[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17091-17092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06340]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifiers: CMS-10410, CMS-10554 and CMS-10325]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health and Human 
Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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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 (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 a second opportunity 
for public comment on the notice. Interested persons are invited to 
send comments regarding the burden estimate 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 on the collection(s) of information must be received by 
the OMB desk officer by April 25, 2022.

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 following:
    1. Access CMS' website address at website address at: https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing.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: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicaid Program; 
Eligibility Changes under the Affordable Care Act of 2010; Use: The 
State Medicaid and CHIP agencies will collect all information needed to 
determine and redetermine eligibility for Medicaid and will transmit

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information, as appropriate, to other insurance affordability programs. 
The information collection requirements will assist the public to 
understand information about health insurance affordability programs 
and will assist CMS in ensuring the seamless, coordinated, and 
simplified system of Medicaid and CHIP application, eligibility 
determination, verification, enrollment, and renewal. Form Number: CMS-
10410 (OMB control number: 0938-1147); Frequency: Occasionally; 
Affected Public: Individuals or Households, and State, Local, and 
Tribal Governments; Number of Respondents: 25,500,096; Total Annual 
Responses: 76,500,218; Total Annual Hours: 21,276,302. For policy 
questions regarding this collection contact Suzette Seng at 410-786-
4703.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Children's Health 
Insurance Program Managed Care and Supporting Regulations; Use: CHIP 
enrollees use the information collected and reported as a result of 
this regulation to make informed choices regarding health care, 
including how to access health care services and the grievance and 
appeal system. States use the information collected and reported as 
part of contracting processes with managed care entities, as well as 
its compliance oversight role. CMS uses the information collected and 
reported in an oversight role of State CHIP managed care programs and 
CHIP state agencies. Form Number: CMS-10554 (OMB control number: 0938-
1282); Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal 
Governments, and the Private Sector (Business or other for-profits and 
Not-for-profit institutions); Number of Respondents: 62; Total Annual 
Responses: 2,735,964; Total Annual Hours: 371,710. For policy questions 
regarding this collection contact Amy Lutzky at 410-786-0721.
    3. 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 Sec.  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: On Occasion; 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: March 22, 2022.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office of Strategic Operations and 
Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2022-06340 Filed 3-24-22; 8:45 am]
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