non-substantive change request - OMB 0920-0009_10 22 2013 rev

Non-Substantive Change Request

OMB 0920-0009 - National Disease Surveillance Program

Legionellosis Case Report

Expiration Date: 4/30/16

Submission Date: 10/22/2013

Explanation of Form Changes or Adjustments

There are no changes to the actual form. The change request revolves around the receipt of data from State and Local Health Departments to CDC.

Proposed Changes:

In Statement A, Legionellosis Case Report states that these forms will be completed by state or local public health officials either on hard copy or via their state electronic notifiable disease surveillance system and transmitted to CDC via a secure method of their choosing (e.g., secure FTP site, FAX, mail) within 30 days. 

CDC currently receives these forms via mail, e-mail, secure FTP, and Fax.  This means that the states need to enter the information into their state electronic system, fill out a hard copy for us, and then CDC must enter the information into the electronic system.  CDC would like to streamline the process by having states that are interested extract data from their electronic system to send to CDC via secure FTP in a file format like Excel or Access. This could reduce the amount of time spent on data entry and filling out hard copy forms at the local, state, and federal levels. The data extracts from the States could be directly imported into CDC electronic system.