[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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