[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 138 (Friday, July 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42743-42744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18238]


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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 summary 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.
    2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health--(OMB No. 0930-0110, 
Revision)--The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), formerly 
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.
    As with all NSDUH/NHSDA surveys conducted since 1999, the sample 
size of the survey for 2004 will be sufficient to permit prevalence 
estimates for each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. 
For the 2004 survey, additional questions in the following substantive 
areas are planned: adult mental health treatment (three additional 
questions to obtain more detail on unmet mental health treatment need, 
and on alternative mental health treatment received); drug treatment 
(four questions on age at first treatment for alcohol and/or drug use); 
prior substance use (expanded 2003's prior marijuana and cigarette use 
module to collect information on age at last use for each core 
substance respondent reported last using over 30 days); depression 
(separate modules for adolescents and adults based on adaptations of 
existing modules used in the National Comorbidity Survey). The 
following questions are planned to be deleted from the 2004 survey: 
speciality cigarettes (questions about clove and bidi use); amount paid 
for cigarettes in the past 30 days; and youth access to cigarettes. 
Three to four years of data have been collected on these questions, 
which may be included again in future surveys as the need arises. The 
total annual burden estimate is shown below:

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                                                                               Average burden
                                              Number of       Responses per     per response      Total burden
                                             respondents       respondent           (hr.)             (hrs)
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Household Screening.....................           182,250                 1             0.083            15,127
Interview...............................            67,500                 1               1.0            67,500
Screening Verification..................             5,559                 1             0.067               372
Interview Verification..................            10,125                 1             0.067               678
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        Total...........................           182,250  ................  ................            83,677
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Allison Herron Eydt, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503; due to potential delays in OMB's receipt and 
processing of mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service, respondents 
are encouraged to submit comments by fax to: 202-395-6974.

    Dated: July 11, 2003.
Anna Marsh,
Acting Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 03-18238 Filed 7-17-03; 8:45 am]
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