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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) 

PHAP Host Site Supervisors PHAP Host Site Supervisor Survey ............. 400 1 20/60 133 

PHAP Alumni ........................ PHAP Alumni Survey ................................... 600 1 8/60 80 

Total ............................... ....................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 213 

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 

[60Day–17–17BAW; Docket No. CDC–2017– 

0083] 

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 to take this opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. This notice invites 

comment on the Paul Coverdell 

National Acute Stroke Program (2015– 

2020) Evaluation. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before December 11, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2017– 

0083 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, 

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 Leroy A. 

Richardson, 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; and 

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. 

5. Assess information collection costs. 

Proposed Project 

Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke 

Program (2015–2020) Evaluation— 

New—National Center for Chronic 

Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Division for Heart 

Disease and Stroke Prevention (DHDSP), 

requests a three-year OMB approval for 

a new collection. 

The CDC is the primary Federal 

agency for protecting health and 

promoting quality of life through the 

prevention and control of disease, 

injury, and disability. CDC is committed 

to programs that reduce the health and 

economic consequences of the leading 

causes of death and disability, thereby 

ensuring a long, productive, healthy life 

for all people. 

Stroke remains a leading cause of 

serious, long-term disability and is the 

fifth leading cause of death in the 

United States after heart disease, cancer, 

chronic lower respiratory diseases, and 

accidents. Estimates indicate that 

approximately 795,000 people suffer a 

first-ever or recurrent stroke each year 

with more than 130,000 deaths 

annually. Although there have been 

significant advances in preventing and 

treating stroke, the rising prevalence of 

heart disease, diabetes, and obesity has 

increased the relative risk for stroke, 

especially in African American 

populations. Moreover, stroke’s lifetime 

direct cost of health care and indirect 

cost of lost productivity is staggering 

and imposes a substantial societal 

economic burden. Coverdell-funded 

state programs are in the forefront of 

developing and implementing systemchange efforts to improve emergency 

response systems, enhance the quality 


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of care for stroke, and improve 

transitions across stroke systems of care, 

including pre-event; transitions from 

EMS to acute care in hospitals; and 

transitions from hospitals to home, 

rehabilitation, stroke specialist care, and 

primary care providers. 

When Congress directed the Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC) to establish the Paul Coverdell 

National Acute Stroke Program 

(PCNASP) in 2001, CDC intended to 

monitor trends in stroke and stroke care, 

with the ultimate mission of improving 

the quality of care for stroke patients in 

the United States. Since 2015, CDC has 

funded and provided technical 

assistance to nine state health 

departments to develop comprehensive 

stroke systems of care. A comprehensive 

system of care improves quality of care 

by creating seamless transitions for 

individuals experiencing stroke. In such 

a system, pre-hospital providers, inhospital providers, and early posthospital providers coordinate patient 

hand-offs and ensure continuity of care. 

CDC contracted with RTI International 

to conduct a national evaluation of the 

state health departments awarded grants 

in 2015 to assess their implementation 

in their state-based contexts and 

progress toward short- and 

intermediate-term outcomes. 

CDC and RTI International propose to 

collect information from all nine funded 

PCNASP grantees to gain insight into 

the effectiveness of implementation of 

their quality improvement strategies, 

development (and use) of a data 

integrated management system, and 

partner collaboration in building 

comprehensive state-wide stroke 

systems of care. The information 

collection will focus on describing 

PCNASP specific contributions to 

effective state-based stroke systems of 

care and the costs associated with this 

work. 

Two components of the information 

collection include: (1) Program 

implementation cost data collection 

from program partners using a cost and 

resource utilization tool; and (2) 

telephone interviews with key program 

stakeholders, such as the PCNASP 

principal investigator, program 

manager, quality improvement 

specialist, data analyst/program 

evaluator, and partner support staff. 

Cost data collection will focus on a 

stratified sample of partners’ cumulative 

spending to support PCNASP activities, 

spending by reporting period, and 

spending associated with specific 

PCNASP strategies related to building 

comprehensive state-wide stroke 

systems of care. Interview questions will 

target how each grantee implemented its 

strategies, challenges encountered and 

how they were overcome, factors that 

facilitated implementation, lessons 

learned along the way, and observed 

outcomes and improvements. 

The information to be collected does 

not currently exist for large scale, 

statewide programs that employ 

multiple combinations of strategies led 

by state public health departments to 

build comprehensive stroke systems of 

care. The insights to be gained from this 

data collection will be critical to 

improving immediate efforts and 

achieving the goals of spreading and 

replicating state-level strategies that are 

proven programmatically and are costeffective in contributing to a higher 

quality of care for stroke patients. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden 

(in hours) 

Partner Program Manager ................ Cost Resource and Utilization Tool 205 2 2 820 

Principal Investigator ......................... Telephonic Interviews ...................... 9 1 1 9 

Grantee Program Manager ............... Telephonic Interviews ...................... 9 1 1 9 

Quality Improvement Specialist ........ Telephonic Interviews ...................... 9 1 1 9 

Data Analyst/Program Evaluator ....... Telephonic Interviews ...................... 9 1 1 9 

Partner Support Staff ........................ Telephonic Interviews ...................... 18 1 1 18 

Total ........................................... .......................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 874 

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 

[60Day–17–1071; Docket No. CDC–2017– 

0087] 

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 Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. In order to 

work continuously to ensure that our 

programs are effective and meet our 

customers’ needs, the National Center 

for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 

Diseases, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC) seeks to obtain 

Office of Management and Budget 

approval of a generic information 

collection request to collect qualitative 

feedback on our service delivery. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before December 11, 

2017. 


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