Labor Dept. Info Collection: Notice to Employees of Coverage Options Through Health Insurance Marketplace

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The U.S. Department of Labor has asked the Office of Management and Budget to review an information collection entitled "Notice to Employees of Coverage Options through Health Insurance Marketplace."

The notice was issued by Mara Blumenthal, senior Paperwork Reduction Act analyst.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency receives on or before May 22, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202-693-8538, or by email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.

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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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Since January 1, 2014, individuals and employees of small businesses have had access to affordable coverage through a competitive private health insurance market--Health Insurance Marketplace or also called "the exchange". Section 1512 of the Affordable Care Act created a new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) section 18B (29 U.S.C. 218b]) requiring a notice to employees of coverage options available through the Marketplace. For additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal Register on July 22, 2022 (87 FR 43897).

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. See5 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 to Employees of Coverage Options through Health Insurance Marketplace.

OMB Control Number: 1210-0149.

Affected Public: State, local, and Tribal governments; private sector--businesses or other for-profits, not-for-profit institutions, and farms.

Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,909,076.

Total Estimated Number of Responses: 31,595,244.

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 263,294 hours.

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $5,480,827.

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

Dated: April 14, 2023.

Mara Blumenthal,

Senior PRA Analyst.

[FR Doc. 2023-08311 Filed 4-19-23; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510-29-P

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The document was published in the Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/04/20/2023-08311/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-for-omb-review-comment-request-notice-to

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