Notice2022-07361
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Summary of Benefits and Coverage and Uniform Glossary Required Under the Affordable Care Act
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Published
April 7, 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 67 (Thursday, April 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20468-20469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07361]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Summary of Benefits and Coverage and Uniform
Glossary Required Under the Affordable Care Act
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 May 9, 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
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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#2d696261727d7f6c727d786f61646e6d494241034a425b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1753585b48474556484742555b5e545773787b39707861">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Affordable Care Act amended the Public
Health Service Act (PHS Act) by adding section 2715 ``Development and
Utilization of Uniform Explanation of Coverage Documents and
Standardized Definitions.'' This section directed the Department of
Labor (DOL), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the
Department of the Treasury (collectively, the Departments), in
consultation with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners
(NAIC) and a working group comprised of stakeholders, to develop
standards for use by a group health plan and a health insurance issuer
in compiling and providing to applicants, enrollees, policyholders, and
certificate holders a summary of benefits and coverage (SBC)
explanation that accurately describes the benefits and coverage under
the applicable plan or coverage. For additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal
Register on December 13, 2021 (86 FR 70866).
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: Summary of Benefits and Coverage and Uniform
Glossary Required Under the Affordable Care Act.
OMB Control Number: 1210-0147.
Affected Public: Private Sector--Businesses or other for-profits
and not-for-profit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,007,766.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 80,182,298.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 313,490 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $7,605,988.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Dated: April 1, 2022.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-07361 Filed 4-6-22; 8:45 am]
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