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CDC seeks comment on NNDSS revision adding up to 50 Tribal Nations

Centers for Disease Control and PreventionOffice of Management and BudgetConsultationOct 5, 2026

Check: CDC's National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS, the national disease-reporting system) revision would let up to 50 Tribal Nations submit case data directly to CDC, and public comment is open for 30 days from the 2026-10-05 publication.

Read in the Federal Register

What it does

Tribal governments that choose to take part would voluntarily send case notification data (reports of notifiable diseases) directly to CDC rather than through a state or territorial health department. The revision also adds two conditions under standardized surveillance, new leprosy data elements, and additional data elements for all conditions, and it raises the estimated annual burden to 33,471 hours for 457 respondents. Comments go to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB, the federal office that reviews information collections under the Paperwork Reduction Act, or PRA).

Why it matters for tribal funding

Tribes eligible. Tribes or Native organizations are among those who can apply or are covered, alongside others.

Who it covers: Tribal governments.

What to do next

  1. Submit any comments to OMB within 30 days of the 2026-10-05 publication at www.reginfo.gov by searching for OMB Control No. 0920-0728 under 'Currently under 30-day Review-- Open for Public Comments'.
  2. Call (404) 639-7570 to request the information collection plan and instruments before deciding whether to participate.

Sources

Every signal is built from public records. The highlighted words appear in the source exactly as shown.

  • Federal Register: tribal termsNoticeOct 5, 2026

    Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    • Quoted from the source: “expand the respondent population to include up to 50 Tribal Nations that will voluntarily submit case notification data directly to CDC”
    • Quoted from the source: “Comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice”
    • Quoted from the source: “The increase reflects the addition of up to 50 Tribal Nations to the respondent population.”
    Read in the Federal RegisterU.S. government record, public domain.

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