[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 82 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17981-17982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07397]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Summary of Benefits and Coverage and Uniform 
Glossary Required Under the Affordable Care Act

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 30, 2025.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Howell by telephone at 202-
693-6782, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act, Public Law 111-148, was signed into law on March 23, 2010, and the 
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Public Law 111-
152, was signed into law on March 30, 2010 (collectively known as the 
``Affordable Care Act''). The Affordable Care Act amends the Public 
Health Service Act (PHS Act) by adding section 2715 ``Development and 
Utilization of Uniform Explanation of Coverage Documents and 
Standardized Definitions.''
    Each group health plan and health insurance issuer offering group 
insurance coverage must provide a summary of benefits and coverage to 
plans and participants at specified points in the enrollment process. 
This disclosure must include, among other things, coverage examples 
that illustrate common benefits scenarios and related cost sharing. 
Additionally, plans and issuers must make the uniform glossary 
available in electronic form, with paper upon request, and provide 60 
days advance notice of any material modifications in the plan or 
coverage. For additional substantive information about this ICR, see 
the related notice published in the Federal Register on July 9, 2024 
(89 FR 56416).
    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) 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; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) 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.
    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)

[[Page 17982]]

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: Summary of Benefits and Coverage and Uniform 
Glossary Required Under the Affordable Care Act.
    OMB Control Number: 1210-0147.
    Affected Public: Private sector, Businesses or other for-profits, 
Not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,588,983.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 77,793,387.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 303,970 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $7,612,109.

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

Michael Howell,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2025-07397 Filed 4-29-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510-29-P