[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 93 (Friday, May 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29391-29392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10340]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Notice for Health Reimbursement Arrangements 
Integrated With Individual Health Insurance Coverage

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 June 13, 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: This information collection request is 
authorized under regulations

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promulgated under the following sections of ERISA: 29 U.S.C. 1002, 
1135, 1182, 1185d, 1191a, 1191b, and 1191c, and Secretary of Labor's 
Order 1-2011, Delegation of Authority and Assignment of 
Responsibilities to the Employee Benefits Security Administration, 
dated January 9, 2012 (77 FR 1088). The final rules removed the 
prohibition on integrating Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) 
with individual health insurance coverage, if certain conditions are 
met. The following information collections are contained in the final 
rules: (1) Verification of Enrollment in Individual Coverage; (2) HRA 
Notice to Participants; (3) Notice to Participants that Individual 
Policy is not Subject to Title I of ERISA; (4) Participant Notification 
of Individual Coverage HRA of Cancelled or Discontinued Coverage; (5) 
Notice for Excepted Benefit HRAs. The information collection 
requirements are needed to notify the HRA that participants are 
enrolled in individual health insurance coverage, to help individuals 
understand the impact of enrolling in an HRA on their eligibility for 
the PTC, and that coverage is not subject to the rules and consumer 
protections of the Employee Retirement Income Security 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: Notice for Health Reimbursement Arrangements 
Integrated With Individual Health Insurance Coverage.
    OMB Control Number: 1210-0160.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Private Sector--
Businesses or other for-profits and not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 177,480.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 2,140,197.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 53,131 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $24,831.

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

    Dated: May 9, 2022.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-10340 Filed 5-12-22; 8:45 am]
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