[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 85 (Thursday, May 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20900-20901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08993]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed 
collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration (SAMHSA) will publish periodic summaries of 
proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects 
or to obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the 
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collections of 
information are 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 through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: National Mental Health Study Field Test--NEW

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA) plans to conduct a methodological field test for a potential 
national mental health study, provisionally named the National Mental 
Health Study (NMHS). The NMHS will use mental disorder assessments 
similar to studies last conducted over a decade ago in the National 
Comorbidity Survey-Replication among adults in 2001-2003 and the 
National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent supplement among adolescents in 
2001-2002. SAMHSA is collaborating with the National Institute of 
Mental Health (NIMH) to implement this field test.
    The purpose of the NMHS Field Test is to test the procedures for a 
potential NMHS. The field test consists of three general components. 
The first component is sample selection using a household screener. The 
household screener will be used to determine eligibility of individuals 
and to make selections of individuals to recruit for participation in 
the second component. The second component consists of an in-person 
survey of the selected adult and adolescent respondents. The NMHS 
procedures vary somewhat between adults (aged 18 or older) and 
adolescents (aged 13 to 17). For all respondents, the in-person 
assessment (using either the adult or adolescent instrument) will be 
conducted primarily using audio computer-assisted self-interviewing 
(ACASI), with an emphasis on respondents completing the interview in a 
single session. In addition to the adolescent in-person assessment, 
parents/legal guardians of adolescent respondents will receive an 
additional web or phone interviews (the parent instrument). The final 
component consists of a telephone clinical reappraisal of a selected 
subgroup of adult and adolescent respondents, with an additional 
parent/guardian reporting for adolescents.
    The NMHS field test will include 1,200 English speaking 
respondents--900 adults and 300 adolescents in the United States 
excluding Alaska and Hawaii. Approximately 210 parents/legal guardians 
of adolescent respondents will complete an additional parent interview. 
A subsample of approximately 150 adult and adolescent respondents and 
50 parent respondents will complete a telephone-based clinical 
reappraisal follow-up interview. In addition, a subsample of completed 
screening and interview cases will be re-contacted for a brief 
telephone interview to verify that interviewers followed proper 
protocols when collecting data. The sample size supports testing of 
field procedures, sampling algorithms, and data processing steps. The 
total annual burden estimate is shown in the table below.

                   Annualized Estimated Burden for the National Mental Health Study Field Test
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                                    Number of     Responses per    Total  number     Hours per     Total  burden
           Instrument              respondents      respondent     of  responses     response          hours
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Household Screening............           2,331                1           2,331           0.083             193
Interview (including interviews           1,200                1           1,200           1.083           1,300
 with Adults and Adolescents)..
Parent Interview...............             210                1             210           0.500             105
Clinical Interview.............             150                1             150           1.000             150
Clinical Parent Interview......              50                1              50           0.500              25
Screening Verification.........             142                1             142           0.067              10
Interview Verification.........             180                1             180           0.067              12
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    Total......................           4,263  ...............           4,263  ..............           1,795
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57-B, Rockville, Maryland 20857, OR email a 
copy to [email protected]. Written comments should be received 
by July 3, 2017.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2017-08993 Filed 5-3-17; 8:45 am]
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