Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[INFO-99-32]

Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and

Recommendations

In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.

To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a

copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports

Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of

the agency, including whether the information shall have practical

utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection 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 on respondents,

including through the use of automated collection techniques for other

forms of information technology. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC

Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24,

Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days

of this notice.

1. Proposed Projects

National Disease Surveillance Program--I. Case Reports (0920-

0009)--Reinstatement--The National Center for Infectious Disease (

NCID)--Formal surveillance of 19 separate reportable diseases has been

ongoing to meet the public demand and scientific interest for accurate,

consistent, epidemiologic data. These ongoing diseases include:

bacterial meningitis, dengue, kawasaki

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syndrome, legionellosis, Hansen's Disease, lyme disease, malaria,

pertussis, plague, poliomyelitis, psittacosis, Reye Syndrome, Tetanus,

Tick-borne Rickettsial Disease, Toxic Shock Syndrome, toxocariasis,

trichinosis, typhoid fever, and viral hepatitis. Case report forms

enable CDC to collect demographic, clinical, and laboratory

characteristics of cases of these diseases. This information is used to

direct epidemiologic investigations, to identify and monitor trends in

reemerging infectious diseases or emerging modes of transmission, to

search for possible causes or sources of the diseases, and to develop

guidelines for the prevention of treatment. It is also used to

recommend target areas in most need of vaccinations for certain

diseases and to determine development of drug resistance.

Because of the distinct nature of each of the diseases, the number

of cases reported annually is different for each. The total cost to

respondents is estimated at $818,184.

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Number of Average burden/

Respondents Number of responses/ response (in Total burden

respondents respondent hrs.) (in hrs.)

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Health Care Workers............................. 125,214 1 30/60 62,607

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Total................................... .............. .............. .............. 62,607

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Dated: August 27, 1999.

Nancy Cheal,

Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention.

[FR Doc. 99-22864 Filed 9-1-99; 8:45 am]

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