[NCZEID] Traveler Risk
Assessment and Management Activities During Disease Outbreaks
New
collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
No
Regular
12/11/2025
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
123,744
0
10,559
0
0
0
During a disease outbreak overseas
with risk of case importation to the United States, CDC may screen
airline passengers who have recently been in the outbreak area for
signs, symptoms, or exposures to the outbreak disease. In such
situations, CDC relies on its federal partners in the DHS to assist
in the risk assessment and entry screening process because of their
presence at the ports of entry. As needed, DHS will refer travelers
into public health entry screening and risk assessment process. The
public health entry screening typically consists of an initial
health and exposure questionnaire to determine if a more in-depth
public health risk assessment of a traveler is necessary. CDC
develops the tools and training to facilitate this public health
entry screening and works to ensure that any individual who is
identified by DHS as being from the outbreak area is screened and
further evaluated if compatible symptoms or potential exposures are
identified. For those who are symptomatic or potentially exposed,
additional public health measures may involve transport to a
healthcare facility for medical evaluation if a traveler is
identified as being ill; quarantine for those with high-risk
exposures but with no evidence of illness or infection; and/or
communication with CDC or health departments facilitate timely
detection and management if potentially exposed travelers develop
symptoms after arrival. This information collection concerns CDC’s
statutory and regulatory authority related to conducting public
health screening of travelers upon arrival to the United States and
assessing individual travelers for public health risk following a
report of illness from a conveyance or other notification at a U.S.
port of entry. As part of this responsibility, DGMH has implemented
traveler management activities that collect contact information and
share the information with health departments so that the travelers
can be assessed for exposure risk, monitored for signs or symptoms
of disease, and isolated and medically examined if needed. CDC
anticipates the future need for these activities to prevent the
introduction or spread of communicable diseases into the United
States that threaten the public’s health.
None
US Code: 42 USC 71.20 Name of Law: Public
health prevention measures to detect communicable disease
US Code: 42 USC 264 Name of Law: Public Health Service (PHS)
Act
The total annual burden
requested for this new collection is 54,757 respondents (54,750
travelers arriving on commercial flights and 70 health departments)
with approximately 10,559 burden hours for three year of
approval.
$332,395
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No
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Odion Clunis 770 488-0045
lta2@cdc.gov
No
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 0920-25-0004 CDC SAMPLE VHF Jurisdiction Final Survey
FRN Publication Request Worksheet.pdf
SSB - 0920-XXXX_ 30-day_Traveler Risk Assessment & Management Gen-ICR.docx
CDC SAMPLE VHF Jurisdiction Final Survey