CDC Tunes Up National Disease Reporting Forms
Published Date: 10/5/2026
Notice
Summary
The CDC is asking for your thoughts on updating their National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System forms. If you or your agency use these forms, now’s the time to share feedback on how to make them easier and better. You’ve got 30 days to comment, helping shape a process that saves time and money while keeping public health info sharp.
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Up to 50 Tribal Nations Added as Reporters
If your public health program is part of a Tribal Nation, the CDC will accept voluntary direct submission of case notification data from up to 50 Tribal Nations. The notice explicitly expands the respondent population to include up to 50 Tribal Nations that will voluntarily submit case notification data directly to CDC.
New and Expanded Data Elements for Conditions
CDC will collect new disease-specific data elements for leprosy (Hansen's disease) and additional data elements across all conditions. The revision also includes one-time burden hours for jurisdictions to add these new diseases and data elements.
CDC Estimates 33,471 Annual Reporting Hours
CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated annual burden of 33,471 hours for 457 respondents, and says the increase reflects adding up to 50 Tribal Nations. The notice states there is no monetary cost to respondents other than their time.
Two New Diseases Added for Standardized Surveillance
CDC is adding two conditions to standardized surveillance: flea-borne typhus and soil-transmitted helminth infections. Jurisdictions will submit case notification data for these two newly standardized conditions as part of the NNDSS revision.
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