[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03756]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Research Exception Notice

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 the agency 
receives on or before March 25, 2022.

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 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination 
Act of 2008 (GINA), Public Law 110-233, was enacted on May 21, 2008. 
Title I of GINA amended the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act), the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code), and the Social Security Act (SSA) to 
prohibit discrimination in health coverage based on genetic 
information. GINA and the interim final regulations (29 CFR 
2590.702A(c)(5)) provide an exception to the limitations on requesting 
or requiring genetic testing that allows a group health plan or group 
health insurance issuer to request, but not require, a participant or 
beneficiary to undergo a genetic test if all conditions of the research 
exception are satisfied. The Participant Disclosure and the Notice 
required under the conditions are the information collection requests 
(ICRs) contained in the interim final rules. For additional substantive 
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the 
Federal Register on November 9, 2021 (86 FR 62208).
    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: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 
2008 Research Exception Notice.
    OMB Control Number: 1210-0136.
    Affected Public: Private Sector-- Businesses or other for-profits 
and not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 48.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 48.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 12 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $185.

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

    Dated: February 15, 2022.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-03756 Filed 2-22-22; 8:45 am]
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