[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81659-81660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32533]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Affordable Care Act Enrollment Opportunity 
Notice--Prohibition on Lifetime Limits

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) hereby announces the submission 
of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) sponsored 
information collection request (ICR) titled, ``Affordable Care Act 
Enrollment Opportunity Notice--Prohibition on Lifetime Limits,'' to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for 
continued use in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

DATES: Submit comments on or before January 27, 2011.

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR, with applicable supporting 
documentation; including a description of the likely respondents, 
proposed frequency of response, and estimated total burden may be 
obtained from the RegInfo.gov Web site, http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or by contacting Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-

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4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or sending an e-mail to [email protected].
    Submit comments about this request to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Department of Labor, 
Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Office of Management 
and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 202-395-6929/
Fax: 202-395-6881 (these are not toll-free numbers), e-mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act (the Affordable Care Act) requires group health plans and health 
insurance insurers offering group or individual health insurance 
coverage that makes dependent coverage available for children to 
continue to make coverage available to such children until the 
attainment of age 26. Accordingly, the DOL issued an interim final 
regulation (29 CFR 2590.715-2714(f)) that requires plans to provide a 
notice of an enrollment opportunity to individuals whose coverage 
ended, or who was denied coverage (or was not eligible for coverage) 
under a group health plan or group health insurance coverage because, 
under the terms of the plan or coverage, the availability of dependent 
coverage of children ended before the attainment of age 26 years. The 
``Affordable Care Act Enrollment Opportunity Notice--Prohibition on 
Lifetime Limits'' is an information collection is subject to the PRA. A 
Federal agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of 
information, and the public is generally not required to respond to an 
information collection, unless it is currently approved by the OMB 
under the PRA and displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. In 
addition, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall 
generally be subject to penalty for failing to comply with a collection 
of information if the collection of information does not display a 
currently valid OMB control number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The 
DOL obtains OMB approval for this information collection under OMB 
Control Number 1210-0143. The current OMB approval is scheduled to 
expire on December 31, 2010; however, it should be noted that 
information collections submitted to the OMB receive a month-to-month 
extension while they undergo review. For additional information, see 
the related notice published in the Federal Register on September 30, 
2010 (75 FR 60482).
    Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in 
the ADDRESSES section within 30 days of publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register. In order to ensure the appropriate consideration, 
comments should reference OMB Control Number 1210-0143. The OMB is 
particularly interested in comments that:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.
    Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA).
    Title of Collection: Affordable Care Act Enrollment Opportunity 
Notice--Prohibition on Lifetime Limits.
    OMB Control Number: 1210-0143.
    Affected Public: Private sector: Businesses and other for profits 
and not for profits.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 315.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 29,000.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1300.
    Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden: $7000.

    Dated: December 21, 2010.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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