Notice2024-11813
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Authorization Request Form/Certification/Letter of Medical Necessity
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Published
May 30, 2024
Issuing agencies
Labor Department
Abstract
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)-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 89, Number 105 (Thursday, May 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46910-46911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11813]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Authorization Request Form/Certification/
Letter of Medical Necessity
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of
Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)-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 1, 2024.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Neary by telephone at 202-
693-6312, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4d090201121d1f0c121d180f01040e0d292221632a223b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1652595a49464457494643545a5f555672797a38717960">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The form, Authorization Request Form and
Certification/Letter of Medical Necessity Certification/Letter of
Medical Necessity for Opioid Medications (CA-27), requires an injured
worker's treating physician to answer a number of questions about the
prescribed opioids and certify that they are medically necessary to
treat the work-related injury. The responses to the questions on the
form is intended to ensure that treating physicians have considered
non-opioid drug alternatives, and are only prescribing the most cost
effective and medically necessary drugs. The form will also permit OWCP
to more easily track the volume, type, and characteristics of opioids
authorized by the FECA program. The form will serve as a means for
injured workers to continue receiving opioids drugs only where
medically necessary and simultaneously give OWCP greater oversight in
monitoring their appropriate use and gather additional data about their
use. For additional substantive information about this ICR, see the
related notice published in the Federal Register on January 26, 2024
(89 FR 5263).
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.
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.
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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-OWCP.
Title of Collection: Authorization Request Form/Certification/
Letter of Medical Necessity.
OMB Control Number: 1240-0055.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 78.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 490.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 245 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Michelle Neary,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2024-11813 Filed 5-29-24; 8:45 am]
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