[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 188 (Thursday, September 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59400-59401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23774]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier HHS-OS 17371-30D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, will submit an Information Collection 
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for extension of the approved 
information collection assigned OMB control number 0990-0294, scheduled 
to expire on September 30, 2012. Comments submitted during the first 
public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept 
further comments from the public on this ICR during the review and 
approval period.
    Deadline: Comments on the ICR must be received within 30 days of 
the issuance of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the OMB control number 0990-
0294 and document identifier HHS-OS-17371-30D, to [email protected] or via facsimile to (202) 395-5806. Copies of 
the supporting statement and any related forms may be requested via 
email to [email protected] or by calling (202) 
690-6162.
    Information Collection Request Title: Standards for Privacy of 
Individually Identifiable Health Information and Supporting Regulations 
at 45 CFR Parts 160 and 164.
    Abstract: The Privacy Rule implements the privacy requirements of 
the Administrative Simplification subtitle of the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. The regulations require 
covered entities (as defined in the regulations) 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.

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Respondents are health care providers, health plans, and health care 
clearinghouses. The affected public includes individuals, public and 
private businesses, state and local governments.

Estimated Annualized Burden Table

    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this ICR are summarized in the table below.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
         Section            Type of respondent       Number of     responses per  (in hours) per   Total burden
                                                    respondents     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           764,799               1               1         764,799
                           for Which Individual
                           authorization is
                           required.
164.512.................  Uses and Disclosures           113,524               1            5/60           9,460
                           for which Consent,
                           Individual
                           Authorization, or
                           Opportunity to Agree
                           or Object is Not
                           Required (or 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--
                           acknowledgment).
164.522.................  Rights to Request              150,000               1            3/60           7,500
                           Privacy Protection
                           for Protected Health
                           Information.
164.524.................  Access of individuals          150,000               1            3/60           7,500
                           to 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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Keith A. Tucker,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Department of Health and 
Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2012-23774 Filed 9-26-12; 8:45 am]
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