71432 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 231 / Tuesday, December 2, 2014 / Notices 

Leroy A. Richardson 

Chief, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the 

Associate Director for Science, Office of the 

Director, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–15–0214] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce public 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To 

request more information on the below 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the information collection plan and 

instruments, call 404–639–7570 or send 

comments to LeRoy Richardson, 1600 

Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 

30333 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval. 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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. Written comments should 

be received within 30 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

National Health Interview Survey 

(NHIS) (OMB No. 0920–0214, expires 

03/31/2016)—Revision—National 

Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Section 306 of the Public Health 

Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as 

amended, authorizes that the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services (DHHS), 

acting through NCHS, shall collect data 

on the extent and nature of illness and 

disability of the population of the 

United States. The annual National 

Health Interview Survey is a major 

source of general statistics on the health 

of the U.S. population and has been in 

the field continuously since 1957. 

Clearance is sought for three years, to 

collect data for 2015, 2016, and 2017. 

This voluntary and confidential 

household-based survey collects 

demographic and health-related 

information on a nationally 

representative sample of persons and 

households throughout the country. 

Personal identification information is 

requested from survey respondents to 

facilitate linkage of survey data with 

health-related administrative and other 

records. Each year we collect 

information from approximately 55,000 

households, which contain about 

137,500 individuals. 

Information is collected using 

computer assisted personal interviews 

(CAPI). A core set of data is collected 

each year that remains largely 

unchanged while sponsored 

supplements vary from year to year. The 

core set includes socio-demographic 

characteristics, health status, health care 

services, and health behaviors. For 

2015, supplemental questions will be 

cycled in pertaining to cancer control, 

epilepsy, and inflammatory bowel 

disease and occupational health. 

Supplemental topics that continue or 

are enhanced from 2014 will be related 

to food security, heart disease and 

stroke, children’s mental health, 

disability and functioning, sexual 

orientation, smokeless tobacco and ecigarettes, immunizations, and 

computer use. Questions on the 

Affordable Care Act from 2014 have 

been reduced in number in 2015. In 

addition, a follow-back survey will be 

conducted on previous NHIS 

respondents. The follow-back survey 

will focus on topics related to the 

Affordable Care Act including health 

care access and use, and health 

insurance coverage and will include 

multiple modes of contacting 

respondents. 

To improve the analytic utility of 

NHIS data, minority populations are 

oversampled annually. In 2015, sample 

augmentation procedures used in 

previous years will continue to increase 

the number of African American, 

Hispanic, and Asian American persons. 

In accordance with the 1995 initiative 

to increase the integration of surveys 

within the DHHS, respondents to the 

NHIS serve as the sampling frame for 

the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 

conducted by the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality. The NHIS has 

long been used by government, 

academic, and private researchers to 

evaluate both general health and 

specific issues, such as cancer, diabetes, 

and access to health care. It is a leading 

source of data for the Congressionally 

mandated ‘‘Health US’’ and related 

publications, as well as the single most 

important source of statistics to track 

progress toward the National Health 

Promotion and Disease Prevention 

Objectives, ‘‘Healthy People 2020.’’ 

The total annualized burden hours 

have increased by 3,333 hours to 48,833 

hours. There is no cost to the 

respondents other than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Adult Family Member ...................................... Screener Questionnaire ................................. 10,000 1 5/60 


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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued 

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Adult Family Member ...................................... Family Core .................................................... 45,000 1 23/60 

Sample Adult ................................................... Adult Core ...................................................... 36,000 1 15/60 

Adult Family Member ...................................... Child Core ...................................................... 14,000 1 10/60 

Adult Family Member ...................................... Supplements .................................................. 45,000 1 20/60 

Adult Family Member ...................................... Followback ..................................................... 12,000 1 20/60 

Adult Family Member ...................................... Reinterview Survey ........................................ 5,000 1 5/60

Leroy A. Richardson, 

Chief, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the 

Associate Director for Science, Office of the 

Director, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[Docket No. CDC–2014–0012] 

Recommendations for Providers 

Counseling Male Patients and Parents 

Regarding Male Circumcision and the 

Prevention of HIV Infection, STIs, and 

Other Health Outcomes 

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), located 

within the Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS), is seeking 

public comment on draft 

recommendations for health care 

providers who deliver information and 

counseling about elective male 

circumcision and the prevention of HIV 

and other adverse health outcomes to 

male patients and parents in the United 

States. The draft recommendations 

include information about the health 

benefits and risks of elective male 

circumcision performed by health care 

providers. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before January 16, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Docket Number CDC– 

2014–0012 by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Division of HIV/AIDS 

Prevention, National Center for HIV/

AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB 

Prevention, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., 

Mailstop D–21, Atlanta, Georgia 30333. 

Attn: Male Circumcision 

Recommendations. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number or RIN. All relevant 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

regulations.gov, including any personal 

information provided. CDC will not 

consider or post any comments that 

contain vulgar or offensive language, 

threats, personal accusations, and/or 

statements intended to promote 

commercial products or services, or 

images. Additionally, CDC will not post 

any pictures that are submitted. For 

access to the docket to read the 

recommendations, background 

document, or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Division of HIV/AIDS, National Center 

for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and 

TB Prevention, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 

Road NE., MS D–21, Atlanta, Georgia 

30329, phone: 404–639–5200. Email: 

circumcision@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These 

recommendations are intended to assist 

health care providers in the United 

States who are counseling men and 

parents of male infants, children and 

adolescents in decision making about 

male circumcision. Such decision 

making is made in the context of not 

only health considerations, but also 

other social, cultural, ethical, and 

religious factors. Although data have 

been accumulating about infant male 

circumcision for many years, clinical 

trials conducted between 2005–2010 

have demonstrated safety and 

significant efficacy of voluntary adult 

male circumcision performed by 

clinicians for reducing the risk of 

acquisition of human 

immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by a 

male during penile-vaginal sex 

(‘‘heterosexual sex’’). Three randomized 

clinical trials showed that adult male 

circumcision reduced HIV infection risk 

by 50–60% over time. These trials also 

found that adult circumcision reduced 

the risk of men acquiring two common 

sexually transmitted infections (STIs), 

herpes simplex virus type-2 (HSV–2) 

and types of human papilloma virus 

(HPV) that can cause penile and other 

anogenital cancers, by 30%. Since the 

release of these trial data, various 

organizations have updated their 

recommendations about adult male and 

infant male circumcision. 

In addition to obtaining public 

comment on the draft 

Recommendations, CDC considers this 

document to be important information 

as defined by the Office of Management 

and Budget’s (OMB) 2004 Information 

Quality Bulletin for Peer Review and, 

therefore, subject to peer review. CDC 

will share the summary of public 

comments with external experts who 

conduct a peer review of the evidence 

on this topic. Their review will include 

an evaluation of completeness, 

accuracy, interpretation, and 

generalizability of the evidence to the 

United States and whether the evidence 

is sufficient to support the draft 

counseling recommendations. 

After considering all public comment 

and the results of the peer review, CDC 

will publish a notice in the Federal 

Register announcing the final 

recommendations. 

Dated: November 19, 2014. 

Ron A. Otten, 

Acting Deputy Associate Director for Science, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

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