[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 174 (Monday, September 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50908-50909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19634]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act 
of 2008 Notices

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employee 
Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)-sponsored information 
collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before October 13, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202-
693-8538, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and the Treasury share interpretive jurisdiction of the 
Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) and have split 
enforcement jurisdictions. The Department of Labor is responsible for 
enforcing MHPAEA with respect to private employer-sponsored group 
health plans. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, enacted on December 
27, 2020, amended MHPAEA, in part, by expressly requiring group health 
plans to perform and document a comparative analysis of the design and 
application of any non-quantitative treatment limitations (NQTLs) that 
apply to medical/surgical and mental health and substance use disorder 
benefits. For additional substantive information about this ICR, see 
the related notice published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2021 
(86 FR 21349).
    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 the OMB approves it 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 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-EBSA.
    Title of Collection: Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act 
of 2008 Notices.
    OMB Control Number: 1210-0138.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Private Sector--
Businesses

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or other for-profits and not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,413,420.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 1,413,420.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 3,046,961 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $3,994,517.
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

    Dated: September 3, 2021.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2021-19634 Filed 9-10-21; 8:45 am]
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