[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 101 (Friday, May 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31555-31556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12465]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifiers: CMS-64, CMS-10295 and CMS-10401]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing
the following summary of proposed collections for public comment.
Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of
the Agency's function; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection;
Title of Information Collection: Quarterly Medicaid Statement of
Expenditures for the Medical Assistance Program; Use: Form CMS-64 has
been used since January 1980 by Medicaid state agencies to report their
actual program benefit costs and administrative expenses. CMS uses this
information to compute the federal financial participation for the
state's Medicaid program costs. Certain schedules of the CMS-64 form
are used by states to report budget, expenditure and related
statistical information required for implementation of the Medicaid
portion of the State Children's Health Insurance Programs, Title XXI of
the Social Security Act, established by the Balanced Budget Act of
1997. Form Number: CMS-64 (OCN: 0938-0067); Frequency: Quarterly;
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments; Number of
Respondents: 56; Total Annual Responses: 224; Total Annual Hours:
16,464. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Abraham
John at 410-786-4518. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Reporting
Requirements for States Under Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA)
Provisions; Use: The HHS Secretary is required to submit annual reports
to Congress with information collected from states in accordance with
section 5004(d) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Medicaid agencies in 50 states complete the reports while we review the
information to determine if each state has met all of the reporting
requirements specified under section 5004(d). We are revising this
package to remove the requirement to report the Medicaid Federal
Medical Assistance Percentage since it no longer needs to be collected
from states. Form
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Number: CMS-10295 (OCN: 0938-1073). Frequency: Quarterly; Affected
Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments; Number of Respondents: 50;
Total Annual Responses: 200; Total Annual Hours: 400. (For policy
questions regarding this collection contact Rhonda Simms at 410-786-
1200. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
3. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Standards Related
to Reinsurance, Risk Corridors and Risk Adjustment; Use: Section 1341
of the Affordable Care Act provides that each state must establish a
transitional reinsurance program to help stabilize premiums for
coverage in the individual market during the first three years of
Exchange operation. Section 1342 provides for the establishment of a
temporary risk corridors program that will apply to qualified health
plans in the individual and small group markets for the first three
years of Exchange operation. Section 1343 provides for a program of
risk adjustment for all non-grandfathered plans in the individual and
small group market both inside and outside of the Exchange. These risk-
spreading programs, which will be implemented by HHS, states, or both
HHS and states, are designed to mitigate adverse selection and provide
stability for health insurance issuers in the individual and small
group markets as market reforms and Exchanges are implemented. Section
1321(a) also provides broad authority for the Secretary to establish
standards and regulations to implement the statutory requirements
related to Exchanges, reinsurance, risk adjustment, and other
components of title I of the Affordable Care Act. The data collection
and reporting requirements described in this information collection
request will enable states, HHS, or both states and HHS to implement
the aforementioned programs, which will mitigate the impact of adverse
selection in the individual and small group markets both inside and
outside the Exchange. Form Number: CMS-10401 (OCN: 0938-1155);
Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: Private Sector (business or
other for-profit and not-for-profit institutions); Number of
Respondents: 24,171; Total Annual Responses: 584,042; Total Annual
Hours: 1,013,293. (For policy questions regarding this collection
contact Jaya Ghildiyal at 301-492-5149. For all other issues call 410-
786-1326.)
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS Web
site address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995, or
Email your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to [email protected], or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326.
To be assured consideration, comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collections must be received by the OMB desk
officer at the address below, no later than 5 p.m. on June 24, 2013.
OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS
Desk Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974, Email: OIRA [email protected].
Dated: May 21, 2013.
Martique Jones,
Deputy Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
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