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Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
To obtain copies of a supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed collection(s) summarized in
this notice, you may make your request
using one of the following:
1. Access CMS’ website address at:
https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-andGuidance/Legislation/
PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Parham at (410) 786–4669.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (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 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)) requires federal agencies
to publish a 30-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 that summarizes
the following proposed collection(s) of
information for public comment:
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection (Request for a
new OMB Control Number); Title of
Information Collection: MedicareFunded GME Residency Positions in
accordance with Section 126 of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
(Pub. L. 116–93); Use: Section 126 of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act
(CAA), 2021 (Pub. L. 116–93), enacted
December 20, 2020, included a key
provision affecting Medicare payments
for Graduate Medical Education (GME).
Section 126(a) of the CAA amended
section 1886(h) of the Act by adding a
new section 1886(h)(9) requiring the
distribution of additional residency
positions (slots) to qualifying hospitals.
Section 1886(h)(9)(A) makes an
additional 1,000 Medicare funded
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residency slots available to be phased in
beginning in FY 2023 until the aggregate
number of 1,000 full-time equivalent
residency positions are distributed.
This approval request is for CMS to
receive electronic applications for
Medicare-Funded GME Residency
Positions submitted in accordance with
Section 126 of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021. The
electronic applications will be
submitted by the applicants in CMS’
new Medicare Electronic Application
Request Information SystemTM
(MEARISTM). There is no existing, hard
copy version of the application. The
applications will provide CMS with the
critical information necessary for CMS
to process and score the applications in
accordance with the policies finalized
in the upcoming final rule to determine
the disbursement of the slots and to
announce the awardees by the January
31, 2023 required statutory deadline.
Form Number: CMS–10790 (OMB
control number: 0938–NEW);
Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public:
Private sector (Business or other forprofits and Not-for-profit institutions),
State, Local, or Tribal Governments;
Number of Respondents: 1,325; Total
Annual Responses: 1,325; Total Annual
Hours: 10,600. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Noel
Manlove at 410–786–5161.)
Dated: January 6, 2022.
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
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifiers: CMS–10286 and
CMS–10325]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 (the
PRA), federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
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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.
Comments must be received by
March 14, 2022.
DATES:
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 https://
www.regulations.gov. 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: lll Room C4–26–
05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244–1850.
To obtain copies of a supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed collection(s) summarized in
this notice, you may make your request
using one of following:
1. Access CMS’ website address at
https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-andGuidance/Legislation/
PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing.html.
ADDRESSES:
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).
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CMS–10286 Notice of Research
Exception under the Genetic
Information Nondiscrimination
CMS–10325 Disclosure and
Recordkeeping Requirements for
Grandfathered Health Plans under the
Affordable Care Act
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.
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Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Notice of
Research Exception under the Genetic
Information Nondiscrimination Act;
Use: Under the Genetic Information
Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA),
a plan or issuer may request (but not
require) a genetic test in connection
with certain research activities so long
as such activities comply with specific
requirements, including: (i) The
research complies with 45 CFR part 46
or equivalent federal regulations and
applicable State or local law or
regulations for the protection of human
subjects in research; (ii) the request for
the participant or beneficiary (or in the
case of a minor child, the legal guardian
of such beneficiary) is made in writing
and clearly indicates that compliance
with the request is voluntary and that
non-compliance will have no effect on
eligibility for benefits or premium or
contribution amounts; and (iii) no
genetic information collected or
acquired will be used for underwriting
purposes. The Secretary of Labor or the
Secretary of Health and Human Services
is required to be notified if a group
health plan or health insurance issuer
intends to claim the research exception
permitted under Title I of GINA.
Nonfederal governmental group health
plans and issuers solely in the
individual health insurance market or
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Medigap market will be required to file
with the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS). The Notice of
Research Exception under the Genetic
Information Nondiscrimination Act is a
model notice that can be completed by
group health plans and health insurance
issuers and filed with either the
Department of Labor or CMS to comply
with the notification requirement. Form
Number: CMS–10286 (OMB control
number: 0938–1077); Frequency:
Occasionally; Affected Public: Private
Sector; State, Local or Tribal
governments; Number of Respondents:
2; Total Annual Responses: 2; Total
Annual Hours: 0.5. For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Usree
Bandyopadhyay at 410–786–6650.
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Disclosure and
Recordkeeping Requirements for
Grandfathered Health Plans under the
Affordable Care Act; Use: Section 1251
of the Affordable Care Act provides that
certain plans and health insurance
coverage in existence as of March 23,
2010, known as grandfathered health
plans, are not required to comply with
certain statutory provisions in the Act.
The final regulations titled ‘‘Final Rules
under the Affordable Care Act for
Grandfathered Plans, Preexisting
Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and
Annual Limits, Rescissions, Dependent
Coverage, Appeals, and Patient
Protections’’ (80 FR 72192, November
18, 2015) require that, to maintain its
status as a grandfathered health plan, a
plan must maintain records
documenting the terms of the plan in
effect on March 23, 2010, and any other
documents that are necessary to verify,
explain or clarify status as a
grandfathered health plan. The plan
must make such records available for
examination upon request by
participants, beneficiaries, individual
policy subscribers, or a state or federal
agency official. A grandfathered health
plan is also required to include a
statement in any summary of benefits
under the plan or health insurance
coverage, that the plan or coverage
believes it is a grandfathered health plan
within the meaning of section 1251 of
the Affordable Care Act, and providing
contact information for participants to
direct questions and complaints. In
addition, a grandfathered group health
plan that is changing health insurance
issuers is required to provide the
succeeding health insurance issuer (and
the succeeding health insurance issuer
must require) documentation of plan
terms (including benefits, cost sharing,
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employer contributions, and annual
limits) under the prior health insurance
coverage sufficient to make a
determination whether the standards of
paragraph § 147.140(g)(1) of the final
regulations are exceeded. It is also
required that, for an insured group
health plan (or a multiemployer plan)
that is a grandfathered plan, the relevant
policies, certificates, or contracts of
insurance, or plan documents must
disclose in a prominent and effective
manner that employers, employee
organizations, or plan sponsors, as
applicable, are required to notify the
issuer (or multiemployer plan) if the
contribution rate changes at any point
during the plan year. Form Number:
CMS–10325 (OMB control number:
0938–1093); Frequency: Occasionally;
Affected Public: Private Sector, State,
Local or Tribal governments; Number of
Respondents: 14,669; Total Annual
Responses: 2,651,523; Total Annual
Hours: 40. For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Usree
Bandyopadhyay at 410–786–6650.
Dated: January 6, 2022.
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
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Judicial, Court, and Attorney
Measures of Performance (New
Collection)
Children’s Bureau;
Administration for Children and
Families; HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
The Children’s Bureau,
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), is
proposing to collect data for a new
descriptive study, Judicial, Court, and
Attorney Measures of Performance
(JCAMP).
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of
publication. In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF
is soliciting public comment on the
specific aspects of the information
collection described in this notice.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the
proposed collection of information and
submit comments by emailing
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifiers: CMS-10286 and CMS-10325]
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 (the 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 March 14, 2022.
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
https://www.regulations.gov. 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.
To obtain copies of a supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed collection(s) summarized in this notice, you may make
your request using one of following:
1. Access CMS' website address at https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing.html.
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).
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CMS-10286 Notice of Research Exception under the Genetic Information
Nondiscrimination
CMS-10325 Disclosure and Recordkeeping Requirements for Grandfathered
Health Plans under the Affordable Care Act
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 Collection
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Notice of
Research Exception under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act;
Use: Under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008
(GINA), a plan or issuer may request (but not require) a genetic test
in connection with certain research activities so long as such
activities comply with specific requirements, including: (i) The
research complies with 45 CFR part 46 or equivalent federal regulations
and applicable State or local law or regulations for the protection of
human subjects in research; (ii) the request for the participant or
beneficiary (or in the case of a minor child, the legal guardian of
such beneficiary) is made in writing and clearly indicates that
compliance with the request is voluntary and that non-compliance will
have no effect on eligibility for benefits or premium or contribution
amounts; and (iii) no genetic information collected or acquired will be
used for underwriting purposes. The Secretary of Labor or the Secretary
of Health and Human Services is required to be notified if a group
health plan or health insurance issuer intends to claim the research
exception permitted under Title I of GINA. Nonfederal governmental
group health plans and issuers solely in the individual health
insurance market or Medigap market will be required to file with the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The Notice of Research
Exception under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act is a
model notice that can be completed by group health plans and health
insurance issuers and filed with either the Department of Labor or CMS
to comply with the notification requirement. Form Number: CMS-10286
(OMB control number: 0938-1077); Frequency: Occasionally; Affected
Public: Private Sector; State, Local or Tribal governments; Number of
Respondents: 2; Total Annual Responses: 2; Total Annual Hours: 0.5. For
policy questions regarding this collection contact Usree Bandyopadhyay
at 410-786-6650.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Disclosure and
Recordkeeping Requirements for Grandfathered Health Plans under the
Affordable Care Act; Use: Section 1251 of the Affordable Care Act
provides that certain plans and health insurance coverage in existence
as of March 23, 2010, known as grandfathered health plans, are not
required to comply with certain statutory provisions in the Act. The
final regulations titled ``Final Rules under the Affordable Care Act
for Grandfathered Plans, Preexisting Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and
Annual Limits, Rescissions, Dependent Coverage, Appeals, and Patient
Protections'' (80 FR 72192, November 18, 2015) require that, to
maintain its status as a grandfathered health plan, a plan must
maintain records documenting the terms of the plan in effect on March
23, 2010, and any other documents that are necessary to verify, explain
or clarify status as a grandfathered health plan. The plan must make
such records available for examination upon request by participants,
beneficiaries, individual policy subscribers, or a state or federal
agency official. A grandfathered health plan is also required to
include a statement in any summary of benefits under the plan or health
insurance coverage, that the plan or coverage believes it is a
grandfathered health plan within the meaning of section 1251 of the
Affordable Care Act, and providing contact information for participants
to direct questions and complaints. In addition, a grandfathered group
health plan that is changing health insurance issuers is required to
provide the succeeding health insurance issuer (and the succeeding
health insurance issuer must require) documentation of plan terms
(including benefits, cost sharing, employer contributions, and annual
limits) under the prior health insurance coverage sufficient to make a
determination whether the standards of paragraph Sec. 147.140(g)(1) of
the final regulations are exceeded. It is also required that, for an
insured group health plan (or a multiemployer plan) that is a
grandfathered plan, the relevant policies, certificates, or contracts
of insurance, or plan documents must disclose in a prominent and
effective manner that employers, employee organizations, or plan
sponsors, as applicable, are required to notify the issuer (or
multiemployer plan) if the contribution rate changes at any point
during the plan year. Form Number: CMS-10325 (OMB control number: 0938-
1093); Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: Private Sector, State,
Local or Tribal governments; Number of Respondents: 14,669; Total
Annual Responses: 2,651,523; Total Annual Hours: 40. For policy
questions regarding this collection contact Usree Bandyopadhyay at 410-
786-6650.
Dated: January 6, 2022.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office of Strategic Operations and
Regulatory Affairs.
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