[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 62 (Friday, March 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16324-16325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4705]


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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 (SAMHSA) 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 (240) 276-1243.

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    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: 2007 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, non-institutionalized 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.
    With the exception of the addition of several follow-up questions 
on methamphetamine use, no changes to the questionnaire are proposed 
for the 2007 NSDUH. The proposed additional questions (age at first use 
and frequency of use in the past 12 months) will be asked of 
respondents who denied use of methamphetamine in the ``core'' NSDUH 
because they didn't think of it as a prescription drug, but in a later 
series of questions admit to use (Respondents who report use of 
methamphetamine in the ``core'' already receive questions on age at 
first use and frequency of use). The additional burden associated with 
the new questions will be negligible because only a small subset of the 
sample will receive them.
    As with all NSDUH/NHSDA surveys conducted since 1999, the sample 
size of the survey for 2007 will be sufficient to permit prevalence 
estimates for each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. 
The total annual burden estimate is shown below:

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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                    Activity                         Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      respondent         hours
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Household Screening.............................         182,250               1            .083          15,127
Interview.......................................          67,500               1             1.0          67,500
Screening Verification..........................           5,559               1            .067             372
Interview Verification..........................          10,125               1            .067             678
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    Total.......................................         182,250  ..............  ..............          83,677
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 7-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857. Written 
comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: March 24, 2006.
Anna Marsh,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E6-4705 Filed 3-30-06; 8:45 am]
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