[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33221-33222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13480]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier CMS-10320]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS.

    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services (CMS) is publishing the following summary of proposed 
collections for public comment. Interested persons are invited to send 
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this 
collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1) 
The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for 
the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of 
the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology to minimize the information collection burden.
    1. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title: Health Care Reform Insurance Web Portal 
Requirements 45 CFR part 159; Use: In compliance with the requirement 
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human 
Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed information 
collection request for public comment. Interested persons are invited 
to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of 
this collection of information, including any of the following 
subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed information 
collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2) 
the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the 
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology to minimize the information collection burden.
    This information collection is mandated by Sections 1103 and 10102 
of The Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act, Public Law 111-
148 (ACA). Once all of the information is collected from insurance 
issuers of major medical health insurance (hereon referred to as 
issuers) and other affected parties, it will be displayed at http://www.healthcare.gov. Issuers are required to provide information 
quarterly, and healthcare.gov will be updated on a periodic schedule 
during each quarter. The information provided will help the general 
public make educated decisions about organizations providing private 
health care insurance.
    In accordance with the provisions of the ACA referenced above, the 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services created a Web site called 
healthcare.gov to meet these and other provisions of the law, and data 
collection was conducted for six months based upon an emergency 
information collection request. The interim final rule published on May 
5, 2010 served as the emergency Federal Register Notice for the prior 
Information Collection Request (ICR). The Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) reviewed this ICR under emergency processing and approved 
the ICR on April 30, 2010. The CCIIO will be submitting a new ICR to 
OMB for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995. The proposed information collection is published to obtain 
comments from the public and affected agencies.
    CCIIO is currently updating a system (hereon referred to as web 
portal) where State Departments of Insurance and issuers may log in 
using a custom user ID and password validation. The States may be asked 
to provide information on issuers in their State and various Web sites 
maintained for consumers. The issuers will be tasked with providing 
information on their major medical insurance products and plans. They 
will ultimately be given the choice to download a basic information 
template to enter data then upload into the web portal; to manually 
enter data within the web portal itself; or to submit .xml files 
containing their information. Once the

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States and issuers submit their data, they will receive an email 
notifying them of any errors, and that their submission was received.
    CCIIO is mandating the issuers verify and update their information 
on a quarterly basis and is requesting that States verify State-
submitted information on an annual basis. In the event that an issuer 
enhances its existing plans, proposes new plans, or deactivates plans, 
the organization would be required to update the information in the web 
portal. Changes occurring during the three month quarterly periods will 
be allowed utilizing effective dates for both the plans and rates 
associated with the plans.
    Information that is to be collected from State high risk pools will 
be collected from The National Association of State Comprehensive 
Health Insurance Plans (NASCHIP) at this time. Updates to this 
information may be submitted voluntarily. The estimated hour burden on 
issuers for the Plan Finder data collection in the first year is 
estimated as 90,400 total burden hours, or 113 hours per organization. 
This estimate is based on an assumed average of 450 individual plan 
issuers and 700 small group plan issuers per each of the four quarterly 
collections. It includes 30 hours per organization for training and 
communication. Additionally, for each of the issuers it includes 11 
hours of preparation time, one hour of login and upload time, two hours 
of troubleshooting and data review and one half hour for attestation 
per organization per quarterly refresh. The estimated hour burden on 
the States is informed by the fact that they have already submitted the 
data once and only need to update. The overall hours estimate is 575, 
or 11.5 per Department of Insurance. This is premised on 2 hours of 
training and communication, 8 hours for data collection, and one half 
hour of submission.
    Form Number: CMS-10320 (OMB: 0938-1086); Frequency: 
Reporting--Annually/Quarterly; Affected Public: Health insurance 
issuers in the individual and small group markets; Number of 
Respondents: 801; Total Annual Responses: 3,051; Total Annual Hours: 
90,400. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Joe 
Mercer at 301-492-4265. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS' 
Web site at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995, or 
email your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, 
and CMS document identifier, to [email protected], or call the 
Reports Clearance Office at 410-786-1326.
    In commenting on the proposed information collections please 
reference the document identifier or OMB control number. To be assured 
consideration, comments and recommendations must be submitted in one of 
the following ways by August 6, 2012.
    1. Electronically. You may submit your comments electronically to 
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for ``Comment or 
Submission'' or ``More Search Options'' to find the information 
collection document(s) accepting comments.
    2. By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the following 
address: CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, 
Division of Regulations Development, Attention: Document Identifier/OMB 
Control Number, Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 
Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: May 30, 2012.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Division B, Office of 
Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2012-13480 Filed 6-1-12; 11:15 am]
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