[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 199 (Friday, October 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63486-63488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26077]
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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
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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: 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (OMB No.
0930-0110)--Revision
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), formerly the
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) is a survey of the
civilian, non-institutionalized population of the United States 12
years old and older. The survey is used to determine the prevalence of
use of tobacco products, alcohol, illicit substances, and illicit use
of prescription drugs. The survey is also used to collect information
on mental health problems and the utilization of substance abuse and
mental health services. The results are used by SAMHSA, ONDCP, Federal
government agencies, and other organizations and researchers to
establish policy, direct program activities, and better allocate
resources.
The 2011 NSDUH will continue conducting a follow-up clinical
interview with a subsample of approximately 1,500 respondents. The
design of this study is based on the recommendations from a panel of
expert consultants convened by the Center for Mental Health Services
(CMHS), SAMHSA, to discuss mental health surveillance data collection
strategies. The goal is to create a statistically sound measure that
may be used to estimate the prevalence of Serious Mental Illness (SMI)
among adults (age 18+).
For the 2011 NSDUH, no questionnaire changes are proposed.
As with all NSDUH/NHSDA surveys conducted since 1999, the sample
size of the survey for 2011 will be sufficient to permit prevalence
estimates for each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia.
Because the NSDUH collects data on substance use, mental health and
the utilization of substance abuse and mental health services, it is an
appropriate and convenient vehicle to measure the impact of the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill on residents of that region. Therefore,
SAMHSA is planning to expand the NSDUH by oversampling the geographic
region impacted by the oil spill. The current NSDUH sample design will
be implemented and an oversampling method that results in an additional
2,000 completed interviews in the gulf coast region will be employed.
The additional interviews will be concentrated in the coastal counties
of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. All survey instruments
and protocols will be identical for this additional sample. The total
number of respondents for the 2011 NSDUH will be 69,500, or 2,000 cases
more than the planned sample size for 2010.
Though there will be some increase in the sample for all four
states involved in the Deepwater Horizon event (Alabama, Florida,
Louisiana, and Mississippi), specific counties in the gulf coast region
were chosen for focused oversampling. These counties were chosen based
on the following criteria:
Claims activity to BP for economic and related health
needs;
County involvement with Department of Education and
Administration for Children and Families programming; and
State assessment of impacted counties based on
consultation with SAMHSA during the preparation of aid applications.
Counties Designated as the Most Affected Areas
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State name County/parish name
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Alabama................................ Baldwin
Alabama................................ Clarke
Alabama................................ Escambia
Alabama................................ Mobile
Alabama................................ Monroe
Alabama................................ Washington
Florida................................ Bay
Florida................................ Escambia
Florida................................ Franklin
Florida................................ Gulf
Florida................................ Okaloosa
Florida................................ Santa Rosa
Florida................................ Wakulla
Florida................................ Walton
Louisiana.............................. Iberia
Louisiana.............................. Jefferson
Louisiana.............................. Lafayette
Louisiana.............................. Lafourche
Louisiana.............................. Orleans
Louisiana.............................. Plaquemines
Louisiana.............................. St. Bernard
Louisiana.............................. St. Martin
Louisiana.............................. St. Mary
Louisiana.............................. St. Tammany
Louisiana.............................. Terrebonne
Louisiana.............................. Vermilion
Mississippi............................ George
Mississippi............................ Hancock
Mississippi............................ Harrison
Mississippi............................ Jackson
Mississippi............................ Pearl River
Mississippi............................ Stone
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The total annual burden estimate is shown below:
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Number of Responses per Hours per Total burden Hourly wage Annualized
Instrument respondents respondent response hours rate hourly costs
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Household Screening..................................... 196,720 1 0.083 16,328 $14.64 $239,042
Interview............................................... 69,500 1 1.000 69,500 14.64 1,017,480
Clinical Follow-up Certification........................ 90 1 1.000 90 14.64 1,318
Clinical Follow-up Interview............................ 1,500 1 1.000 1,500 14.64 21,960
Screening Verification.................................. 5,560 1 0.067 373 14.64 5,461
Interview Verification.................................. 10,425 1 0.067 698 14.64 10,219
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Total............................................... 196,810 .............. .............. 88,489 .............. 1,295,480
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 8-1099, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 AND e-mail a
copy to [email protected]. Written comments should be received
within 30 days of this notice.
Dated: October 8, 2010.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Management, Technology and Operations.
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