[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 160 (Monday, August 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56823-56825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17923]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-23-0214; Docket No. CDC-2023-0070]


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 the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled National Health Interview Survey 
(NHIS). NHIS is a voluntary and confidential household-based survey 
that collects demographic and health-related information from a 
nationally representative sample of the U.S. population, and has been 
in the field continuously since 1957.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before October 20, 2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2023-
0070 by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.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 H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without

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change, all relevant comments to www.regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (www.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 H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 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 the 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;
    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; and
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) (OMB Control No. 0920-0214, 
Exp. 12/31/2023)--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), 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 on service utilization that was on the 
NHIS in 2023 will rotate off in 2024. Content on chronic pain and 
preventive services will also rotate off the sample adult core, and 
content on stressful life events will rotate off the sample child core. 
The 2024 sample adult rotating core will include items on health-
related behaviors including smoking history and cessation, alcohol use, 
fatigue, physical activity, walking, doctor's advice to exercise, and 
sleep--content previously fielded on the 2022 NHIS. It will also 
include content on allergies and other health conditions and 
psychological distress, content that was previously fielded in 2021. 
The 2024 sample child rotating core will include questions on health-
related behaviors including physical activity, neighborhood 
characteristics, sleep, screen time, and height and weight which were 
previously fielded in 2022. Sponsored content on vision and hearing 
will be removed from both the sample adult and sample child 
questionnaires. Sponsored content on arthritis will be removed from the 
sample adult questionnaire. Sponsored content on social support and 
stressful life events will be removed from the sample child 
questionnaire. Sponsored content on cancer control and immunizations 
will remain, but the specific questions will change. Sponsored cancer 
control content on breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer screening, 
family history of cancers, and genetic testing for cancer risk will be 
removed from the sample adult questionnaire. Sponsored cancer control 
content in the 2024 NHIS sample adult questionnaire will focus on 
cigarette smoking history, lung cancer screening, environment for 
walking, and sun safety, using similar questions that were used in the 
2020 NHIS. Sponsored content for the 2024 NHIS sample adult and sample 
child questionnaire will also include questions about taste and smell 
that are similar to content included in the 2021 NHIS. Sponsored 
content on social support and loneliness will also be added to the 2024 
NHIS sample adult questionnaire.
    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. The NHIS-Teen is a follow-back survey of adolescents that was 
fielded from 2021 to 2023 and may be fielded again between 2024 and 
2026 if funding is available. The NHIS also includes content that is 
used to benchmark estimates and calibrate survey weights from 
probability-based online commercial survey panels as part of the NCHS 
Rapid Surveys System.
    CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 39,608 annual burden 
hours to collect from 2024-2026. There is no cost to the respondents 
other than their time to participate.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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Adult Household Member........  Household Roster          36,000               1            4/60           2,400
Sample Adult..................  Adult                     33,000               1           50/60          27,500
                                 Questionnaire.
Adult Family Member...........  Child                     10,000               1           22/60           4,000
                                 Questionnaire.
Adult Family Member...........  Methodological            15,000               1           20/60           5,000
                                 Projects.
Sample Child..................  NHIS-Teen.......           1,000               1           15/60             250
Adult Family Member...........  Reinterview                5,500               1            5/60             458
                                 Survey.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............          39,608
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health 
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2023-17923 Filed 8-18-23; 8:45 am]
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