# Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records; Delay of Effective Date
> **Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration** · Final rule; delay of effective date. · Published 2017-02-16 · Effective 2017-01-18 · 82 FR 10863
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-03185
- **Category:** mental-health
- **Sub-agency:** Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 10863
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 2
- **Publication date:** 2017-02-16
- **Effective date:** 2017-01-18
- **HHS docket:** SAMHSA-4162-20
## Abstract

On January 18, 2017, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) published a final rule on Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records. That rule is scheduled to take effect on February 17, 2017. In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2017, from the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review," published in the Federal Register on January 24, 2017 (82 FR 8346), this action delays for 60 days from the date of the memorandum the effective date of the rule entitled "Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records" published in the Federal Register on January 18, 2017 (82 FR 6052).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/02/16/2017-03185/confidentiality-of-substance-use-disorder-patient-records-delay-of-effective-date)
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