Notice2025-20850
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Medical Support Notice-Part B
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Published
November 25, 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 225 (Tuesday, November 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 53392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20850]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; National Medical Support Notice--Part B
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 December 26, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Howell by telephone at 202-
693-6782, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0f4b4043505f5d4e505f5a4d43464c4f6b606321686079"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6622292a39363427393633242a2f252602090a48010910">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 401(a) of the CSPIA, the
Department of Labor (the Department) and HHS jointly promulgated the
National Medical Support Notice Final Rule on December 27, 2000 (65 FR
82128) (NMSN Regulation). The NMSN Regulation simplifies the issuance
and processing of medical child support orders; standardizes
communication between State agencies, employers, and Plan
Administrators; and creates a uniform and streamlined process for
enforcement of medical child support to ensure that all eligible
children receive the health care coverage to which they are entitled.
The NMSN Regulation, codified at 29 CFR 2590.609-2, includes a
model National Medical Support Notice (NMSN) that is comprised of two
parts: part A is a notice from the State agency to the employer,
entitled: ``Notice to Withhold for Health Care Coverage;'' and part B
is a notice from the employer to the Plan Administrator, entitled:
``Medical Support Notice to Plan Administrator.'' Both parts have
detailed instructions informing the recipient to whom responses are due
depending on varying circumstances. This ICR addresses the Plan
Administrator's responsibilities under NMSN Regulation to complete part
B of the NMSN, the ``Plan Administrator Response,'' pursuant to the
CSPIA and section 609(a)(5)(C) of title I of ERISA.
The ``Plan Administrator Response'' in part B of the NMSN requires
the Plan Administrator to provide information verifying whether the
child is or will be receiving health care coverage from the group
health plan. If enrollment has already occurred or can begin
immediately, the Plan Administrator's response in part B serves as
notice to the State agency, the participant (parent), the child, their
non-participant parent or guardian and the employer that the child is
or will begin receiving dependent health care coverage pursuant to the
group health plan. When the child is eligible for more than one
coverage option, the Administrator must first send the part B response
to the State agency so that the agency may choose one option. The Plan
Administrator must also use the part B response to notify all of the
above-affected persons of any waiting period before enrollment of the
child can occur. For additional substantive information about this ICR,
see the related notice published in the Federal Register on January 6,
2025 (90 FR 671).
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: National Medical Support Notice--Part B.
OMB Control Number: 1210-0113.
Affected Public: Private sector.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 399,269.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 10,753,708.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 896,142 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $5,927,982.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Michael Howell,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2025-20850 Filed 11-24-25; 8:45 am]
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