[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37712-37713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18016]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-0294; 30-day notice]


Agency Information Collection Request. 30-Day Public Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of a proposed collection for public comment. Interested persons 
are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any 
other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the 
following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed 
information collection for the proper performance of the agency's 
functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection 
burden.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your 
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS 
document identifier, to [email protected], or call the 
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-5683. Send written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections within 30 days 
of this notice directly to the OS OMB Desk Officer; faxed to OMB at 
202-395-5806.
    Proposed Project: Standards for Privacy of Individually 
Identifiable Health Information and Supporting Regulations at 45 CFR 
Parts 160 and 164 (Extension)--OMB No. 0990-0294 Office of Civil Rights
    Abstract: The Privacy Rule implements the privacy requirements of 
the Administrative Simplification subtitle of the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. The final regulation 
requires covered entities (as defined in the regulation) to maintain 
strong protections for the privacy of individually identifiable health 
information; to use or disclose this information only as required or 
permitted by the Rule or with the express written authorization of the 
individual; to provide a notice of the entity's privacy practices; and 
to document compliance with the Rule. Respondents are health care 
providers with health plans, and health care clearinghouses. The 
affected public includes individuals, public and private businesses, 
state and local governments.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                               Number of   Average
                                                                  Number of    responses    burden      Total
               Section                    Type of respondent     respondents      per     hours per     burden
                                                                              respondent   response     hours
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160.204..............................  Process for Requesting             40           1         16          640
                                        Exception
                                        Determinations (states
                                        or persons).
164.504..............................  Uses and Disclosures--        764,799           1       5/60       63,733
                                        Organizational
                                        Requirements.
164.508..............................  Uses and Disclosures for      764,799           1          1      764,799
                                        Which Individual
                                        authorization is
                                        required.
164.512..............................  Uses and Disclosures for      113,524           1       5/60        9,460
                                        which Consent,
                                        Individual
                                        Authorization, or
                                        Opportunity to Agree or
                                        Object is Not Required
                                        (for other specified
                                        purposes by an IRB or
                                        privacy board).
164.520..............................  Notice of Privacy              10,570           1       3/60          529
                                        Practices for Protected
                                        Health Information
                                        (health plans).
164.520..............................  Notice of Privacy         613,000,000           1       3/60   30,650,000
                                        Practices for Protected
                                        Health Information
                                        (health care providers--
                                        dissemination).
164.520..............................  Notice of Privacy         613,000,000           1       3/60   30,650,000
                                        Practices for Protected
                                        Health Information
                                        (health care providers--
                                        acknowledgement).
164.522..............................  Rights to Request             150,000           1       3/60        7,500
                                        Privacy Protection for
                                        Protected Health
                                        Information.
164.524..............................  Access of Individuals to      150,000           1       3/60        7,500
                                        Protected Health
                                        Information
                                        (disclosures).
164.526..............................  Amendment of Protected        150,000           1       3/60        7,500
                                        Health Information
                                        (requests).
164.526..............................  Amendment of Protected         50,000           1       3/60        2,500
                                        Health Information
                                        (denials).
164.528..............................  Accounting for              1,080,000           1       5/60       90,000
                                        Disclosures of
                                        Protected Health
                                        Information.
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    Total............................  ........................  ...........  ..........  .........   62,254,161
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Seleda Perryman,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-18016 Filed 7-28-09; 8:45 am]
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