[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 158 (Thursday, August 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66423-66424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18250]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for 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) 276-0361.

Proposed Project: National Survey on Drug Use and Health (OMB No. 0930-
0110)

    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 provide estimates of substance use and 
mental illness at the national, state, and substate levels. NSDUH data 
also help to identify the extent of substance use and mental illness 
among different subgroups, estimate trends over time, and determine the 
need for treatment services. 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, direct 
program activities, and better allocate resources.
    For the 2025 NSDUH, SAMHSA is proposing to change the name of the 
study to the National Household Survey on Behavioral Health (NHSBH) to 
emphasize the inclusion of the long-standing mental health-related 
survey elements and to clarify for key stakeholders the full content of 
the survey's questions and data. The proposed name change will 
facilitate participant, researcher, and public understanding that the 
NSDUH is focused on both drug use but also mental health. The current 
name of the survey does not specifically capture questionnaire items 
across substance use and mental health, both separately and as co-
occurring conditions. In addition, the name change will better align 
the survey with SAMHSA's mission.
    The survey's name is currently well recognized by those in the 
community, states, and academia, and this recognition comes from the 
quality of the established information provided. The continuing 
excellence of the information provided is anticipated to re-establish 
the recognition of the survey with the new name. It is anticipated that 
changing the name of the survey will highlight, in addition to 
substance, mental health components.
    SAMHSA is committed to addressing any concerns with a name change 
that may lead to confusion and/or misperception among some stakeholders 
and the general public, which could affect participation in the survey, 
misinterpretation of changes with the survey's content or purpose, or 
difficulty locating the pertinent information about the study's 
results. Nonetheless, these potential stakeholder responses and 
challenges will be addressed by emphasizing the significance of a name 
that reflects the complete content of the survey. A new name may also 
facilitate discussions on substance use and co-occurring mental health 
disorders.
    Efforts will be made to promote, market, and educate about the 
well-established quality and applicability of the survey results. These 
efforts may spark enhanced interest in the survey and the uptake of the 
results in publications and reports.
    As with all NSDUH/NHSDA \1\ surveys conducted since 1999, the 
sample size of the NSDUH main study for 2025 will be sufficient to 
permit prevalence estimates for each of the fifty states and the 
District of Columbia. The total annual burden estimate for the NSDUH 
main study is shown below in Table 1.
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    \1\ Prior to 2002, the NSDUH was referred to as the National 
Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA).

                               Table 1--Annualized Estimated Burden for 2025 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.............         285,894               1         285,894           0.083          23,729
Interview.......................          67,507               1          67,507           1.008          68,047
Screening Verification..........           6,004               1           6,004           0.067             402
Interview Verification..........           7,088               1           7,088           0.067             475
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    Total.......................         366,493  ..............         366,493  ..............          92,653
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Mental Illness Calibration Study

    In addition, the Mental Illness Calibration Study (MICS) will 
continue to be embedded within the NSDUH main study for the remainder 
of 2024 to recalibrate the estimates of serious mental illness (SMI) 
for the NSDUH using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental 
Disorders (DSM), fifth edition (DSM-5) criteria published by the 
American Psychiatric Association (APA). The 2023 and 2024 MICS will be 
sampled from the main study NSDUH using completed mental health items 
as screeners.
    During MICS data collection from January 2023 through December 
2024, approximately 17,180 NSDUH adult main study interview respondents 
(aged 18+) will be selected for a follow-up clinical interview at the 
end of the main study interview in order to produce a final sample size 
of at least 4,000 adult MICS follow-up clinical interviews (2,000 
interviews per year). These follow-up clinical interviews will be 
conducted virtually via Zoom (video and/or phone) within four weeks 
following the NSDUH main study interview using the NetSCID, a 
computerized version of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 
(SCID) that calculates skip logic in real-time based on responses.
    Many of the procedures and protocols in the MICS are based upon 
those previously employed as part of the 2008-2012 NSDUH Mental Health 
Surveillance Study (approved as an add-on to NSDUH under OMB No. 0930-
0110). The total annual burden for the 2023 and 2024 MICS was approved

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under previous NSDUH ICRs (OMB No. 0930-0110).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to 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.

Alicia Broadus,
Public Health Advisor.
[FR Doc. 2024-18250 Filed 8-14-24; 8:45 am]
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