Notice2025-24099
Agency Information Collection Request; 60-Day Public Comment Request
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Published
December 31, 2025
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services Department
Abstract
In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is publishing the following summary of a proposed collection for public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 31, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61404-61405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-24099]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: OS-0945-0002]
Agency Information Collection Request; 60-Day Public Comment
Request
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Office for Civil Rights
(OCR), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is publishing the
following summary of a proposed collection for public comment.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before March 2, 2026.
ADDRESSES: When commenting, please reference the document identifier/
OMB control number 0945-0002 and title of collection, ``Civil Rights
and Conscience Complaint and Health Information Privacy, Security, &
Breach Notification Complaint''. To be assured consideration, comments
and recommendations must be submitted in any one of the following ways:
<bullet> Electronically. You may send your comments electronically
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#98d7dbcafbf7f5e8f4f9f1f6ecfef7eaf5eafdeef1ebf1f7f6d8f0f0ebb6fff7ee"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="df909c8dbcb0b2afb3beb6b1abb9b0adb2adbaa9b6acb6b0b19fb7b7acf1b8b0a9">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the
following address:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil
Rights, Attention: Harold Henderson, 200 Independence Ave. SW, Suite
515F, Washington, DC 20201, Attention: OMB Control Number 0945-0002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: To obtain copies of supporting material for
the proposed collection(s) summarized in this notice, please email
Harold Henderson at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cf808c9daca0a2bfa3aea6a1bba9a0bda2bdaab9a6bca6a0a18fa7a7bce1a8a0b9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fbb4b8a99894968b979a92958f9d948996899e8d9288929495bb939388d59c948d">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1)
The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for
the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information collection burden.
Title of the Collection: Civil Rights and Conscience Complaint and
Health Information Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification
Complaint.
Type of Collection: Revision.
Abstract: The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is proposing to revise
OMB control number collection 0945-0002 that is expiring in December
2025, which includes two forms entitled: 1.) Health Information
Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Complaint; and 2.) Civil
Rights and Conscience Complaint. This notice discusses proposed
revisions to these complaint forms. The purpose of the forms is to
allow OCR to continue to collect the minimum information needed from
individuals filing complaints with OCR to form the basis for the
initial processing of those complaints. The revisions omit certain
questions to reduce the burden on the complainant, clarify terms,
update statutory and regulatory authorities, and conform the forms to
E.O. 14168 on ``Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and
Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government'' and the court
order in Texas v. Becerra, No. 6:24-CV-211-JDK, 2024 WL 4490621, at *2
(E.D. Tex. Aug. 30, 2024) (staying nationwide the Section 1557 Final
Rule definition of sex discrimination as including ``sex
characteristics, including intersex traits''; ``pregnancy or related
conditions''; ``sexual orientation''; ``gender identity''; and ``sex
stereotypes'').
The estimated burden follows:
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Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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Average
Number of burden Total
Written forms/electronic forms Type of respondent Number of responses per hours per Wage burden burden
respondents respondent response hours
(hours)
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Civil Rights and Conscience Complaint... Individuals or households, 15,468 1 .75 $22.43/hr.................... 11,601
Not-for-profit
institutions.
Health Information Privacy, Security, & Individuals or households, 31,985 1 .75 $22.43/hr.................... 23,989
Breach Notification Complaint. Not-for-profit
institutions.
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Total............................... ........................... 47,453 ............... .......... $22.43/hr.................... 35,590
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OCR estimates that the average time needed to complete either
complaint form is 45 minutes (.75 hours), which has not increased since
the forms were last revised. Respondents to the information collection
include individuals or households, or organizations. Based on
examination of actual complaint levels over the past two years, OCR
projects that OCR will average 15,468 civil rights related complaints
per year and 31,985 privacy related complaints per year.
Catherine Howard,
Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-24099 Filed 12-30-25; 8:45 am]
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