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OMB Control No: 0938-1266	ICR Reference No: 202012-0938-014
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201703-0938-006
Agency/Subagency: HHS/CMS	Agency Tracking No: CCIIO
Title: Cost-Sharing Reduction Reconciliation (CMS-10526)
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 07/29/2021
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/21/2020
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2024	36 Months From Approved
Responses	2,030,100	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	2,363	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: This collection is necessary for HHS to reconcile advance payments for cost-sharing reductions to health insurance issuers against actual amounts paid by issuers on behalf of enrollees during the benefit year.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 111 - 148 1402 Name of Law: Affordable Care Act
PL: Pub.L. 111 - 148 1412 Name of Law: Affordable Care Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 21010	04/15/2020
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 80790	12/14/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Simplified Actuarial Value Methodology Plan and Policy Report	CMS-10526
Issuer Report	CMS-10526
Simplified Methodology Effective Parameters and Plan and Policy Reports	CMS-10526
Standard Methodology Plan and Policy Report	CMS-10526

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	2,030,100	-1,970,223	4,000,323
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,363	-3,233	5,596
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: We are revising this collection to estimate a reduction in burden. The cessation of CSR payments to issuers coupled with the fact that the CSR reconciliation data submission is now optional for issuers has led to a significant reduction in the number of issuers that submit data reports during the CSR data submission window. Since it is now optional, following 2017, for issuers to generate reports and submit CSR data to CMS, it is reducing the capital requirements associated with operating a CSR plan in the aggregate. Although all issuers must now use the standard methodology and may no longer use either the simplified or simplified AV methodologies, this is still outweighed by the fact that many less issuers are submitting reports. Further, even for those issuers that do submit files, we are no longer requiring issuers to submit plan level data. As a result, this will lead to an overall reduction in burden going forward as compared to prior years.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $16,780

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Yes

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Jamaa Hill 301 492-4190

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