Permanent Certification Program for Health Information Technology

Forms and Documents

Document	Type	Status	Availability
ONC NPRM SCC2_PRA Supporting Statement_Final.doc	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2012-07-30	Available

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
197229	ONC-ACB Submission of Surveillance Plan and Surveillance Results		Modified
193506	45 CFR 170.523(f) - Collection and Reporting Requirements		Modified
193505	Request for ONC-AA Status		Modified
193504	Application for ONC-ACB Status		Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0990-0378	ICR Reference No: 201208-0990-001
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201104-0990-001
Agency/Subagency: HHS/HHSDM	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Permanent Certification Program for Health Information Technology
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Preapproved	Conclusion Date: 09/18/2012
	Date Received in OIRA: 08/01/2012
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2015	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2014
Responses	332	0	332
Time Burden (Hours)	435	0	332
Cost Burden (Dollars)	10,309	0	0

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Abstract: Organizations that wish to become ONC-ACBs must comply with certain application requirements, including providing documentation that the applicant has been accredited by the ONC-AA. ONC will select the best qualified accreditation organization as the ONC-AA based on the information that must be submitted to be considered for ONC-AA status. The required information will be used to assess an accreditation organization's qualifications and abilities to be the ONC-AA.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 111 - 5 3000(c)(5) Name of Law: HITECH Act amended the Public Health Service Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0991-AB82	Proposed rulemaking	77 FR 13832	03/07/2012

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 4

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Request for ONC-AA Status
Application for ONC-ACB Status
45 CFR 170.523(f) - Collection and Reporting Requirements
ONC-ACB Submission of Surveillance Plan and Surveillance Results

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	332	332	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	435	332	0	103	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	10,309	0	0	10,309	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a revision to a collection of information previously approved by OMB under control number 0990-0378. We propose to revise the approved collection of information by requiring ONC-ACBs to include one additional data element in the set of data they are required to provide on the Complete EHRs and EHR Modules they report as certified to ONC under § 170.523(f). We believe this additional element is important to increase transparency in the testing and certification processes and would serve to make more information available to prospective purchasers of CEHRT as well as other stakeholders. We do not believe that this proposed requirement will cause ONC-ACBs to incur any more costs than the costs we originally estimated for posting a list of all certified Complete EHRs and EHR Modules (with the requested information) on our website (i.e., the CHPL). We estimated those costs at $10,784 on an annualized basis (76 FR 1323). Regarding the potential burden of this proposed new requirement, we estimate that ONC-ACBs will incur an additional 20 minutes of work per week. Accordingly, this new proposed new collection of information will add a total of 103 burden hours to our burden estimate under OMB control number 0990-0378.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $14,320

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 08/01/2012

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