Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 31555-31556 [2013-12465]

Agencies

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 101 (Friday, May 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31555-31556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12465]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifiers: CMS-64, CMS-10295 and CMS-10401]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS.

    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: Revision of a currently 
approved collection;
    Title of Information Collection: Quarterly Medicaid Statement of 
Expenditures for the Medical Assistance Program; Use: Form CMS-64 has 
been used since January 1980 by Medicaid state agencies to report their 
actual program benefit costs and administrative expenses. CMS uses this 
information to compute the federal financial participation for the 
state's Medicaid program costs. Certain schedules of the CMS-64 form 
are used by states to report budget, expenditure and related 
statistical information required for implementation of the Medicaid 
portion of the State Children's Health Insurance Programs, Title XXI of 
the Social Security Act, established by the Balanced Budget Act of 
1997. Form Number: CMS-64 (OCN: 0938-0067); Frequency: Quarterly; 
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments; Number of 
Respondents: 56; Total Annual Responses: 224; Total Annual Hours: 
16,464. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Abraham 
John at 410-786-4518. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Reporting 
Requirements for States Under Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA) 
Provisions; Use: The HHS Secretary is required to submit annual reports 
to Congress with information collected from states in accordance with 
section 5004(d) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 
Medicaid agencies in 50 states complete the reports while we review the 
information to determine if each state has met all of the reporting 
requirements specified under section 5004(d). We are revising this 
package to remove the requirement to report the Medicaid Federal 
Medical Assistance Percentage since it no longer needs to be collected 
from states. Form

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Number: CMS-10295 (OCN: 0938-1073). Frequency: Quarterly; Affected 
Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments; Number of Respondents: 50; 
Total Annual Responses: 200; Total Annual Hours: 400. (For policy 
questions regarding this collection contact Rhonda Simms at 410-786-
1200. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
    3. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Standards Related 
to Reinsurance, Risk Corridors and Risk Adjustment; Use: Section 1341 
of the Affordable Care Act provides that each state must establish a 
transitional reinsurance program to help stabilize premiums for 
coverage in the individual market during the first three years of 
Exchange operation. Section 1342 provides for the establishment of a 
temporary risk corridors program that will apply to qualified health 
plans in the individual and small group markets for the first three 
years of Exchange operation. Section 1343 provides for a program of 
risk adjustment for all non-grandfathered plans in the individual and 
small group market both inside and outside of the Exchange. These risk-
spreading programs, which will be implemented by HHS, states, or both 
HHS and states, are designed to mitigate adverse selection and provide 
stability for health insurance issuers in the individual and small 
group markets as market reforms and Exchanges are implemented. Section 
1321(a) also provides broad authority for the Secretary to establish 
standards and regulations to implement the statutory requirements 
related to Exchanges, reinsurance, risk adjustment, and other 
components of title I of the Affordable Care Act. The data collection 
and reporting requirements described in this information collection 
request will enable states, HHS, or both states and HHS to implement 
the aforementioned programs, which will mitigate the impact of adverse 
selection in the individual and small group markets both inside and 
outside the Exchange. Form Number: CMS-10401 (OCN: 0938-1155); 
Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: Private Sector (business or 
other for-profit and not-for-profit institutions); Number of 
Respondents: 24,171; Total Annual Responses: 584,042; Total Annual 
Hours: 1,013,293. (For policy questions regarding this collection 
contact Jaya Ghildiyal at 301-492-5149. For all other issues call 410-
786-1326.)
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS Web 
site address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995, or 
Email your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, 
and CMS document identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the 
Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326.
    To be assured consideration, comments and recommendations for the 
proposed information collections must be received by the OMB desk 
officer at the address below, no later than 5 p.m. on June 24, 2013.
    OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS 
Desk Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974, Email: OIRA _submission@omb.eop.gov.

    Dated: May 21, 2013.
Martique Jones,
Deputy Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic 
Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2013-12465 Filed 5-23-13; 8:45 am]
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