[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24810-24811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11536]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for Office 
of Management and Budget (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: 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health

(OMB No. 0930-0110)--Revision

    The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is a survey of 
the U.S. civilian, non-institutionalized population aged 12 years old 
or 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 by SAMHSA, the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), federal government agencies, and 
other organizations and researchers to establish policy, to direct 
program activities, and to better allocate resources.
    While NSDUH must be updated periodically to reflect changing 
substance use and mental health issues and to continue producing 
current data, only the following minor changes are planned for the 2019 
NSDUH: (1) Adding a brief series of questions on medication-assisted 
treatment (MAT) for opioids and alcohol; and, (2) including other minor 
wording changes to improve the flow of the interview, to increase 
respondent comprehension, or to be consistent with text in other 
questions.
    The series of MAT questions seeks to identify medications 
prescribed by health professionals to help reduce or stop the use of 
opioids and alcohol. Including these questions in NSDUH will allow 
SAMHSA to provide the first known national-level estimates on the use 
of MAT for opioid use disorder and alcohol use disorder.
    As with all NSDUH surveys conducted since 1999, including those 
prior to 2002 when the NSDUH was referred to as the National Household 
Survey on Drug Abuse, the sample size of the survey for 2019 will be 
sufficient to permit prevalence estimates for each of the 50 states and 
the District of Columbia. The total annual burden estimate is shown 
below in Table 1:

                               Table 1--Annualized Estimated Burden for 2019 NSDUH
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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.............         137,231               1         137,231           0.083          11,390
Interview.......................          67,507               1          67,507           1.000          67,507
Screening Verification..........           4,116               1           4,116           0.067             276
Interview Verification..........          10,126               1          10,126           0.067             678
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    Total.......................         137,231  ..............         218,980  ..............          79,851
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by June 29, 2018 to the SAMHSA 
Desk Officer at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 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: OMB, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, New Executive Office 
Building, Room 10102, Washington, DC 20503.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2018-11536 Filed 5-29-18; 8:45 am]
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