[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 79 (Monday, April 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20317-20318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10345]


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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 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 (301) 443-7978.

Comments Are Invited on

    (a) Whether the proposed collections of information 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: 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 
83,200 hours as shown below:

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                                                                                         Average
                                                            Number of     Responses    burden per   Total burden
                                                           respondents       per        response       (hours)
                                                                         respondent      (hour)
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Household Screener......................................       263,991             1          0.05        13,200
NHSDA Questionnaire.....................................        70,000             1           1.0        70,000
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    Total...............................................  ............  ............  ............        83,200
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    Send comments to Nancy Pearce, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 16-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. 
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: April 20, 1999.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 99-10345 Filed 4-23-99; 8:45 am]
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