[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 71 (Thursday, April 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21985-21986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8799]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed 
collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration (SAMHSA) will publish periodic summaries of 
proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects 
or to obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the 
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collections of 
information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions 
of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health--(OMB No. 
0930-0110)--Revision

    The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is a survey of 
the civilian, non-institutionalized population of the United States 12 
years old and older. The data are used to determine the prevalence of 
use of tobacco products, alcohol, illicit substances, and illicit use 
of prescription drugs. The results are used by SAMHSA, ONDCP, Federal 
government agencies, and other organizations and researchers to 
establish policy, direct program activities, and better allocate 
resources.
    Data from clinical interviews completed in 2008 were combined with 
the main interview short scale data to develop a predictive model that 
was applied to the full main sample to estimate SMI. Follow-up clinical 
interviews continued to be conducted with NSDUH respondents from 2009 
to 2012. Data from these interviews were analyzed annually to update 
the calibration of the screening measure. To maximize trend validity, 
this model has been applied to 2009-2011 data. With the completion of 
1500 clinical interviews in 2012, SAMHSA will have accumulated a large 
enough sample (4,500) to update and improve the models. Therefore, the 
MHSS clinical interviewing will be discontinued in 2013.
    For the 2013 NSDUH, a few questionnaire changes are proposed. The 
instrument has been updated to include new questions on military 
service, medical marijuana, physician substance use screening, and 
respondent characteristics.
    As with all NSDUH/NHSDA surveys conducted since 1999, the sample 
size of the survey for 2013 will be sufficient to permit prevalence 
estimates for each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. 
The total annual burden estimate is shown below:

                                                             Estimated Burden for 2013 NSDUH
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                                                             Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Total burden     Hourly wage     Annualized
                       Instrument                           respondents     respondent       response          hours           rate            costs
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Household Screening.....................................         145,474               1           0.083          12,074          $14.45        $174,469
Interview...............................................          67,500               1           1.000          67,500           14.45         975,375
Screening Verification..................................           5,400               1           0.067             362           14.45           5,231
Interview Verification..................................          10,125               1           0.067             678           14.45           9,797
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    Total...............................................         145,474  ..............  ..............          80,614  ..............       1,164,872
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 8-1099, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 or email a copy 
at [email protected].
    Written comments must be received before 60 days after the date of 
the publication in the Federal Register.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2012-8799 Filed 4-11-12; 8:45 am]
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