[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 56 (Tuesday, March 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15624-15625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06607]


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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: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA) Data 
Portal Applications--In Use Without Approval

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA), 
Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ) funded the 
SAMHDA contract to promote the access and use of the nation's substance 
abuse and mental health data on December 3rd, 1997. This includes 
public-use data files, file documentation, and access to restricted-use 
data files to support a better understanding of this critical area of 
public health. As a part of the SAMHDA initiative, the Data Portal was 
created and launched in January of 2013. The Data Portal provides 
researchers that need access to restricted-use data remote access to 
confidential data via a virtual desktop from a secure, approved 
location. Completions of an application process and project approval 
are required for Data Portal access. The information being collected in 
this needs assessment will provide CBHSQ the information required to 
determine whether a researcher is qualified to obtain access to the 
Data Portal, and restricted-use data collected under the Confidential 
Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA).
    Description of Forms: Applications will include 18 questions and 
require the submission of CV's. The application asks for information 
including the name of the organization that the researcher belongs to, 
name, title and contact information of the researcher and all 
subsequent researchers on the team, summaries of each applicants 
experience with restricted data and their CV's, descriptions of the 
proposed

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research projects and methodology, what data is being requested and 
why, and any potential restricted variables that may be requested.
    Description of Respondents: The respondent universe for this data 
collection effort is researchers with a need for access to CBHSQ 
restricted-use data. These data include the National Survey on Drug Use 
and Health (NSDUH), the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), and NSDUH/
DAWN supplement data. Respondents are researchers that have a need and 
want to provide this information. There are open calls for applications 
that occur 2 times a year, and applications are accepted during a month 
long period. Anyone may apply.

                                                             Table 1--Annual Burden Estimate
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                                                                                           Annual
                             Form name                                  Number of      responses per     Total annual      Hours per       Total annual
                                                                       respondents       respondent       responses         response       hour burden
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Data Portal Application Needs Assessment...........................             100                1              100                5              500
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by April 23, 2015 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. 2015-06607 Filed 3-23-15; 8:45 am]
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