# 2026-19170: CDC reviews STI tracking forms for efficiency improvements

2026-19170, Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review, is a Federal Register notice from Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published 2026-09-18; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-25).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19170
- As of: 2026-09-25
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-19170
- Title: Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Citation: 91 FR 59137
- Published: 2026-09-18
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-09-25

## In one line

CDC reviews STI tracking forms for efficiency improvements

## Summary

The CDC is asking for your thoughts on their STI Surveillance Network forms to make sure they’re useful and not too much work. If you have ideas on how to improve or simplify these forms, now’s your chance to speak up within 30 days. This helps keep data collection smart and efficient without wasting time or money.

## Effects PRIA read

- You may be contacted after a gonorrhea diagnosis: cost, low. If you are diagnosed with gonorrhea in one of the 11 Strategy B jurisdictions, CDC may randomly sample your case for an enhanced interview that takes about 10 minutes. The notice reports 187,833 gonorrhea cases in 2023 across those jurisdictions, a 7% random sample (about 13,148 cases) was selected…
- STI clinic patients may take a 5-minute survey: cost, low. If you go to one of the participating STI clinics, you may be asked to complete a one-time clinic patient survey that lasts about 5 minutes. CDC expects about 3,000 clinic patients to be surveyed across funded sites, for a total of about 250 burden hours.
- Public health staff face recurring data reporting hours: cost, medium. Data managers at participating clinics and state/local health departments must prepare and transmit validated datasets to CDC every other month. The notice lists specific burdens: 16 clinic abstractions (six transmissions at 4 hours each = 384 hours), 12 Strategy A jurisdiction data-management tran…

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## Sources
- [2026-19170 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/18/2026-19170/agency-forms-undergoing-paperwork-reduction-act-review)
- [2026-19170 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-18/pdf/2026-19170.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19170 (as of 2026-09-25).