On March 23, 2010, the President
signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. On
March 30, 2010, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of
2010 was also signed into law. The two laws collectively are
referred to as the Affordable Care Act . The Affordable Care Act
created State-based health insurance Exchanges (Marketplaces),
competitive marketplaces where consumers and small businesses can
purchase private health insurance. Consumers who access health
insurance coverage through a Marketplace can receive direct
assistance from Navigators authorized to help consumers through the
registration, eligibility determination, and plan selection process
as they enroll in coverage. Section 1311(i) requires that a
Marketplace establish a Navigator program under which it awards
grants to individuals or entities who satisfy the requirements to
be Exchange Navigators. Navigators will assist consumers by
providing education about and facilitating selection of qualified
health plans (QHPs) within Exchanges, as well as other required
duties. For Federally-facilitated Marketplaces (FFMs) and State
Partnership Marketplaces (SPMs), CMS will be awarding these
grants.
The total burden hour estimate
was reduced from 29,254 to 22,471, a total reduction of 6,738
hours. For the last two years of this 3-year reporting cycle, CMS
has made some adjustments that may impact the burden levels. The
weekly reporting requirements have been reduced significantly to a
single metric containing multiple data elements. This consolidation
of the weekly metrics decreases the hourly and cost estimated
burden as well as clarifies the intended measures. CMS has also
changed the outreach/enrollment, education, and marketing tool to
simplify the event type and only captures events and
marketing/promotion activities. The events and marketing/promotion
tool now includes data elements for collecting viewership,
listenership, social media impressions, etc., removes the number of
Marketplace application started, and eliminates the data element on
the number of consumers targeted. The monthly data collection has
also been reduced, resulting in minimal burden adjustments. The
burden adjustments have been modified to accommodate more time for
data collection for the monthly reporting requirements.
Furthermore, the quarterly report requirement contains a minor
editorial change. The final reporting requirements will remain the
same and will have no impact on the burden estimates. CMS also
requires Navigator and EAP organizations to provide organizational
information for the public facing website. Updates, additions, or
deletions can be submitted electronically by the Navigator and EAP
organization to ensure that accurate and current information is
available to the public. As a result of this change, there is a
marginal increase in the number of hours and costs. Since CMS now
has awarded a three-year grant beginning in 2015, the outside panel
was only required for the initial grant application process,
thereby reducing the burden.
$29,642
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.
CMS-10463 - CLEAN Navigator FOA Supporting Statement 0816 F.docx
CMS-10463 - Appendix A comments-responses.pdf
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