[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 74 (Monday, April 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20368-20369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8895]
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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.
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 Total hour
respondents \1\ respondent Total responses response burden
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Disclosure
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42 CFR 2.22................................................... 10,064 185 1,865,503 \2\ .20 373,101
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Recordkeeping
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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).
Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 7-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857. Written
comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
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Dated: April 12, 2010.
Elaine Parry,
Director, Office of Program Services.
[FR Doc. 2010-8895 Filed 4-16-10; 8:45 am]
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