[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 92 (Monday, May 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27980-27981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11250]


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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 (NSDUH) Dress 
Rehearsal (OMB No. 0930-0334)--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

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by SAMHSA, ONDCP, Federal government agencies, and other organizations 
and researchers to establish policy, direct program activities, and 
better allocate resources.
    In order to continue producing current data, SAMHSA's Center for 
Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ) must update the NSDUH 
periodically to reflect changing substance abuse and mental health 
issues. CBHSQ is in the process of redesigning the NSDUH for the 2015 
survey year. The goals of the overall redesign are to: (1) Revise the 
questionnaire to address changing policy and research data needs, and 
(2) modify the survey methodology to improve the quality of estimates 
and the efficiency of data collection and processing. To achieve these 
goals, a Questionnaire Field Test (QFT) was conducted in late 2012 to 
test revisions to the questionnaire, study materials, and procedures. A 
Dress Rehearsal (DR) is planned for September and October 2013 to 
further refine and test changes implemented in the QFT as well as test 
all additional changes that have been identified for the 2015 redesign. 
These additional changes include an assessment of a new lightweight 
laptop used to administer the questionnaire, the addition of a Spanish 
language interview that was not included in the QFT to control costs, 
and additional select changes to the NSDUH questionnaire. The vast 
majority of differences in questionnaire content between the QFT and 
the proposed DR are minor. Changes include: (a) The addition of two 
sexual orientation questions to be asked of adults; (b) routine updates 
to routing and logic; (c) minimal changes to question wording 
throughout the instrument to clarify intent; and (d) the deletion of a 
question in the Back-end Demographics module about the number of 
employees who work at the respondent's business.
    The DR will consist of 2,000 English and Spanish-speaking 
respondents in the continental United States. The sample size of the 
survey will be large enough to detect differences in key estimates 
between data collected using the annual NSDUH compared to the 
redesigned procedures. The total annual burden estimate is shown below:

                                                     Estimated Burden for 2013 NSDUH Dress Rehearsal
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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....................................           3,673                1           0.083             305          $14.54          $4,435
Interview..............................................           2,000                1           1.000           2,000           14.54          29,080
Screening Verification.................................             100                1           0.067             6.7           14.54              97
Interview Verification.................................             300                1           0.067              20           14.54             291
    Total..............................................           3,673  ...............  ..............  ..............           2,332          33,903
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by June 12, 2013 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. 2013-11250 Filed 5-10-13; 8:45 am]
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