[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR401.128]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                    CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE
                          & MEDICAID SERVICES,
                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 401_GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart B_Confidentiality and Disclosure
 
Sec.  401.128  Where requests for records may be made.

    (a) General. Any request for any record may be made to--
    (1) Any CMS component;
    (2) Director, Office of Public Affairs, CMS 313-H, Hubert H. 
Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, Washington, DC 20201; or
    (3) Director of Public Affairs in any Regional Office of the 
Department of Health and Human Services.

The locations and service areas of these offices are as follows:

Region I--John F. Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, MA 02203. 
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont.
Region II--26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10007. New York, New Jersey, 
Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands.
Region III--Gateway Building, 3535 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 
19101. Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, 
District of Columbia.

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Region IV--101 Marietta Street, Altanta, GA 30323. Alabama, Florida, 
Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, 
Tennessee.
Region V--300 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606. Illinois, Indiana, 
Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin.
Region VI--1200 Main Tower Building, Dallas, TX 75202. Arkansas, 
Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas.
Region VII--601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64106. Iowa, Kansas, 
Missouri, Nebraska.
Region VIII--Federal Office Building, 19th and Stout Streets, Denver, CO 
80294. Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming.
Region IX--Federal Office Building, 50 United Nations Plaza, San 
Francisco, CA 94102. Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Guam, Trust 
Territory of Pacific Islands, American Samoa.
Region X--Arcade Plaza Building, 1321 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. 
Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington.

    (b) Records pertaining to individuals. CMS maintains some records 
pertaining to individuals. Disclosure of such records is generally 
prohibited by section 1106 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1306), 
except as prescribed in Sec.  401.105 (See also Sec.  401.126(b)). 
Requests for records pertaining to individuals may be addressed to:

Director, Office of Research, Demonstrations and Statistics, CMS, 
Baltimore, Maryland 21235, when information is sought from the record of 
a person who has participated in a research survey conducted by or for 
CMS, Office of Research, Demonstrations and Statistics; or whose records 
have been included by statistical sampling techniques in research and 
statistical studies authorized by the Social Security Act in the field 
of health care financing.
    (c) Requests for materials listed in Sec.  401.130 or Sec.  401.132 
or indexed in the CMS Rulings. A request to inspect and copy materials 
listed in Sec.  401.130 or Sec.  401.132 or indexed in CMS Rulings may 
be made to any district or branch office of the Social Security 
Administration. If the specific material requested is not available in 
the office receiving the request, the material will be obtained and made 
available promptly.