This is a request for an extension
without a revision of a previously approved collection which is due
to expire April 30, 2016. 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 (A Privacy Rule) (45 CFR Parts 160 and 164). The
Privacy Rule implements the privacy requirements of the
Administrative Simplification subtitle of the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and creates national
standards that protect patient health information and gives our
patients access to their health information.
PL:
Pub.L. 104 - 191 264 Name of Law: Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act
There are no program changes or
adjustments. There was a change in IHS-810 Form to include an
option for the respondents to release information to Health
Information Exchanges. This change is due to the technology
solution to share patient information electronically in order to
meet Meaningful Use Stage 2 with the IHS’s certified electronic
health record, as required by 42 C.F.R. Parts 412, 413, and 495.
The program also made a discretionary change in the burden hours;
decreasing the burden hours on two forms, the IHS-810 and IHS-917,
from 20 minutes to 10 minutes to more accurately reflect the actual
time it takes to complete the form(s). Additionally, the number of
respondents were decreased for all five forms to reflect actual
baseline numbers collected and provided by the Area Health
Information Managers (HIMs). Also, in the table under 12B.,
“estimated annual costs to respondents for this collection,” the
hourly wage rate for respondents was changed from $19 per hour to
$17 per hour to more accurately reflect the actual wages of
American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN). The average annual
income of American Indians was $36,252 and the poverty rate was
29%, in 2014 (United States Census Bureau, 2015) (See US Census
webpage, “Facts for Features: American Indian and Alaska Native
Heritage Month: November 2014” at
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/facts-for-features/2014/cb14-ff26.html).
Further, the average annual income for AIANs may even be lower as
the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported a 54%
population-employment ratio for AIANs, with an 11.3% average
unemployment rate. (See BLS report “Labor Force Statistics by Race
and Ethnicity, 2014” at
http://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/cps/labor-force-characteristics-by-race-and-ethnicity-2014.pdf).
$1,020,000
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Sandra Maclin 301 443-6306
sandra.maclin@ihs.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.