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Commissioner from service on the 

Medicaid Commission and the 

appointment of one new individual to 

serve on the Medicaid Commission. 

Medicaid Commission Member 

Released from Service: Donald Young. 

New Medicaid Commission Voting 

Members: Jerry Regier. 

Topics of the Meeting 

The Commission will discuss options 

for making longer-term 

recommendations on the future of the 

Medicaid program that ensure long-term 

sustainability. Issues to be addressed 

may include, but are not limited to: 

Eligibility, benefit design, and delivery; 

expanding the number of people 

covered with quality care while 

recognizing budget constraints; long 

term care; quality of care, choice, and 

beneficiary satisfaction; and program 

administration. 

Procedure and Agenda 

This meeting is open to the public. 

There will be a public comment period 

at the meeting. The Commission may 

limit the number and duration of oral 

presentations to the time available. We 

will request that you declare at the 

meeting whether or not you have any 

financial involvement related to any 

services being discussed. 

After the presentations and public 

comment period, the Commission will 

deliberate openly. Interested persons 

may observe the deliberations, but the 

Commission will not hear further 

comments during this time except at the 

request of the Chairperson. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a)(1) 

and (a)(2). 

Dated: August 3, 2006. 

Jerry Regier, 

Principal Deputy/Assistant Secretary for 

Planning and Evaluation, Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

[FR Doc. E6–13028 Filed 8–9–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5150–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Request for Public Comment: 30-Day 

Proposed Information Collection: 

Indian Health Service Forms To 

Implement the Privacy Rule (45 CFR 

Parts 160 & 164) 

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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. As required by 

section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Act, the 

proposed information collection has 

been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. 

The IHS received no comments in 

response to the 60-day Federal Register 

(71 FR 31195) published on June 1, 

2006. The purpose of this notice is to 

allow an additional 30 days for public 

comment to be submitted directly to 

OMB. 

Proposed Collection 

Title: 0917–0030, ‘‘Indian Health 

Service Forms to Implement the Privacy 

Rule (45 CFR parts 160 & 164)’’. 

Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension, without revision, of 

currently approved information 

collection, 0917–0030. ‘‘Indian Health 

Service Forms to Implement the Privacy 

Rule (45 CFR parts 160 & 164)’’. 

Form Number: 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 Individual 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 individual’s person 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 implement 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 IHS–810 

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 164.526: 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. 

45 CFR 164.528: This provision 

requires covered entities to permit an 

individual 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 


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protected health information and the 

agency’s handling of the request. 

Completed forms used in this 

collection of information are filed in the 

medical record. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households. 

Type of Respondents: Individuals. 

Burden Hours: The table below 

provides the estimated burden hours for 

this information collection. 

45 CFR section/IHS form No. of respondents 

Responses 

per respondent 

Burden per responses 

(mins)* 

Total annual 

burden 

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 

164.526, IHS–917 ............................................................................................ 7,500 1 15 1,875 

164,528, IHS–913 ............................................................................................ 15,000 1 10 2,500 

Total Annual Burden ................................................................................. ........................ 5 ........................ 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); (c) 

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. 

Direct Comments to OMB: Send your 

written comments and suggestions 

regarding the proposed information 

collection contained in this notice, 

especially regarding the estimated 

public burden and associated response 

time, directly to: Office of Management 

and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, 

New Executive Office Building, Room 

10235, Washington, DC, 20503, 

Attention: Allison Eydt, Desk Officer for 

IHS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Send requests for more information on 

the proposed collection or to obtain a 

copy of the data collection instrument(s) 

and instructions to: Mrs. Christina 

Rouleau, IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 

801 Thompson Avenue, TMP, Suite 450, 

Rockville, MD 20852–1601, call non-toll 

free (301) 443–5938, send via facsimile 

to (301) 443–2316, or send your e-mail 

requests, comments, and return address 

to: crouleau@hqe.ihs.gov. 

Comment Due Date: Your comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having their full effect if 

received within 30-days of the date of 

this publication. 

Dated: August 3, 2006. 

Robert G. McSwain, 

Deputy Director, Indian Health Service. 

[FR Doc. 06–6813 Filed 3–9–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–16–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of Inspector General 

Program Exclusions: July 2006 

AGENCY: Office of Inspector General, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of program exclusions. 

During the month of July 2006, the 

HHS Office of Inspector General 

imposed exclusions in the cases set 

forth below. When an exclusion is 

imposed, no program payment is made 

to anyone for any items or services 

(other than an emergency item or 

service not provided in a hospital 

emergency room) furnished, ordered or 

prescribed by an excluded party under 

the Medicare, Medicaid, and all Federal 

Health Care programs. In addition, no 

program payment is made to any 

business or facility, e.g., a hospital, that 

submits bills for payment for items or 

services provided by an excluded party. 

Program beneficiaries remain free to 

decide for themselves whether they will 

continue to use the services of an 

excluded party even though no program 

payments will be made for items and 

services provided by that excluded 

party. The exclusions have national 

effect and also apply to all Executive 

Branch procurement and nonprocurement programs and activities. 

SUBJECT NAME ADDRESS EFFECTIVE 

DATE 

PROGRAM-RELATED CONVICTIONS 

BABEL, KATHLEEN ................................................................... ALDERSON, WV ....................................................................... 8/20/2006. 

BECK, KIMBERLY ...................................................................... ALDERSON, WV ....................................................................... 8/20/2006. 

BROOKLYN MEDICAL ARTS HIV CARE, PC ........................... BROOKLYN, NY ........................................................................ 8/20/2006. 

BROOKS, RANDOLPH ............................................................... HOUSTON, TX .......................................................................... 8/20/2006. 

BRYCE-AKERS, PATRICIA ........................................................ CONVERSE, TX ........................................................................ 8/20/2006. 

CLEAR, ROBERT ....................................................................... FORT THOMAS, KY .................................................................. 8/20/2006. 

DAMRON, JASON ...................................................................... QUINCY, KS .............................................................................. 8/20/2006. 

DAUS, ARTHUR ......................................................................... LOUISVILLE, KY ........................................................................ 8/20/2006. 

DELELLIS PROMOTIONS, INC ................................................. TARPON SPRINGS, FL ............................................................ 8/20/2006. 


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