Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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 automated collection techniques or other forms of information

technology.

Proposed Project: 2000 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse--

(0930-0110, Revision)

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.

For the 2000 NHSDA, additional questions in the following

substantive areas are planned: mental health; mental health service

utilization; industry and occupation; youth access to tobacco products

and the cost of the last cigarettes purchased for adults as well as

youth; and, substance abuse and treatment need. 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 and modules listed above.

As in 1999, the sample size of the survey for 2000 will be

sufficient to permit prevalence estimates for each of the fifty states

and the District of Columbia. The total annual burden estimate is

83,200 hours as shown below:

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Average

Number of Responses burden per Total burden

respondents per response (hours)

respondent (hour)

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Household Screener...................................... 263,991 1 0.05 13,200

NHSDA Questionnaire..................................... 70,000 1 1.0 70,000

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Total............................................... ............ ............ ............ 83,200

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Send comments to Nancy Pearce, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 16-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: April 20, 1999.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 99-10345 Filed 4-23-99; 8:45 am]

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