# 2026-19271: CDC Crowdsources Health Data Middlemen to Fight Diseases

2026-19271, Data Intermediaries and Approaches To Strengthen Public Health Data Exchange, is a Federal Register notice from Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published 2026-09-21, effective 2026-11-20 (as of 2026-09-28).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19271
- As of: 2026-09-28
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-19271
- Title: Data Intermediaries and Approaches To Strengthen Public Health Data Exchange
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Citation: 91 FR 59777
- Published: 2026-09-21
- Effective: 2026-11-20
- Comments close: 2026-11-20
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-09-28

## In one line

CDC Crowdsources Health Data Middlemen to Fight Diseases

## Summary

The CDC wants your ideas on how special helpers called data intermediaries can make sharing health info safer and easier for everyone. This will help stop diseases, spot new health threats fast, and keep communities healthier. If you want to share your thoughts, send them by November 20, 2026—this could shape the future of public health data and how it’s used nationwide.

## Abstract

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seeks broad public input on how data intermediaries can be used to support secure, scalable, standards-based public health data exchange. CDC invites public comment to inform the evaluation and to explore how data intermediaries can advance broader goals to prevent disease, detect emerging threats, drive state-of-the-art solutions that empower communities, and strengthen public health systems for a safer, healthier nation.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

## Related documents

- [2026-20644](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20644): Solicitation of Nominations for Appointment to the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis, 2026-10-08
- [2026-20346](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20346): Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review, 2026-10-05
- [2026-20344](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20344): Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations, 2026-10-05
- [2026-20351](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20351): Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review, 2026-10-05
- [2026-20348](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20348): Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations, 2026-10-05
- [2026-19766](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19766): Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations, 2026-09-28

## Sources
- [2026-19271 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/21/2026-19271/data-intermediaries-and-approaches-to-strengthen-public-health-data-exchange)
- [2026-19271 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-21/pdf/2026-19271.pdf)

## Related
- [Previous: 2026-19269, National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH); Charter…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19269)
- [Next: 2026-19272, Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From the Republic…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19272)
- [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19271 (as of 2026-09-28).