The Department of Treasury, the
Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services
published final regulations on March 18, 2015 (80 FR 13995),
amending the regulations regarding excepted benefits under the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal
Revenue Code, and the Public Health Service Act to specify
requirements for limited wraparound coverage to qualify as an
excepted benefit. The final regulations include requirements that
limited wraparound coverage must satisfy in order to qualify as
excepted benefits. One of them is a reporting requirement, for
group health plans and group health insurance issuers, as well as
group health plan sponsors. A self-insured group health plan, or a
health insurance issuer offering or proposing to offer Multi-State
Plan wraparound coverage, is required to report to OPM information
reasonably required to determine whether the plan or issuer
qualifies to offer such coverage or complies with the applicable
requirements. In addition, the plan sponsor of any group health
plan offering any type of limited wraparound coverage is required
to report to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in
a form and manner specified in guidance by the Secretary of
HHS.
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.