[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52522-52523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21387]


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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 (SAMHSA) 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 (240) 276-1243.
    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.

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Proposed Project: Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient 
Records--(OMB No. 0930-0092)--Extension

    Statute (42 U.S.C. 290dd-2) and regulations (42 CFR part 2) require 
federally conducted, regulated, or directly or indirectly assisted 
alcohol and drug abuse programs to keep alcohol and drug abuse patient 
records confidential. Information requirements are (1) written 
disclosure to patients about Federal laws and regulations that protect 
the confidentiality of each patient, and (2) documenting ``medical 
personnel'' status of recipients of a disclosure to meet a medical 
emergency. Annual burden estimates for these requirements are 
summarized in the table below. A notice of proposed rulemaking was 
published in the Federal Register on August 26, 2019. https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-08-26/2019-17817.
    The final rule will likely not be published prior to the expiration 
of this current PRA package which is why this extension of the current 
rule is necessary.

                                           Annualized Burden Estimates
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                                  Annual  number
                                  of respondents   Responses per       Total         Hours per      Total hour
                                        \1\         respondent       responses       response         burden
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Disclosure:
    42 CFR 2.22.................          11,779             163   \2\ 1,920,844             .20         384,169
Recordkeeping:
    42 CFR 2.51.................          11,779               2          23,558            .167           3,934
rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
        Total...................          11,779  ..............       1,944,402  ..............         388,103
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\1\ The number of publicly funded alcohol and drug facilities from SAMHSA's 2017 National Survey of Substance
  Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS).
\2\ The average number of annual treatment admissions from SAMHSA's 2015-2017 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).

    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57-B, Rockville, Maryland 20857, OR email a 
copy to [email protected]. Written comments should be received 
by December 2, 2019.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2019-21387 Filed 10-1-19; 8:45 am]
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