[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 3, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66213-66214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26003]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of information
collection requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). To request a copy of these
documents, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.
Project: Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records--
(OMB No. 0930-0092)--Revision
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:
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
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42 CFR 2.22..................... 11,779 163 \2\ 1,920,844 .20 384,169
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Recordkeeping
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42 CFR 2.51..................... 11,779 2 23,558 .167 3,934
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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).
Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by January 2, 2020 to the SAMHSA
Desk Officer at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). To ensure timely receipt of
comments, and to avoid potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing
of mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service, commenters are encouraged
to submit their comments to OMB via email to:
[email protected]. Although commenters are encouraged to send
their comments via email, commenters may also fax their comments to:
202-395-7285. Commenters may also mail them to: Office of Management
and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory
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Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, Washington, DC
20503.
Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2019-26003 Filed 12-2-19; 8:45 am]
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