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Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–21–1268; Docket No. CDC–2021–
0043]

Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:

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 ‘‘Drug Overdose Surveillance and
Epidemiology’’. This information
collection is designed to improve local,
state, and regional situational awareness
of drug, opioid, heroin, and stimulant
overdose trends and respond to acute
local and multi-state drug outbreaks.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before June 25, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2021–
0043 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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.
SUMMARY:

Please note: Submit all comments through
the Federal eRulemaking portal
(regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.

To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS–
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone:
404–639–7118; Email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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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;
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; and
5. Assess information collection costs.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES

Proposed Project
Drug Overdose Surveillance and
Epidemiology (DOSE) (OMB Control No.
0920–1268, Exp. 8/31/2022)—
Extension—National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control (NCIPC),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The rapid increase in opioid overdose
deaths since 2013, numerous severe
fentanyl and fentanyl analog outbreaks
occurring since 2015 across the United
States, and the declaration of the opioid
overdose epidemic as a national public
health emergency on October 26, 2017
have highlighted the urgent need to
rapidly establish and enhance timely
surveillance of suspected drug, opioid,
heroin, and stimulant overdoses. These
data are critical to inform timely local,

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state, and regional response, especially
to acute and/or widespread multi-state
outbreaks.
This data collection effort, an
essential component toward reducing
the opioid crisis, is one of the top
priorities for HHS. Drug Overdose
Surveillance and Epidemiology (DOSE)
data is critical to our ability to rapidly
identify outbreaks and provide
situational awareness of changes in
emergency department (ED) visits
involving suspected drug, opioid,
heroin and stimulant overdoses at the
local, state, and regional level. This will
be accomplished by standardizing and
enhancing the sharing of existing ED
data collected by 52 health departments
(all 50 state health departments, the
health department of Puerto Rico, and
the health department of the District of
Columbia) with CDC. In addition, CDC
leadership communicates with HHS on
an ongoing basis, and this data is part
of its request to better monitor, plan,
and implement programs to prevent
overdose and reduce subsequent harm.
DOSE proposes to fund 52 health
departments (50 state health
departments, the health department of
Puerto Rico and the health department
of the District of Columbia) to rapidly
share existing ED data on counts of ED
visits involving suspected drug, opioid,
heroin, and stimulant overdoses using
two standard data forms (i.e., the Rapid
ED overdose data form and the ED
discharge overdose data form), and
standard CDC case definitions.
The system will leverage ED
syndromic data and hospital discharge
data on ED visits already routinely
collected by state and territorial health
departments. No new data will be
systematically collected from EDs, and
health departments will be reimbursed
by CDC for the burden related to sharing
ED data with CDC. Fifty-two funded
health departments (50 state health
departments, Puerto Rico, and the
District of Columbia) will rapidly share
existing ED data with CDC on a monthly
basis using the Rapid ED overdose data
form and standard CDC case definitions.
Although data may come from different
local ED data systems, it is expected to
cover at least 75% of ED visits in the
jurisdiction (e.g., state).
CDC will require all participating
health departments to provide counts of
ED visits involving suspected drug,
opioid, heroin, and stimulant overdoses
by county, age group, sex, and time (i.e.,
month and year) in a standardized
manner, using the Rapid ED overdose
data form, which is an Excel data
template. This form also collects data
quality indicators such as percentage of
ED visits missing data on key variables

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(i.e., metadata). In order to assess and
improve rapid ED data sharing, all 52
participating health departments will
also be asked to share counts of ED
visits involving suspected drug, opioid,
heroin and stimulant overdoses by

data form, and standard CDC case
definitions. The total estimated annual
burden hours are 1,272. There are no
costs to the respondents other than their
time.

county, age group, sex, and time (i.e.,
month and year), from more finalized
hospital discharge files. The data will be
shared with CDC on a quarterly or
yearly basis using a standardized Excel
data form, the ED discharge overdose

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents

Total number
of responses
per
respondent

Average
burden per
response
(hours)

Total annual
burden
(hours)

Type of respondent

Form name

Participating health departments
sharing aggregate data from local
syndromic or hospital discharge
file.
Participating health departments
sharing case-level ED data with
CDC through the NSSP BioSense
(OMB #0920–0824) *.
Participating health department sharing finalized hospital discharge
data on a quarterly basis.
Participating health department sharing finalized hospital discharge
data on a yearly basis.

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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Officer, Office of Extramural Programs,
National Institute for Occupational
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Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–21–21EL; Docket No. CDC–2021–
0041]

Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:

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 National Learning Community for
HIV CBO Leadership Evaluation. The
purpose of this data collection is to
evaluate the National Learning
Community for HIV CBO Leadership
which is a component of cooperative
agreement CDC–RFA–PS19–1904:
Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) for
High Impact HIV Prevention Program
Integration.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before June 25, 2021.
SUMMARY:

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