48986 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 158 / Wednesday, August 15, 2012 / Notices 

Dated: August 9, 2012. 

Catherine Ramadei, 

Acting Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Disease, Disability, and Injury 

Prevention and Control Special 

Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review 

The meeting announced below 

concerns Member Conflict Review, 

Program Announcement (PA) 07–318, 

initial review. 

In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) 

announces the aforementioned meeting: 

Time and Date: 1 p.m.–3 p.m., October 30, 

2012 (Closed). 

Place: National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH), CDC, 1095 

Willowdale Road, Morgantown, West 

Virginia 26506, Telephone: (304) 285–6143. 

Status: The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with provisions set 

forth in Section 552b(c)(4) and (6), Title 5 

U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director, 

Management Analysis and Services Office, 

CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92–463. 

Matters To Be Discussed: The meeting will 

include the initial review, discussion, and 

evaluation of applications received in 

response to ‘‘Member Conflict Review, PA 

07–318.’’ 

Contact Person for More Information: Joan 

Karr, Ph.D., Scientific Review Administrator, 

Office of Extramural Programs, National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 

CDC, Century Center, Atlanta, Georgia 30333; 

Telephone: (404) 498–2506. 

The Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, has been delegated the 

authority to sign Federal Register notices 

pertaining to announcements of meetings and 

other committee management activities, for 

both the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Dated: August 9, 2012. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10320] 

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) 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: Health Care 

Reform Insurance Web Portal 

Requirements 45 CFR part 159; Use: 

This information collection is mandated 

by Sections 1103 and 10102 of The 

Patient Protection and Affordability 

Care Act, Public Law 111–148 (ACA). 

Once all of the information is collected 

from insurance issuers of major medical 

health insurance (hereon referred to as 

issuers) and other affected parties, it 

will be displayed at http:// 

www.healthcare.gov. Issuers are 

required to provide information 

quarterly, and healthcare.gov will be 

updated on a periodic schedule during 

each quarter. The information provided 

will help the general public make 

educated decisions about organizations 

providing private health care insurance. 

In accordance with the provisions of 

the ACA referenced above, the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services created a Web site called 

healthcare.gov to meet these and other 

provisions of the law, and data 

collection was conducted for six months 

based upon an emergency information 

collection request. The interim final rule 

published on May 5, 2010 served as the 

emergency Federal Register notice for 

the prior Information Collection Request 

(ICR). The Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) reviewed this ICR under 

emergency processing and approved the 

ICR on April 30, 2010. The original 60- 

day comment period began on June 5, 

2012 and pertained to the Health Care 

Reform Insurance Web Portal 

Requirements, and closed on August 6, 

2012. We received a total of 9 public 

comments. The majority of the 

comments regarded Essential Health 

Benefits (EHB), with 1 public comment 

on Healthcare.gov. Most public 

comments addressed multiple issues. 

We have taken into consideration all the 

proposed suggestions and strive to 

minimize duplicate data entry and to 

maximize the flexibility of users. In 

addition, to help adjust to the new data 

system, weekly calls are held with 

issuers to address any other questions 

which may emerge. Detailed user guides 

have been prepared and only await 

finalization of collection authority 

before dissemination. Help desk service 

and email are also available for 

questions. Furthermore, CMS reviews 

and notifies issuers of any problematic 

links submitted. Additionally, we are 

seeking ways to reduce emails to data 

attesters while continuing to ensure 

these individuals, as well as the various 

submitters and data validators, are 

informed moving forward. 

We are currently updating a system 

(hereon referred to as web portal) where 

State Departments of Insurance and 

issuers may log in using a custom user 

ID and password validation. The states 

may be asked to provide information on 

issuers in their state and various web 

sites maintained for consumers. The 

issuers will be tasked with providing 

information on their major medical 

insurance products and plans. They will 

ultimately be given the choice to 

download a basic information template 

to enter data then upload into the web 

portal; to manually enter data within the 

web portal itself; or to submit .xml files 

containing their information. Once the 

states and issuers submit their data, they 

will receive an email notifying them of 

any errors, and that their submission 

was received. We are mandating the 

issuers verify and update their 

information on a quarterly basis, and are 

requesting that states verify statesubmitted information on an annual 

basis. In the event that an issuer 

enhances its existing plans, proposes 

new plans, or deactivates plans, the 

organization would be required to 

update the information in the web 

portal. Changes occurring during the 

three month quarterly periods will be 

allowed utilizing effective dates for both 


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the plans and rates associated with the 

plans. 

Information that is to be collected 

from state high risk pools will be 

collected from The National Association 

of State Comprehensive Health 

Insurance Plans (NASCHIP) at this time. 

Updates to this information may be 

submitted voluntarily. The estimated 

hour burden on issuers for the Plan 

Finder data collection in the first year 

is estimated as 90,400 total burden 

hours, or 113 hours per organization. 

This estimate is based on an assumed 

average of 450 individual plan issuers 

and 700 small group plan issuers per 

each of the four quarterly collections. It 

includes 30 hours per organization for 

training and communication. 

Additionally, for each of the issuers it 

includes 11 hours of preparation time, 

one hour of login and upload time, two 

hours of troubleshooting and data 

review, and one half hour for attestation 

per organization per quarterly refresh. 

The estimated hour burden on the states 

is informed by the fact that they have 

already submitted the data once and 

only need to update. The overall hours 

estimate is 575, or 11.5 per Department 

of Insurance. This is premised on 2 

hours of training and communication, 8 

hours for data collection, and one half 

hour of submission. Form Number: 

CMS–10320 (OCN: 0938–1086); 

Frequency: Annually, quarterly; 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits and States; Number of 

Respondents: 850; Total Annual 

Responses: 3,051; Total Annual Hours: 

91,225. (For policy questions regarding 

this collection, contact Joe Mercer at 

(301) 492–4265. 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 http://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. 

Interested parties are invited to send 

comments regarding the burden or any 

other aspect of these collections of 

information requirements. To ensure 

consideration of your comments and 

recommendations, they must be 

submitted in one of the following ways 

by September 13, 2012: 

1. Electronically. You may submit 

your comments electronically to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for ‘‘Comment or 

Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’ 

to find the information collection 

document(s) 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: CMS–10320/OCN 0938– 

1086), Room C4–26–05, 7500 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244– 

1850. 

Dated: August 10, 2012. 

Martique Jones, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Division B, Office of Strategic Operations and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–R–284] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

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) 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 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. 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension without change of a 

currently approved collection. Title of 

Information Collection: Medicaid 

Statistical Information System (MSIS). 

Use: The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 

mandated that states report their 

Medicaid data via MSIS. MSIS is used 

by states and other jurisdictions to 

report fundamental statistical data on 

the operation of their Medicaid 

program. Data provided on eligibles, 

beneficiaries, payments and services are 

vital to those studying and assessing 

Medicaid policies and costs. Medicaid 

statistical data are routinely requested 

by CMS, Department agencies, the 

Congress and their research offices, state 

Medicaid agencies, research 

organizations, social service interest 

groups, universities and colleges, and 

the health care industry. The data 

provides the only national level 

information available on enrollees, 

beneficiaries, and expenditures. It also 

provides the only national level 

information available on Medicaid 

utilization. This information is the basis 

for analyses and for cost savings 

estimates for the Department’s cost 

sharing legislative initiatives to the 

Congress. The data is also crucial to 

CMS and HHS actuarial forecasts. Form 

Number: CMS–R–284 (OCN 0938–0345). 

Frequency: Quarterly. Affected Public: 

State, Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Number of Respondents: 51. Total 

Annual Responses: 204. Total Annual 

Hours: 2,040. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact Kay 

Spence. at 410–786–1617. 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 http://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. 

In commenting on the proposed 

information collections please reference 

the document identifier or OMB control 

number. To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations must 

be submitted in one of the following 

ways by October 15, 2012: 

1. Electronically. You may submit 

your comments electronically to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for ‘‘Comment or 

Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’ 

to find the information collection 

document(s) 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: CMS–R–284 (OCN 0938– 

0345), Room C4–26–05, 7500 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244– 

1850. 


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