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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 50 / Tuesday, March 15, 2022 / Notices
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 982,912.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 5,113,141.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
2,048,626 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Nora Hernandez,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022–05414 Filed 3–14–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act
Patient Protection Notice
Notice of availability; request
for comments.
ACTION:
The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting this Employee
Benefits Security Administration
(EBSA)-sponsored information
collection request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are
invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that the agency
receives on or before April 14, 2022.
ADDRESSES: 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.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) if the
information will be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimates of the burden and
cost of the collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (4)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information collection; and
(5) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202–
693–8538, or by email at DOL_PRA_
PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The No
Surprises Act, which Congress enacted
as part of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021, amended
section 2719A of the Public Health
Service Act (the PHS Act) to specify in
new subsection (e) that section 2719A
shall not apply with respect to plan
years beginning on or after January 1,
2022. The No Surprises Act expanded
the patient protections related to
emergency services to provide
additional protections. In addition, the
No Surprises Act added section 2799A–
7 of the PHS Act, which contains the
patient protections regarding choice of
health care professional from section
2719A of the PHS Act. These provisions
mirror those currently applicable under
section 2719A of the PHS Act (minus
the emergency services protections). In
addition, the patient protections under
the No Surprises Act apply generally to
all group health plans and health
insurance coverage, including
grandfathered health plans. The 2021
interim final regulations ‘‘Requirements
Related to Surprise Billing; Part I’’ add
a sunset clause to the current patient
protection provisions codified in the
2015 final regulations, and re-codify the
provisions related to choice of health
care professional at 29 CFR 2590.722.
The Patient Protection Notice is used by
health plan sponsors and issuers to
notify certain individuals of their right
to (1) choose a primary care provider or
a pediatrician when a plan or issuer
requires participants or subscribers to
designate a primary care physician; or
(2) obtain obstetrical or gynecological
care without prior authorization. For
additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
November 18, 2021 (86 FR 64528).
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless the OMB
approves it and displays a currently
valid OMB Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this
information collection for three (3)
years. OMB authorization for an ICR
cannot be for more than three (3) years
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without renewal. The DOL notes that
information collection requirements
submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL–EBSA.
Title of Collection: Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act Patient
Protection Notice.
OMB Control Number: 1210–0142.
Affected Public: Private Sector—
Businesses or other for-profits and notfor-profit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 11,241.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 148,181.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
2,810 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $7,409.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Dated: March 8, 2022.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022–05412 Filed 3–14–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; COVID–19
Symptom Tracker for Students,
Emotional Wellness Form for Students,
and Student Vaccination Status and
Test Consent Form Collection
Notice of availability; request
for comments.
ACTION:
The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting this Employment
and Training Administration (ETA)sponsored information collection
request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are
invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that the agency
receives on or before April 14, 2022.
ADDRESSES: 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.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Patient Protection Notice
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employee
Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)-sponsored information
collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency
receives on or before April 14, 2022.
ADDRESSES: 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.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
Department, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202-
693-8538, or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The No Surprises Act, which Congress enacted
as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, amended section
2719A of the Public Health Service Act (the PHS Act) to specify in new
subsection (e) that section 2719A shall not apply with respect to plan
years beginning on or after January 1, 2022. The No Surprises Act
expanded the patient protections related to emergency services to
provide additional protections. In addition, the No Surprises Act added
section 2799A-7 of the PHS Act, which contains the patient protections
regarding choice of health care professional from section 2719A of the
PHS Act. These provisions mirror those currently applicable under
section 2719A of the PHS Act (minus the emergency services
protections). In addition, the patient protections under the No
Surprises Act apply generally to all group health plans and health
insurance coverage, including grandfathered health plans. The 2021
interim final regulations ``Requirements Related to Surprise Billing;
Part I'' add a sunset clause to the current patient protection
provisions codified in the 2015 final regulations, and re-codify the
provisions related to choice of health care professional at 29 CFR
2590.722. The Patient Protection Notice is used by health plan sponsors
and issuers to notify certain individuals of their right to (1) choose
a primary care provider or a pediatrician when a plan or issuer
requires participants or subscribers to designate a primary care
physician; or (2) obtain obstetrical or gynecological care without
prior authorization. For additional substantive information about this
ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal Register on
November 18, 2021 (86 FR 64528).
This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and
the public is generally not required to respond to an information
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL-EBSA.
Title of Collection: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Patient Protection Notice.
OMB Control Number: 1210-0142.
Affected Public: Private Sector--Businesses or other for-profits
and not-for-profit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 11,241.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 148,181.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 2,810 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $7,409.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Dated: March 8, 2022.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-05412 Filed 3-14-22; 8:45 am]
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