The universe of 

freestanding facilities includes the 

freestanding ambulatory surgery centers 

licensed by states and/or certified as 

ambulatory surgery centers for Medicare 

reimbursement. As in the earlier survey, 

facilities specializing in dentistry, 

podiatry, abortion, family planning, or 

birthing will be excluded. As with 

previous years, the data items which 

will be abstracted from medical records 

are the basic core variables from the 

Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set 

(UHDDS) as well as surgery times, total 

charges and information on anesthesia, 

complications from surgery and 

anesthesia. Since the publication of the 

60-day notice in the Federal Register on 

March 10, 2005 (FR 70 No. 46. p. 

11985), changes made to the conduct of 

the NSAS include collecting data from 

fewer medical records and collecting 

more information from each 

participating facility, such as the use of 

electronic medical records, facility 

hours of operation, physician specialty 

and board certification, complications 

from surgery and anesthesia, plans to 

handle unexpected emergencies, and 

post-surgical follow-up. There is no cost 

to respondents other than their time. 

The annualized burden hours are 

11,231. 

ESTIMATES OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Data collection forms and type of respondents Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses/ 

respondent 

Averge burden 

response 

(in hrs.) 

Induction ...................................................................................................................................... 227 1 105/60 

Out-of-scope verification .............................................................................................................. 150 1 4/60 

Sample Listing Sheet: 

ASC Personnel ..................................................................................................................... 224 12 30/60 

Census Personnel ................................................................................................................ 264 12 0 

Medical Abstract: 

ASC Personnel ..................................................................................................................... 324 132 12/60 

Census Personnel ................................................................................................................ 164 132 2/60 

Annual Update ............................................................................................................................. 488 1 5/60 

Quality Control ............................................................................................................................. 245 20 2/60 

66838 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 212 / Thursday, November 3, 2005 / Notices 

Dated: October 27, 2005. 

Betsey Dunaway, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 05–21910 Filed 11–2–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–06–0604] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects, the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed projects. To 

request more information on the 

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, call 404–639–4766 and 

send comments to Seleda Perryman, 

CDC Assistant Reports Clearance 

Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, 

Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to 

omb@cdc.gov. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

School Associated Violent Death 

Surveillance System (0920–0604)—

Reinstatement without change—

National Center for Injury Prevention 

and Control (NCIPC), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Division of Violence Prevention 

(DVP), National Center for Injury 

Prevention and Control (NCIPC) 

proposes to maintain a system for the 

surveillance of school-associated 

homicides and suicides. The system 

will rely on existing public records and 

interviews with law enforcement 

officials and school officials. The 

purpose of the system is to (1) estimate 

the rate of school-associated violent 

death in the United States and (2) 

identify common features of schoolassociated violent deaths. The system 

will contribute to the understanding of 

fatal violence associated with schools, 

guide further research in the area, and 

help direct ongoing and future 

prevention programs. 

Violence is the leading cause of death 

among young people, and increasingly 

recognized as an important public 

health and social issue. In 1998, over 

3,500 school aged children (5 to 18 

years old) in the United States died 

violent deaths due to suicide, homicide, 

and unintentional firearm injuries. The 

vast majority of these fatal injuries were 

not school associated. However, 

whenever a homicide or suicide occurs 

in or around school, it becomes a matter 

of particularly intense public interest 

and concern. NCIPC conducted the first 

scientific study of school-associated 

violent deaths during the 1992–99 

academic years to establish the true 

extent of this highly visible problem. 

Despite the important role of schools as 

a setting for violence research and 

prevention interventions, relatively 

little scientific or systematic work has 

been done to describe the nature and 

level of fatal violence associated with 

schools. Until NCIPC conducted the first 

nationwide investigation of violent 

deaths associated with schools, public 

health and education officials had to 

rely on limited local studies and 

estimated numbers to describe the 

extent of school-associated violent 

death. 

The system will draw cases from the 

entire United States in attempting to 

capture all cases of school-associated 

violent deaths that have occurred. 

Investigators will review public records 

and published press reports concerning 

each school-associated violent death. 

For each identified case, investigators 

will also interview an investigating law 

enforcement official (defined as a police 

officer, police chief, or district attorney), 

and a school official (defined as a school 

principal, school superintendent, school 

counselor, school teacher, or school 

support staff) who are knowledgeable 

about the case in question. Researchers 

will request information on both the 

victim and alleged offender(s)—

including demographic data, their 

academic and criminal records, and 

their relationship to one another. They 

will also collect data on the time and 

location of the death; the circumstances, 

motive, and method of the fatal injury; 

and the security and violence 

prevention activities in the school and 

community where the death occurred, 

before and after the fatal injury event. 

There are no costs to the respondents 

other than their time. 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Respondents Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses/ 

respondents 

Average burden/response 

(in hours) 

Total annual 

burden (in 

hours) 

School Officials ................................................................................................ 35 1 60/60 35 

Policy Officials ................................................................................................. 35 1 60/60 35 

Total .......................................................................................................... 70 ........................ ........................ 70