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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1167-1168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-140]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-10339]

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

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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 of Information Collection: Pre-Existing 
Health Insurance Plan and Supporting Regulations; Use: On March 23, 
2010, the President signed into law H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act), Public Law 111-148. 
Section 1101 of the law establishes a ``temporary high risk health 
insurance pool program'' (which has been named the Pre-Existing 
Condition Insurance Plan, or PCIP) to provide health insurance coverage 
to currently uninsured individuals with pre-existing conditions. The 
law authorizes HHS to carry out the program directly or through 
contracts with states or private, non-profit entities.
    We are requesting an extension of this package because this 
information is needed to assure that PCIP programs are established 
timely and effectively. This request is being made based on regulations 
and guidance that have been issued and contracts which have been 
executed by HHS with States or an entity on their behalf participating 
in the PCIP program. PCIP is also referred to as the temporary 
qualified high risk insurance pool program, as it is called in the 
Affordable Care Act, but we have adopted the term PCIP to better 
describe the program and avoid confusion with the existing state high 
risk pool programs. Form Number: CMS-10339 (OMB: 0938-1100); 
Frequency: Reporting--On occasion; Affected Public: State governments; 
Number of Respondents: 51; Total Annual Responses: 2,652; Total Annual 
Hours: 36,924. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact 
Laura Dash at 410-786-8623. 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 at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995, or E-
mail 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: March 8, 2011.
    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: January 4, 2011.
Kenneth Cohen,
Director, Executive Secretariat & Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight.
[FR Doc. 2011-140 Filed 1-6-11; 8:45 am]
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