[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 147 (Monday, August 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 45123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18861]
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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.
Proposed 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 Responses per Hours per
respondents \1\ respondent Total responses response Total hour burden
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Disclosure:
42 CFR 2.22.......................................... 10,064 185 \2\ 1,865,503 .20 373,101
Recordkeeping:
42 CFR 2.51.......................................... 10,064 2 20,128 .167 3,361
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Total............................................ 10,064 ................. 1,885,631 ................. 376,462
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\1\ The number of publicly funded alcohol and drug facilities from SAMHSA's 2007 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS).
\2\ The average number of annual treatment admissions from SAMHSA's 2005-2007 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).
Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent by September 1, 2010 to: SAMHSA
Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503; due to potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing of mail
sent through the U.S. Postal Service, respondents are encouraged to
submit comments by fax to: 202-395-5806.
Dated: July 20, 2010.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. 2010-18861 Filed 7-30-10; 8:45 am]
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