Notice2022-27517
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Notice Requirements of the Health Care Continuation Coverage Provisions
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Published
December 20, 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 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77894-77895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27517]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Notice Requirements of the Health Care
Continuation Coverage Provisions
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 January 19, 2023.
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
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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#7d393231222d2f3c222d283f31343e3d191211531a120b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2d696261727d7f6c727d786f61646e6d494241034a425b">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) provides that under certain
circumstances participants and beneficiaries of group health plans that
satisfy the definition of ``qualified beneficiaries'' under COBRA may
elect to continue group health coverage temporarily following events
known as ``qualifying events'' that would otherwise result in loss of
coverage. The Secretary of Labor has the authority under section 608 of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to
prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of part 6 of Title I
of ERISA, including notice and disclosure requirements. For additional
substantive information about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on July 22, 2022 (87 FR 43897).
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 Requirements of the Health Care
Continuation Coverage Provisions.
OMB Control Number: 1210-0123.
Affected Public: Private Sector--Businesses or other for-profits
and not-for-profit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,955,080.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 34,050,621.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 490,857 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $20,770,879.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Dated: December 14, 2022.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-27517 Filed 12-19-22; 8:45 am]
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