[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 92 (Thursday, May 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 30424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11795]


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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 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 (301) 443-7978.
    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 the latest forms of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: 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 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 2001 NHSDA, additional questions in the following 
substantive areas are planned: serious mental illness for adults; 
selected mental disorders for youth (12 to 17 years old); one question 
regarding state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage for 
respondents (12 to 19 years old); revised questions on cigarette 
dependence; questions on marketplace issues and knowledge of state laws 
regarding marijuana use; questions on smoking ``bidis'' and ``kreteks'' 
(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 
94,945 hours as shown below:

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                                                                                          Average
                                                              Number of    Responses    burden per      Total
                                                             respondents      per        response    burden  (in
                                                                           respondent   (in hours)      hours)
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Household screener.........................................      241,500            1         0.083  20,045 hrs.
NHSDA......................................................       70,000            1         1.07        74,900
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    Total..................................................  ...........  ...........  ............       94,945
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    Please send comments to Nancy Pearce, SAMHSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 16-105, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of 
this notice.

    Dated: May 5, 2000.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 00-11795 Filed 5-10-00; 8:45 am]
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