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ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

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 the following: 

1. Access CMS’ website address at: 

https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-andGuidance/Legislation/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Parham at (410) 786–4669. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (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 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)) requires federal agencies 

to publish a 30-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 that summarizes 

the following proposed collection(s) of 

information for public comment: 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: New collection (Request for a 

new OMB Control Number); Title of 

Information Collection: MedicareFunded GME Residency Positions in 

accordance with Section 126 of the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 

(Pub. L. 116–93); Use: Section 126 of the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act 

(CAA), 2021 (Pub. L. 116–93), enacted 

December 20, 2020, included a key 

provision affecting Medicare payments 

for Graduate Medical Education (GME). 

Section 126(a) of the CAA amended 

section 1886(h) of the Act by adding a 

new section 1886(h)(9) requiring the 

distribution of additional residency 

positions (slots) to qualifying hospitals. 

Section 1886(h)(9)(A) makes an 

additional 1,000 Medicare funded 

residency slots available to be phased in 

beginning in FY 2023 until the aggregate 

number of 1,000 full-time equivalent 

residency positions are distributed. 

This approval request is for CMS to 

receive electronic applications for 

Medicare-Funded GME Residency 

Positions submitted in accordance with 

Section 126 of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2021. The 

electronic applications will be 

submitted by the applicants in CMS’ 

new Medicare Electronic Application 

Request Information SystemTM

(MEARISTM). There is no existing, hard 

copy version of the application. The 

applications will provide CMS with the 

critical information necessary for CMS 

to process and score the applications in 

accordance with the policies finalized 

in the upcoming final rule to determine 

the disbursement of the slots and to 

announce the awardees by the January 

31, 2023 required statutory deadline. 

Form Number: CMS–10790 (OMB 

control number: 0938–NEW); 

Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: 

Private sector (Business or other forprofits and Not-for-profit institutions), 

State, Local, or Tribal Governments; 

Number of Respondents: 1,325; Total 

Annual Responses: 1,325; Total Annual 

Hours: 10,600. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact Noel 

Manlove at 410–786–5161.) 

Dated: January 6, 2022. 

William N. Parham, III, 

Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office 

of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifiers: CMS–10286 and 

CMS–10325] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Health and Human 

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 14, 2022. 

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: lll 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 

https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-andGuidance/Legislation/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing.html. 

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). 


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CMS–10286 Notice of Research 

Exception under the Genetic 

Information Nondiscrimination 

CMS–10325 Disclosure and 

Recordkeeping Requirements for 

Grandfathered Health Plans under the 

Affordable Care Act 

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 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Notice of 

Research Exception under the Genetic 

Information Nondiscrimination Act; 

Use: Under the Genetic Information 

Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), 

a plan or issuer may request (but not 

require) a genetic test in connection 

with certain research activities so long 

as such activities comply with specific 

requirements, including: (i) The 

research complies with 45 CFR part 46 

or equivalent federal regulations and 

applicable State or local law or 

regulations for the protection of human 

subjects in research; (ii) the request for 

the participant or beneficiary (or in the 

case of a minor child, the legal guardian 

of such beneficiary) is made in writing 

and clearly indicates that compliance 

with the request is voluntary and that 

non-compliance will have no effect on 

eligibility for benefits or premium or 

contribution amounts; and (iii) no 

genetic information collected or 

acquired will be used for underwriting 

purposes. The Secretary of Labor or the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services 

is required to be notified if a group 

health plan or health insurance issuer 

intends to claim the research exception 

permitted under Title I of GINA. 

Nonfederal governmental group health 

plans and issuers solely in the 

individual health insurance market or 

Medigap market will be required to file 

with the Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS). The Notice of 

Research Exception under the Genetic 

Information Nondiscrimination Act is a 

model notice that can be completed by 

group health plans and health insurance 

issuers and filed with either the 

Department of Labor or CMS to comply 

with the notification requirement. Form 

Number: CMS–10286 (OMB control 

number: 0938–1077); Frequency: 

Occasionally; Affected Public: Private 

Sector; State, Local or Tribal 

governments; Number of Respondents: 

2; Total Annual Responses: 2; Total 

Annual Hours: 0.5. For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact Usree 

Bandyopadhyay at 410–786–6650. 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Disclosure and 

Recordkeeping Requirements for 

Grandfathered Health Plans under the 

Affordable Care Act; Use: Section 1251 

of the Affordable Care Act provides that 

certain plans and health insurance 

coverage in existence as of March 23, 

2010, known as grandfathered health 

plans, are not required to comply with 

certain statutory provisions in the Act. 

The final regulations titled ‘‘Final Rules 

under the Affordable Care Act for 

Grandfathered Plans, Preexisting 

Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and 

Annual Limits, Rescissions, Dependent 

Coverage, Appeals, and Patient 

Protections’’ (80 FR 72192, November 

18, 2015) require that, to maintain its 

status as a grandfathered health plan, a 

plan must maintain records 

documenting the terms of the plan in 

effect on March 23, 2010, and any other 

documents that are necessary to verify, 

explain or clarify status as a 

grandfathered health plan. The plan 

must make such records available for 

examination upon request by 

participants, beneficiaries, individual 

policy subscribers, or a state or federal 

agency official. A grandfathered health 

plan is also required to include a 

statement in any summary of benefits 

under the plan or health insurance 

coverage, that the plan or coverage 

believes it is a grandfathered health plan 

within the meaning of section 1251 of 

the Affordable Care Act, and providing 

contact information for participants to 

direct questions and complaints. In 

addition, a grandfathered group health 

plan that is changing health insurance 

issuers is required to provide the 

succeeding health insurance issuer (and 

the succeeding health insurance issuer 

must require) documentation of plan 

terms (including benefits, cost sharing, 

employer contributions, and annual 

limits) under the prior health insurance 

coverage sufficient to make a 

determination whether the standards of 

paragraph § 147.140(g)(1) of the final 

regulations are exceeded. It is also 

required that, for an insured group 

health plan (or a multiemployer plan) 

that is a grandfathered plan, the relevant 

policies, certificates, or contracts of 

insurance, or plan documents must 

disclose in a prominent and effective 

manner that employers, employee 

organizations, or plan sponsors, as 

applicable, are required to notify the 

issuer (or multiemployer plan) if the 

contribution rate changes at any point 

during the plan year. Form Number: 

CMS–10325 (OMB control number: 

0938–1093); Frequency: Occasionally; 

Affected Public: Private Sector, State, 

Local or Tribal governments; Number of 

Respondents: 14,669; Total Annual 

Responses: 2,651,523; Total Annual 

Hours: 40. For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact Usree 

Bandyopadhyay at 410–786–6650. 

Dated: January 6, 2022. 

William N. Parham, III, 

Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office 

of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Judicial, Court, and Attorney 

Measures of Performance (New 

Collection) 

AGENCY: Children’s Bureau; 

Administration for Children and 

Families; HHS. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Children’s Bureau, 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS), is 

proposing to collect data for a new 

descriptive study, Judicial, Court, and 

Attorney Measures of Performance 

(JCAMP). 

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of 

publication. In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF 

is soliciting public comment on the 

specific aspects of the information 

collection described in this notice. 

ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the 

proposed collection of information and 

submit comments by emailing 


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