ELECTRONIC ADDRESS FOR THIS REPORT ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB: www.hhs.gov/foia
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR): www.ahcpr.gov/info/info.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): www.cdc.gov/od/foia/foi.htm
Food and Drug Administration (FDA): www.fda.gov/foi/foia2.htm
Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA):cms.hhs.gov/foip/default.htm
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): www.hrsa.gov/Newsroom/efoia.htm
National Institutes of Health (NIH): www.nih.gov/od/foia/index.htm
Program Support Center (PSC) and Office of Public Health and Science OPHS): www.psc.gov
ADDRESS FOR PAPER COPIES OF THIS REPORT:
Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts Division
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, DC 20201
HHS Freedom of Information Officer
Room 645-F, Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Telephone: (202) 690-7453
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Freedom of Information Officer
Room 645-F, Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Telephone: (202) 690-7453
Administration on Aging (AoA)
Freedom of Information Officer
330 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Telephone: (202) 619-0073
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)
Freedom of Information Officer
Executive Office Center
2191 East Jefferson Street
Rockville, MD 20852
Telephone: (301) 594-1362 ext. 1353
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and/or
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Freedom of Information Officer
1600 Clifton Rd NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30333
Telephone: (404) 639-2388
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Freedom of Information Officer
Room 12-A-16, Parklawn Building
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville MD 20857
Telephone: (301) 827-6567
Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
Freedom of Information Officer
Room N2-20-16, North Building
Baltimore, MD 21244
Telephone: (410) 786-5352
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Freedom of Information Officer
Room 1134, Parklawn Building
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
Telephone: (301) 443-2865
Indian Health Service (IHS)
Freedom of Information Officer
Twinbrook Metro Plaza
12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450
Rockville, MD 20857
Telephone: (301) 443-1116
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Freedom of Information Officer
Room 2B39, Building 31
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
Telephone: (301) 496-5633
Program Support Center (PSC)
Freedom of Information Officer
Room 13-C-24, Parklawn Building
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
Telephone: (301) 443-5252
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Freedom of Information Officer
Room 12-C-15, Parklawn Building
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
Telephone: (301) 443-8956
Because individual operating divisions (OPDIVS) have authority to release or deny their own records, and vary greatly in terms of the size and volume of FOIA requests processed, their is no overall HHS time range. Individual OPDIV response times can range from same day response to over a year, depending on the complexity of the request.
Documents requested were protected by an exemption and release would have caused harm to the interest protected by the exemption.
HHS - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
OPDIVs - Operating Divisions of HHS
OS - Office of the Secretary, HHS
OASPA - Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, HHS
AoA - Administration on Aging
ACF - Administration for Children and Families
AHCPR - Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
ATSDR - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
FDA - Food and Drug Administration
HCFA - Health Care Financing Administration (Medicare and Medicaid)
HRSA - Health Resources and Services Administration
IHS - Indian Health Service
NIH - National Institutes of Health
PRO - Professional Review Organization
PSC - Program Support Center
SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
5 U.S.C. Appendix 6; 15 U.S.C. 3710a(c)(7); 18 U.S.C. 208; 41 U.S.C. 253b(m);
41 U.S.C. 423; 42 U.S.C. 242m(d); 42 U.S.C. 300aa12(d)(4)(A);
42 U.S.C. 1320c9;42 U.S.C. 11137(b).
5 U.S.C. Appendix 6 - Ethics in Government Act of 1989, prohibits release of confidential reports by employees whose positions are covered by the Act.
15 U.S.C. 3710a(c)(7) - Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986; prohibits the release of confidential commercial information obtained from a private sector partner.
18 U.S.C. 208 - Ethics in Government Act; prohibits release of financial disclosure forms/personal financial interest.
41 U.S.C. 253b(m) - National Defense Authorization Act; prohibits release of contractor proposals not incorporated into agency contracts.
41 U.S.C. 423 - Procurement Integrity Act of 1988;_ prohibits release of information that would identify organizations who have submitted proposals prior to the issuance of an award and the disclosure of unfunded grant applications.
42 U.S.C. 242m(d) - Public Health Service Act; prohibits release of health information identifiable to an individual or establishment.
42 U.S.C. 300aa12(d)(4)(A) - National Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensation Act; prohibits release of information submitted to a special master or court proceeding without the express consent of the person submitting the information.
42 U.S.C. 1320c9 - Social Security Act; prohibits release of data or information acquired by a professional review organization (PRO) in the exercise of its duties and functions.
42 U.S.C. 11137(b) - Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 and the National Practitioners Data Bank; Prohibits release of adverse reports of a physician's conduct or practice.
The FOIA regulation implementing the 1996 amendments to the Freedom of Information Act are currently under review at the Office of Management and Budget. Until such time as the revised regulation is published as a new final rule, the current HHS FOIA regulation can be found at 45 CFR Part 5, here (Copy attached to paper report).
Last revised: December 1, 2003
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