358 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 16 / Thursday, January 24, 2019 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10379] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 25, 2019. 

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 http://

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 ll, 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 

website address at https://www.cms.gov/ 

Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing.html. 

2. Email your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and CMS document identifier, to 

Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov. 

3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at 

(410) 786–1326. 

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). 

CMS–10379 Rate Increase Disclosure 

and Review Requirements (45 CFR part 

154) 

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 

Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a previously 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Rate Increase 

Disclosure and Review Requirements 

(45 CFR part 154); Use: 45 CFR part 154 

implements the annual review of 

unreasonable increases in premiums for 

health insurance coverage called for by 

section 2794. The regulation established 

a rate review program to ensure that all 

rate increases that meet or exceed an 

established threshold are reviewed by a 

state or the Centers for Medicare and 

Medicaid Services (CMS) to determine 

whether the rate increases are 

unreasonable. Accordingly, issuers 

offering non-grandfathered health 

insurance coverage in the individual 

and/or small group markets are required 

to submit Rate Filing Justifications to 

CMS. Section 154.103(b) exempts 

grandfathered health plan coverage as 

defined in 45 CFR 147.140 and excepted 

benefits as described in section 2791(c) 

of the PHS Act. In the Notice of Benefit 

and Payment Parameters for 2019 (2019 

Payment Notice) (83 FR 74, April 17, 

2018), Section 154.103 was modified so 

that student health insurance coverage, 

as defined in § 147.145, is also 

exempted from Federal rate review 

requirements for plans beginning on or 

after July 1, 2018. 

Section 154.200(a)(1) previously 

provided that a rate increase for single 

risk pool coverage beginning on or after 

January 1, 2017 was subject to a 

reasonableness review if: (1) The 

average increase, including premium 

rating factors described in § 147.102, for 

all enrollees, weighted by premium 

volume for any plan within the product, 

meets or exceeds 10 percent; or (2) the 

increase exceeds a state-specific 

threshold approved by the Secretary. In 

the 2019 Payment Notice, this provision 

was amended to establish a 15 percent 

federal default threshold for 

reasonableness review beginning with 

single risk pool rate filings submitted by 

issuers for plan or policy years 

beginning on or after January 1, 2019. 

The Rate Filing Justification consists 

of three parts. All issuers must continue 

to submit a Uniform Rate Review 

Template (URRT) (Part I of the Rate 

Filing Justification) for all single risk 

pool plans. Issuers that submit a rate 

filing that includes a plan that meets or 

exceeds the threshold must include a 

written description justifying the rate 

increase, also known as the consumer 

justification narrative (Part II of the Rate 

Filing Justification). We note that the 

threshold set by CMS constitutes a 

minimum standard and most states 

currently employ stricter rate review 

standards and may continue to do so. 

Issuers offering a QHP or any single risk 

pool submission containing a rate 

increase of any size must continue to 

submit an actuarial memorandum (Part 

III of the Rate Filing Justification). Form 

Number: CMS–10379 (OMB control 

number: 0938–1141); Frequency: 

Annually; Affected Public: Private 

Sector; Businesses or other for-profits, 

Not-for-profit institutions; Number of 

Respondents: 589; Number of 

Responses: 18; Total Annual Hours: 

20,240. For policy questions regarding 

this collection, contact Lisa Cuozzo at 

410–786–1746. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 16 / Thursday, January 24, 2019 / Notices 359 

Dated: January 17, 2019. 

William N. Parham, III, 

Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office 

of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2019–00094 Filed 1–23–19; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Office of the Director, National 

Institutes of Health; Notice of Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(a) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, notice is hereby given of a 

meeting of the NIH Clinical Center 

Research Hospital Board. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public, with attendance limited to space 

available. Individuals who plan to 

attend and need special assistance, such 

as sign language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

notify the Contact Person listed below 

in advance of the meeting. 

Name of Committee: NIH Clinical Center 

Research Hospital Board. 

Date: February 1, 2019. 

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review program policies. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Natcher Building, Conference Room D, 45 

Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. 

Contact Person: Gretchen Wood, Staff 

Assistant, Office of the Director, National 

Institutes of Health, One Center Drive, 

Building 1, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–496– 

3571, woodgs@nih.gov. 

This meeting notice is being published less 

than 15 days in advance of the meting due 

to the partial Government shutdown of 

December 2018. 

Any interested person may file written 

comments with the committee by forwarding 

the statement to the Contact Person listed on 

this notice. The statement should include the 

name, address, telephone number and when 

applicable, the business or professional 

affiliation of the interested person. 

In the interest of security, NIH has 

instituted stringent procedures for entrance 

onto the NIH campus. All visitor vehicles, 

including taxicabs, hotel, and airport shuttles 

will be inspected before being allowed on 

campus. Visitors will be asked to show one 

form of identification (for example, a 

government-issued photo ID, driver’s license, 

or passport) and to state the purpose of their 

visit. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.14, Intramural Research 

Training Award; 93.22, Clinical Research 

Loan Repayment Program for Individuals 

from Disadvantaged Backgrounds; 93.232, 

Loan Repayment Program for Research 

Generally; 93.39, Academic Research 

Enhancement Award; 93.936, NIH Acquired 

Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Loan 

Repayment Program; 93.187, Undergraduate 

Scholarship Program for Individuals from 

Disadvantaged Backgrounds, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: January 18, 2019. 

Sylvia L. Neal, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Royalty Board 

[Docket No. 19–CRB–0005–WR (2021–2025)] 

Determination of Rates and Terms for 

Digital Performance of Sound 

Recordings and Making of Ephemeral 

Copies To Facilitate Those 

Performances (Web V) 

AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), 

Library of Congress. 

ACTION: Notice announcing 

commencement of proceeding with 

request for Petitions to Participate. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges 

(Judges) announce commencement of a 

proceeding to determine reasonable 

rates and terms for two statutory 

licenses permitting the digital 

performance of sound recordings over 

the internet and the making of 

ephemeral recordings to facilitate those 

performances for the period beginning 

January 1, 2021, and ending December 

31, 2025. The Judges also announce the 

date by which a party wishing to 

participate in the rate determination 

proceeding must file its Petition to 

Participate and the accompanying $150 

filing fee. 

DATES: Petitions to Participate and the 

filing fee are due no later than February 

4, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties must 

submit petitions to participate and the 

required filing fee, using docket number 

19–CRB–0005–WR (2021–2025). The 

CRB accepts all filings through eCRB, 

the CRB’s electronic filing application, 

at https://app.crb.gov/. Parties without 

access to the internet may file using any 

of the following methods: 

U.S. mail: Copyright Royalty Board, 

P.O. Box 70977, Washington, DC 20024– 

0977; or 

Overnight service (only USPS Express 

Mail is acceptable): Copyright Royalty 

Board, P.O. Box 70977, Washington, DC 

20024–0977; or 

Commercial courier: Address package 

to: Copyright Royalty Board, Library of 

Congress, James Madison Memorial 

Building, LM–403, 101 Independence 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20559– 

6000. Deliver to: Congressional Courier 

Acceptance Site, 2nd Street NE and D 

Street NE, Washington, DC; or 

Hand delivery: Library of Congress, 

James Madison Memorial Building, LM– 

401, 101 Independence Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20559–6000. 

Instructions: Parties unable to use 

eCRB must submit an original, two 

paper copies, and an electronic version 

on a CD. All submissions must include 

the Copyright Royalty Board name and 

docket number. All submissions 

received will be posted without change 

on eCRB including any personal 

information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket, go to 

eCRB, the Copyright Royalty Board’s 

electronic filing and case management 

system, at https://app.crb.gov/ and 

search for docket number 19–CRB– 

0005–WR (2021–2025). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anita Blaine, CRB Program Specialist, 

by telephone at (202) 707–7658 or email 

at crb@loc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Copyright Act, the Copyright Royalty 

Judges (Judges) must commence a 

proceeding every five years to determine 

reasonable rates and terms to license the 

digital transmission over the internet of 

sound recordings and the making of 

ephemeral recordings to facilitate those 

transmissions. See 17 U.S.C. 112(e), 

114(d)(2), 803(b)(1)(A)(i)(III), 

804(b)(3)(A). This notice commences the 

rate determination proceeding for the 

license period 2021–2025. 

Petitions To Participate 

Any party with a significant interest 

in the outcome of the rate proceeding 

must file a Petition to Participate in 

accordance with the Judges’ regulations, 

including all of the information required 

by 37 CFR 351.1(b)(1). See 37 CFR 

351.1(b). Parties must pay the $150 

filing fee for each Petition to Participate. 

The CRB will not accept cash. Parties 

filing online through eCRB must pay by 

credit card. Any party without access to 

the internet must pay the filing fee with 

a check or money order made payable 

to the ‘‘Copyright Royalty Board’’ and 

mailed or delivered with its Petition to 

Participate as described in the 

ADDRESSES section above. If a check is 

returned for lack of sufficient funds, the 

corresponding Petition to Participate 

will be dismissed. 

Any participant that is an individual 

may represent herself or himself. All 

other participants must be represented 

by counsel. Only attorneys who are 

members of the bar in one or more states 

or the District of Columbia and in good 


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