Notice2022-06340
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
March 25, 2022
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Abstract
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, and to allow a second opportunity for public comment on the notice. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17091-17092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06340]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifiers: CMS-10410, CMS-10554 and CMS-10325]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is
announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention
to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in
the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an
existing collection of information, and to allow a second opportunity
for public comment on the notice. Interested persons are invited to
send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the proper performance of the
agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection
burden.
DATES: Comments on the collection(s) of information must be received by
the OMB desk officer by April 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.
To obtain copies of a supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed collection(s) summarized in this notice, you may make
your request using one of following:
1. Access CMS' website address at website address at: <a href="https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing.html">https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing.html</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Parham at (410) 786-4669.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. The term ``collection of
information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and
includes agency requests or requirements that members of the public
submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a third party.
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires
federal agencies to publish a 30-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each
proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of
information, before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, CMS is publishing this notice that
summarizes the following proposed collection(s) of information for
public comment:
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicaid Program;
Eligibility Changes under the Affordable Care Act of 2010; Use: The
State Medicaid and CHIP agencies will collect all information needed to
determine and redetermine eligibility for Medicaid and will transmit
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information, as appropriate, to other insurance affordability programs.
The information collection requirements will assist the public to
understand information about health insurance affordability programs
and will assist CMS in ensuring the seamless, coordinated, and
simplified system of Medicaid and CHIP application, eligibility
determination, verification, enrollment, and renewal. Form Number: CMS-
10410 (OMB control number: 0938-1147); Frequency: Occasionally;
Affected Public: Individuals or Households, and State, Local, and
Tribal Governments; Number of Respondents: 25,500,096; Total Annual
Responses: 76,500,218; Total Annual Hours: 21,276,302. For policy
questions regarding this collection contact Suzette Seng at 410-786-
4703.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Children's Health
Insurance Program Managed Care and Supporting Regulations; Use: CHIP
enrollees use the information collected and reported as a result of
this regulation to make informed choices regarding health care,
including how to access health care services and the grievance and
appeal system. States use the information collected and reported as
part of contracting processes with managed care entities, as well as
its compliance oversight role. CMS uses the information collected and
reported in an oversight role of State CHIP managed care programs and
CHIP state agencies. Form Number: CMS-10554 (OMB control number: 0938-
1282); Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal
Governments, and the Private Sector (Business or other for-profits and
Not-for-profit institutions); Number of Respondents: 62; Total Annual
Responses: 2,735,964; Total Annual Hours: 371,710. For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Amy Lutzky at 410-786-0721.
3. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Disclosure and
Recordkeeping Requirements for Grandfathered Health Plans under the
Affordable Care Act; Use: Section 1251 of the Affordable Care Act
provides that certain plans and health insurance coverage in existence
as of March 23, 2010, known as grandfathered health plans, are not
required to comply with certain statutory provisions in the Act. The
final regulations titled ``Final Rules under the Affordable Care Act
for Grandfathered Plans, Preexisting Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and
Annual Limits, Rescissions, Dependent Coverage, Appeals, and Patient
Protections'' (80 FR 72192, November 18, 2015) require that, to
maintain its status as a grandfathered health plan, a plan must
maintain records documenting the terms of the plan in effect on March
23, 2010, and any other documents that are necessary to verify, explain
or clarify status as a grandfathered health plan. The plan must make
such records available for examination upon request by participants,
beneficiaries, individual policy subscribers, or a state or federal
agency official. A grandfathered health plan is also required to
include a statement in any summary of benefits under the plan or health
insurance coverage, that the plan or coverage believes it is a
grandfathered health plan within the meaning of section 1251 of the
Affordable Care Act, and providing contact information for participants
to direct questions and complaints. In addition, a grandfathered group
health plan that is changing health insurance issuers is required to
provide the succeeding health insurance issuer (and the succeeding
health insurance issuer must require) documentation of plan terms
(including benefits, cost sharing, employer contributions, and annual
limits) under the prior health insurance coverage sufficient to make a
determination whether the standards of paragraph Sec. 147.140(g)(1) of
the final regulations are exceeded. It is also required that, for an
insured group health plan (or a multiemployer plan) that is a
grandfathered plan, the relevant policies, certificates, or contracts
of insurance, or plan documents must disclose in a prominent and
effective manner that employers, employee organizations, or plan
sponsors, as applicable, are required to notify the issuer (or
multiemployer plan) if the contribution rate changes at any point
during the plan year. Form Number: CMS-10325 (OMB control number: 0938-
1093); Frequency: On Occasion; Affected Public: Private Sector, State,
Local or Tribal governments; Number of Respondents: 14,669; Total
Annual Responses: 2,651,523; Total Annual Hours: 40. For policy
questions regarding this collection contact Usree Bandyopadhyay at 410-
786-6650.
Dated: March 22, 2022.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office of Strategic Operations and
Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2022-06340 Filed 3-24-22; 8:45 am]
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