Notice2022-13732
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Annual Report for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements
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Published
June 28, 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 123 (Tuesday, June 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 38427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13732]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Annual Report for Multiple Employer Welfare
Arrangements
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 July 28, 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#9bdfd4d7c4cbc9dac4cbced9d7d2d8dbfff4f7b5fcf4ed"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b4f0fbf8ebe4e6f5ebe4e1f6f8fdf7f4d0dbd89ad3dbc2">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), codified as part 7 of title I of
the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), was enacted to
improve the portability and continuity of health care coverage for
participants and beneficiaries of group health plans. HIPAA also added
section 101(g) to ERISA, providing the Secretary of Labor with
authority to require, by regulation, multiple employer welfare
arrangements (MEWAs) as defined in section 3(40) of ERISA, that offer
or provide coverage for medical benefits, but which are not group
health plans (non-plan MEWAs), to report annually for the purpose of
determining compliance with part 7 requirements. While the statutory
authority was directed at non-plan MEWAs, based on the authority in
ERISA sections 101(g), 505, and 734, DOL in 2003 promulgated a
regulation at 29 CFR 2520.101-2 that required the administrators of
both plan MEWAs and non-plan MEWAs that offer or provide coverage for
medical benefits to file the Form M-1 on an annual basis. For
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related
notice published in the Federal Register on March 17, 2022 (87 FR
15267).
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: Annual Report for Multiple Employer Welfare
Arrangements.
OMB Control Number: 1210-0116.
Affected Public: Private Sector-- Businesses or other for-profits
and not-for-profit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 719.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 719.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 1,839 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Dated: June 22, 2022.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-13732 Filed 6-27-22; 8:45 am]
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