83 FR 13290 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 60 (March 28, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 28, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13290-13291]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06184]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed 
collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration (SAMHSA) will publish periodic summaries of 
proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects 
or to obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the 
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collections of 
information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions 
of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and, (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed 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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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 15E57B, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857 OR email a copy to 
[email protected].

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    Written comments should be received by May 29, 2018.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2018-06184 Filed 3-27-18; 8:45 am]
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