Attachment E: Federal Register Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 81 / Friday, April 28, 2017 / Notices
included in the Agency’s subsequent
request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
Sharon B. Arnold,
Acting Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approve the proposed
information collection project: ‘‘Generic
Clearance for Questionnaire and Data
Collection Testing, Evaluation, and
Research for the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality.’’
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by June 27, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by
email at [email protected].
Copies of the proposed collection
plans, data collection instruments, and
specific details on the estimated burden
can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

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Proposed Project
Generic Clearance for Questionnaire
and Data Collection Testing, Evaluation,
and Research for the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520,
AHRQ invites the public to comment on
this proposed information collection.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ) requests that the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)

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reapprove generic pre-testing Clearance
0935–0124 for three years to facilitate
AHRQ’s efforts to (1) employ
evaluation-type methods and techniques
to improve AHRQ’s current data
collection and estimation procedures,
(2) develop new collections and
procedures, including toolkits, and (3)
revise existing collections and
procedures. AHRQ believes that
developing, testing, and evaluating data
collection and estimation procedures
using survey methods and other
techniques in anticipation of agencysponsored studies can improve its
information collection efforts, and the
products it develops and allow AHRQ to
be more responsive to fast-changing
developments in the health care
research field. AHRQ uses techniques to
simplify data collection and estimation
procedures, reduce respondent burden,
and improve efficiencies to meet the
needs of individuals and small business
respondents who may have reduced
budgets and staff.
This clearance request is limited to
research on data collection, toolkit
development, and estimation
procedures and reports and does not
extend to the collection of data for
public release or policy formation. The
current Clearance (0935–0124) was
granted on November 12, 2014, and
expires on November 30, 2017.
This generic clearance will allow
AHRQ to draft and test toolkits, survey
instruments and other data collection
and estimation procedures more quickly
and with greater lead time, thereby
managing project time more efficiently
and improving the quality of the data
AHRQ collects. In some instances, the
ability to test and evaluate toolkits, data
collection and estimation procedures in
anticipation of work or early in a project
may result in the decision not to
proceed with additional activities,
which could save both public and
private resources and eliminate
respondent burden.
This generic clearance will facilitate
AHRQ’s response to a changing
environment. Many of the tools AHRQ
develops are made available to the
private sector to assist in improving
health care quality. The health and
health care environment changes
rapidly and requires a quick response
from AHRQ to provide refined tools.
These preliminary research activities
will not be used by AHRQ to regulate
or sanction its customers. They will be
entirely voluntary and the
confidentiality of respondents and their

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responses will be preserved. Proposed
information collections submitted under
this generic clearance will be submitted
for review by OMB with a response
expected in 14 days.
Method of Collection
The information collected through
preliminary research activities under
this generic clearance will be used by
AHRQ to employ techniques to (1)
improve AHRQ’s current data collection
and estimation procedures, (2) develop
new collections and procedures,
including toolkits, and (3) revise
existing collections and procedures in
anticipation or in response to changes in
the health or health care field. The end
result will be improvement in AHRQ’s
data collections and procedures and the
quality of data collected, a reduction or
minimization of respondent burden,
increased agency efficiency, and
improved responsiveness to the public.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated burden
hours, over the full 3 years of this
clearance, for the respondents’ time to
participate in the research activities that
may be conducted under this generic
clearance. Mail surveys will be
conducted with about 6,000 persons
(2,000 per year for 3 years) and are
estimated to average 20 minutes. Mail
surveys may also be sent to respondents
via email, and may include a telephone
non-response follow-up. Telephone
non-response follow-up for mailed
surveys is not counted as a telephone
survey in Exhibit 1. Not more than 600
persons, over 3 years, will participate in
telephone surveys that will take about
40 minutes. Web-based surveys will be
conducted with no more than 3,000
persons and will require no more than
10 minutes to complete. About 1,500
persons will participate in focus groups
which may last up to two hours, while
in-person interviews will be conducted
with 600 persons and will take about 50
minutes. Automated data collection will
be conducted for about 1,500 persons
and could take up to 1 hour. Cognitive
testing will be conducted with about
600 persons and is estimated to take 11⁄2
hours to complete. The total burden
over 3 years is estimated to be 8,900
hours (about 2,967 hours per year).
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated cost
burden over 3 years, based on the
respondent’s time to participate in these
research activities. The total cost burden
is estimated to be $338,734.

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EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS OVER 3 YEARS
Number of
respondents

Type of information collection

Number of
responses per
respondent

Hours per
response

Total burden
hours

Mail/email * ........................................................................................................................................
Telephone .........................................................................................................................................
Web-based ........................................................................................................................................
Focus Groups ....................................................................................................................................
In-person ...........................................................................................................................................
Automated ** ......................................................................................................................................
Cognitive Testing *** ..........................................................................................................................

6,000
600
3,000
1,500
600
1,500
600

1
1
1
1
1
1
1

20/60
40/60
10/60
2.0
1.0
1.0
1.5

2,000
400
500
3,000
600
1,500
900

Totals .........................................................................................................................................

13,800

na

na

8,900

* May include telephone non-response follow-up in which case the burden will not change
** May include testing of database software, CAPI software or other automated technologies.
*** May include cognitive interviews for questionnaire or toolkit development, or ‘‘think aloud’’ testing of prototype Web sites.

EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED COST BURDEN OVER 3 YEARS
Number of
respondents

Type of information collection

Total burden
hours

Average
hourly
wage rate *

Total cost
burden

Mail/email ..........................................................................................................................................
Telephone .........................................................................................................................................
Web-based ........................................................................................................................................
Focus Groups ....................................................................................................................................
In-person ...........................................................................................................................................
Automated .........................................................................................................................................
Cognitive Testing ..............................................................................................................................

6,000
600
3,000
1,500
600
1,500
600

2,000
400
500
3,000
600
1,500
900

$38.06
38.06
38.06
38,06
38.06
38.06
38.06

$76,120
15,224
19,030
114,180
22,836
57,090
34,254

Totals .........................................................................................................................................

13,800

8,900

na

338,734

* Based upon the average wages for 29–000 (Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations), ‘‘National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the
United States, May 2016,’’ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#29-0000.

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Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s
information collection are requested
with regard to any of the following: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of AHRQ health care
research and health care information
dissemination functions, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including
hours and costs) of the proposed
collection(s) 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 upon the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the Agency’s subsequent
request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
Sharon B. Arnold,
Acting Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Announcement of Requirements and
Registration for Healthy Behavior
Challenge
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) located
within the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) announces the
launch of the Healthy Behavior Data
Challenge. The Healthy Behavior Data
Challenge responds to the call for new
ways to address the challenges and
limitations of self-reported health
surveillance information and tap into
the potential of innovative data sources
and alternative methodologies for public
health surveillance. Challenge
participants will propose data sources
and approaches for aggregating data
from wearable devices, mobile
applications and/or social media in the
areas of nutrition, physical activity,
sedentary behaviors, and/or sleep.
Conducted in two phases, Phase I
(Prototype Development) entails
Challenge participants developing a
concept proposal for obtaining data

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collected from wearable devices, mobile
applications and/or social media for
public health surveillance purposes. In
Phase II (Prototype Implementation), a
subset of submissions (up to 3) with
promising concepts will be invited to
test their proposed approaches for
ongoing public health surveillance.
DATES: The Challenge is effective April
28, 2017 and will conclude December
31, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Machell Town, National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway
NE., MS F–78, Chamblee, Georgia
30341; Email: BRFSSinnovations@
cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Award Approving Official: Anne
Schuchat, MD, (RADM, USPHS) Acting
Director, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, and Acting
Administrator, Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry.
The Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the
nation’s premier system of healthrelated telephone surveys that collect
state data about U.S. residents regarding
their health-related risk behaviors,
chronic health conditions, and use of
preventive services. Established in 1984
with 15 states, BRFSS now collects data
in all 50 states as well as the District of

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