[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 45995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18857]


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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.
    2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse--(0930-0110, 
Revision)--SAMHSA's National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) is 
a survey of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United 
States 12 years of age 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, the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy, Federal government agencies, 
and other organizations and researchers to establish policy, direct 
program activities, and better allocate resources.
    For the 2001 NHSDA, additional questions in the following 
substantive areas are planned: serious mental illness for adults; one 
question regarding state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) 
coverage for respondents (12 to 19 years old); revised questions on 
tobacco dependence; questions on marketplace issues and knowledge of 
state laws regarding marijuana use; questions on smoking ``bidis'' 
(flavored cigarettes); and two questions that use the ``item count'' 
methodology to estimate use of specific hard-core drugs. 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 listed above.
    As in 1999 and 2000, the sample size of the survey for 2001 will be 
sufficient to permit prevalence estimates for each of the fifty states 
and the District of Columbia. The total annual burden estimate is 
88,563 hours as shown below:

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                                                                                          Average
                                                                 No. of     Responses/    burden/       Total
                                                              respondents   respondent    response      burden
                                                                                           (hrs.)       hours
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Household Screener..........................................      210,000            1        0.083       17,430
NHSDA Interview.............................................       70,000            1        1.000       70,000
Screening Verification......................................        6,405            1        0.067          429
Interview Verification......................................       10,500            1        0.067          704
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      Total.................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........       88,563
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
SAMHSA Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: July 19, 2000.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 00-18857 Filed 7-25-00; 8:45 am]
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