[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 67 (Thursday, April 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 20470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07363]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Affordable Care Act Grandfathered Health Plan 
Disclosure, Recordkeeping Requirement, and Change in Carrier Disclosure

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 May 9, 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: Section 1251 of the Affordable Care Act 
(Act) provides that certain plans and health insurance coverage in 
existence as of March 23, 2010, known as grandfathered health plans, 
are not required to comply with certain statutory provisions in the 
Act. To maintain its status as a grandfathered health plan, plans must 
maintain records documenting the terms of the plan in effect on March 
23, 2010, and any other documents that are necessary to verify, 
explain, or clarify status as a grandfathered health plan. The plan 
must make such records available for examination upon request by 
participants, beneficiaries, individual policy subscribers, or a State 
or Federal agency official. The implementing regulations require a 
grandfathered health plan to include a statement in any plan material 
provided to participants or beneficiaries stating the plan's intent to 
be a grandfathered health plan within the meaning of the Act. For 
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related 
notice published in the Federal Register on December 13, 2021 (86 FR 
70866).
    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: Affordable Care Act Grandfathered Health Plan 
Disclosure, Recordkeeping Requirement, and Change in Carrier 
Disclosure.
    OMB Control Number: 1210-0140.
    Affected Public: Private Sector--Businesses or other for-profits 
and not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 360,479.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 8,868,468.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 655 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $125,533.

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

     Dated: April 1, 2022.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-07363 Filed 4-6-22; 8:45 am]
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