On May 23, 2011, CMS published a final
rule with comment period (76 FR 29964) to implement the annual
review of unreasonable increases in premiums for health insurance
coverage called for by section 2794. Under the regulation, if CMS
determines that a state has an effective rate review program in a
given market, using the criteria set forth in the rule, CMS will
adopt that state's determinations regarding whether rate increases
in that market are unreasonable, provided that the state reports
its final determinations to CMS and explains the bases of its
determinations. The final rule titled "Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act; Health Insurance Market Rules; Rate Review"
(78 FR 13406, February 27, 2013) amends the standards under the
rate review program. Currently, CMS relies on publicly available
information and annual calls with individual States to obtain the
information needed to determine whether a State has an effective
rate review program. CMS is proposing to instead collect the
information in writing from all States that would like to request
effective status.
PL:
Pub.L. 111 - 148 1003 Name of Law: Ensuring that consumers get
value for their dollars
All instruments and burden
estimates associated with Cycle I, II, and III have been deleted as
the data collection requirements do not apply to the Cycle IV grant
program. As a result of this revision the number of responses
decreased by 1,239. The number of hours decreased by 49,240.
Changes to the application process for Cycle IV will reduce the
burden from that in Cycle III by one hour (from 160 to 159) per
application. The burden for preparing and submitting the
application was updated to reflect that applicants are no longer
required to obtain a letter from the Governor or
independently-elected Insurance Commissioner as part of the
application process. This requirement was eliminated in the Cycle
IV application process. There will be additional burden related to
Cycle IV. We estimate that the one-time burden related to grant
applications will be 6,678 hours or $6,154 and the annual burden
related to reporting is estimated to be 14,028 hours or $724,094.
The additional burden related to the Effective Rate Review Program
is estimated to be 245 hours or $15,658.81 annually.
$238,538
No
No
Yes
No
No
Uncollected
Jamaa Hill 301 492-4190
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.