Notice2022-03756
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Research Exception Notice
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Published
February 23, 2022
Issuing agencies
Labor Department
Abstract
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03756]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Research Exception Notice
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employee
Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)-sponsored information
collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency
receives on or before March 25, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
Department, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202-
693-8538, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cc888380939c9e8d939c998e80858f8ca8a3a0e2aba3ba"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f1b5bebdaea1a3b0aea1a4b3bdb8b2b1959e9ddf969e87">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination
Act of 2008 (GINA), Public Law 110-233, was enacted on May 21, 2008.
Title I of GINA amended the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act), the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code), and the Social Security Act (SSA) to
prohibit discrimination in health coverage based on genetic
information. GINA and the interim final regulations (29 CFR
2590.702A(c)(5)) provide an exception to the limitations on requesting
or requiring genetic testing that allows a group health plan or group
health insurance issuer to request, but not require, a participant or
beneficiary to undergo a genetic test if all conditions of the research
exception are satisfied. The Participant Disclosure and the Notice
required under the conditions are the information collection requests
(ICRs) contained in the interim final rules. For additional substantive
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the
Federal Register on November 9, 2021 (86 FR 62208).
This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and
the public is generally not required to respond to an information
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL-EBSA.
Title of Collection: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of
2008 Research Exception Notice.
OMB Control Number: 1210-0136.
Affected Public: Private Sector-- Businesses or other for-profits
and not-for-profit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 48.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 48.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 12 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $185.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Dated: February 15, 2022.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-03756 Filed 2-22-22; 8:45 am]
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