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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 246 (Thursday, December 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 93944-93945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [http://www.gpo.gov/]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30787]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: 0990-0448-30D]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of
Health and Human Services, has submitted an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for renewal of the approved
information collection assigned OMB control number 0990-0448, scheduled
to expire on December 31, 2016. Comments submitted during the first
public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept
further comments from the public on this ICR during the review and
approval period.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before January 23,
2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or via
facsimile to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance
staff, Information.CollectionClearance@hhs.gov or (202) 690-5683.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the document identifier 0990-0448-30D for
reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Surgeon General's Pledge to
End the Opioid Crisis.
OMB No.: 0990-0448.
Abstract: This information collection is a critical component of a
campaign to encourage health care prescribers (the user) to take action
in their clinical practice to reduce the number of prescription drug
overdoses and reduce the likelihood of prescription opioid drugs ending
up in the possession of those who may abuse them. This information
collection involves obtaining user contact information, medical
profession category, medical specialty, and responses to short
questions specifically designed to provide anecdotal information and
contextualize the impact of the prescription opioid epidemic.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: This information
collection serves to gather contact information from clinical
prescribers and responses to two short answer questions describing how
prescription opioid addiction has impacted their patients and/or their
practice. Zip code, profession, and specialty will be collected and
analyzed to present aggregate pledge data. Each element will also be
utilized to send personalized campaign communication. Understanding the
demographics of the medical practitioners will improve the efficacy of
the campaign to end opioid

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abuse by allowing for targeted communication.
Likely Respondents: Medical Prescribers.
The total annual burden hours estimated for this ICR are summarized
in the table below.

Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per response (in hours
respondent hours)
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Opioid Pledge Form.............................. 5,000 1 5/60 416.67
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Total....................................... 5,000 1 5/60 416.67
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Terry S. Clark,
Asst Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-30787 Filed 12-21-16; 8:45 am]
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