Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act (CMS-10653)

ICR 201710-0938-006

OMB: 0938-1344

Federal Form Document

ICR Details
0938-1344 201710-0938-006
Historical Active 201710-0938-004
HHS/CMS
Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act (CMS-10653)
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)   No
Regular
Approved without change 10/13/2017
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 10/13/2017
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
04/30/2018 6 Months From Approved
274,675 0 0
181 0 0
0 0 0

The 2017 interim final regulations titled “Religious Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act” and “Moral Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act” expand exemptions for religious beliefs and moral convictions for certain entities or individuals whose health plans may otherwise be subject to a mandate of contraceptive coverage through guidance issued pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The interim final rules extend the exemption to health insurance issuers that hold religious or moral objections in certain circumstances. The interim final rules also allow plan participants and enrollees with sincerely held religious or moral objections to request coverage that does not include contraceptive services. The interim final rules also leave the accommodation process in place as an optional process for objecting entities who wish to use it voluntarily. To avoid contracting, arranging, paying, or referring for contraceptive coverage, an organization seeking to be treated as an eligible organization may self-certify (by using EBSA Form 700), prior to the beginning of the first plan year to which an accommodation is to apply, that it meets the definition of an eligible organization. The eligible organization must provide a copy of its self-certification to each health insurance issuer that would otherwise provide such coverage in connection with the health plan (for insured group health plans or student health insurance coverage). The issuer that receives the self-certification must provide separate payments for contraceptive services for plan participants and beneficiaries (or students and dependents). For a self-insured group health plan, the self-certification must be provided to its third party administrator. An eligible organization may alternatively submit a notification to HHS as an alternative to submitting the EBSA Form 700 to the eligible organization’s health insurance issuer or third party administrator. A health insurance issuer or third party administrator providing or arranging payments for contraceptive services for participants and beneficiaries in plans (or student enrollees and covered dependents in student health insurance coverage) of eligible organizations must provide a written notice to such plan participants and beneficiaries (or such student enrollees and covered dependents) informing them of the availability of such payments. Eligible organizations can revoke at any time the accommodation process if participants and beneficiaries receive written notice of such revocation from the issuer or third party administrator in accordance with guidance issued by the Secretary, and if the accommodation process is currently being utilized, such revocation will be effective on the first day of the first plan year that begins on or after thirty days after the date of revocation.

PL: Pub.L. 111 - 148 1563 Name of Law: Conforming amendments
   US Code: 42 USC 300gg-13 Name of Law: Coverage of preventive health services
   EO: EO 13765 Name/Subject of EO: Executive Order Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pen
   EO: EO 13798 Name/Subject of EO: Executive Order Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty
   PL: Pub.L. 111 - 148 1001 Name of Law: Amendments to the Public Health Service Act
  
PL: Pub.L. 111 - 148 1001 Name of Law: Amendments to the Public Health Service Act
PL: Pub.L. 111 - 148 1563 Name of Law: Conforming amendments
US Code: 42 USC 300gg-13 Name of Law: Coverage of preventive health services

0938-AT20 Final or interim final rulemaking 82 FR 47792 10/13/2017

No

  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 274,675 0 274,675 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 181 0 181 0 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
No
This is a new information collection.

No
    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.
10/06/2017


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