[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 39 (Friday, February 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10719-10720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-04095]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under 
the Affordable Care Act

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employee 
Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) sponsored information 
collection request (ICR) titled, ``Coverage of Certain Preventive 
Services Under the Affordable Care Act,'' to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for continued use, without 
change, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 
44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before March 30, 2015.

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 free of charge 
from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201412-1210-002 (this link will only become active 
on the day following publication of this notice) or by contacting 
Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-4129, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are 
not toll-free numbers) or by email at [email protected].
    Submit comments about this request by mail or courier to the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-
EBSA, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202-395-5806 (this is not a toll-free 
number); or by email: [email protected]. Commenters are 
encouraged, but not required, to send a courtesy copy of any comments 
by mail or courier to the U.S.

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Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
Attn: Departmental Information Compliance Management Program, Room 
N1301, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; or by email: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at 
202-693-4129, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by 
email at [email protected].

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks to extend PRA authority for 
the ``Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care 
Act'' information collection. The information collection requires any 
plan established or maintained by certain religious employers (and 
group health insurance coverage provided in connection with such a 
plan) claiming exemption to providing contraceptive service to self-
certify that it meets the definition of an eligible organization. The 
eligible organization provides its health insurance issuer or third-
party administrator with a copy of the self-certification. A third-
party administrator arranging or providing payments for contraceptive 
services at no cost to participants and beneficiaries in insured or 
self-insured plans (or student enrollees and covered dependents in 
student health insurance coverage) of an eligible organization is to 
provide a written notice to plan participants and beneficiaries (or 
such student enrollees and covered dependents) informing them of the 
availability of such payments. The notice must be provided 
contemporaneous with (to the extent possible) but separate from plan 
enrollment (or re-enrollment) materials, and must specify that 
contraceptive coverage will not be provided by the eligible 
organization but that the third-party administrator will separately 
arrange or provide payments for contraceptive services. The notice must 
also provide contact information for the third-party administrator for 
questions and complaints. To satisfy the notice requirement, a third-
party administrator may use the model language set forth in the final 
regulations or substantially similar language. Form EBSA-700, Eligible 
Organization Self-Certification, may be used to make the certification 
to the insurer. Interim final regulations issued in 2014 provide for an 
alternative notification to the Federal government when an eligible 
organization has a religious objection to providing contraceptive 
coverage that still preserves participants' and beneficiaries' access 
to coverage for the full range of Food and Drug Administration approved 
contraceptives, as prescribed by a health care provider, without cost 
sharing. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 section 307 
authorizes this collection. See 29 U.S.C. 1185b.
    This 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 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 that 
does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 
1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval for this information collection 
under Control Number 1210-0150.
    OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three (3) 
years without renewal, and the current approval for this collection is 
scheduled to expire on February 28, 2015. The DOL seeks to extend PRA 
authorization for this information collection for three (3) more years, 
without any change to existing requirements. The DOL notes that 
existing information collection requirements submitted to the OMB 
receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review. For 
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related 
notice published in the Federal Register on December 11, 2014 (79 FR 
73629).
    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 thirty (30) days of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate 
consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number 1210-0150. 
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: DOL-EBSA.
    Title of Collection: Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under 
the Affordable Care Act.
    OMB Control Number: 1210-0150.
    Affected Public: Private Sector--businesses or other for-profits 
and not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 61.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 61.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 51 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $33.

    Dated: February 23, 2015.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-04095 Filed 2-26-15; 8:45 am]
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