Within two months of the approval of this ICR, CDC will submit a non-substantive change request confirming updates to the public-facing website reflecting the new language as indicated in the supplementary document associated with this package.
Approved consistent with CDCâs commitment to always communicate that these data do not provide for nationally representative prevalence estimates, due to the fact that not all states participate in CBLS and ABLS, as well as differences in jurisdictional screening practices and laboratory reporting requirements among state and local jurisdictions. However, use of the consistent case definition allows for estimating needs at the Federal, state, and local level which is important for establishing national program goals and objectives. In addition, CDC commits to working with CMS to better capture Medicaid-required test results and decrease duplicative requirements on States.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2021
36 Months From Approved
05/31/2018
409
0
160
1,226
0
640
0
0
15,000
The Healthy Homes Lead Poisoning Surveillance System (HHLPSS) builds upon previous efforts by the National Blood Lead Surveillance System (NBLSS) to characterize the home environment in terms of not only lead poisoning risk factors, but also other home-based risk factors. This Revision of 0920-0931 is requested to re-focus the scope of the joint NCEH and NIOSH program collections on blood lead surveillance. This joint ICR includes two data collection systems that provide a coordinated, comprehensive, and systematic public health approach to the surveillance and monitoring of blood lead levels (BLLs) for children < 16 years old and occupationally-exposed adults ⥠16 years old in the U.S. Revisions to the previously OMB-approved version of 0920-0931 include the following:
1. We request to change the title of the ICR from âHealthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Surveillance System (HHLPSS)â to âBlood Lead Surveillance System (BLSS)â to more explicitly reflect the information collected by the NCEH Childhood Blood Lead Surveillance (CBLS) and the NIOSH Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES) Systems.
2. We request to remove the NCEH âhealthy homesâ variables from the existing HHLPSS ICR, as this data has never been collected at the national level, and to replace the HHLPSS variable list with the updated CBLS variable list.
3. We request to add specific ABLES data fields to the Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Software System (HHLPSS) that is used by many state and local agencies to collect and manage blood lead surveillance data.
4. We request to add 20 new CBLS respondents, over the 40 that were previously approved, due to the addition of newly-funded programs in FY17 and FY18.
5. We request to add 12 new ABLES respondents, over the 28 that were previously approved, due to the additional interest expressed by states for voluntary reporting.
6. We request to increase the annual time burden from 640 hours to 1,226 hours to account mainly for the increase in the number of respondents and for additional adjustments to the estimation. This is an increase of 586 annual burden hours.
7. We are working to integrate the information technology (IT) systems Childhood Blood Lead Surveillance (CBLS) and Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES).
US Code:
42 USC 241
Name of Law: Research and investigations generally
PL:
Pub.L. 111 - 148 4002
Name of Law: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
PL:
Pub.L. 114 - 322 2204
Name of Law: Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act
PL:
Pub.L. 91 - 596 20
Name of Law: 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act
Revision of 0920-0931 serves to combine efforts from NCEH and NIOSH into the ICR Blood Lead Level Surveillance. It results in an increase in 586 Burden Hours
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form 0920-0931 ABLES Aggregate Records Form and Brief Narrative Report
Att11 2015 HHLPSS Notice of Action & Terms of Clearance.pdf
ABLES website pre-clearance draft.docx
Att7c ABLES Changes in Data Elements.xlsx
ABLES Aggregate Records Form and Brief Narrative Report