[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 85 (Thursday, May 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24592-24593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8452]


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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.
    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: 2008 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.
    For the 2008 NSDUH, additional questions are being planned 
regarding suicide ideation and impairment from mental health issues. An 
embedded split-sample study is being planned to determine which one of 
two mental health disability scales to include in future NSDUH survey 
years. The two disability scales will be evaluated by using the SCID-I/
NP as a follow-up interview with a subsample of respondents.
    Other questionnaire changes include deletion of questions about 
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, adoption of a reduced set of income 
questions which were tested in 2006 and 2007, and routing of Adderall, 
Ambien, Ketamine, DMT, AMT, ``Foxy'' and salvia divinorum users into 
the questions on drug dependence and abuse. For half of the adult 
population, the respondent burden will remain at 60 minutes per 
interview. However, due to the length of one of the disability scales, 
the other half of the adult population may have respondent burden of up 
to 61 minutes.
    As with all NSDUH/NHSDA surveys conducted since 1999, the sample 
size of the survey for 2008 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
Clinical Follow-up..............................           1,500               1           1.0             1,500
Screening Verification..........................           5,494               1            .067             368
Interview Verification..........................          10,125               1            .067             678
    TOTAL.......................................         182,250  ..............  ..............         853,173
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 7-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 and e-mail her 
a copy at [email protected]. Written comments should be 
received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: April 27, 2007.
Elaine Parry,
Acting Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E7-8452 Filed 5-2-07; 8:45 am]
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