The comes from SAMHSA/CMHS about HIPPA related disclosures pertinent to Section 13405(c) of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act:
"This document is a request for information (RFI) to help us better understand the interests of individuals with respect to learning of such disclosures, the administrative burden on covered entities and business associates of accounting for such disclosures, and other information that may inform the Department's rule making in this area.
DATE: Submit comments on or before May 18, 2010. To sign in, the agency is HHS, and the document type is "Proposed Rules."
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted through any of the methods specified below. Please do not submit duplicate comments.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: You may submit electronic comments at http://www.regulations.gov."
"Inspection of Public Comments: All comments received before the close of the comment period will be available for public inspection, including any personally identifiable or confidential business information that is included in a comment. We will post all comments received before the close of the comment period at http:// www.regulations.gov. Because comments will be made public, they should not include any sensitive personal information, such as a person's social security number; date of birth; driver's license number, state identification number or foreign country equivalent; passport number; financial account number; or credit or debit card number. Comments also should not include any sensitive health information, such as medical records or other individually identifiable health information, or any non-public corporate or trade association information, such as trade secrets or other proprietary information."
