80_FR_50486 80 FR 50326 - Proposed Extension of Existing Collection; Comment Request

80 FR 50326 - Proposed Extension of Existing Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 160 (August 19, 2015)

Page Range50326-50327
FR Document2015-20457

The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs is soliciting comments concerning the proposed collection: Pharmacy Billing Requirements. A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addresses section of this Notice.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 160 (Wednesday, August 19, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 160 (Wednesday, August 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20457]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs


Proposed Extension of Existing Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance 
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing 
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to 
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, 
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, 
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of 
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. 
Currently, the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed collection: Pharmacy Billing 
Requirements. A copy of the proposed information collection request can 
be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addresses 
section of this Notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the

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addresses section below on or before October 19, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Ave. NW., Room S-3323, Washington, DC 20210, telephone/fax 
(202) 354-9647, Email [email protected]. Please use only one method 
of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or Email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    I. Background: The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) 
is the agency responsible for administration of the Federal Employees' 
Compensation Act (FECA), 5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq., the Black Lung Benefits 
Act (BLBA), 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq., and the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA), 42 
U.S.C. 7384 et seq. All three of these statutes require that OWCP pay 
for covered medical treatment provided to beneficiaries; this medical 
treatment can include medicinal drugs dispensed by pharmacies. In order 
to determine whether amounts billed for drugs are appropriate, OWCP 
must receive the required data elements, including the name of the 
patient/beneficiary, the National Drug Code (NDC) number of the drugs 
prescribed, the quantity provided, the prescription number and the date 
the prescription was filled. The regulations implementing these 
statutes require the collection of information needed to enable OWCP to 
determine if bills for drugs submitted directly by pharmacies, or 
reimbursement requests submitted by claimants, should be paid. There is 
no standardized paper form for submission of the billing information 
collected in this Information Collection Request (ICR). Over the past 
several years, almost all pharmacy bills submitted to OWCP have been 
submitted electronically using one of the industry-wide standard 
formats for the electronic transmission of billing data through 
nationwide data clearinghouses devised by the National Council for 
Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP). None of the electronic billing 
formats have been designed by or provided by OWCP; they are billing 
formats commonly accepted by other Federal programs and in the private 
health insurance industry for drugs. Nonetheless, the three programs 
(FECA, BLBA and EEOICPA) provide instructions for the submission of 
necessary pharmacy bill data elements in provider manuals distributed 
or made available to all pharmacies enrolled in the programs. This 
information collection is currently approved for use through January 
31, 2016.
    II. Review Focus: The Department of Labor is particularly 
interested in comments which:
    * Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    * evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    * enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and
    * minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who 
are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.
    III. Current Actions: The Department of Labor is seeking public 
comments on the extension of this currently approved information 
collection.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
    Title: Pharmacy Billing Requirements.
    OMB Number: 1240-0050.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Total Respondents: 4,344.
    Total Responses: 1,453,300.
    Time per Response: 1-5 Minutes.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 24,421.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a 
matter of public record.

    Dated: August 13, 2015.
Yoon Ferguson,
Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, 
U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2015-20457 Filed 8-18-15; 8:45 am]
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50326 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 160 / Wednesday, August 19, 2015 / Notices unnecessary duplication of efforts in Title: Hazardous Waste Operations material, are available for inspection obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657). and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. The HAZWOPER Standard specifies a Standard (29 CFR 1910.120). Information on using the http:// number of collection of information OMB Control Number: 1218–0202. www.regulations.gov Web site to submit (paperwork) requirements. Employers Affected Public: Businesses or other comments and access the docket is can use the information collected under for-profits; Not-for-profit organizations; available at the Web site’s ‘‘User Tips’’ the HAZWOPER rule to develop the Federal Government; State, Local, or link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office various programs the Standard requires Tribal Government. for information about materials not and to ensure that their workers are Number of Respondents: 30,052. available from the Web site, and for Frequency of Response: On occasion. assistance in using the Internet to locate trained properly about the safety and Total Responses: 1,440,759. docket submissions. health hazards associated with Average Time per Response: Time per hazardous waste operations and response varies from one minute (.02 V. Authority and Signature emergency response to hazardous waste hour) to maintain a certification record releases. OSHA will use the records David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, to 23 hours to prepare a written safety Assistant Secretary of Labor for developed in response to this Standard and health program. to determine adequate compliance with Occupational Safety and Health, Estimated Total Burden Hours: directed the preparation of this notice. the Standard’s safety and health 261,551. provisions. The employer’s failure to The authority for this notice is the Estimated Cost (Operation and Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 collect and distribute the information Maintenance): $3,124,960. required in this standard will affect U.S.C. 3506 et seq.) and Secretary of significantly OSHA’s effort to control IV. Public Participation—Submission of Labor’s Order No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912). and reduce injuries and fatalities. Such Comments on This Notice and Internet Signed at Washington, DC, on August 13, failure would also be contrary to the Access to Comments and Submissions 2015. direction Congress provided in The You may submit comments in David Michaels, Superfund Amendments and response to this document as follows: Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Reauthorization Act (SARA). (1) Electronically at http:// Safety and Health. www.regulations.gov, which is the [FR Doc. 2015–20470 Filed 8–18–15; 8:45 am] II. Special Issues for Comment Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by BILLING CODE 4510–26–P OSHA has a particular interest in facsimile; or (3) by hard copy. All comments on the following issues: comments, attachments, and other DEPARTMENT OF LABOR • Whether the proposed information material must identify the Agency name collection requirements are necessary and the OSHA docket number for this Office of Workers’ Compensation for the proper performance of the ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2011–0862). Programs Agency’s functions, including whether You may supplement electronic the information is useful; submissions by uploading document Proposed Extension of Existing • The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of files electronically. If you wish to mail Collection; Comment Request the burden (time and costs) of the additional materials in reference to an information collection requirements, electronic or facsimile submission, you ACTION: Notice. including the validity of the must submit them to the OSHA Docket Office (see the section of this notice SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as methodology and assumptions used; part of its continuing effort to reduce titled ADDRESSES). The additional • The quality, utility, and clarity of paperwork and respondent burden, materials must clearly identify your the information collected; and conducts a preclearance consultation electronic comments by your name, • Ways to minimize the burden on date, and the docket number so the program to provide the general public employers who must comply; for Agency can attach them to your and Federal agencies with an example, by using automated or other comments. opportunity to comment on proposed technological information collection Because of security procedures, the and/or continuing collections of and transmission techniques. use of regular mail may cause a information in accordance with the significant delay in the receipt of Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 III. Proposed Actions (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This comments. For information about OSHA is requesting that the Office of security procedures concerning the program helps to ensure that requested Management and Budget (OMB) extend delivery of materials by hand, express data can be provided in the desired the approval of the collection of delivery, messenger, or courier service, format, reporting burden (time and information (paperwork) requirements please contact the OSHA Docket Office financial resources) is minimized, contained in the standard on Hazardous at (202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889– collection instruments are clearly Waste Operations and Emergency 5627). understood, and the impact of collection Response (HAZWOPER) (29 CFR Comments and submissions are requirements on respondents can be 1910.120). The Agency is requesting an posted without change at http:// properly assessed. Currently, the Office adjustment decrease of 988 burden www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA of Workers’ Compensation Programs is hours from the previous submission cautions commenters about submitting soliciting comments concerning the (from 262,539 hours to 261,551 hours). personal information such as their proposed collection: Pharmacy Billing This adjustment is due primarily to a Requirements. A copy of the proposed tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES social security number and date of birth. slight decline in the number of Although all submissions are listed in information collection request can be emergency response organizations from the http://www.regulations.gov index, obtained by contacting the office listed 30,125 to 30,052 (a decline of 73 some information (e.g., copyrighted below in the addresses section of this organizations). material) is not publicly available to Notice. Type of Review: Extension of a read or download from this Web site. DATES: Written comments must be currently approved collection. 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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 160 / Wednesday, August 19, 2015 / Notices 50327 addresses section below on or before II. Review Focus: The Department of NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS October 19, 2015. Labor is particularly interested in ADMINISTRATION ADDRESSES: Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S. comments which: Department of Labor, 200 Constitution * Evaluate whether the proposed [NARA–2015–059] Ave. NW., Room S–3323, Washington, collection of information is necessary DC 20210, telephone/fax (202) 354– Agency Information Collection for the proper performance of the Activities: Submission for OMB 9647, Email ferguson.yoon@dol.gov. functions of the agency, including Please use only one method of Review; Comment Request whether the information will have transmission for comments (mail, fax, or AGENCY: National Archives and Records practical utility; Email). Administration (NARA). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: * evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the ACTION: Notice. I. Background: The Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) is the proposed collection of information, SUMMARY: NARA gives public notice agency responsible for administration of including the validity of the that it has submitted to OMB for the Federal Employees’ Compensation methodology and assumptions used; approval the information collection Act (FECA), 5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq., the * enhance the quality, utility and described in this notice. We invite you Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA), 30 clarity of the information to be to comment on the proposed U.S.C. 901 et seq., and the Energy collected; and information collection pursuant to the Employees Occupational Illness Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Compensation Program Act of 2000 * minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who DATES: OMB must receive written (EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384 et seq. All comments at the address below on or three of these statutes require that are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, before September 18, 2015. OWCP pay for covered medical electronic, mechanical, or other ADDRESSES: Send comments to Mr. treatment provided to beneficiaries; this medical treatment can include technological collection techniques or Nicholas A. Fraser, Desk Officer for medicinal drugs dispensed by other forms of information technology, NARA by mail to Office of Management pharmacies. In order to determine e.g., permitting electronic submissions and Budget; New Executive Office whether amounts billed for drugs are of responses. Building; Washington, DC 20503; by fax appropriate, OWCP must receive the to 202–395–5167; or by email to III. Current Actions: The Department Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov. required data elements, including the of Labor is seeking public comments on name of the patient/beneficiary, the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: the extension of this currently approved National Drug Code (NDC) number of Direct requests for additional information collection. information or copies of the proposed the drugs prescribed, the quantity provided, the prescription number and Type of Review: Extension. information collection and supporting the date the prescription was filled. The Agency: Office of Workers’ statement to Tamee Fechhelm by phone regulations implementing these statutes Compensation Programs. at 301–837–1694 or by fax at 301–713– require the collection of information 7409. Title: Pharmacy Billing Requirements. needed to enable OWCP to determine if SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant bills for drugs submitted directly by OMB Number: 1240–0050. to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 pharmacies, or reimbursement requests Affected Public: Business or other for- (Pub. L. 104–13), NARA invites the submitted by claimants, should be paid. profit. public and other Federal agencies to There is no standardized paper form for Total Respondents: 4,344. comment on proposed information submission of the billing information collections. We published a notice of collected in this Information Collection Total Responses: 1,453,300. proposed collection for this information Request (ICR). Over the past several Time per Response: 1–5 Minutes. collection on June 9, 2015 (80 FR 32615 years, almost all pharmacy bills Frequency: On Occasion. and 32616); we received no comments. submitted to OWCP have been NARA has therefore submitted the submitted electronically using one of Estimated Total Burden Hours: described information collection to the industry-wide standard formats for 24,421. OMB for approval. the electronic transmission of billing Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): In response to this notice, comments data through nationwide data $0. and suggestions should address one or clearinghouses devised by the National Total Burden Cost (operating/ more of the following points: (a) Council for Prescription Drug Programs maintenance): $0. Whether the proposed information (NCPDP). None of the electronic billing collection is necessary for NARA to formats have been designed by or Comments submitted in response to properly perform its functions; (b) provided by OWCP; they are billing this notice will be summarized and/or NARA’s estimate of the burden of the formats commonly accepted by other included in the request for Office of proposed information collection and its Federal programs and in the private Management and Budget approval of the accuracy; (c) ways NARA could enhance health insurance industry for drugs. information collection request; they will the quality, utility, and clarity of the Nonetheless, the three programs (FECA, also become a matter of public record. information it collects; (d) ways NARA BLBA and EEOICPA) provide Dated: August 13, 2015. could minimize the burden on tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES instructions for the submission of respondents of collecting the Yoon Ferguson, necessary pharmacy bill data elements information, including the through in provider manuals distributed or made Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’ information technology; and (e) whether available to all pharmacies enrolled in Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of the collection affects small businesses. 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