Essential Health Benefits Benchmark Plans

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Form CMS-10448 EHB Dental Plan Issuers Form and Instruction	New
Form CMS-10448 Essential Health Benefits Benchmark Plans and Accrediting Entities Data Collection Form and Instruction	New
Appendix_B_EHB_Elements 08-14-2012.docx Supplementary Document	2012-08-15
mini-EHB Supporting Statement - PRA edits (7-26-12).pdf Supporting Statement A	2012-08-15

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
203740	EHB Dental Plan Issuers Form and Instruction	New
203739	Essential Health Benefits Benchmark Plans and Accrediting Entities Data Collection Form and Instruction	New

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0938-1174	ICR Reference No: 201208-0938-009
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: HHS/CMS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Essential Health Benefits Benchmark Plans
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 08/16/2012
	Date Received in OIRA: 08/16/2012
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2015	36 Months From Approved
Responses	173	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	622	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The Affordable Care Act requires that all qualified health plans (QHPs) offered in the Exchanges provide the essential health benefits (EHB) and be accredited by an accrediting entity that is recognized by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. In order to establish EHB benchmark plans in each State, CMS will collect data from potential default benchmark plan issuers in each State and from States that select their own benchmark. CMS also intends to ask all States for a voluntary submission of their State mandated benefits. This data collection will include: administrative data necessary to identify the plan, all health benefits offered by the plans and associated limits, drug coverage, network type, and plan level enrollment. Finally, we plan to collect submissions from dental plan issuers on whether they intend to apply for certification to participate in the Exchanges as stand-alone plans.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 111 - 148 1201, 1301, 1302, 1311, 1321 Name of Law: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act)
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0938-AR36	Final or interim final rulemaking	77 FR 42658	07/20/2012

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
EHB Dental Plan Issuers	CMS-10448	Notice of Intent to Provide Dental Coverage in the Exchange
Essential Health Benefits Benchmark Plans and Accrediting Entities Data Collection	CMS-10448, CMS-10448, CMS-10448, CMS-10448, CMs-10448, CMS-10448, CMS-10448	EHB Issuer Benchmark ,   EHB CMS State Benchmark ,   State Mandate Template ,   EHB Prescription Drug Template ,   Prescription Drug Formulary ,   EHB Benefits Template ,   EHB State Submission of State Mandates Template

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	173	0	0	173	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	622	0	0	622	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a new data collection.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Yes

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 08/16/2012

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