Agency Information Collection Request: 60-Day Public Comment Request, 38525-38526 [2010-16165]
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Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call
the Reports Clearance Office on (202)
690–6162. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collections must be directed
to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer
at the above e-mail address within 60
days.
Proposed Project: ONC State HIE State
Plans—OMB No. 0990–NEW—Office of
the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology.
Abstract: The purpose of the State
Health Information Exchange
implementation activities. The State
Plans must be submitted to the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology during the first year of the
project period in order to receive
implementation funding through the
cooperative agreement. Annual updates
to the State plans will be required in the
three remaining project periods. The
data collection will last four years,
which is the duration of the project, and
this request is for the data collection for
the first three years of that project
period.
Cooperative Agreement Program, as
authorized by Section 3013 of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act, is to provide grants to States and
Qualified State Designated Entities and
to facilitate and expand the secure,
electronic movement and use of health
information among organizations
according to nationally recognized
standards. Section 3013 requires States
and Qualified State Designated Entities
to have approved State Plans, consisting
of strategic and operational components,
before funding can be used for
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE
Forms
(if necessary)
Type of respondent
State Plans (Strategic and Operational).
Subsequent updates to the State
Plan.
Total ..................................................
State Government or Qualified State
Designated Entity.
State government or Qualified State
Designated Entity.
......................................................
Seleda Perryman,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction
Act Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: OS–0990–New(60-day
notice)]
Agency Information Collection
Request: 60-Day Public Comment
Request
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of the Secretary (OS), Department
of Health and Human Services, is
publishing the following summary of a
proposed information collection request
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:
AGENCY:
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average burden per
response
(in hrs.)
Total burden
hours
56
1
10,024
561,244
56
1
500
28,000
589,244
Report—OMB No. 0990–NEW–Office of
the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology.
Abstract: The purpose of the State
Health Information Exchange
Cooperative Agreement Program, as
authorized by Section 3013 of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act, is to provide grants to States and
Qualified State Designated Entities and
to facilitate and expand the secure,
electronic movement and use of health
information among organizations
according to nationally recognized
standards. As part of that project, States
and Qualified State Designated Entities
are required to provide biannual
program progress reports and report on
performance measures during the
implementation phase of the
cooperative agreement. This request is
for those two data gathering
requirements. The data collection will
last four years, which is the duration of
the project, and this request is for the
data collection for the first three years
of that project period.
(1) The necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the
proper performance of the agency’s
functions; (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.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, e-mail your request,
including your address, phone number,
OMB number, and OS document
identifier, to
Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call
the Reports Clearance Office on (202)
690–6162. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collections must be directed
to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer
at the above email address within 60days.
Proposed Project: ONC State HIE
Performance Measures and Progress
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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE
Forms (if necessary)
Type of
respondent
Evaluation performance measures .................
State government or Qualified State Designated Entity.
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burden per
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175
Total burden
hours
19,600
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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE—Continued
Average
burden per
response
(in hrs.)
Type of
respondent
Program progress report ................................
State government or Qualified State Designated Entity.
56
2
8
896
Total .........................................................
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20,496
Seleda Perryman,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction
Act Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of Consumer Information and
Insurance Oversight: Privacy Act of
1974; Report of a New System of
Records
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AGENCY: Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of a New System of
Records.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974,
the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services’ (HHS) Office of
Consumer Information and Insurance
Oversight (OCIIO) is proposing to
establish a new system of records (SOR)
titled ‘‘Pre-Existing Condition Insurance
Plan (PCIP),’’ System No. 09–90–0275.
Section 1101 of Title I of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act of
2010 (Affordable Care Act) requires that
the Secretary of Health and Human
Services establish, either directly or
through contracts with States and
nonprofit private entities, a temporary
high risk health insurance pool program
to make health insurance coverage
available at standard rates to uninsured
individuals with pre-existing
conditions. This program will continue
until January 1, 2014, when American
Health Benefit Exchanges established
under sections 1311 and 1321 of the
Affordable Care Act will be available for
individuals to obtain health insurance
coverage. HHS provided each State or
its designated nonprofit entity the
opportunity to contract with HHS to
establish this program. However, to the
extent that HHS does contract with a
State to administer the program, HHS
will make available a Pre-Existing
Insurance Plan in such State under
arrangements with the U.S. Office of
Personnel Management, the U.S.
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Department of Agriculture’s National
Finance Center (NFC), and one or more
nonprofit entities to serve as a thirdparty administrator (TPA) responsible
for maintaining a network of health care
providers and adjudicating claims for
covered services.
The purpose of this system of records
is to collect and maintain information
on individuals who apply for
enrollment in the program. This
information will enable HHS acting
through NFC, OPM, and any third-party
administrator(s) to determine
applicants’ eligibility, enroll eligible
individuals into the program, adjudicate
appeals of eligibility and coverage
determinations, bill and collect
premium payments, and process and
pay claims for covered health care items
and services furnished to eligible
individuals. Information maintained in
this system will also be disclosed to: (1)
Support regulatory, reimbursement, and
policy functions performed by an HHS
contractor, consultant or grantee; (2)
assist another Federal or State agency,
agency of a State government, an agency
established by State law, or its fiscal
agent; (3) support litigation involving
the Department; (4) combat fraud and
abuse in certain health benefits
programs; and (5) assist efforts to
respond to a suspected or confirmed
breach of the security or confidentiality
of information maintained in this
system of records. We have provided
background information about the
modified system in the ‘‘Supplementary
Information’’ section below. Although
the Privacy Act requires only that HHS
provide an opportunity for interested
persons to comment on the proposed
routine uses, HHS invites comments on
all portions of this notice. See EFFECTIVE
DATES section for comment period.
DATES: Effective: HHS filed a new
system report with the Chair of the
House Committee on Government
Reform and Oversight, the Chair of the
Senate Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs, and
the Administrator, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) on June
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28, 2010. The system of records, except
the routine uses, will become effective
upon publication in the Federal
Register. To ensure that all parties have
adequate time in which to comment on
the routine uses, the routine uses will
become effective 30 days from the
publication of the notice, or 40 days
from the date it was submitted to OMB
and Congress, whichever is later, unless
HHS receives comments that require
alterations to the routine uses.
ADDRESSES: The public should address
comments to: HHS Privacy Officer,
Office of the Secretary, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
(ASPA), Freedom of Information/
Privacy Acts Division, 330 ‘‘C’’ Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20201. Telephone
number: (202) 690–7453. Comments
received will be available for review at
this location, by appointment, during
regular business hours, Monday through
Friday from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. e.t.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill
Gotts, Office of Consumer Information
and Insurance Oversight (OCIIO), Office
of the Secretary, Department of Health
and Human Services. She can be
reached at (202) 690–5894, or contact
via e-mail at jill.gotts@cms.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Individuals who have a pre-existing
condition are often unable to obtain
insurance coverage in the individual
market and in many cases are denied
coverage entirely, are offered coverage
with a rider that excludes coverage for
the pre-existing condition, or are offered
coverage at an unaffordable premium.
The Pre-Existing Condition Insurance
Plan will enable eligible individuals
with pre-existing conditions to purchase
coverage without any pre-existing
condition coverage exclusions at
standard individual insurance market
rates. Section 1101 of the Act requires
that the Secretary of the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS)
establish, either directly or through
contracts with States or nonprofit
private entities, a temporary high risk
pool program to provide access to
affordable insurance for uninsured
Americans with pre-existing conditions.
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New(60-day notice)]
Agency Information Collection Request: 60-Day Public Comment
Request
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS),
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following
summary of a proposed information collection request 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 functions; (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.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS
document identifier, to Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be
directed to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at the above email
address within 60-days.
Proposed Project: ONC State HIE Performance Measures and Progress
Report--OMB No. 0990-NEW-Office of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology.
Abstract: The purpose of the State Health Information Exchange
Cooperative Agreement Program, as authorized by Section 3013 of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, is to provide grants to States
and Qualified State Designated Entities and to facilitate and expand
the secure, electronic movement and use of health information among
organizations according to nationally recognized standards. As part of
that project, States and Qualified State Designated Entities are
required to provide biannual program progress reports and report on
performance measures during the implementation phase of the cooperative
agreement. This request is for those two data gathering requirements.
The data collection will last four years, which is the duration of the
project, and this request is for the data collection for the first
three years of that project period.
Estimated Annualized Burden Table
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Forms (if necessary) Type of Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondent respondents respondent (in hrs.) hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Evaluation performance State government 56 2 175 19,600
measures. or Qualified
State
Designated
Entity.
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Program progress report....... State government 56 2 8 896
or Qualified
State
Designated
Entity.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 20,496
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Seleda Perryman,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Officer.
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