Indian Health Service September 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4), the IHS has amended and is publishing the proposed alteration of a SOR, ``Indian Health Service Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs,'' System No. 09-17-0002. We propose to modify the SOR to reflect current program changes, statutory and implementation changes. Under the system name, we propose to clarify language under the ``Categories of individuals covered by the system'' section; to include statutory authorities for the grants program under the ``Authority for maintenance of the system'' section; to include the IHS Grants Program (Indians Into Nursing, Indians Into Medicine, and Indians Into Psychology) and the IHS Health Professions Support Branch in the ``Purposes'' section; various minor language edits to routine use number 4 for litigation as these records are not Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protected records; add a new routine use number 20 to comply with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (M)emorandum 07-16 Safeguarding Against and Responding to the Breach of Personally Identifiable Information of May 22, 2007 and the HHS Directive memoranda dated September 19, 2007 to incorporate Notification of Breach Routine Use language; and finally minor administrative and program edits to other sections of the SOR.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Indian Health Service (IHS) are proposing to submit the information collection, titled ``Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Programs, 25 CFR 900'' to the Office of Management and Budget for renewal. The current approval, designated by OMB Control Number 1076-0136, expires on February 28, 2010. The information is collected to process contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements for award by the BIA and the IHS, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Health and Human Services invite you to submit comments on the proposed renewal, as described below.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4), the IHS has amended and is publishing the proposed alteration of a system of records, System No. 09-17-0003, ``Medical Staff Credentials and Privileges Records.'' The amended and altered system of records makes several administrative revisions which includes the deletion of the Social Security Numbers (SSNs) language to comply with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum (M)07- 16, Safeguarding Against and Responding to the Breach of Personally Identifiable Information (May 22, 2007); and the HHS Directive Memorandum of October 6, 2008 to all Operating Division Heads to develop and execute a plan to eliminate the unnecessary collection and use of SSNs; and the inclusion of a new routine use to comply with OMB (M)07-16 and the HHS Memorandum dated September 19, 2007 to incorporate Notification of Breach Routine Use language; and the update of the Appendix 1 of the SOR.