[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 74 (Thursday, April 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21234-21235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07977]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-20-0214; Docket No. CDC-2020-0037]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, 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. This notice invites comment on the National 
Health Interview Survey (NHIS). The annual National Health Interview 
Survey is a major source of general statistics on the health of the 
U.S. population.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 15, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2020-
0037 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted 
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
    Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the 
Federal eRulemaking portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 
address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection 
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 
Road NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
    1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) (OMB No. 0920-0214, Exp. 
12/31/2020)--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.), as 
amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(HHS),

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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 (NHIS) is a major source of 
general statistics on the health of the U.S. population and has been in 
the field continuously since 1957. This voluntary and confidential 
household-based survey collects demographic and health-related 
information from a nationally-representative sample of households and 
noninstitutionalized, civilian persons throughout the country. NHIS 
data have long been used by government, academic, and private 
researchers to evaluate both general health and specific issues, such 
as smoking, diabetes, health care coverage, and access to health care. 
The survey is also 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 HHS health 
objectives.
    The NHIS sample adult and sample child questionnaires include 
annual core content that is scheduled to be fielded in the survey every 
year, rotating content that is fielded periodically, emerging content 
to address new topics of growing interest, and sponsored content that 
is fielded when external funding is available. Rotating sample adult 
and sample child core content that was on the NHIS in 2020 and will 
rotate off the 2021 NHIS includes dental services, other provider 
services, and physical activity. Content on walking, sleep, fatigue, 
smoking history and cessation and alcohol use will also rotate off the 
sample adult core. Questions on neighborhood characteristics, sleep, 
screen time, and height and weight will rotate off the sample child 
core.
    The 2021 sample adult and sample child rotating core will include 
questions about health conditions that were previously fielded in the 
2018 NHIS. The 2021 rotating sample adult core will include questions 
on hearing and communication, psychological distress, chronic pain, 
preventive screening, and aspirin use. The questions on chronic pain, 
preventive screening and aspirin use were all previously fielded as 
part of the 2019 rotating core. Questions on psychological distress and 
hearing and communication were previously fielded as part of the 2018 
NHIS. The 2021 sample child rotating core will include items on 
stressful life events which were previously fielded in 2019. Sponsored 
content on asthma will be removed from both the sample adult and sample 
child questionnaires. Sponsored content on cancer control, 
immunizations, and diabetes will remain, but the content will change. 
Sponsored cancer control content on cigarette history, lung cancer 
screening, environment for walking and sun care and protection will not 
be on the 2021 NHIS. New sponsored cancer control content will focus on 
screenings for breast, cervical, prostate, and colon cancer using 
similar questions to what were used in the 2019 NHIS. Anticipated new 
sponsored content include questions on epilepsy (previously fielded in 
2010, 2013, 2015, and 2017) and occupational health.
    Like in past years, and in accordance with the 1995 initiative to 
increase the integration of surveys within the DHHS, respondents to the 
2021 NHIS will serve as the sampling frame for the Medical Expenditure 
Panel Survey conducted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and 
Quality. A subsample of NHIS respondents and/or members of commercial 
survey panels may be identified to participate in short, web-based 
methodological and cognitive testing activities to evaluate the 
questionnaire and/or inform the development of new rotating and 
sponsored content using web and/or mail survey tools. In addition, 
subsamples of NHIS respondents may be recontacted by web, phone, or 
mail to ask follow-up questions on topics that are already included in 
the NHIS. In the future, a subsample of NHIS respondents may also be 
re-contacted for a brief health exam. There is no cost to the 
respondents other than their time. Clearance is sought for three years, 
to collect data for 2021-2023.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total  burden
      Type of respondent            Form name       respondents    responses per   response  (in       hours
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Adult Household Member........  Household Roster          36,000               1            5/60           3,000
Sample Adult..................  Adult                     30,000               1           40/60          20,600
                                 Questionnaire.
Adult Family Member...........  Child                     10,000               1           20/60           3,334
                                 Questionnaire.
Adult Family Member...........  Methodological            15,000               1           20/60           5,000
                                 Projects.
Child Family Member...........  NHIS Follow-up             3,000               1           20/60           1,000
                                 survey.
Adult Family Member...........  Health Exam.....          10,000               1           45/60           7,500
Adult Family Member...........  Reinterview                5,500               1            5/60             458
                                 Survey.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............          40,892
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office Office of Scientific 
Integrity Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2020-07977 Filed 4-15-20; 8:45 am]
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