[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 231 (Tuesday, December 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71432-71433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28233]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-15-0214]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of 
its continuing effort to reduce public burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the 
below proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information 
collection plan 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 submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval. 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; (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; and (e) 
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden 
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information 
to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. Written comments should be received within 30 
days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) (OMB No. 0920-0214, expires 
03/31/2016)--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 data 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 2015, 2016, and 2017.
    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 socio-demographic characteristics, health 
status, health care services, and health behaviors. For 2015, 
supplemental questions will be cycled in pertaining to cancer control, 
epilepsy, and inflammatory bowel disease and occupational health.
    Supplemental topics that continue or are enhanced from 2014 will be 
related to food security, heart disease and stroke, children's mental 
health, disability and functioning, sexual orientation, smokeless 
tobacco and e-cigarettes, immunizations, and computer use. Questions on 
the Affordable Care Act from 2014 have been reduced in number in 2015. 
In addition, a follow-back survey will be conducted on previous NHIS 
respondents. 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 multiple modes of contacting 
respondents.
    To improve the analytic utility of NHIS data, minority populations 
are oversampled annually. In 2015, sample augmentation procedures used 
in previous years will continue to increase the number of African 
American, Hispanic, and Asian American persons.
    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, academic, 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.''
    The total annualized burden hours have increased by 3,333 hours to 
48,833 hours. There is no cost to the respondents other than their 
time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
          Type of respondent                    Form name           respondents    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Adult Family Member...................  Screener Questionnaire..          10,000               1            5/60

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Adult Family Member...................  Family Core.............          45,000               1           23/60
Sample Adult..........................  Adult Core..............          36,000               1           15/60
Adult Family Member...................  Child Core..............          14,000               1           10/60
Adult Family Member...................  Supplements.............          45,000               1           20/60
Adult Family Member...................  Followback..............          12,000               1           20/60
Adult Family Member...................  Reinterview Survey......           5,000               1            5/60
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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, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-28233 Filed 12-1-14; 8:45 am]
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