Notice2022-10340
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Notice for Health Reimbursement Arrangements Integrated With Individual Health Insurance Coverage
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Published
May 13, 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 93 (Friday, May 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29391-29392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10340]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Notice for Health Reimbursement Arrangements
Integrated With Individual Health Insurance Coverage
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 June 13, 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#e0a4afacbfb0b2a1bfb0b5a2aca9a3a0848f8cce878f96"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c98d868596999b8896999c8b85808a89ada6a5e7aea6bf">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request is
authorized under regulations
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promulgated under the following sections of ERISA: 29 U.S.C. 1002,
1135, 1182, 1185d, 1191a, 1191b, and 1191c, and Secretary of Labor's
Order 1-2011, Delegation of Authority and Assignment of
Responsibilities to the Employee Benefits Security Administration,
dated January 9, 2012 (77 FR 1088). The final rules removed the
prohibition on integrating Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs)
with individual health insurance coverage, if certain conditions are
met. The following information collections are contained in the final
rules: (1) Verification of Enrollment in Individual Coverage; (2) HRA
Notice to Participants; (3) Notice to Participants that Individual
Policy is not Subject to Title I of ERISA; (4) Participant Notification
of Individual Coverage HRA of Cancelled or Discontinued Coverage; (5)
Notice for Excepted Benefit HRAs. The information collection
requirements are needed to notify the HRA that participants are
enrolled in individual health insurance coverage, to help individuals
understand the impact of enrolling in an HRA on their eligibility for
the PTC, and that coverage is not subject to the rules and consumer
protections of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. 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: Notice for Health Reimbursement Arrangements
Integrated With Individual Health Insurance Coverage.
OMB Control Number: 1210-0160.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Private Sector--
Businesses or other for-profits and not-for-profit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 177,480.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 2,140,197.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 53,131 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $24,831.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Dated: May 9, 2022.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-10340 Filed 5-12-22; 8:45 am]
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