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OMB Control No: 1240-0060	ICR Reference No: 202208-1240-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202009-1240-003
Agency/Subagency: DOL/OWCP	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illnesses Compensation (DEEOIC) Authorization Request Forms
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 08/07/2022
	Date Received in OIRA: 08/05/2022
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2024	05/31/2024	05/31/2024
Responses	66,770	0	66,770
Time Burden (Hours)	11,129	0	11,129
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: OWCP is requesting a No material/Nonsubstantive Change to the 'Home Health Care Authorization Request' (EE-32). While no data elements on the current Form EE-32 are being changed, the list of possible procedure codes to be entered by the respondent in element D.3 has been updated to accommodate the current list of programmatically acceptable procedure codes in order: (1) to better match the respondent’s request for authorization with widely accepted standards of practice in the home health care field; and (2) to substantially reduce the potential for fraudulent billing by home health care providers who seek authorization to bill for an 8-hour shift not actually worked. The Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) is the primary agency responsible for administration of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as amended (EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. § 7384 et seq. EEOICPA provides for the payment of compensation to covered employees and, where applicable, survivors of deceased employees, who sustained either an “occupational illness” or a “covered illness” in the performance of duty for the Department of Energy and certain of its contractors and subcontractors. One element of the compensation provided to covered employees is medical benefits for the treatment of their occupational or covered illnesses that are accepted as compensable. OWCP contracts with a private sector bill processing agent that handles many of the tasks associated with paying bills for medical treatment provided to covered employees under EEOICPA. This bill processing agent uses an automated system that matches incoming bills with the authorized medical treatment of covered employees before it issues payments, and a provider of medical treatment, supplies or services to covered employees must provide the bill processing agent with information necessary for creation of an authorization within the agent’s automated system before a bill can be paid. The collection of this information is authorized by 20 CFR 30.400(a) and (c), 30.403, 30.404(b) and 30.700. The information collected by these forms will be used by both OWCP and its bill processing agent in connection with the automated payment of bills submitted by providers of medical treatment, supplies or services. The information submitted, along with other supporting documentation, is used to determine the correct amount to be paid to a provider of medical treatment, supplies or services to beneficiaries under EEOICPA.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 7384 Name of Law: Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000

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 62327	10/02/2020
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 19903	04/15/2021
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	66,770	66,770
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	11,129	11,129
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,673,872

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. Yes

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. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

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: Anjanette Suggs 202 354-9660 suggs.anjanette@dol.gov

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