[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53687-53688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20971]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


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

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 28, 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 Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act, Public Law 111-148, (the Affordable Care Act) was enacted on March 
23, 2010 and amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation 
Act of 2010, Public Law 111-152 on March 30, 2010. The Affordable Care 
Act added section 2713 to the Public Health Service (PHS) Act

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and incorporated this provision into ERISA and the Code. The related 
regulations contain the following collections of information: (1) Each 
organization seeking to be treated as an eligible organization to use 
the optional accommodation process offered under the regulation must 
either notify an issuer or third party administrator using the EBSA 
Form 700 method of self-certification or provide notice to HHS of its 
religious or moral objection to coverage of all or a subset of 
contraceptive services. (2) A health insurance issuer or third party 
administrator providing or arranging separate payments for 
contraceptive services for participants and beneficiaries in insured 
plans (or student enrollees and covered dependents in student health 
insurance coverage) of eligible organizations is required to provide a 
written notice to plan participants and beneficiaries (or student 
enrollees and covered dependents) informing them of the availability of 
such payments. The notice must be separate from but, contemporaneous 
with (to the extent possible) any application materials distributed in 
connection with enrollment (or re-enrollment) in group or student 
coverage of the eligible organization in any plan year to which the 
accommodation is to apply and will be provided annually. To satisfy the 
notice requirement, issuers may, but are not required to, use the model 
language set forth previously or substantially similar language. (3) An 
eligible organization may also revoke its use of the accommodation 
process and must provide participants and beneficiaries written notice 
of such revocation as soon as possible. For additional substantive 
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the 
Federal Register on March 31, 2021 (86 FR 16787).
    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: Coverage of Certain Preventive Services under 
the Affordable Care Act--Private Sector.
    OMB Control Number: 1210-0150.
    Affected Public: Private Sector-- Businesses or other for-profits 
and not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 114.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 777,362.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 181 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $194,963.
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

    Dated: September 21, 2021.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2021-20971 Filed 9-27-21; 8:45 am]
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