Notice2022-05412
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Patient Protection Notice
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Published
March 15, 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 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 14578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05412]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Patient Protection 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 April 14, 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#1652595a49464457494643545a5f555672797a38717960"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4703080b18171506181712050b0e040723282b69202831">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The No Surprises Act, which Congress enacted
as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, amended section
2719A of the Public Health Service Act (the PHS Act) to specify in new
subsection (e) that section 2719A shall not apply with respect to plan
years beginning on or after January 1, 2022. The No Surprises Act
expanded the patient protections related to emergency services to
provide additional protections. In addition, the No Surprises Act added
section 2799A-7 of the PHS Act, which contains the patient protections
regarding choice of health care professional from section 2719A of the
PHS Act. These provisions mirror those currently applicable under
section 2719A of the PHS Act (minus the emergency services
protections). In addition, the patient protections under the No
Surprises Act apply generally to all group health plans and health
insurance coverage, including grandfathered health plans. The 2021
interim final regulations ``Requirements Related to Surprise Billing;
Part I'' add a sunset clause to the current patient protection
provisions codified in the 2015 final regulations, and re-codify the
provisions related to choice of health care professional at 29 CFR
2590.722. The Patient Protection Notice is used by health plan sponsors
and issuers to notify certain individuals of their right to (1) choose
a primary care provider or a pediatrician when a plan or issuer
requires participants or subscribers to designate a primary care
physician; or (2) obtain obstetrical or gynecological care without
prior authorization. For additional substantive information about this
ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal Register on
November 18, 2021 (86 FR 64528).
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: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Patient Protection Notice.
OMB Control Number: 1210-0142.
Affected Public: Private Sector--Businesses or other for-profits
and not-for-profit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 11,241.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 148,181.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 2,810 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $7,409.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Dated: March 8, 2022.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-05412 Filed 3-14-22; 8:45 am]
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