Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Proposed Information Collection: Indian Health Service Forms, 30095-30096 [E9-14841]

Download as PDF 30095 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 120 / Wednesday, June 24, 2009 / Notices Respondent agrees that she will not participate in any PHS-supported research until such a supervisory plan is submitted to ORI. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, Division of Investigative Oversight, Office of Research Integrity, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 750, Rockville, MD 20852, (240) 453–8800. John Dahlberg, Director, Division of Investigative Oversight, Office of Research Integrity. [FR Doc. E9–14900 Filed 6–23–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150–31–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Indian Health Service Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Proposed Information Collection: Indian Health Service Forms Indian Health Service, HHS. Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Proposed Information Collection: Indian Health Service Forms to Implement the Privacy Rule (45 CFR Parts 160 & 164). AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: The Indian Health Service (IHS), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the IHS is providing a 60-day advance opportunity for public comment on a proposed extension on collection of information to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review. Proposed Collection: Title: 0917– 0030, ‘‘IHS Forms to Implement the Privacy Rule (45 CFR Parts 160 & 164)’’. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension, with revisions, of currently approved information collection, 0917– 0030, ‘‘IHS Forms to Implement the Privacy Rule (45 CFR Parts 160 & 164)’’. Form Number(s): IHS–810, IHS–912–1, IHS 912–2, IHS–913 and IHS–917. Need and Use of Information Collection: This collection of information is made necessary by the Department of Health and Human Services Rule entitled ‘‘Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information’’ (‘‘Privacy Rule’’) (45 CFR Parts 160 and 164). The Privacy Rule implements the privacy requirements of the Administrative Simplification subtitle of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and creates national standards to protect an individual’s personal health information and gives patients increased access to their medical records. 45 CFR 164.508, 522, 526 and 528 of the Rule require the collection of information to implement these protection standards and access requirements. The IHS will use the following data collection instruments to continue the implementation of the information collection requirements contained in the Rule. 45 CFR 164.508: This provision requires covered entities to obtain or receive a valid authorization for its use or disclosure of protected health information for other than for treatment, payment and healthcare operations. Under the provision individuals may initiate a written authorization permitting covered entities to release their protected health information to entities of their choosing. The form IHS–810, ‘‘Authorization for Use or Disclosure of Protected Health Information’’ will be used to document an individual’s authorization to use or disclose their protected health information. 45 CFR 164.522: Section 164.522(a)(1) requires a covered entity to permit individuals to request that the covered entity restrict the use and disclosure of their protected health information. The covered entity may or may not agree to the restriction. The form IHS–912–1, ‘‘Request for Restriction(s)’’ will be used to document an individual’s request for restriction of their protected health information and whether IHS agreed or Number of respondents 45 CFR section/IHS form 164.506, IHS–810 ............................................................................................ 164.522(a)(1), IHS–912–1 ............................................................................... 164.522(a)(2), IHS–912–2 ............................................................................... 164.528 IHS–913 ............................................................................................. 164.526, IHS–917 ............................................................................................ VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:46 Jun 23, 2009 Jkt 217001 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 disagreed with the restriction. Section 164.522(a)(2)(1) permits a covered entity to terminate its agreement to a restriction if the individual agrees to or requests the termination in writing. The form IHS–912–2, ‘‘Request for Revocation of Restriction(s)’’ will be used to document the agency or individual request to terminate a formerly agreed to restriction regarding the use and disclosure of protected health information. 45 CFR 164.528 and 45 CFR 5b.9(c): This provision requires covered entities to permit individuals to request that the covered entity provide an accounting of disclosures of protected health information made by the covered entity. The form IHS–913, ‘‘Request for an Accounting of Disclosures’’ will be used to document an individual’s request for an accounting of disclosures of their protected health information and the agency’s handling of the request. 45 CFR 164.526: This provision requires covered entities to permit an individual to request that the covered entity amend protected health information. If the covered entity accepts the requested amendment, in whole or in part, the covered entity must inform the individual that the amendment is accepted and obtain the individual’s identification of an agreement to have the covered entity notify the relevant persons with which the amendment needs to be shared. If the covered entity denies the requested amendment, in whole or in part, the covered entity must provide the individual with a written denial. The form IHS–917, ‘‘Request for Correction/ Amendment of Protected Health Information’’ will be used to document an individual’s request to amend their protected health information and the agency’s decision to accept or deny the request. Completed forms used in this collection of information are filed in the IRS medical, health and billing record, a Privacy Act System of Records Notice. Affected Public: Individuals and households. Type of Respondents: Individuals. Burden Hours: The table below provides the estimated burden hours for this information collection: Responses per respondent 500,000 15,000 5,000 15,000 7,500 E:\FR\FM\24JNN1.SGM Burden per response* (mins) 1 1 1 1 1 24JNN1 20 10 10 10 15 Total annual burden 166,667 2,500 833 2,500 1,875 30096 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 120 / Wednesday, June 24, 2009 / Notices Number of respondents 45 CFR section/IHS form Responses per respondent Total Annual Burden ................................................................................. Burden per response* (mins) 5 Total annual burden 174,375 *For ease of understanding, burden hours are provided in actual minutes. The total estimated burden for this collection of information is 174,375 hours. There are no capital costs, operating costs and/or maintenance costs to respondents. Request for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are invited on one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the information collection activity is necessary to carry out an agency function; (b) whether the agency processes the information collected in a useful and timely fashion; (c) the accuracy of public burden estimate (the estimated amount of time needed for individual respondents to provide the requested information); (d) whether the methodology and assumptions used to determine the estimate are logical; (e) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information being collected; and (f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Send Comments and Requests for Further Information: Send your written comments and requests for more information on the proposed collection or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection instrument(s) and instructions to: Ms. Betty Gould, Acting IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 801 Thompson Avenue, TMP, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852, call non-toll free (301) 443–7899, send via facsimile to (301) 443–9879, or send your e-mail requests, comments, and return address to: betty.gould@ihs.gov. Comment Due Date: Your comments regarding this information collection are best assured of having full effect if received within 60 days of the date of this publication. Dated: June 17, 2009. Robert G. McSwain, Deputy Director for Management Operations, Indian Health Service. [FR Doc. E9–14841 Filed 6–23–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165–16–M VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:46 Jun 23, 2009 Jkt 217001 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [60Day–09–09BW] Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404–639–5960 and send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to omb@cdc.gov. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is 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. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice. Proposed Project Postural Analysis in Low-Seam Mines—New—National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description NIOSH, under Public Law 91–596, sections 20 and 22 (section 20–22, Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970) has the responsibility to conduct research relating to innovative methods, techniques, and approaches dealing PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 with occupational safety and health problems. According to the Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) injury database, 227 knee injuries were reported in underground coal mining in 2007. With data from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), it can be estimated that the financial burden of knee injuries was nearly three million dollars in 2007. Typically, mine workers utilize kneepads to better distribute the pressures at the knee. The effectiveness of these kneepads is to be investigated in a study by NIOSH. Thus, NIOSH will be determining the forces, stresses, and moments at the knee while in postures associated with low-seam mining. At this time, the postures utilized by lowseam mine workers and their frequency of use are unknown. Therefore, before conducting this larger, experimental study, the proposed field study must be conducted. The aim of the proposed field study is to determine the postures predominantly used by low-seam mine workers such that they may complete the various tasks associated with their job duties. A questionnaire was developed for each of the major job types seen in low-seam mines with continuous miners (continuous miner operator, roof bolter operator, shuttle car operator, mobile bridge operator, mechanic, beltman, maintenance shift worker, foreman). The questionnaire asks basic demographic information (e.g., time in job type, years in mining, age). Additionally, a series of questions are asked such that it may be determined if a mine worker is likely to have a knee injury, even if it is undiagnosed. These questions were developed with the help of a physical therapist. A schematic of possible postures will then be presented to the mine workers and they will be asked to identify the primary two postures they utilize to complete their job duties. The questionnaire then asks mine workers to identify the primary postures they utilize to complete specific tasks (e.g., hanging curtain, building stoppings) that are part of their job duties. Finally, mine workers are asked to identify those postures that are least and most comfortable/stressful. There is no cost to respondents other than their time. E:\FR\FM\24JNN1.SGM 24JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30095-30096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14841]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Proposed Information 
Collection: Indian Health Service Forms

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Proposed Information 
Collection: Indian Health Service Forms to Implement the Privacy Rule 
(45 CFR Parts 160 & 164).

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SUMMARY: The Indian Health Service (IHS), as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-
clearance consultation program to provide the general public and 
Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program 
helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired 
format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, 
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of 
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. 
Currently, the IHS is providing a 60-day advance opportunity for public 
comment on a proposed extension on collection of information to be 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review.
    Proposed Collection: Title: 0917-0030, ``IHS Forms to Implement the 
Privacy Rule (45 CFR Parts 160 & 164)''. Type of Information Collection 
Request: Extension, with revisions, of currently approved information 
collection, 0917-0030, ``IHS Forms to Implement the Privacy Rule (45 
CFR Parts 160 & 164)''. Form Number(s): IHS-810, IHS-912-1, IHS 912-2, 
IHS-913 and IHS-917. Need and Use of Information Collection: This 
collection of information is made necessary by the Department of Health 
and Human Services Rule entitled ``Standards for Privacy of 
Individually Identifiable Health Information'' (``Privacy Rule'') (45 
CFR Parts 160 and 164). The Privacy Rule implements the privacy 
requirements of the Administrative Simplification subtitle of the 
Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and 
creates national standards to protect an individual's personal health 
information and gives patients increased access to their medical 
records. 45 CFR 164.508, 522, 526 and 528 of the Rule require the 
collection of information to implement these protection standards and 
access requirements. The IHS will use the following data collection 
instruments to continue the implementation of the information 
collection requirements contained in the Rule.
    45 CFR 164.508: This provision requires covered entities to obtain 
or receive a valid authorization for its use or disclosure of protected 
health information for other than for treatment, payment and healthcare 
operations. Under the provision individuals may initiate a written 
authorization permitting covered entities to release their protected 
health information to entities of their choosing. The form IHS-810, 
``Authorization for Use or Disclosure of Protected Health Information'' 
will be used to document an individual's authorization to use or 
disclose their protected health information.
    45 CFR 164.522: Section 164.522(a)(1) requires a covered entity to 
permit individuals to request that the covered entity restrict the use 
and disclosure of their protected health information. The covered 
entity may or may not agree to the restriction. The form IHS-912-1, 
``Request for Restriction(s)'' will be used to document an individual's 
request for restriction of their protected health information and 
whether IHS agreed or disagreed with the restriction. Section 
164.522(a)(2)(1) permits a covered entity to terminate its agreement to 
a restriction if the individual agrees to or requests the termination 
in writing. The form IHS-912-2, ``Request for Revocation of 
Restriction(s)'' will be used to document the agency or individual 
request to terminate a formerly agreed to restriction regarding the use 
and disclosure of protected health information.
    45 CFR 164.528 and 45 CFR 5b.9(c): This provision requires covered 
entities to permit individuals to request that the covered entity 
provide an accounting of disclosures of protected health information 
made by the covered entity. The form IHS-913, ``Request for an 
Accounting of Disclosures'' will be used to document an individual's 
request for an accounting of disclosures of their protected health 
information and the agency's handling of the request.
    45 CFR 164.526: This provision requires covered entities to permit 
an individual to request that the covered entity amend protected health 
information. If the covered entity accepts the requested amendment, in 
whole or in part, the covered entity must inform the individual that 
the amendment is accepted and obtain the individual's identification of 
an agreement to have the covered entity notify the relevant persons 
with which the amendment needs to be shared. If the covered entity 
denies the requested amendment, in whole or in part, the covered entity 
must provide the individual with a written denial. The form IHS-917, 
``Request for Correction/Amendment of Protected Health Information'' 
will be used to document an individual's request to amend their 
protected health information and the agency's decision to accept or 
deny the request.
    Completed forms used in this collection of information are filed in 
the IRS medical, health and billing record, a Privacy Act System of 
Records Notice. Affected Public: Individuals and households. Type of 
Respondents: Individuals. Burden Hours: The table below provides the 
estimated burden hours for this information collection:

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                                                                                    Burden per
             45 CFR section/IHS form                 Number of     Responses per     response*     Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent        (mins)          burden
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164.506, IHS-810................................         500,000               1              20         166,667
164.522(a)(1), IHS-912-1........................          15,000               1              10           2,500
164.522(a)(2), IHS-912-2........................           5,000               1              10             833
164.528 IHS-913.................................          15,000               1              10           2,500
164.526, IHS-917................................           7,500               1              15           1,875
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    Total Annual Burden.........................  ..............               5  ..............         174,375
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*For ease of understanding, burden hours are provided in actual minutes.

    The total estimated burden for this collection of information is 
174,375 hours.
    There are no capital costs, operating costs and/or maintenance 
costs to respondents.
    Request for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are 
invited on one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the 
information collection activity is necessary to carry out an agency 
function; (b) whether the agency processes the information collected in 
a useful and timely fashion; (c) the accuracy of public burden estimate 
(the estimated amount of time needed for individual respondents to 
provide the requested information); (d) whether the methodology and 
assumptions used to determine the estimate are logical; (e) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information being 
collected; and (f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use 
of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Send Comments and Requests for Further Information: Send your 
written comments and requests for more information on the proposed 
collection or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection 
instrument(s) and instructions to: Ms. Betty Gould, Acting IHS Reports 
Clearance Officer, 801 Thompson Avenue, TMP, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 
20852, call non-toll free (301) 443-7899, send via facsimile to (301) 
443-9879, or send your e-mail requests, comments, and return address 
to: betty.gould@ihs.gov.
    Comment Due Date: Your comments regarding this information 
collection are best assured of having full effect if received within 60 
days of the date of this publication.

    Dated: June 17, 2009.
Robert G. McSwain,
Deputy Director for Management Operations, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. E9-14841 Filed 6-23-09; 8:45 am]
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