[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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