[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 91 (Monday, May 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 26963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10829]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-0945-New-30D]


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

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, has submitted an Information Collection 
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for a new collection. 
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.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before June 11, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or via 
facsimile to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance 
staff, [email protected] or (202) 690-6162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the Information Collection Request Title 
and document identifier HHS-OS-0945-New-30D for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: HIPAA Covered Entity and 
Business Associate Pre-Audit Survey
    Abstract: This information collection consists of a survey of up to 
1200 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 
(HIPAA) covered entities (health plans, health care clearinghouses, and 
certain health care providers) and business associates (entities that 
provider certain services to a HIPAA covered entity) to determine 
suitability for the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) HIPAA Audit Program. 
The survey will gather information about respondents to enable OCR to 
assess the size, complexity, and fitness of a respondent for an audit. 
Information collected includes, among other things, recent data about 
the number of patient visits or insured lives, use of electronic 
information, revenue, and business locations.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The Office for Civil 
Rights (OCR) is mandated to conduct periodic audits to assess the 
compliance of covered entities and business associates with the HIPAA 
Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules. This information 
collection will enable OCR to assess the suitability of respondent 
covered entities and business associates for audits.
    Likely Respondents: Respondents will include both HIPAA covered 
entities and business associates.
    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
           Form name                 Type of         Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                   respondent       respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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OCR Pre-Audit Survey..........  Covered Entity..             800               1           30/60             400
OCR Pre-Audit Survey..........  Business                     400               1           30/60             200
                                 Associate.
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    Total.....................  ................            1200               1           30/60             600
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Darius Taylor,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-10829 Filed 5-9-14; 8:45 am]
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