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OMB Control No: 0920-0214	ICR Reference No: 201912-0920-009
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201807-0920-009
Agency/Subagency: HHS/CDC	Agency Tracking No: 0920-0214
Title: National Health Interview Survey
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 12/17/2019
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 12/11/2019
Terms of Clearance: Approved consistent with NCHS's commitment to develop guidelines for sponsored content, including the impact on the total length of the NHIS and the criteria to be used to determine if the sponsored content is appropriate for the NHIS. Non-substantive change mechanism may be used to modify existing questions and add depth/additional detail to existing questions. Requests to add questions, including cycling modules in or out, must be consistent with the principles of the recent redesign.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2020	12/31/2020	12/31/2020
Responses	88,450	0	154,375
Time Burden (Hours)	34,371	0	47,960
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The NHIS, conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) since 1957, collects, on an annual basis, nationally representative data on the amount, distribution, and effects of illness and disability in the population and on the utilization of health care services for such conditions. NHIS data are used widely throughout the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to monitor trends in illness and disability and to track progress toward achieving many of the health objectives for the nation. The data are also used by the public health research community for epidemiologic and policy analysis of such issues as characterizing those with various health problems, measuring levels of health insurance coverage, determining barriers to accessing and using healthcare and evaluating the impact of changes in federal health programs. The current design of the NHIS questionnaire was implemented in 1997, and consists of a standard basic or Core Module, covering general health topics and demographic characteristics that are repeated annually. In addition to the Core Module, each year supplementary questions or modules are included. Topics are rotated in and out of the annual NHIS depending on funding availability and data requirements of federal programs such as Healthy People 2020. This request seeks changes to add and delete questions from both the rotating core and sponsored content. Meanwhile, the previous nonsubstantive change allowed for both the ongoing main survey and a bridge sample that was introduced to test the redesigned questions. Now that the redesigned questions have been tested, there is no need to maintain both sets of questionnaires. Consequently, the previous four main core instruments and the related reinterview survey will be discontinued for 2020 and the previously split sample will be consolidated into the redesigned instruments. Overall, the changes proposed herein decrease the overall previously approved burden hours from 47,960 to 33,921.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 107 - 347 511 Name of Law: Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
US Code: 42 USC 242 Name of Law: Public Health Service Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	82 FR 39586	08/21/2017
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	82 FR 56604	11/29/2017
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	88,450	154,375	-65,925
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	34,371	47,960	-13,589
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The changes proposed herein decrease the overall previously approved burden hours from 47,960 to 34,371.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $42,000,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Yes

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Odion Clunis 770 488-0045 lta2@cdc.gov

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