[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 125 (Friday, June 27, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36539-36540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14578]


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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 (240) 276-1243.

Project: 2009 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.
    In the 2009 NSDUH, one scale measuring impairment from mental 
health issues will be adopted. The decision to adopt either the Sheehan 
or the WHO-DAS is currently being evaluated in the 2008 NSDUH by using 
the SCID-I/NP as a follow-up interview with a subsample of respondents. 
Based upon a substantive review of questions in the Youth Mental Health 
Services Utilization module, some additions and deletions will be made 
to this section to more specifically depict the types of providers and 
service delivery sites for youth mental health services. The remaining 
modular components of the questionnaire will remain essentially 
unchanged except for minor modifications to wording.
    As with all NSDUH/NHSDA surveys conducted since 1999, the sample 
size of the survey for 2009 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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                                                                                  Average burden
                                                      No. of       Responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                     responses      respondent         (hr.)           (hrs)
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Household Screening.............................         190,800               1            .083          15,836

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Interview.......................................          67,500               1           1.0            67,500
Clinical Follow-up Certification................              30               1           1.0                30
Clinical Follow-up Interview....................             500               1           1.0               500
Screening Verification..........................           5,400               1           0.067             362
Interview Verification..........................          10,125               1           0.067             678
                                                         190,800  ..............  ..............          84,906
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent by July 28, 2008 to: SAMHSA Desk 
Officer, 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: June 20, 2008.
Elaine Parry,
Acting Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. E8-14578 Filed 6-26-08; 8:45 am]
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