[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 34959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-14197]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of information 
collection requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 
documents, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.

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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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by July 12, 2012 to the SAMHSA 
Desk Officer at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). To ensure timely receipt of 
comments, and to avoid potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing 
of mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service, commenters are encouraged 
to submit their comments to OMB via email to: [email protected]. Although commenters are encouraged to send 
their comments via email, commenters may also fax their comments to: 
202-395-7285. Commenters may also mail them to: Office of Management 
and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10102, Washington, DC 20503.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2012-14197 Filed 6-11-12; 8:45 am]
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