Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program

Published date04 May 2021
Record Number2021-09292
SectionNotices
CourtCenters For Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Since March 1, 2021, there have been
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in the DRC and all contacts of cases that
were being monitored for EVD have
passed the 21-day incubation period.
With no new cases reported in the past
42 days (2 incubation periods) no
remaining hospitalized patients with
EVD, and no contacts of confirmed EVD
cases still requiring monitoring, the
potential risk for Ebola virus exposure
in the DRC has greatly diminished.
Therefore, CDC no longer requires
contact information from passengers
who were departing from or were
otherwise present in the DRC.
For these reasons, I hereby determine
that airline travelers destined for the
United States who are departing from,
or were otherwise present in, the DRC
in the past 21 days are no longer at risk
of exposure to Ebola virus. Therefore, all
requirements of the Order pertaining to
airlines, aircraft operators, and
passengers destined for the United
States and departing from or who were
otherwise present in the DRC are hereby
rescinded.
All requirements of the March 2, 2021
Order pertaining to Guinea remain in
effect due to a recently confirmed case.
The most recent case of EVD in Guinea
was confirmed on April 3, 2021.
CDC may modify this Order by an
updated publication in the Federal
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follow at www.cdc.gov.
In testimony whereof, the Director,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, United States Department
for Health and Human Services, has
hereunto set her hand at Atlanta,
Georgia, this 29 day of April 2021.
Authority
The CDC Director is issuing this Order
pursuant to Sections 361 and 365 of the
Public Health Service (PHS) Act, 42
U.S.C. 264 and 268, and implementing
regulations at 42 CFR 71.4, 71.20, 71.31,
and 71.32.
Dated: April 30, 2021.
Sherri Berger,
Acting Chief of Staff, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
AGENCY
: Center for Consumer
Information and Insurance Oversight
(CCIIO), Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION
: Notice of a new matching
program.
SUMMARY
: In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing
notice of the re-establishment of a
computer matching program between
CMS and the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM), ‘‘Verification of
Eligibility of Minimum Essential
Coverage Under the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act through an
Office of Personnel Management Health
Benefit Plan.’’
DATES
: The deadline for comments on
this notice is June 3, 2021. The re-
established matching program will
commence not sooner than 30 days after
publication of this notice, provided no
comments are received that warrant a
change to this notice. The matching
program will be conducted for an initial
term of 18 months (from approximately
June 8, 2021 to December 7, 2022) and
within three months of expiration may
be renewed for one additional year if the
parties make no change to the matching
program and certify that the program
has been conducted in compliance with
the matching agreement.
ADDRESSES
: Interested parties may
submit comments:
1. Electronically. You may send your
comments electronically to http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for ‘‘Comment or
Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’
to find the information collection
document(s) that are accepting
comments.
2. By Regular Mail. You may mail
written comments to the following
address: Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, Division of Security,
Privacy Policy & Governance,
Information Security & Privacy Group,
Office of Information Technology,
Location: N1–14–56, 7500 Security
Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21244–1850.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
: If
you have questions about the matching
program, you may contact Anne Pesto,
Senior Advisor, Marketplace Eligibility
and Enrollment Group, Center for
Consumer Information and Insurance
Oversight, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, at 410–786–3492, by
email at anne.pesto@cms.hhs.gov, or by
mail at 7500 Security Blvd., Baltimore,
MD 21244.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: The
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5
U.S.C. 552a) provides certain
protections for individuals applying for
and receiving federal benefits. The law
governs the use of computer matching
by federal agencies when records in a
system of records (meaning, federal
agency records about individuals
retrieved by name or other personal
identifier) are matched with records of
other federal or non-federal agencies.
The Privacy Act requires agencies
involved in a matching program to:
1. Enter into a written agreement,
which must be prepared in accordance
with the Privacy Act, approved by the
Data Integrity Board of each source and
recipient federal agency, provided to
Congress and the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), and made available
to the public, as required by 5 U.S.C.
552a(o), (u)(3)(A), and (u)(4).
2. Notify the individuals whose
information will be used in the
matching program that the information
they provide is subject to verification
through matching, as required by 5
U.S.C. 552a(o)(1)(D).
3. Verify match findings before
suspending, terminating, reducing, or
making a final denial of an individual’s
benefits or payments or taking other
adverse action against the individual, as
required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(p).
4. Report the matching program to
Congress and the OMB, in advance and
annually, as required by 5 U.S.C.
552a(o)(2)(A)(i), (r), and (u)(3)(D).
5. Publish advance notice of the
matching program in the Federal
Register as required by 5 U.S.C.
552a(e)(12).
This matching program meets these
requirements.
Barbara Demopulos,
Privacy Officer, Division of Security, Privacy
Policy and Governance, Office of Information
Technology, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services.
Participating Agencies
The Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) is the
recipient agency, and the Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) is the
source agency.
Authority for Conducting the Matching
Program
The principal authority for
conducting the matching program is 42
U.S.C. 18001 et seq.
Purpose(s)
The purpose of the matching program
is to provide CMS with OPM data which
CMS and state Administering Entities
(AEs) need to determine individuals’
eligibility for financial assistance in
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paying for private health insurance
coverage, under provisions of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act. In this matching program, OPM
provides CMS with monthly data
identifying each active federal
employee’s status as enrolled in or
eligible for coverage under an OPM
Health Benefit Plan, and an annual
premium spread index file identifying
the lowest premium available to a
federal employee in each of 32 premium
localities. CMS and AEs use the OPM
data to verify whether an individual
who is applying for or is enrolled in
private health insurance coverage under
a qualified health plan through a
federally-facilitated or state-based
health insurance exchange is eligible for
coverage under an OPM health benefit
plan, for the purpose of determining if
the individual is eligible for financial
assistance (including an advance tax
credit and cost sharing reduction, which
are types of insurance affordability
programs) in paying for the private
coverage. OPM health benefit plans
provide minimum essential coverage,
and eligibility for such plans precludes
eligibility for financial assistance in
paying for private coverage.
Categories of Individuals
The categories of individuals whose
information is involved in the matching
program are:
Active federal employees; and
Consumers who apply for or are
enrolled in a qualified health plan
through an exchange established under
the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act and receive determinations of
eligibility for insurance affordability
programs.
Categories of Records
The categories of records used in the
matching program are identity
information about the above consumers,
which are maintained by CMS, and
identity information and minimum
essential coverage period records about
all active federal employees, and annual
premium information, maintained by
OPM. The data elements provided to
CMS by OPM are as follows:
Monthly status file:
a. Record type;
b. Record number;
c. Unique person ID;
d. Social security number;
e. Last name;
f. Middle name;
g. First name;
h. Last name suffix;
i. Gender;
j. Date of birth; and
k. Health plan code.
Annual Premium Spread Index File:
a. State;
b. Plan;
c. Option;
d. Enrollment code;
e. Current total bi-weekly premium;
f. Future total bi-weekly premium;
g. Future government pays bi-weekly
premium;
h. Future employee pays bi-weekly
premium;
i. Future change in employee payment
bi-weekly premium;
j. Current total monthly premium;
k. Future total monthly premium;
l. Future government pays monthly
premium;
m. Future employee pays monthly
premium; and
n. Future change in employee
payment monthly premium.
CMS will not send any data about
individual applicants or enrollees to
OPM in order to receive this data from
OPM.
System(s) of Records
The records used in the matching
program are maintained in these
systems of records:
CMS Health Insurance Exchanges
System (HIX), System No. 09–70–0560,
last published in full at 78 FR 63211
(Oct. 23, 2013), and amended at 83 FR
6591 (Feb. 14, 2018).
OPM/GOVT–1 General Personnel
Records, last published in full at 77 FR
73694 (Dec. 11, 2012), and amended at
80 FR 42133 (July 16, 2015) and 80 FR
74815 (Nov. 30, 2015). The disclosures
of OPM data to CMS are authorized by
Routine Use ‘‘rr’’.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10215]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY
: Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION
: Notice.
SUMMARY
: The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing
an opportunity for the public to
comment on CMS’ intention to collect
information from the public. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the
PRA), federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information (including each proposed
extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information) and to allow
60 days for public comment on the
proposed action. Interested persons are
invited to send comments regarding our
burden estimates or any other aspect of
this collection of information, including
the necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper
performance of the agency’s functions,
the accuracy of the estimated burden,
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected, and the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology to minimize the
information collection burden.
DATES
: Comments must be received by
July 6, 2021.
ADDRESSES
: When commenting, please
reference the document identifier or
OMB control number. To be assured
consideration, comments and
recommendations must be submitted in
any one of the following ways:
1. Electronically. You may send your
comments electronically to http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for ‘‘Comment or
Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’
to find the information collection
document(s) that are accepting
comments.
2. By Regular Mail. You may mail
written comments to the following
address: CMS, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Division of Regulations Development,
Attention: Document Identifier/OMB
Control Number: CMS–P–0015A, Room
C4–26–05, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, Maryland 21244–1850.
To obtain copies of a supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed collection(s) summarized in
this notice, you may make your request
using one of following:
1. Access CMS’ Website address at
Website address at https://
www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-
Guidance/Legislation/Paperwork
ReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing.html
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
William N. Parham at (410) 786–4669.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
Contents
This notice sets out a summary of the
use and burden associated with the
following information collections. More
detailed information can be found in
each collection’s supporting statement
and associated materials (see
ADDRESSES
).
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