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after publication in the Federal 

Register, whichever is later. 

ADDRESSES: The public should send 

comments to: CMS Privacy Officer, 

Division of Privacy Policy, Privacy 

Policy and Compliance Group, Office of 

E-Health Standards & Services, Office of 

Enterprise Management, CMS, Room 

S2–24–25, 7500 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, Maryland 21244–1850. 

Comments received will be available for 

review at this location, by appointment, 

during regular business hours, Monday 

through Friday from 9:00 a.m.–3:00 

p.m., Eastern Time zone. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aaron Wesolowski, Director, 

Verifications Policy & Operations 

Branch, Division of Eligibility and 

Enrollment Policy and Operations, 

Center for Consumer Information and 

Insurance Oversight, CMS, 7501 

Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 

20814, Office Phone: (301) 492–4416, 

Facsimile: (443) 380–5531, E-Mail: 

Aaron.Wesolowski@cms.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Computer Matching and Privacy 

Protection Act of 1988 (Public Law 

(Pub. L.) 100–503), amended the Privacy 

Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) by describing the 

manner in which computer matching 

involving Federal agencies could be 

performed and adding certain 

protections for individuals applying for 

and receiving Federal benefits. Section 

7201 of the Omnibus Budget 

Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101– 

508) further amended the Privacy Act 

regarding protections for such 

individuals. The Privacy Act, as 

amended, regulates the use of computer 

matching by Federal agencies when 

records in a system of records are 

matched with other Federal, state, or 

local government records. It requires 

Federal agencies involved in computer 

matching programs to: 

1. Negotiate written agreements with 

the other agencies participating in the 

matching programs; 

2. Obtain the Data Integrity Board 

approval of the match agreements; 

3. Furnish detailed reports about 

matching programs to Congress and 

OMB; 

4. Notify applicants and beneficiaries 

that the records are subject to matching; 

and, 

5. Verify match findings before 

reducing, suspending, terminating, or 

denying an individual’s benefits or 

payments. 

This matching program meets the 

requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, 

as amended. 

Date: July 31, 2013. 

Michelle Snyder, 

Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services. 

CMS Computer Match No. 2013–08 

HHS Computer Match No. 1309 

NAME: 

‘‘Computer Matching Agreement 

between the Department of Health and 

Human Services, Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, and the Department 

of the Treasury, Internal Revenue 

Service, for the Verification of 

Household Income and Family Size for 

Insurance Affordability Programs and 

Exemptions’’. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

PARTICIPATING AGENCIES: 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), and 

Department of the Treasury, Internal 

Revenue Service (IRS). 

AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING MATCHING

PROGRAM: 

Sections 1411 and 1413 of the Patient 

Protection and Affordable Care Act of 

2010 (Pub. L. 111–148), as amended by 

the Health Care and Education 

Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111– 

152) (collectively, the ACA) require the 

Secretary of HHS to establish a program 

for determining eligibility for certain 

Insurance Affordability Programs, 

certifications of Exemption, and 

authorize use of secure, electronic 

interfaces and an on-line system for the 

verification of eligibility. 

Section 1414 of the ACA amended 26 

U.S.C. 6103 to add paragraph (l)(21), 

which authorizes the disclosure of 

certain items of Return Information as 

part of the Eligibility Determination 

process for enrollment in the following 

Insurance Affordability Programs: 

advance payments of the premium tax 

credit (APTC) under Sections 1401, 

1411 and 1412 of the ACA; a Cost 

Sharing Reduction (CSR) under Section 

1402 of the ACA; Medicaid and the 

Children’s Health Insurance Program 

(CHIP), under titles XIX and XXI of the 

Social Security Act, pursuant to Section 

1413 of the ACA; or a State’s Basic 

Health Program (BHP), if applicable, 

under Section 1331 of the ACA. 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE MATCHING PROGRAM: 

The purpose of the Computer 

Matching Agreement (CMA) is to 

establish the terms, conditions, 

safeguards, and procedures governing 

the disclosures of Return Information by 

IRS to CMS and by CMS to an 

Administering Entity (state agencies that 

administer Medicaid or CHIP, and statebased Exchanges and Marketplaces) 

through the CMS Data Services Hub to 

support the verification of Household 

Income and Family Size for an 

Applicant receiving an Eligibility 

Determination under the ACA. 

Return Information will be matched 

by CMS in its capacity as the Federallyfacilitated Exchange (Federallyfacilitated Marketplace) or by an 

Administering Entity for the purpose of 

determining eligibility for Insurance 

Affordability Programs (APTC, CSR, 

Medicaid, CHIP or a BHP). Return 

Information will also be matched for 

determining eligibility for certain 

certificates of Exemption. 

DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS TO BE USED IN THE

MATCHING PROGRAM: 

The matching program will be 

conducted with data maintained by 

CMS in the Health Insurance Exchanges 

System (HIX), CMS System No. 09–70– 

0560, as amended, published at 78 

Federal Register (FR) 8538 (Feb. 6, 

2013) and 78 FR 32256 (May 29, 2013). 

The matching program will also be 

conducted with specified Return 

Information maintained by IRS in the 

Customer Account Data Engine (CADE) 

Individual Master File, Treasury/IRS 

24.030, published at 77 FR 47948 

(August 10, 2012). 

INCLUSIVE DATES OF THE MATCH: 

The CMP will become effective no 

sooner than 40 days after the report of 

the matching program is sent to OMB 

and Congress, or 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register, 

whichever is later. The matching 

program will continue for 18 months 

from the effective date and may be 

extended for an additional 12 months 

thereafter, if certain conditions are met. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

Privacy Act of 1974; CMS Computer 

Match No. 2013–06; HHS Computer 

Match No. 1308 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), Department 

of Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of Computer Matching 

Program (CMP). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, 


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as amended, this notice announces the 

establishment of a CMP that CMS plans 

to conduct with the Veterans Health 

Administration (VHA), an 

Administration of the Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA). 

DATES: Effective Dates: Comments are 

invited on all portions of this notice. 

Public comments are due 30 days after 

publication. The matching program will 

become effective no sooner than 40 days 

after the report of the matching program 

is sent to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) and Congress, or 30 days 

after publication in the Federal 

Register, whichever is later. 

ADDRESSES: The public should send 

comments to: CMS Privacy Officer, 

Division of Privacy Policy, Privacy 

Policy and Compliance Group, Office of 

E-Health Standards & Services, Offices 

of Enterprise Management, CMS, Room 

S2–24–25, 7500 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, Maryland 21244–1850. 

Comments received will be available for 

review at this location, by appointment, 

during regular business hours, Monday 

through Friday from 9:00 a.m.–3:00 

p.m., Eastern Time zone. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aaron Wesolowski, Director, 

Verifications Policy & Operations 

Branch, Division of Eligibility and 

Enrollment Policy and Operations, 

Center for Consumer Information and 

Insurance Oversight, CMS, 7501 

Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 

20814, Office Phone: (301) 492–4416, 

Facsimile: (443) 380–5531, EMail: 

Aaron.Wesolowski@cms.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Computer Matching and Privacy 

Protection Act of 1988 (Public Law 

(Pub. L.) 100–503), amended the Privacy 

Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) by describing the 

manner in which computer matching 

involving Federal agencies could be 

performed and adding certain 

protections for individuals applying for 

and receiving Federal benefits. Section 

7201 of the Omnibus Budget 

Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101– 

508) further amended the Privacy Act 

regarding protections for such 

individuals. The Privacy Act, as 

amended, regulates the use of computer 

matching by Federal agencies when 

records in a system of records are 

matched with other Federal, state, or 

local government records. It requires 

Federal agencies involved in computer 

matching programs to: 

1. Negotiate written agreements with 

the other agencies participating in the 

matching programs; 

2. Obtain the Data Integrity Board 

approval of the match agreements; 

3. Furnish detailed reports about 

matching programs to Congress and 

OMB; 

4. Notify applicants and beneficiaries 

that the records are subject to matching; 

and, 

5. Verify match findings before 

reducing, suspending, terminating, or 

denying an individual’s benefits or 

payments. 

This matching program meets the 

requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, 

as amended. 

Dated: August 9, 2013. 

Michelle Snyder, 

Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services. 

CMS Computer Match No. 2013–06 

HHS Computer Match No. 1308 

NAME: 

‘‘Computer Matching Agreement 

between the Department of Health and 

Human Services, Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, and the Department 

of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health 

Administration, for the Determination of 

Eligibility for the Advance Premium Tax 

Credit and Cost Sharing Reductions 

under the Affordable Care Act’’ 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified 

PARTICIPATING AGENCIES: 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), and 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), 

Veterans Health Administration (VHA). 

AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING MATCHING

PROGRAM: 

Sections 1411 and 1413 of the Patient 

Protection and Affordable Care Act of 

2010 (Pub. L. 111–148), as amended by 

the Health Care and Education 

Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111– 

152) (collectively, the ACA) require the 

Secretary of HHS to establish a program 

for applying for and determining 

eligibility for advance payments of the 

premium tax credit and cost sharing 

reductions and authorize use of secure, 

electronic interfaces and an on-line 

system for the verification of eligibility. 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE MATCHING PROGRAM: 

The purpose of the Computer 

Matching Agreement is to establish the 

terms, conditions, safeguards, and 

procedures under which VHA will 

provide records, information, or data to 

CMS for making eligibility 

determinations for advance payments of 

the premium tax credit (APTC) and cost 

sharing reductions (CSR). The data will 

be used by CMS in its capacity as a 

Federally-facilitated Exchange, and by 

State-based Exchanges that will receive 

the results of verifications using VHA 

data obtained through the CMS Data 

Services Hub. 

Data will be matched for the purpose 

of assisting CMS or a State-based 

Exchange to determine eligibility for the 

following benefits: (1) APTC under 26 

U.S.C. § 36B and (2) CSR under Section 

1402 of the ACA. Specifically, CMS will 

use VHA data to verify an Applicant or 

Enrollee’s eligibility for VHA health 

care programs that constitute minimum 

essential coverage as defined in section 

5000A(f) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 5000A, as amended 

by § 1501 of the ACA. 

DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS TO BE USED IN THE

MATCHING PROGRAM: 

The matching program will be 

conducted with data maintained by 

CMS in the Health Insurance Exchanges 

(HIX) Program, CMS System No. 09–70– 

0560, as amended. The system is 

described in System of Records Notices 

(SORNs) published at 78 Federal 

Register (Fed. Reg.) 8538 (Feb. 6, 2013) 

and 78 Fed. Reg. 32256 (May 29, 2013). 

The matching program will also be 

conducted with data maintained in two 

VHA systems of records. The VHA 

systems are described in the following 

SORNs: 

• 147VA16 Enrollment and Eligibility 

Records (VA) published at 74 Fed. Reg. 

44901 (August 31, 2009); 

• 54VA16 Health Administration 

Center Civilian Health Medical 

Record—VA (CHAMPVA), and Spina 

Bifida Healthcare Program published at 

74 Fed. Reg. 34398 (July 15, 2009). 

INCLUSIVE DATES OF THE MATCH: 

The CMP will become effective no 

sooner than 40 days after the report of 

the matching program is sent to OMB 

and Congress, or 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register, 

whichever is later. The matching 

program will continue for 18 months 

from the effective date and may be 

extended for an additional 12 months 

thereafter, if certain conditions are met. 

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