[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73773-73774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7258]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-06-0556]
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 404-639-4766 or
send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail
to [email protected].
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)
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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 or other forms of information technology. Written
comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Program Reporting System--
Extension--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Section 2(a) of Public Law 102-493 (known as the Fertility Clinic
Success Rate and Certification Act of 1992 (FCSRCA), 42 U.S.C. 263a-
1(a)) requires that each ART program shall annually report to the
Secretary through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--(1)
pregnancy success rates achieved by such ART program, and (2) the
identity of each embryo laboratory used by such ART program and whether
the laboratory is certified or has applied for such certification under
this Act. The Act defines ART as all treatments and procedures that
include the handling of human oocytes and sperm or embryos for the
purpose of establishing a pregnancy.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seeks to extend
approval of a reporting system for the Assisted Reproductive Technology
(ART) Program from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a
period of 3 years. The reporting system includes all ART cycles
initiated by any of the approximately 400 ART programs in the United
States, and covers the pregnancy outcome of each cycle as well as a
number of data items deemed important to explain variability in success
rates across ART programs and across individuals. An ART cycle is
started when a woman begins taking medication to stimulate the ovaries
to develop eggs or starts ovarian monitoring with the intent of having
embryos transferred. Data will be collected through a Web-based data
collection system, developed by Westat in consultation with CDC, that
complies with FCSRCA requirements.
In developing the definition of pregnancy success rates and the
list of data items to be reported, CDC has consulted with
representatives of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology
(SART), the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), and
RESOLVE, the National Infertility Association (a national, nonprofit
consumer organization), as well as a variety of individuals with
expertise and interest in this field. The average annual cost to each
ART program responding to the survey, including data entry and
validation, is estimated to be $6,720.
Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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Number of Average
Number of responses burden per Total
Respondents respondents per response burden (in
respondent (in hrs.) hours)
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ART Programs (data entry)................................... *400 *288 37/60 71,040
ART Programs (selected for data validation)................. **40 **83 23/60 1,273
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Total................................................... ........... ........... ........... 72,313
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*Approximately 400 ART programs (respondents) reported data in 2002. The average number of ART cycles
(responses) per ART program was 288.
**Approximately 10% of the ART programs are selected for validation. An average of 83 ART cycles per ART program
were selected for validation in 2002.
Dated: December 7, 2005.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E5-7258 Filed 12-12-05; 8:45 am]
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