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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE—Continued 

Section Type of respondent Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average burden (in hours) 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

Total ........... ........................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 62,254,161 

Keith A. Tucker, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–18335 Filed 7–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4153–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10333] 

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: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title: Consumer 

Assistance Program Grants; Use: Section 

1002 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) 

provides for the establishment of 

consumer assistance (or ombudsman) 

programs, starting in FY 2010. Federal 

grants will support these programs. 

These programs will assist consumers 

with filing complaints and appeals, 

assist consumers with enrollment into 

health coverage, collect data on 

consumer inquiries and complaints to 

identify problems in the marketplace, 

educate consumers on their rights and 

responsibilities, and with the 

establishment of the new Exchange 

marketplaces, resolve problems with 

premium credits for Exchange coverage. 

Importantly, these programs must 

provide detailed reporting on the types 

of problems and questions consumers 

may experience with health coverage, 

and how these problems and questions 

are resolved. In order to strengthen 

oversight, section 2793(d) of the ACA 

requires programs to report data to the 

Secretary of the Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS) ‘‘As a 

condition of receiving a grant under 

subsection (a), an office of health 

insurance consumer assistance or 

ombudsman program shall be required 

to collect and report data to the 

Secretary on the types of problems and 

inquiries encountered by consumers’’. 

Analysis of this data reporting will 

help identify patterns of practice in the 

insurance marketplaces and uncover 

suspected patterns of noncompliance. 

HHS must share program data reports 

with the Departments of Labor and 

Treasury, and State regulators. Program 

data also can offer CMS one indication 

of the effectiveness of State 

enforcement, affording opportunities to 

provide technical assistance and 

support to State insurance regulators 

and, in extreme cases, inform the need 

to trigger federal enforcement. Form 

Number: CMS–10333 (OMB#: 0938– 

1097); Frequency: Quarterly and 

Annually; Affected Public: Private 

Sector: State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments; Number of Respondents: 

56; Total Annual Responses: 504; Total 

Annual Hours: 129–261 hours. (For 

policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Eliza Bangit at 301– 

492–4219. 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 September 25, 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: 

Document Identifier/OMB Control 

Number ____, Room C4–26–05, 7500 

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21244–1850. 

Dated: July 24, 2012. 

Martique Jones, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Division B, Office of Strategic Operations and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–18344 Filed 7–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier CMS–10169] 

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), Department of Health 

and Human Services, 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, 


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