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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 219 (Monday, November 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69671-69672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28670]

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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

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(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) 276-1243.

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 SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health 
Services (CMHS), 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 50 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 over sampling. 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, Clarke, Escambia,
                                             Mobile, Monroe, and
                                             Washington.
Florida...................................  Bay, Escambia, Franklin,
                                             Gulf, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa,
                                             Wakulla, and Walton.
Louisiana.................................  Iberia, Jefferson,
                                             Lafayette, Lafourche,
                                             Orleans, Plaquemines, St.
                                             Bernard, St. Martin, St.
                                             Mary, St. Tammany,
                                             Terrebonne, and Vermilion.
Mississippi...............................  George, Hancock, Harrison,
                                             Jackson, Pearl River, and
                                             Stone.
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    The total annual burden estimate is shown below:

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                                                              No. 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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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by December 15, 2010 to: SAMHSA 
Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503; due to potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing of mail 
sent through the U.S. Postal Service, respondents are encouraged to 
submit comments by fax to: 202-395-7285.

    Dated: November 8, 2010.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Management, Technology and Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-28670 Filed 11-12-10; 8:45 am]
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