Notice2024-18866
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
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Published
August 22, 2024
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Abstract
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information (including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information) and to allow 60 days for public comment on the proposed action. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 163 (Thursday, August 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67944-67945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18866]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifiers: CMS-10653]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is
announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention
to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in
the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information
(including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information) and to allow 60 days for public comment on
the proposed action. Interested persons are invited to send comments
regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this collection
of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper performance of the agency's
functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology to minimize the information collection burden.
DATES: Comments must be received by October 21, 2024.
ADDRESSES: When commenting, please reference the document identifier or
OMB control number. To be assured consideration, comments and
recommendations must be submitted in any one of the following ways:
1. Electronically. You may send your comments electronically to
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the instructions for ``Comment or
Submission'' or ``More Search Options'' to find the information
collection document(s) that are accepting comments.
2. By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the following
address: CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Division of Regulations Development, Attention: Document Identifier/OMB
Control Number: __, Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244-1850.
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To obtain copies of a supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed collection(s) summarized in this notice, please access
the CMS PRA website by copying and pasting the following web address
into your web browser: <a href="https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing">https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William N. Parham at (410) 786-4669.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Contents
This notice sets out a summary of the use and burden associated
with the following information collections. More detailed information
can be found in each collection's supporting statement and associated
materials (see ADDRESSES).
CMS-10653 Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable
Care Act
Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), federal agencies must obtain
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct or sponsor. The term
``collection of information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c) and includes agency requests or requirements that members of
the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a
third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA requires federal agencies
to publish a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension
or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, before
submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this
requirement, CMS is publishing this notice.
Information Collections
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved information collection; Title of Information Collection:
Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act;
Use: Section 2713 of the PHS Act requires non-grandfathered group
health plans and health insurance issuers offering non-grandfathered
group or individual health insurance coverage to provide benefits for
certain preventive services without cost sharing, including benefits
for certain women's preventive health services as provided for in
comprehensive guidelines supported by the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA). The 2018 final regulations titled ``Religious
Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive
Services Under the Affordable Care Act'' (83 FR 57536) and ``Moral
Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive
Services Under the Affordable Care Act'' (83 FR 57592) finalized
interim final rules that expanded exemptions for religious beliefs and
established an exemption for moral convictions for certain entities or
individuals whose health plans may otherwise be subject to the mandate
of contraceptive coverage. The final regulations extended the exemption
to health insurance issuers that hold religious or moral objections in
certain circumstances, as well as to additional categories of group
health plan sponsors.
The 2018 final regulations also left in place, from previous
rulemaking, an accommodation process for objecting entities who wish to
use it to avoid contracting, arranging, paying, or referring for
contraceptive coverage, but made use of the accommodation optional for
such entities. An organization seeking to be treated as an eligible
organization may self-certify (by using EBSA Form 700), prior to the
beginning of the first plan year to which an accommodation is to apply,
that it meets the definition of an eligible organization. The eligible
organization must provide a copy of its self-certification to each
health insurance issuer that would otherwise provide such coverage in
connection with the health plan (for insured group health plans or
student health insurance coverage). The issuer that receives the self-
certification must provide separate payments for contraceptive services
for plan participants and beneficiaries (or students and dependents).
For a self-insured group health plan, the self-certification must be
provided to its third party administrator, which must provide or
arrange separate payments for contraceptive services. An eligible
organization may submit a notification to the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) as an alternative to submitting EBSA Form 700 to
the eligible organization's health insurance issuer or third party
administrator. A health insurance issuer or third party administrator
providing or arranging payments for contraceptive services for
participants and beneficiaries in plans (or student enrollees and
covered dependents in student health insurance coverage) of eligible
organizations must provide a written notice to such plan participants
and beneficiaries (or such student enrollees and covered dependents)
informing them of the availability of such payments.
Under the 2018 final regulations, eligible organizations can revoke
the accommodation process if participants and beneficiaries (or student
enrollees and covered dependents) receive written notice of such
revocation from the issuer or third party administrator, and such
revocation will be effective on the first day of the first plan year
that begins on or after thirty days after the date of revocation. The
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is requesting an extension of
OMB approval for the data collections included in this information
collection request. HHS will only implement the information collections
to the extent they are consistent with regulations that are in effect.
Form Number: CMS-10653 (OMB control number: 0938-1344); Frequency:
Occasionally; Affected Public: Private Sector; Number of Respondents:
60; Total Annual Responses: 595,312; Total Annual Hours: 72. (For
policy questions regarding this collection contact Russell Tipps at
301-869-3502).
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Division of Information Collections and Regulatory Impacts,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-18866 Filed 8-21-24; 8:45 am]
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