[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47845-47846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15685]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; National Survey of Children's Health Longitudinal Cohort

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on November 21, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.
    Title: National Survey of Children's Health Longitudinal Cohort.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): NSCH-LCS (English screener questionnaire), NSCH-
LCS-S (Spanish screener questionnaire), NSCH-LC1 (English topical 
questionnaire for children 3- to 5-years-old), NSCH-LC2_3 (English 
topical questionnaire for children 6- to 17-years-old), NSCH-LC4 
(English topical questionnaire for young adults 18- to 24-years-old), 
NSCH-LC1-S (Spanish topical questionnaire for children 3- to 5-years-
old), NSCH-LC2_3-S (Spanish topical questionnaire for children 6- to 
17-years-old), NSCH-LC4-S (Spanish topical questionnaire for young 
adults 18- to 24-years-old).
    Type of Request: Regular submission, New Information Collection 
Request.
    Number of Respondents: 5,130 for the screener only and 39,870 for 
the combined screener and topical, for a total of 45,000 respondents.
    Average Hours per Response: 5 minutes per screener response and 35 
minutes per topical response, which in total is approximately 40 
minutes for households with eligible children and young adults.
    Burden Hours: 30,328.
    Needs and Uses: There is a great need for data to assess the 
effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. children, young adults, and 
their families. The proposed content collected on the National Survey 
of Children's Health--Longitudinal Cohort (NSCH-LC) will aid in 
illuminating key risk and protective factors for this cohort and help 
to identify gaps in health care and education during this period. As a 
result of this data collection, the U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services' Health Resources Services Administration's Maternal and Child 
Health Bureau (HRSA MCHB), other government agencies, and other data 
users will be able to produce unique data on the physical and emotional 
health of 3- to 24-year-olds in the

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United States with a focus on the COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically, 
the NSCH-LC will collect information related to the health and well-
being of children, young adults, and their families, including access 
to and use of health care, family interactions, parental health, 
school, and after-school experiences.
    Data will be collected using one of two modes. The first mode is an 
English web instrument (Centurion) survey. The web instrument first 
verifies that the survey has arrived at the correct address. The rest 
of the instrument will collect a roster of children and young adults 
then ask age-based questions about a specific focal child or young 
adult. The second mode is a mailout/mailback of a self-administered 
paper-and-pencil interviewing (PAPI) English or Spanish age-based 
screener and topical questionnaires.
    The NSCH-LC sample will consist of 60,000 households that responded 
previously to the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) annual 
survey. Based on incentive use evaluation from many prior cycles of the 
NSCH annual survey, including a pre-paid unconditional cash incentive 
has proven to be a cost-effective intervention for increasing survey 
response and reducing nonresponse bias. Therefore, HRSA MCHB would like 
to ensure each sampled household is eligible for a $5 cash incentive.
    Affected Public: Parents, researchers, policymakers, and family 
advocates.
    Frequency: This is the first administration of the NSCH-LC.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Census Authority: Title 13, United States Code 
(U.S.C.), section 8(b) (13 U.S.C. 8(b)).
    HRSA MCHB Authority: Section 501(a)(2) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 701).
    United States Department of Agriculture Authority: Agriculture 
Improvement Act of 2018, Public Law 115-334.
    United States Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, National Center on Birth Defects and 
Developmental Disabilities Authority: Public Health Service Act, 
section 301, 42 U.S.C. 241.
    United States Department of Health and Human Services' National 
Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human 
Development Authority: Public Health Service Act, section 301, 42 
U.S.C. 242(b).
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering the title of the collection.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-15685 Filed 7-24-23; 8:45 am]
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