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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. 

Celeste Dade-Vinson, 

Health Insurance Specialist, Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services. 

CMS Computer Match No. 2016–10 

HHS Computer Match No. 1607 

NAME: 

‘‘Computer Matching Agreement 

between the Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services and the Department 

of Homeland Security, United States 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

for the Verification of United States 

Citizenship and Immigration Status Data 

for Eligibility Determinations’’ 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified 

PARTICIPATING AGENCIES: 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), and 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS), United States Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS) 

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 

state health subsidy programs, and 

certifications of Exemption; 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 re-establish 

the terms, conditions, safeguards, and 

procedures under which USCIS will 

provide records, information, or data to 

CMS under the ACA. CMS will access 

USCIS data needed to make eligibility 

determinations in its capacity as a 

Federally-facilitated Exchange, and state 

agencies that administer Medicaid, a 

Basic Health Program, or the Children’s 

Health Insurance Program, and Statebased Exchanges will receive the results 

of verifications using USCIS data 

accessed through CMS Data Services 

Hub to make eligibility determinations. 

Data will be matched by CMS for the 

purpose for determining eligibility for 

enrollment in state health subsidy 

programs and eligibility determinations 

for exemptions. Specifically, USCIS will 

provide CMS with electronic access to 

immigrant, nonimmigrant, and 

naturalized or derived citizen status 

information contained within or 

accessed by the USCIS Verification 

Information System. Access to this 

information will assist CMS in 

determining whether an applicant is 

lawfully present, a qualified noncitizen, a naturalized or derived citizen, 

and whether the 5 year bar applies and 

has been met in order to determine 

eligibility for the previously mentioned 

programs. 

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 FR 

8538 (Feb. 6, 2013), 78 FR 32256 (May 

29, 2013) and 78 FR 63211 (October 23, 

2013). 

The matching program will also be 

conducted with data maintained by 

DHS in the Systematic Alien 

Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) 

System of Records Notice (SAVE 

SORN): DHS/USCIS–004 Systematic 

Alien Verification for Entitlements 

Program System of Records Notice, 77 

FR 47415 (August 8, 2012). 

INCLUSIVE DATES OF THE MATCH: 

The effective date of the CMA is April 

2, 2016, provided that the following 

review periods have lapsed: thirty (30) 

days from the date CMS publishes a 

Notice of Computer Matching in the 

Federal Register; thirty (30) days from 

the date the matching program report is 

transmitted to the Congressional 

committees of jurisdiction consistent 

with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a (r), 

(o)(2)(A), and (o)(2)(B); and forty (40) 

days from the date the matching 

program report is sent to OMB, 

consistent with the provisions of 5 

U.S.C. 552a (r) and OMB Circular A– 

130, Revised (Transmittal Memorandum 

No. 4), November 28, 2000, Appendix I, 

entitled ‘‘Federal Agency 

Responsibilities for Maintaining 

Records about Individuals’’ (A–130 

Appendix I). 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 

[CMS Computer Match No. 2016–08; HHS 

Computer Match No. 1606] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Effective Date— 

April 2, 2016; Expiration Date—October 

2, 2016 

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, 

as amended, this notice announces the 

re-establishment of a CMP that CMS 

plans to conduct with the Internal 

Revenue Service (IRS), a Bureau of the 

Department of the Treasury. 

DATES: Effective Dates: Comments are 

invited on all portions of this notice. 

The effective date of the Computer 

Matching Agreement (CMA) is April 2, 

2016, provided that the following 

review periods have lapsed: thirty (30) 

days from the date CMS publishes a 

Notice of Computer Matching in the 

Federal Register; thirty (30) days from 

the date the matching program report is 

transmitted to the Congressional 

committees of jurisdiction consistent 

with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. §§ 552a 

(r), (o)(2)(A), and (o)(2)(B); and forty (40) 

days from the date the matching 

program report is sent to OMB, 

consistent with the provisions of 5 

U.S.C. § 552a (r) and OMB Circular A– 

130, Revised (Transmittal Memorandum 

No. 4), November 28, 2000, Appendix I, 

entitled ‘‘Federal Agency 

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Records about Individuals’’ (A–130 

Appendix I). 

ADDRESSES: The public should send 

comments to: CMS Privacy Officer, 

Division of Security, Privacy Policy & 

Governance, Information Security & 

Privacy Group, Office of Enterprise 

Information, CMS, Room N1–24–08, 

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: 

Elizabeth Kane, Acting Director, 

Verifications Policy & Operations 

Division, Eligibility and Enrollment 

Policy and Operations Group, Center for 

Consumer Information and Insurance 

Oversight, CMS, 7501 Wisconsin 

Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814, Office 

Phone: (301) 492–4418, Facsimile: (443) 

380–5531, E-Mail: Elizabeth.Kane@

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. 

Celeste Dade-Vinson, 

Health Insurance Specialist, Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services. 

CMS Computer Match No. 2016–08 

HHS Computer Match No. 1606 

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 

state health subsidy programs, and 

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 

state health subsidy programs: advance 

payments of the premium tax credit 

(APTC) under Sections 1401, 1411 and 

1412 of the ACA; cost-sharing 

reductions (CSRs) 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 reestablish the terms, conditions, 

safeguards, and procedures governing 

the disclosures of return information by 

IRS to CMS and by CMS to entities 

administering Medicaid, CHIP, or Basic 

Health Programs, and state-based 

Exchanges (also, called 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 (also, known as the 

Federally-facilitated Marketplace) or by 

an administering entity for the purpose 

of determining eligibility for state health 

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

78 FR 63211 (October 23, 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 effective date of the CMA is April 

2, 2016, provided that the following 

review periods have lapsed: Thirty (30) 

days from the date CMS publishes a 

Notice of Computer Matching in the 

Federal Register; thirty (30) days from 

the date the matching program report is 

transmitted to the Congressional 

committees of jurisdiction consistent 

with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 

§§ 552a(r), (o)(2)(A), and (o)(2)(B); and 

forty (40) days from the date the 

matching program report is sent to 

OMB, consistent with the provisions of 

5 U.S.C. § 552a (r) and OMB Circular A– 

130, Revised (Transmittal Memorandum 

No. 4), November 28, 2000, Appendix I, 

entitled ‘‘Federal Agency 

Responsibilities for Maintaining 

Records about Individuals’’ (A–130 

Appendix I). 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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