[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59036-59037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23302]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-13-0214]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-7570 or 
send comments to LeRoy Richardson, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, 
GA 30333 or send an email to [email protected].
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is 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 the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology. Written comments should be received within 60 
days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), (OMB No. 0920-0214, 
Expiration 3/31/2016)--Revision--National Center for Health Statistics 
(NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 
242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, shall collect statistics on the 
extent and nature of illness and disability of the population of the 
United States.
    The annual National Health Interview Survey is a major source of 
general statistics on the health of the U.S. population and has been in 
the field continuously since 1957. Clearance is sought for three years, 
to collect data for 2014, 2015, and 2016. This voluntary and 
confidential household-based survey collects demographic and health-
related information on a nationally representative sample of persons 
and households throughout the country. Personal identification 
information is requested from survey respondents to facilitate linkage 
of survey data with health related administrative and other records. 
Each year we collect information from approximately 55,000 households, 
which contain about 137,500 individuals.
    Information is collected using computer assisted personal 
interviews (CAPI). A core set of data is collected each year that 
remains largely unchanged while sponsored supplements vary from year to 
year. The core set includes sociodemographic characteristics, health 
status, health care services, and health behaviors. For 2014, 
supplemental questions will be cycled in pertaining to hearing, 
arthritis, and heart disease and stroke. Supplemental topics that 
continue or are enhanced from 2013 will be related

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to the Affordable Care Act, food security, children's mental health, 
disability and functioning, smokeless tobacco and e-cigarettes, 
hepatitis screening, immunizations, and computer use. In addition, a 
Web/CATI multimode follow-back survey will be conducted from sample 
adult respondents from the 2013 NHIS. The follow-back survey will focus 
on topics related to the Affordable Care Act including health care 
access and use, and health insurance coverage and will include Web, 
telephone, and mail interviews. Questions related to federal and state 
health insurance marketplaces will be included.
    To improve the analytic utility of NHIS data, minority populations 
are oversampled annually. In 2014, in addition to ongoing sample 
augmentation procedures, NCHS will introduce a Native Hawaiian and 
Pacific Islander oversample of 4,000 addresses identified from the 2012 
American Community Survey. These individuals and households will be 
administered the 2014 NHIS questionnaire. Results will be released as a 
separate file from the regular NHIS.
    In accordance with the 1995 initiative to increase the integration 
of surveys within the DHHS, respondents to the NHIS serve as the 
sampling frame for the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey conducted by 
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The NHIS has long been 
used by government, university, and private researchers to evaluate 
both general health and specific issues, such as cancer, diabetes, and 
access to health care. It is a leading source of data for the 
Congressionally-mandated ``Health US'' and related publications, as 
well as the single most important source of statistics to track 
progress toward the National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 
Objectives, ``Healthy People 2020.''
    There is no cost to the respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondent            Form name       respondents    responses per   respondent in     in hours
                                                                    respondent         hours
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Adult.........................  Screener                  10,000               1            5/60             833
                                 Questionnaire.
Adult Family Member...........  Family Core.....          45,000               1           23/60          17,250
Sample Adult..................  Adult Core......          36,000               1           15/60           9,000
Adult Family Member...........  Child Core                14,000               1           10/60           2,333
                                 (adult family
                                 member).
Medical Provider..............  Child/Teen                 8,000               1            5/60             667
                                 Record Check.
Adult Family Member...........  Supplements.....          45,000               1           12/60           9,000
Adult Family Member...........  Multi-mode study           5,000               1           30/60           2,500
Adult Family Member...........  Native Hawaiian/           4,000               1           60/60           4,000
                                 Pacific
                                 Islander Survey.
Adult.........................  Reinterview                5,000               1            5/60             417
                                 Survey.
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    Total Burden Hours........  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............          46,000
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LeRoy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-23302 Filed 9-24-13; 8:45 am]
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