[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 82 (Friday, April 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22976-22977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09078]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employee Benefits Security Administration


State All Payer Claims Databases Advisory Committee--Notice of 
Virtual Meeting

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Department of 
Labor (DOL).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the first meeting of the State All Payer 
Claims Databases Advisory Committee (hereinafter the Committee). This 
notice

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provides information to members of the public who may be interested in 
attending the meeting or providing written comments related to the work 
of the Committee. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA).

DATES: The first meeting of the State All Payer Claims Databases 
Advisory Committee will be held virtually on May 19, 2021. The meeting 
will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at approximately 5:30 p.m., with a one 
hour break for lunch.
    Deadline for Registration without Oral Presentation: May 17, 2021.
    Deadline for Registration of Oral Presentations: May 14, 2021.
    Deadline for Submission of Oral Remarks and Written Comments: May 
14, 2021.
    Deadline for Requesting Special Accommodations: May 14, 2021.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. The webinar link and 
log-in information will be available at DOL's Committee website: 
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/about-us/state-all-payer-claims-databases-advisory-committee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Schumacher, Designated 
Federal Officer, EBSA, DOL, by sending an email to [email protected]. For 
press inquiries please contact Grant Vaught, Office of Public Affairs, 
DOL at 202-693-4672.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee is mandated by section 735 of 
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 as added by section 
115(b) of the No Surprises Act, enacted as part of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2021, div. BB, tit. I, Public Law 116-260 (Dec. 27, 
2020). The Committee is governed by the provisions of the FACA, as 
amended, 5 U.S.C. App.2.
    The Committee shall advise the Secretary of Labor on the 
standardized reporting format for the voluntary reporting by group 
health plans to State All Payer Claims Databases. Reporting will 
include medical claims, pharmacy claims, dental claims, and eligibility 
and provider files collected from private and public payers. The 
Committee shall also advise the Secretary on what guidance is necessary 
to provide to States on the process by which States may collect such 
data in the standardized reporting format.
    The Committee will be responsible for issuing a report that 
includes recommendations on the establishment of the format and 
guidance to the Secretary of Labor and certain congressional committees 
no later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2021.
    The first meeting of the Committee will be held on May 19, 2021 via 
webinar. The first meeting will commence with welcoming remarks and the 
agenda for the meeting will focus on the various issues related to all 
payer claims databases as well as a general discussion of the work plan 
for the report that must be submitted by the committee. Additional 
details about the agenda items and topics, as well as agenda updates, 
will be available at on the Committee's website: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/about-us/state-all-payer-claims-databases-advisory-committee. Written comments related to the work of the 
Committee may be submitted electronically or in hard copy to the 
attention of the Executive Officer/Designated Federal Officer (see 
contact information noted above).

    Dated: April 27, 2021.
Ali Khawar,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration, 
U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2021-09078 Filed 4-29-21; 8:45 am]
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