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OMB Control No: 0935-0110	ICR Reference No: 202506-0935-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202301-0935-001
Agency/Subagency: HHS/AHRQ	Agency Tracking No: 20656
Title: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component (MEPS-IC)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 08/28/2025
	Date Received in OIRA: 06/17/2025
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2028	36 Months From Approved	01/31/2026
Responses	84,270	0	91,204
Time Burden (Hours)	16,844	0	17,461
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	84,270	91,204	-6,934
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	16,844	17,461	-617
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: Total burden hours will go down slightly from previous clearance estimates. The change reflects a decrease in expected response to the Establishment questionnaires completed by each establishment offering insurance. There has been a steady decline in response by businesses to establishment surveys in recent years.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $10,092,686

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

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: Amie Park 301 427-1662 amie.park@ahrq.hhs.gov

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