82 FR 48532 - Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation; Proposed Extension of Existing Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 200 (October 18, 2017)

Page Range		48532-48533
FR Document		2017-22609

Currently, the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs is soliciting comments concerning the proposed collection: Certification of Medical Necessity (CM-893). A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addresses section of this Notice. 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.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs


Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation; Proposed Extension 
of Existing Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Currently, the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs is 
soliciting comments concerning the proposed collection: Certification 
of Medical Necessity (CM-893). A copy of the proposed information 
collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed 
below in the addresses section of this Notice. 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.

DATES: Written comments must be received by December 18, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by mail, delivery service, or by 
hand to Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 
Ave. NW., Room S-3323, Washington, DC 20210; by fax to (202) 354-9647; 
or by Email to [email protected]. Please use only one method of 
transmission for comments (mail/delivery, fax, or Email). Please note 
that comments submitted after the comment period will not be 
considered.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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).
    I. Background: The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs 
administers the Federal Black Lung Workers' Compensation Program. The 
Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 901, et seq.) and its implementing 
regulations necessitate this information collection. The regulations at 
20 CFR 725.701 et seq., establish miner eligibility for medical 
services and supplies for the length of time required by the miner's 
pneumoconiosis and related disability. 20 CFR 725.706 requires prior 
approval before ordering an apparatus where the purchase price exceeds 
$300.00. 20 CFR 725.707 provides for the ongoing supervision of the 
miner's medical care, including the necessity, character and 
sufficiency of care to be furnished; gives the authority to request 
medical reports; and indicates the right to refuse payment for failing 
to submit any report required. Because of the above legislation and 
regulations, it was necessary to devise a form to collect the required 
information. The form is the CM-893, Certificate of Medical Necessity 
(CMN). The CM-893, Certificate of Medical Necessity is completed by the 
coal miner's doctor and is used by the Division of Coal Mine Workers' 
Compensation to determine if the miner meets impairment standards to 
qualify for durable medical equipment and home nursing. This 
information collection is currently approved for use through February 
28, 2018.
    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

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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 seeks the approval 
for the extension of this currently-approved information collection in 
order to carry out its responsibility to determine the eligibility for 
reimbursement of medical benefits to Black Lung recipients.
    Agency: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: Certificate of Medical Necessity.
    OMB Number: 1240-0024.
    Agency Number: CM-893.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for 
profit, and Not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Respondents: 1,500.
    Total Annual Responses: 1,500.
    Average Time per Response: 23 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 563.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    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: October 3, 2017.
Yoon Ferguson,
Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, 
U.S. Department of Labor.
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proposed collection of information, proposed collection: Rehabilitation proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the Action Report (OWCP–44). A copy of including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; the proposed information collection methodology and assumptions used;
• enhance the quality, utility and request can be obtained by contacting * enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be the office listed below in the date clarity of the information to be
collected; and section of this Notice. This program collected; and
• minimize the burden of the helps to ensure that requested data can * minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who be provided in the desired format, collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the reporting burden (time and financial are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated, resources) is minimized, collection use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other instruments are clearly understood, and electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or the impact of collection requirements on technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, respondents can be properly assessed. other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions DATES: Written comments must be e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses. submitted by December 18, 2017. of responses.
III. Current Actions: The Department ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
III. Current Actions: The Department
of Labor seeks the approval for the by mail, delivery service, or by hand to of Labor seeks the approval for the
extension of this currently-approved Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S. Department of extension of this currently approved
information collection in order to carry Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. NW., information collection in order to
out its responsibility to determine the Room S–3323, Washington, DC 20210; ascertain the status of a rehabilitation
eligibility for reimbursement of medical by fax to (202) 354–9647; or by Email to case and to expedite adjudicatory claims
benefits to Black Lung recipients. ferguson.yoon@dol.gov. Please use only action based on events arising from a
Agency: Office of Workers’ one method of transmission for rehabilitation effort.
Compensation Programs. Type of Review: Extension.
comments (mail/delivery, fax, or Email). Agency: Office of Workers’
Type of Review: Revision. Please note that comments submitted
Title: Certificate of Medical Necessity. Compensation Programs.
after the comment period will not be Title: Rehabilitation Action Report.
OMB Number: 1240–0024. considered.
Agency Number: CM–893. OMB Number: 1240–0008.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agency Number: OWCP–44.
Affected Public: Individuals or Affected Public: Businesses or other
households; Business or other for profit, I. Background: The Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs (OWCP) for-profit; State, Local, or Tribal
and Not-for-profit institutions. Government.
Total Respondents: 1,500. administers the Federal Employees’
Compensation Act (FECA) and the Total Respondents: 4,066.
Total Annual Responses: 1,500. Total Annual Responses: 4,066.
Average Time per Response: 23 Longshore and Harbor Workers’
Compensation Act (LHWCA). These acts Average Time per Response: 10
minutes. minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 563. provide vocational rehabilitation
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 678.
Frequency: On occasion. services to eligible workers with
Frequency: Annually.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): disabilities. Section 8104(a) of the FECA Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0. and § 939(c) of the LHWCA provide that $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/ eligible injured workers are to be Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0. furnished vocational rehabilitation maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to services, and § 8111(b) of the FECA and Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or § 908(g) of the LHWCA provide that this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of persons undergoing such vocational included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the rehabilitation receive maintenance Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will allowances as additional compensation. information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record. Form OWCP–44 is used to collect also become a matter of public record.
information necessary to decide if
Dated: October 3, 2017. Dated: October 4, 2017.
maintenance allowances should
Yoon Ferguson, continue to be paid. Form OWCP–44 is Yoon Ferguson,
Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’ submitted to OWCP by contractors hired Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of to provide vocational rehabilitation Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of
Labor. Labor.
services. Form OWCP–44 gives prompt
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rehabilitation process. This information
collection is currently approved for use
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82 FR 48532 - Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation; Proposed Extension of Existing Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF LABOROffice of Workers' Compensation Programs

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 200 (October 18, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs