Expedited OMB Review and Public Comment: Office of Community Services Data Collection for the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program Reports (New Collection), 59166-59167 [2021-23271]
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are codified in Subpart K of 42 CFR 423
entitled ‘‘Application Procedures and
Contracts with PDP Sponsors.’’
The information will be collected
under the solicitation of proposals from
PDP, MA–PD, Cost Plan, Program of All
Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE),
and EGWP applicants. The collected
information will be used by CMS to: (1)
Ensure that applicants meet CMS
requirements for offering Part D plans
(including network adequacy,
contracting requirements, and
compliance program requirements, as
described in the application), (2)
support the determination of contract
awards. Form Number: CMS–10137
(OMB control number: 0938–0936);
Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public:
Businesses or other for-profits, Not-forprofit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 716; Total Annual
Responses: 382; Total Annual Hours:
1,716. (For policy questions regarding
this collection contact Arianne
Spaccarelli at 410–786–5715.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicare
Prescription Drug Benefit Program; Use:
Plan sponsor and State information is
used by CMS to approve contract
applications, monitor compliance with
contract requirements, make proper
payment to plans, and ensure that
correct information is disclosed to
potential and current enrollees. Form
Number: CMS–10141 (OMB control
number: 0938–0964); Frequency: Once;
Affected Public: Private sector (Business
or other for-profit and Not-for-profit
institutions); Number of Respondents:
11,771,497; Total Annual Responses:
675,231,213; Total Annual Hours:
9,312,314. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact
Maureen Connors at 410–786–4132.)
3. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: NonQuantitative Treatment Limitation
Analyses and Compliance Under
MHPAEA; Use: The Paul Wellstone and
Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and
Addiction Equity Act of 2008
(MHPAEA) (Pub. L. 110–343) generally
requires that group health plans and
group health insurance issuers offering
mental health or substance use disorder
(MH/SUD) benefits in addition to
medical and surgical (med/surg)
benefits do not apply any more
restrictive financial requirements (e.g.,
co-pays, deductibles) and/or treatment
limitations (e.g., visit limits, prior
authorizations) to MH/SUD benefits
than those requirements and/or
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limitations applied to substantially all
med/surg benefits. The Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act,
Public Law 111–148, was enacted on
March 23, 2010, and the Health Care
and Education Reconciliation Act of
2010, Public Law 111–152, was enacted
on March 30, 2010. These statutes are
collectively known as the ‘‘Affordable
Care Act.’’ The Affordable Care Act
extended MHPAEA to apply to the
individual health insurance market.
MHPAEA does not apply directly to
small group health plans, although its
requirements are applied indirectly in
connection with the Affordable Care
Act’s essential health benefit
requirements. The Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021 (the
Appropriations Act) was enacted on
December 27, 2020. The Appropriations
Act amended MHPAEA, in part, by
expressly requiring group health plans
and health insurance issuers offering
group or individual health insurance
coverage that offer both med/surg
benefits and MH/SUD benefits and that
impose non-quantitative treatment
limitations (NQTLs) on MH/SUD
benefits to perform and document their
comparative analyses of the design and
application of NQTLs. Further,
beginning 45 days after the date of
enactment of the Appropriations Act,
group health plans and health insurance
issuers offering group or individual
health insurance coverage must make
their comparative analyses available to
the Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services (HHS), and the
Treasury or applicable state authorities,
upon request. The Secretary of HHS is
required to request the comparative
analyses for plans that involve potential
violations of MHPAEA or complaints
regarding noncompliance with
MHPAEA that concern NQTLs and any
other instances in which the Secretary
determines appropriate. The
Appropriations Act also requires the
Secretary of HHS to submit to Congress,
and make publicly available, an annual
report on the conclusions of the
reviews. Form Number: CMS–10773
(OMB control number: 0938–1393);
Frequency: On Occasion; Affected
Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Governments, Private Sector; Number of
Respondents: 250,137; Total Annual
Responses: 36,461; Total Annual Hours:
1,013,184. (For policy questions
regarding this collection, contact Usree
Bandyopadhyay at 410–786–6650.)
4. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Exchange
Functions: Standards for Navigators and
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Non-Navigator Assistance Personnel–
CAC; Use: Section 1321(a)(1) of the
Affordable Care Act directs and
authorizes the Secretary to issue
regulations setting standards for meeting
the requirements under title I of the
Affordable Care Act, with respect to,
among other things, the establishment
and operation of Exchanges. Pursuant to
this authority, regulations establishing
the certified application counselor
program have been finalized at 45 CFR
155.225. In accordance with
155.225(d)(1) and (7), certified
application counselors in all Exchanges
are required to be initially certified and
recertified on at least an annual basis
and successfully complete Exchange
required training. Form Number: CMS–
10494 (OMB control number: 0938–
1205); Frequency: On Occasion;
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Governments, Private Sector (not-forprofit institutions); individuals or
households; Number of Respondents:
278,072; Total Annual Responses:
278,072; Total Annual Hours: 918,024.
(For policy questions regarding this
collection contact Evonne Muoneke at
301–492–4402.)
Dated: October 21, 2021.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office
of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Expedited OMB Review and Public
Comment: Office of Community
Services Data Collection for the Low
Income Household Water Assistance
Program Reports (New Collection)
Office of Community Services,
Administration for Children and
Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
The Office of Community
Services, Administration for Children
and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), is
requesting expedited review of an
information collection request from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) and inviting public comment on
the proposed collection. The proposed
forms are necessary to provide data to
the Administration and Congress in its
oversight of recipients’ performance in
administering the Low Income
SUMMARY:
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Household Water Assistance Program
(LIHWAP) program. The information
collection is essential to the mission of
the agency for this emergency assistance
effort and the use of normal clearance
procedures is reasonably likely to
disrupt and prevent the collection of
information.
Comments due within 60 days of
publication. In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting
public comment on the specific aspects
of the information collection described
in this notice.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be
submitted by emailing infocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. All requests should identify
the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: ACF is requesting that
OMB grant a 180-day approval for this
request under procedures for expedited
processing. A request for review under
normal procedures will be submitted
DATES:
within 180 days of the approval for this
request. The LIHWAP effort was
authorized under two separate
appropriations as part of an emergency
effort to prevent and respond to COVID–
19: The Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 116–260) and the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub.
L. 117–2). As a result of the emergency
nature, the timeline to implement the
program was very short and the time to
develop and submit related performance
measures is similarly short. The
proposed LIHWAP Quarterly
Performance and Management Report
and the LIHWAP Annual Report are
conducted in accordance with the
LIHWAP statute (Pub. L. 116–260) and
will provide ACF and Congress
information necessary for oversight of
recipients’ performance in
administering the LIHWAP program.
The completeness, accuracy,
consistency, and timeliness of responses
to data collections are needed for the
agency to do the following:
• Ensure that LIHWAP, an emergency
and temporary program, is implemented
effectively and efficiently;
• Provide reliable and complete fiscal
and household data for OCS analysis
and reporting to Congress and the
public; and
• Respond to questions from the
Congress, Department, OMB, White
House, and other interested parties in a
timely and accurate manner.
This information collection package
also includes a burden estimate related
to the information collected from
households. While grant recipients will
collect necessary information from
households using a variety of intake
systems and local forms, OCS is
providing technical assistance in this
area and has included a sample
application template in supplementary
materials. This is a sample template;
there will be no mandated household
application format and OCS will not
receive or analyze copies of individual
household application materials.
Respondents: LIHWAP grant
recipients.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Total
number of
respondents
Instrument
Quarterly Report ..................................................................
Annual Report ......................................................................
Household Application .........................................................
Total
number of
responses per
respondent
157
157
1,200,000
Average
burden
hours per
response
4
2
1
13
211
.5
Total burden
hours
8,164
66,254
600,000
Annual
burden hours
8,164
33,127
200,000
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 241,291 (for first year with Quarterly reports), 233,127 (for subsequent years without Quarterly reports).
Comments: The Department
specifically requests comments on (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information; (c) the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology. Consideration will be given
to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Comments will be considered and any
necessary updates to materials made
prior to, and responses provided in, the
submission to OMB that will follow this
public comment period.
Authority: Public Law 116–260 and
LIHWAP Terms and Conditions Section
10 (https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/
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Terms%20and%20Conditions%20for
%20States.pdf).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Expedited OMB Review and Public Comment: Office of Community
Services Data Collection for the Low Income Household Water Assistance
Program Reports (New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and
Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Community Services, Administration for Children
and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),
is requesting expedited review of an information collection request
from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and inviting public
comment on the proposed collection. The proposed forms are necessary to
provide data to the Administration and Congress in its oversight of
recipients' performance in administering the Low Income
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Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) program. The information
collection is essential to the mission of the agency for this emergency
assistance effort and the use of normal clearance procedures is
reasonably likely to disrupt and prevent the collection of information.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information
collection described in this notice.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be submitted by emailing
[email protected]. All requests should identify the title of
the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: ACF is requesting that OMB grant a 180-day approval
for this request under procedures for expedited processing. A request
for review under normal procedures will be submitted within 180 days of
the approval for this request. The LIHWAP effort was authorized under
two separate appropriations as part of an emergency effort to prevent
and respond to COVID-19: The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
(Pub. L. 116-260) and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L.
117-2). As a result of the emergency nature, the timeline to implement
the program was very short and the time to develop and submit related
performance measures is similarly short. The proposed LIHWAP Quarterly
Performance and Management Report and the LIHWAP Annual Report are
conducted in accordance with the LIHWAP statute (Pub. L. 116-260) and
will provide ACF and Congress information necessary for oversight of
recipients' performance in administering the LIHWAP program. The
completeness, accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of responses to
data collections are needed for the agency to do the following:
Ensure that LIHWAP, an emergency and temporary program, is
implemented effectively and efficiently;
Provide reliable and complete fiscal and household data
for OCS analysis and reporting to Congress and the public; and
Respond to questions from the Congress, Department, OMB,
White House, and other interested parties in a timely and accurate
manner.
This information collection package also includes a burden estimate
related to the information collected from households. While grant
recipients will collect necessary information from households using a
variety of intake systems and local forms, OCS is providing technical
assistance in this area and has included a sample application template
in supplementary materials. This is a sample template; there will be no
mandated household application format and OCS will not receive or
analyze copies of individual household application materials.
Respondents: LIHWAP grant recipients.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Total number Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses hours per Total burden Annual burden
of respondents per respondent response hours hours
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Quarterly Report................ 157 4 13 8,164 8,164
Annual Report................... 157 2 211 66,254 33,127
Household Application........... 1,200,000 1 .5 600,000 200,000
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 241,291 (for first year with Quarterly reports), 233,127 (for subsequent
years without Quarterly reports).
Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on (a)
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication. Comments will be considered and any
necessary updates to materials made prior to, and responses provided
in, the submission to OMB that will follow this public comment period.
Authority: Public Law 116-260 and LIHWAP Terms and Conditions
Section 10 (https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/LIHWAP%20Terms%20and%20Conditions%20for%20States.pdf).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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