Notice2025-22426
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
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Published
December 10, 2025
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 90, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57199-57200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22426]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10492]
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 February 9, 2026.
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).
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: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Coverage of
Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act: Data
Submission Requirements to Receive the Federally-facilitated Exchange
User Fee Adjustment; Use: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act, Public Law 111-148, enacted on March 23, 2010, and the Health Care
and Education Reconciliation Act, Public Law 111-152, enacted on March
30, 2010 [collectively, the ``Affordable Care Act'' (ACA)], provides
the authority for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) to charge user fees to issuers participating in Federally-
facilitated Exchanges (FFEs) and State-based Exchanges on the Federal
platform (SBE-FPs). Additionally, section 2713 of the Public Health
Service Act (PHS Act) requires coverage without cost sharing of certain
preventive health services, including certain contraceptive services,
in non-exempt, non-grandfathered group health plans and health
insurance coverage, including issuers participating in the FFEs and
SBE-FPs. The final rule ``Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under
the Affordable Care Act'' (78 FR 39870) set forth regulations regarding
coverage for certain preventive services under section 2713 of the PHS
Act. The final regulations (78 FR 39870) establish rules under which
the third party administrator (TPA) of a self-insured group health plan
will provide or arrange for a third party to provide separate
contraceptive coverage to plan participants and beneficiaries without
cost sharing, premium, fee, or other charge to plan participants or
beneficiaries or to the eligible organization or its plan under a
process to accommodate qualifying objections to contraceptive coverage.
The final rules (78 FR 39870) also require the submission of
certain information to HHS and the adjustment of user fees to
compensate issuers, as well as standards to fund the payments for the
contraceptive services that are provided for participants and
beneficiaries in self-insured plans of eligible organizations under the
accommodation described previously, through an adjustment to the user
fees payable by issuers. HHS requires this information to ensure that
these FFE (or SBE-FP) user fee adjustments reflect payments for
contraceptive services provided under this accommodation and that the
adjustment is applied to the appropriate participating issuer.
This document describes the data collection requirements related to
this adjustment, collected via a webform. This revision includes a
decrease in burden, with the total estimated issuer and TPA burden and
associated costs decreasing based on past years of experience with the
program demonstrating a decreasing number of participants. Form Number:
CMS-10492 (OMB Control Number: 0938-1285); Frequency: Annually;
Affected Public: Private Sector, Business or other for-profit and not-
for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 235; Number of
Responses: 315; Total Annual Hours: 1,340. (For policy questions
regarding this collection, contact Mohinee Mukherjee at 404-562-0151.)
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Division of Information Collections and Regulatory Impacts,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2025-22426 Filed 12-9-25; 8:45 am]
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