Sections 2723 and 2761 of the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) direct the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to enforce a provision (or provisions) of title XXVII of the PHS Act (including the implementing regulations in parts 144, 146, 147, and 148 of title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations) with respect to health insurance issuers when a state has notified CMS that it has not enacted legislation to enforce or that it is not otherwise enforcing a provision (or provisions) of the group and individual market reforms with respect to health insurance issuers, or when CMS has determined that a state is not substantially enforcing one or more of those provisions. This collection of information includes requirements that are necessary for CMS to conduct compliance review activities.
There are program changes in this collection as a result of implementing new requirements associated with the state engagement coordination. These new requirements increased the burden by 438 hours.
The estimated burden related to form filing submissions has decreased by 399 hours (from 763 to 364) due to the reduction in the estimated number of issuers that submit forms for CMSâ review. The estimated burden related to full disclosure by issuers to all small employers of materials on all products and other information has decreased by 74 hours (from 848 to due to a reduction in the estimated number of issuers affected by this requirement. The estimated burden related to opt-out notices has decreased by 798.5 hours (from 943.5 hours to 145 hours) due to a reduction in the estimated number of plans opting out.
Although new requirements increased the burden hours by 438 hours, the overall burden hour total has been reduced by hours (from 2,555 to 1,720) due to the decrease in the number of respondents (from 983 issuers to 780 issuers).
$1,936,008
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;
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