[Federal Register: July 28, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 144)]
[Notices]               
[Page 40888-40889]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 (SAMHSA) will publish a list 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 (301) 443-7978.

2000 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse--(0930-0110, Revision)

    The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) is a survey of 
the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States 12 
years old and 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, ONDCP, Federal 
government agencies, and other organizations and researchers to 
establish policy, direct program activities, and better allocate 
resources.
    For the 2000 NHSDA, additional questions in the following 
substantive areas are planned: mental health; mental health service 
utilization; industry and occupation; youth access to tobacco products 
and the cost of the last cigarettes purchased for adults as well as 
youth; and, substance abuse and treatment need. The remaining modular 
components of the NHSDA questionnaire will remain essentially unchanged 
except for minor modifications to wording and selective elimination of 
sufficient questions to allow for the additional burden of the 
questions and modules listed above.
    As in 1999, the sample size of the survey for 2000 will be 
sufficient to permit prevalence estimates for each of the fifty states 
and the District of Columbia. The total annual burden estimate is 
81,626 hours as shown below:

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                                                                                  Average burden
                                                     Number of     Responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    Respondents     respondent        (hrs.)           hours
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Household Screener..............................         210,000               1           0.050          10,500
NHSDA Questionnaire and interview verification..          70,000               1           1.016          71,126
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  Total.........................................  ..............  ..............  ..............          81,626
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Daniel Chenok, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503.

    Dated: July 21, 1999.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 99-19236 Filed 7-27-99; 8:45 am]
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