Pursuant to section 2793(d) of the
Public Health Services Act (PHSA), as amended by Section 1002 of
the ACA, as a condition for receiving the consumer assistance
program grant, programs must collect and report data to the
Secretary on the types of problems and inquiries encountered by
consumers. Accordingly, program staff will need a system to
maintain case files that will track these types of problems and
inquiries. Problems and inquiries will be summarized and will be
reported to HHS. By law, the user of the summary data is the
Secretary of HHS and will be used for oversight. Further, ACA
dictates that the Secretary will share these reports with the
Department of Labor and Treasury, and with State insurance
regulators for use in enforcement.
Due to additional reporting
requirements, we anticipate there will be an increase in annual
time burden and annual cost burden. The additional reporting
includes four quarterly progress reports and an annual end-of-year
report. Due to additional staff hours required to develop, collect,
monitor, and review the new progress reports and annual report, we
anticipate the annual time burden will increase to 16,184 hours
(from the originally approved 4,800). CMS previously provided
monetized burden hours as the "annual cost burden" -- but with this
submission that error is corrected.
$32,394
No
No
Yes
No
No
Uncollected
William Parham
4107864669
No
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:
(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;
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.