Notice2025-05582
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Opt-In State Balance Bill Process
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Published
April 2, 2025
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 90, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14482-14483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05582]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Opt-In State Balance Bill Process
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 May 2, 2025.
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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Howell by telephone at 202-
693-6782, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#90d4dfdccfc0c2d1cfc0c5d2dcd9d3d0f4fffcbef7ffe6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b5f5457444b495a444b4e595752585b7f7477357c746d">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The No Surprises Act was enacted as part of
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 116-260). The final
rules allow plans to voluntarily opt in to state law that provides for
a method for determining the cost-sharing amount or total amount
payable under such a plan, where a state has chosen to expand access to
such plans, to satisfy their obligations under section 9816(a) through
(d) of the Code, section 716(a) through (d) of ERISA, and section
2799A-1(a) through (d) of the PHS Act. A plan that has chosen to opt
into a state law must prominently display in its plan materials
describing the coverage of outof-network services a statement that the
plan has opted into a specified state law, identify the state (or
states), and include a general description of the items and services
provided by nonparticipating facilities and providers that are covered
by the specified state aw. For additional substantive information about
this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal Register on
July 9, 2024 (89 FR 56416).
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) 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; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) 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.
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: Opt-in State Balance Bill Process.
OMB Control Number: 1210-0168.
Affected Public: Private sector, Businesses or other for-profits,
Not-for-profit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 350.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 700.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 525 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $875.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Michael Howell,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2025-05582 Filed 4-1-25; 8:45 am]
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