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.
Reporting requirements have not
changed and there are no changes to the estimated annual time
burden per respondent, except to correct previous calculation
errors. However, due to changes in 2014 legislation, specifically,
2793 of the PHS Act (Section 1002 of the ACA), the number of
respondents is decreasing from 56 to 51 respondents, excluding five
Territories. The Act excludes all five territories as they no
longer fall under the definition of “state”. As of 2014, these
respondents are no longer eligible to apply for any programs under
the ACA. As a result, the total annual time burden estimate hours
decreased from 16,184 to 11,883. In addition, the estimated annual
cost burden is increased per respondent to account for wage
inflation, but the overall annual cost burden is decreased due to
fewer possible grantees.
$30,874
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.