[Federal Register: June 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 122)]
[Notices]
[Page 30576-30577]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier CMS-R-205 and CMS-R-206]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing
the following summary of proposed collections for public comment.
Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of
the Agency's function; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Information
Collection Requirements Referenced in HIPAA title I for the Individual
Market, Supporting Regulations at 45 CFR 148 (148.120, 148.122,
148.124, 148.126, and 148.128), Forms and Instructions; Use: The
provisions of title I of the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) amend the Public Health Service Act
(PHS Act) and are designed to make it easier for people to get access
to health care coverage; to reduce the limitations that can be put on
the coverage; and to make it more difficult for issuers to terminate
the coverage. The information collection requirements will ensure that
issuers in the individual market comply with HIPAA title I, provide
individuals with certificates of creditable coverage necessary to
demonstrate prior creditable coverage and file documentation with CMS
for review in a Federal direct enforcement state. Requirements must
also ensure states' flexibility to implement state alternative
mechanisms. Form Number: CMS-R-205 (OMB: 0938-0703);
Frequency: Reporting--Yearly and Occasionally; Affected Public:
Business or other For-profit and Not-for-profit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 2,042; Total Annual Responses: 2,979,801; Total Annual
Hours: 856,384. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact
Louis Blank at 410-786-5511. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Information
Collection Requirements in HIPAA title I for the Group Market,
Supporting Regulations 45 CFR 146 (146.111, 146.115, 146.117, 146.150,
146.152, 146.160 and 146.180) Forms and Instructions; Use: The
provisions of title I of the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) are designed to make it easier for
people to get access to health care coverage and to reduce the
limitations that can be put on the coverage. This collection pertains
to notices issued by group health insurance issuers and self-funded
non-Federal governmental plans as required by 45 CFR 146. These notices
are triggered by the issuance of certificates of creditable coverage;
notification of preexisting condition exclusions; notification of
special enrollment rights; and State review of issuers' filings of
group market products or similar Federal review in cases in which a
State is not enforcing a HIPAA group market provision. Form Number:
CMS-R-206 (OMB: 0938-0702); Frequency: Reporting--Yearly;
Affected Public: Private Sector; Business or other For-profit and Not-
for-profit institutions, and State, Local, or Tribal Governments;
Number of Respondents: 8,050; Total Annual Responses: 37,002,217; Total
Annual Hours: 2,920,012. (For policy questions regarding this
collection contact Louis Blank at 410-786-5511. For all other issues
call 410-786-1326.)
To be assured consideration, comments and recommendations for the
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proposed information collections must be received by the OMB desk
officer at the address below, no later than 5 p.m. on July 27, 2009.
OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS
Desk Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974, E-mail: OIRA_
submission@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: June 18, 2009.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E9-15189 Filed 6-25-09; 8:45 am]
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