Agency Information Collection Activities: Non-Substantive Change Review by the Office of Management and Budget
| Published date | 18 September 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 58377 |
| Record Number | 2020-20556 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 182 (Friday, September 18, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 182 (Friday, September 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58377-58378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20556]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Non-Substantive Change
Review by the Office of Management and Budget
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) has submitted the following request (see below) for a Non-
substantive Change review under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35). A copy of the information collection plans may be obtained
by calling the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-0361.
Title: 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
OMB Number: 0930-0110.
Frequency: Annual.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
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, direct program
activities, and better allocate resources.
While NSDUH must be updated periodically to reflect changing
substance use and mental health issues and to continue producing
current data a non-substantive change has been warranted in response to
the COVID-19 pandemic. For on the 2020 NSDUH the following minor
changes are planned: (1) Adding eleven COVID-19 questions; and (2) four
telemedicine utilization questions.
The COVID-19 questions seek to assess the pandemic effects on
substance use and mental health in the United States. Including these
questions on the NSDUH survey will allow SAMHSA to provide national-
level estimates on the impact of COVID-19 on substance use and mental
health. The four questions on telemedicine utilization will provide
national, systematic survey data on its use to treat substance use and
mental health in the United States. The updates will also allow the
NSDUH to transition to a more agile data collection methodology. As
certain parts of the United States reduce COVID-19 restrictions in-
person data collection will resume in October 2020 when possible.
However, in order to collect sufficient data to produce nationally
representative estimates, a modified sampling strategy including
alternate modes of administration will be applied including telephone
and online interviews in areas with COVID-19 restrictions.
As with all NSDUH/NHSDA (Prior to 2002, the NSDUH was referred to
as the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse) surveys conducted since
1999, the sample size of the survey for 2020 will be only be sufficient
to permit prevalence estimates for each of the fifty states and the
District of Columbia through multimodal data collection. Due to an
estimated smaller sample size there is no increase to the annualized
burden hours for the NSDUH. Adding the 11 COVID-19 pandemic and 4
telemedicine items is expected to add approximately 10 minutes extra
burden per respondent shown below in Table 1.
Table 1--Estimated Respondent Burden Hours With New Questions
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Response respondents responses per response (in hours
respondent hours)
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COVID-19 Items.................................. 42,000 1 0.133 5,586
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Telemedicine Items.............................. 42,000 1 0.033 1,400
Interview (including new questions)............. 42,000 1 1.167 49,014
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Non-substantive Change approval is being requested because SAMHSA
has determined proposed questions and modifications are necessary to
address the effects of COVID-19 on substance use and mental health in
American communities. Because of these additional questions, this
Federal Register notice is a revision from the one that was published
on August 13, 2019.
Send comments to Carlos Graham, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
5600 Fisher Lane, Room 15E57A, Rockville, MD 20852 OR email him a copy
at [email protected]. Written comments should be received by
November 17, 2020.
Carlos Graham,
Social Science Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2020-20556 Filed 9-17-20; 8:45 am]
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