83 FR 62496 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Elimination of Internal Agency Process for Implementation of the Federally-Facilitated User Fee Adjustment
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 233 (December 4, 2018)
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 233 (December 4, 2018)
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2018)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 62496-62498] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-26332] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 45 CFR Part 156 [CMS-9917-F] RIN 0938-AT93 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Elimination of Internal Agency Process for Implementation of the Federally-Facilitated User Fee Adjustment AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Final rule. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing this final rule to eliminate references to internal Executive Branch procedures provided for under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) circular A-25R in connection with an adjustment to the Federally- facilitated Exchange (FFE) user fee. HHS is amending these regulations because it has determined that an exception to OMB circular A-25R is not required to effectuate the FFE user fee adjustment. Thus, this final rule removes the language that refers to an exception under OMB circular A-25R as an aspect of reducing a participating issuer's FFE user fee obligation. This rule does not affect the ability of an issuer to obtain an applicable reduction in FFE user fee obligations, amend the calculation of the FFE user fee credit provided to a participating issuer, change the application of the monthly user fee adjustment, or alter any of the other standards that participating issuers must meet to qualify for the user fee adjustment. DATES: These regulations are effective on January 3, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaya Ghildiyal, (301) 492-5149, or Adrianne Patterson, (410) 786-0686. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background A. Determination To Issue a Final Rule The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is publishing this final rule without previously publishing a proposed rule because HHS has determined that the rule qualifies for exemption from notice-and-comment rulemaking under section 553 of the Administrative Procedures Act (Pub. L. 79-404, enacted June 11, 1946) (APA), both because it is a ``matter relating to agency management'' under section 553(a)(2) \1\ and a ``rule of agency organization, procedure or practice'' under section 553(b)(3)(A). This rule eliminates an unnecessary reference to an internal inter-agency process, but makes no changes to the policy or operational processes set forth for participating FFE issuers or third parties subject to 45 CFR 156.50(d), and will have no effect on these entities or the other individuals and entities that were subjects of the July 2, 2013 final rule ``Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act'' (78 FR 39870), namely eligible organizations, self-insured plans of eligible organizations, and participants and beneficiaries of those plans. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Although HHS's predecessor agency, the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), waived the APA's exemption to the requirement for notice and comment rulemaking for ``public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts'' in section 553(a)(2), see ``Public Participation in Rule Making,'' 36 FR 2532 (Feb. 5, 1971), HEW did not waive the exemption in section 553(a)(2) for ``matter[s] relating to agency management or personnel.'' --------------------------------------------------------------------------- B. Legislative and Regulatory Overview The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111-148, enacted March 23, 2010) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-152, enacted March 30, 2010) are collectively referred to as ``PPACA'' in this final rule. Section 1321(a) of the PPACA provides broad authority for the Secretary to establish standards and regulations to implement the statutory requirements related to Exchanges, qualified health plans (QHPs), and other components of title I of the PPACA. When operating an FFE under section 1321(c)(1) of the PPACA, HHS has the authority under sections 1321(c)(1) and 1311(d)(5)(A) of the PPACA to collect and spend user fees. OMB Circular A-25 Revised (OMB Circular A-25R) establishes federal [[Page 62497]] policy regarding user fees and specifies that a user charge will be assessed against each identifiable recipient for special benefits derived from federal activities beyond those received by the general public. Section 2713(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by the PPACA and incorporated into the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code, requires that non- grandfathered group health plans and health insurance issuers offering non-grandfathered group or individual health insurance coverage provide certain women's preventive health services as a benefit without cost sharing, as provided for in comprehensive guidelines supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration. On July 2, 2013, the final rule ``Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act'' (78 FR 39870) published by HHS, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Labor, set forth regulations allowing eligible organizations to receive an accommodation relating to coverage of contraceptive services, so that they are not required to provide, arrange, or pay for these services. Those regulations at 45 CFR 147.131, 26 CFR 54.9815-2713A, and 29 CFR 2590.715-2713A were amended, but largely left in place, by interim final rules with requests for comments published in the Federal Register on October 13, 2017, Religious Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act (82 FR 47792) and Moral Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act (82 FR 47838) and final rules published in the Federal Register on November 15, 2018,with an effective date of January 14, 2019, Religious Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act (83 FR 57536) and Moral Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act (83 FR 57592). The 2013 final regulation also set forth processes and standards at Sec. 156.50(c) and (d) to take into account the payments for the contraceptive services that are provided for participants and beneficiaries in self-insured plans of eligible organizations under the accommodation described in that final rule through an adjustment in the FFE user fee payable by an issuer participating in an FFE, at no cost to plan participants or beneficiaries, eligible organizations, third party administrators, or issuers. II. Provisions of the Final Regulations This final rule amends the regulations for adjustments of FFE user fees set forth at Sec. 156.50, as established in the final rule published in the July 2, 2013 Federal Register. HHS is amending Sec. 156.50(d)(3), to remove the current language providing that an authorizing exception under OMB Circular No. A-25R must be in effect in order for HHS to provide a participating issuer a reduction in its obligation to pay the FFE user fee. HHS will calculate the user fee reduction as the sum of the total dollar amount of the payments for contraceptive services submitted by applicable third party administrators, as described in paragraph (d)(2)(iii)(D), and an allowance, specified by HHS, for administrative costs and margin. HHS is also amending Sec. 156.50(d)(4) to remove a corresponding requirement that an authorizing exception under OMB Circular No. A-25R be in effect. If the amount of the reduction under Sec. 156.50(d)(3) is greater than the amount of the obligation to pay the FFE user fee in a particular month, the participating issuer will be provided a credit in succeeding months in the amount of the excess. HHS has determined that an exception to OMB Circular No. A-25R is not required to be in effect to effectuate the FFE user fee adjustment for participating issuers. HHS has implemented an adjustment to FFE user fee collections for each benefit year beginning with the 2014 benefit year, and the adjustment has accounted for less than 2 percent of total FFE user fee collections for each benefit year. Therefore, HHS continues to believe that the adjustment to FFE user fee collections will not materially undermine FFE operations. HHS believes that the reduced user fee collections resulting from the adjustment will not necessitate an exception to OMB Circular No. A-25R. Subject to HHS's standing financial management procedures, HHS will continue to monitor user fee collections and expenditures to ensure compliance under OMB Circular No. A-25R going forward. Additionally, HHS notes that it has not raised the FFE user fee finalized in the annual notice of benefit and payment parameters to offset the FFE user fee adjustments for any applicable benefit year. HHS estimates that payments for contraceptive services will continue to represent only a small portion of total FFE user fees in future benefit years, and it does not anticipate that it will need to increase the FFE user fee rate to offset the FFE user fee adjustment available to participating issuers. III. Collection of Information Requirements This document does not impose information collection requirements, that is, reporting, recordkeeping, or third-party disclosure requirements. Consequently, there is no need for review by the Office of Management and Budget under the authority of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.). IV. Regulatory Impact Analysis HHS has examined the impact of this rule as required by Executive Order 12866 on Regulatory Planning and Review (September 30, 1993), Executive Order 13563 on Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review (January 18, 2011), the Regulatory Flexibility Act (Pub. L. 96-354, enacted September 19, 1980) (RFA), section 1102(b) of the Social Security Act, section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4, enacted March 22, 1995), Executive Order 13132 on Federalism (August 4, 1999), the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 804(2)), and Executive Order 13771 on Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). A regulatory impact analysis must be prepared for major rules with economically significant effects ($100 million or more in any one year). This final rule is not ``economically significant'' within the meaning of section 3(f)(1) of Executive Order 12866 because it is unlikely to have an annual effect of $100 million in any single year. In addition, for the reasons noted in this final rule, HHS does not believe that this final rule is a major rule under the Congressional Review Act. The RFA requires agencies to analyze options for regulatory relief of small businesses. This rule would not have a significant impact on small businesses. In addition, section 1102(b) of the Act requires HHS to prepare a regulatory impact analysis if a rule may have a significant impact on the operations of a substantial number of small rural hospitals. This rule would not have a significant impact on small rural hospitals because the amendments [[Page 62498]] contained in this final rule do not pertain to hospitals. Section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 also requires that agencies assess anticipated costs and benefits before issuing any rule that may result in expenditure in any 1 year by state, local, or tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100 million in 1995 dollars, updated annually for inflation. In 2018, that threshold is approximately $150 million. HHS anticipates this rule would not impact state governments or the private sector. Executive Order 13132 establishes certain requirements that an agency must meet when it issues a proposed rule (and subsequent final rule) that imposes substantial direct requirement costs on state and local governments, preempts state law, or otherwise has federalism implications. HHS does not anticipate this rule would impose direct requirement costs on state or local governments, preempt state law, or otherwise have federalism implications. List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 156 Administrative appeals, Administrative practice and procedure, Advertising, Advisory Committees, American Indian/Alaska Natives, Brokers, Conflict of interest, Consumer protection, Cost-sharing reductions, Grant programs-health, Grants administration, Health care, Health insurance, Health maintenance organization (HMO), Health records, Hospitals, Individuals with disabilities, Loan programs- health, Organization and functions (Government agencies), Medicaid, Payment and collections reports, Public assistance programs, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, State and local governments, Sunshine Act, Taxes, Technical assistance, Women, and Youth. For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Department of Health and Human Services amends 45 CFR part 156 as set forth below: PART 156--HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUER STANDARDS UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, INCLUDING STANDARDS RELATED TO EXCHANGES 0 1. The authority citation for part 156 is revised to read as follows: Authority: 42 U.S.C. 18021-18024, 18031-18032, 18041-18042, 18044, 18054, 18061, 18063, 18071, 18082, 26 U.S.C. 36B, and 31 U.S.C. 9701. 0 2. Section 156.50 is amended by revising paragraphs (d)(3) and (4) to read as follows: Sec. 156.50 Financial support. * * * * * (d) * * * * * (3) If the requirements set forth in paragraph (d)(2) of this section are met, the participating issuer will be provided a reduction in its obligation to pay the Federally-facilitated Exchange user fee specified in paragraph (c) of this section equal in value to the sum of the following: (i) The total dollar amount of the payments for contraceptive services submitted by the applicable third-party administrators, as described in paragraph (d)(2)(iii)(D) of this section; and (ii) An allowance for administrative costs and margin. The allowance will be no less than 10 percent of the total dollar amount of the payments for contraceptive services specified in paragraph (d)(3)(i) of this section. HHS will specify the allowance for a particular calendar year in the annual HHS notice of benefit and payment parameters. (4) If the amount of the adjustment under paragraph (d)(3) of this section is greater than the amount of the participating issuer's obligation to pay the Federally-facilitated Exchange user fee in a particular month, the participating issuer will be provided a credit in succeeding months in the amount of the excess. * * * * * Dated: November 16, 2018. Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Dated: November 20, 2018. Alex M. Azar II, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services. [FR Doc. 2018-26332 Filed 11-30-18; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 4120-01-P
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Dated: November 16, 2018. language that refers to an exception organization, procedure or practice’’
Eric Letvin, under OMB circular A–25R as an aspect under section 553(b)(3)(A). This rule
Deputy Assistant Administrator for of reducing a participating issuer’s FFE eliminates an unnecessary reference to
Mitigation, Federal Insurance and Mitigation user fee obligation. This rule does not an internal inter-agency process, but
Administration—FEMA Resilience, affect the ability of an issuer to obtain makes no changes to the policy or
Department of Homeland Security, Federal an applicable reduction in FFE user fee operational processes set forth for
Emergency Management Agency. obligations, amend the calculation of participating FFE issuers or third parties
[FR Doc. 2018–26132 Filed 12–3–18; 8:45 am] the FFE user fee credit provided to a subject to 45 CFR 156.50(d), and will
BILLING CODE 9110–12–P participating issuer, change the have no effect on these entities or the
application of the monthly user fee other individuals and entities that were
adjustment, or alter any of the other subjects of the July 2, 2013 final rule
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND standards that participating issuers must ‘‘Coverage of Certain Preventive
HUMAN SERVICES meet to qualify for the user fee Services Under the Affordable Care Act’’
adjustment. (78 FR 39870), namely eligible
45 CFR Part 156 organizations, self-insured plans of
DATES: These regulations are effective
[CMS–9917–F] on January 3, 2019. eligible organizations, and participants
and beneficiaries of those plans.
RIN 0938–AT93 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaya
Ghildiyal, (301) 492–5149, or Adrianne B. Legislative and Regulatory Overview
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Patterson, (410) 786–0686.
Act; Elimination of Internal Agency The Patient Protection and Affordable
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Care Act (Pub. L. 111–148, enacted
Process for Implementation of the
Federally-Facilitated User Fee I. Background March 23, 2010) and the Health Care
Adjustment and Education Reconciliation Act of
A. Determination To Issue a Final Rule 2010 (Pub. L. 111–152, enacted March
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & The U.S. Department of Health and 30, 2010) are collectively referred to as
Medicaid Services (CMS), Department Human Services (HHS) is publishing ‘‘PPACA’’ in this final rule. Section
of Health and Human Services (HHS). this final rule without previously 1321(a) of the PPACA provides broad
ACTION: Final rule. publishing a proposed rule because authority for the Secretary to establish
HHS has determined that the rule standards and regulations to implement
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of qualifies for exemption from notice-and- the statutory requirements related to
Health and Human Services (HHS) is comment rulemaking under section 553 Exchanges, qualified health plans
issuing this final rule to eliminate of the Administrative Procedures Act (QHPs), and other components of title I
references to internal Executive Branch (Pub. L. 79–404, enacted June 11, 1946) of the PPACA. When operating an FFE
procedures provided for under Office of (APA), both because it is a ‘‘matter under section 1321(c)(1) of the PPACA,
Management and Budget (OMB) circular relating to agency management’’ under HHS has the authority under sections
A–25R in connection with an section 553(a)(2) 1 and a ‘‘rule of agency 1321(c)(1) and 1311(d)(5)(A) of the
adjustment to the Federally-facilitated PPACA to collect and spend user fees.
Exchange (FFE) user fee. HHS is 1 Although HHS’s predecessor agency, the U.S.
OMB Circular A–25 Revised (OMB
amending these regulations because it Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Circular A–25R) establishes federal
has determined that an exception to (HEW), waived the APA’s exemption to the
requirement for notice and comment rulemaking for
OMB circular A–25R is not required to ‘‘public property, loans, grants, benefits, or 1971), HEW did not waive the exemption in section
effectuate the FFE user fee adjustment. contracts’’ in section 553(a)(2), see ‘‘Public 553(a)(2) for ‘‘matter[s] relating to agency
Thus, this final rule removes the Participation in Rule Making,’’ 36 FR 2532 (Feb. 5, management or personnel.’’
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contained in this final rule do not § 156.50 Financial support. ACTION: Final rule.
pertain to hospitals. * * * * *
Section 202 of the Unfunded (d) * * * * * SUMMARY: DoD is issuing a final rule
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 also (3) If the requirements set forth in amending the Defense Federal
requires that agencies assess anticipated paragraph (d)(2) of this section are met, Acquisition Regulation Supplement
costs and benefits before issuing any the participating issuer will be provided (DFARS) to implement a section of the
rule that may result in expenditure in a reduction in its obligation to pay the National Defense Authorization Act for
any 1 year by state, local, or tribal Federally-facilitated Exchange user fee Fiscal Year 2018 that repeals the Fiscal
governments, in the aggregate, or by the specified in paragraph (c) of this section Year 2015 restrictions on the source of
private sector, of $100 million in 1995 equal in value to the sum of the photovoltaic devices in contracts
dollars, updated annually for inflation. following: awarded by DoD that result in DoD
In 2018, that threshold is approximately (i) The total dollar amount of the ownership of photovoltaic devices by
$150 million. HHS anticipates this rule payments for contraceptive services means other than DoD purchase of the
would not impact state governments or submitted by the applicable third-party photovoltaic devices as end products.
the private sector. administrators, as described in DATES: Effective December 5, 2018.
Executive Order 13132 establishes paragraph (d)(2)(iii)(D) of this section; FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
certain requirements that an agency and Amy G. Williams, telephone 571–372–
must meet when it issues a proposed (ii) An allowance for administrative 6106.
rule (and subsequent final rule) that costs and margin. The allowance will be
imposes substantial direct requirement SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
no less than 10 percent of the total
costs on state and local governments, dollar amount of the payments for I. Background
preempts state law, or otherwise has contraceptive services specified in
federalism implications. HHS does not DoD published a proposed rule in the
paragraph (d)(3)(i) of this section. HHS Federal Register at 83 FR 42822 on
anticipate this rule would impose direct will specify the allowance for a
requirement costs on state or local August 24, 2018, to implement section
particular calendar year in the annual 813(b) of the National Defense
governments, preempt state law, or HHS notice of benefit and payment
otherwise have federalism implications. Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal
parameters. Year (FY) 2018 (Pub. L. 115–91). Section
List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 156 (4) If the amount of the adjustment 813(b) repeals section 858 of the NDAA
Administrative appeals, under paragraph (d)(3) of this section is for FY 2015 (Pub. L. 113–291), but does
Administrative practice and procedure, greater than the amount of the not repeal section 846 of the NDAA for
Advertising, Advisory Committees, participating issuer’s obligation to pay FY 2011 (Pub. L. 111–383), with regard
American Indian/Alaska Natives, the Federally-facilitated Exchange user to sources of photovoltaic devises
Brokers, Conflict of interest, Consumer fee in a particular month, the purchased by contractors that become
protection, Cost-sharing reductions, participating issuer will be provided a property of DoD. There were no public
Grant programs-health, Grants credit in succeeding months in the comments submitted in response to the
administration, Health care, Health amount of the excess. proposed rule. There are no changes
insurance, Health maintenance * * * * * from the proposed rule in the final rule.
organization (HMO), Health records, Dated: November 16, 2018.
Hospitals, Individuals with disabilities, II. Applicability to Contracts at or
Seema Verma, Below the Simplified Acquisition
Loan programs-health, Organization and Administrator, Centers for Medicare &
functions (Government agencies), Threshold and for Commercial Items,
Medicaid Services. Including Commercially Available Off-
Medicaid, Payment and collections Dated: November 20, 2018.
reports, Public assistance programs, the-Shelf Items
Alex M. Azar II,
Reporting and recordkeeping This rule does not affect the
requirements, State and local Secretary, Department of Health and Human applicability of DFARS clause 252.225–
Services.
governments, Sunshine Act, Taxes, 7017, Photovoltaic Devices, and DFARS
[FR Doc. 2018–26332 Filed 11–30–18; 4:15 pm]
Technical assistance, Women, and provision 252.225–7018, Photovoltaic
Youth. BILLING CODE 4120–01–P Devices—Certification. A determination
For the reasons set forth in the was signed by the Director, Defense
preamble, the Department of Health and Procurement and Acquisition Policy, on
Human Services amends 45 CFR part DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE October 13, 2011, to not apply the
156 as set forth below: requirements of section 846 of the
Defense Acquisition Regulations NDAA for FY 2011 to contracts at or
PART 156—HEALTH INSURANCE System below the simplified acquisition
ISSUER STANDARDS UNDER THE threshold, but to apply the rule to
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, INCLUDING 48 CFR Parts 212, 225, and 252 contracts for the acquisition of
STANDARDS RELATED TO [Docket DARS–2018–0028] commercial items, including
EXCHANGES commercially available off-the-shelf
RIN 0750–AJ71
items.
■ 1. The authority citation for part 156
is revised to read as follows: Defense Federal Acquisition III. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 18021–18024, 18031–
Regulation Supplement: Sunset of
Provision Relating to the Procurement Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and
18032, 18041–18042, 18044, 18054, 18061, 13563 direct agencies to assess all costs
18063, 18071, 18082, 26 U.S.C. 36B, and 31 of Certain Goods (DFARS Case 2018–
D007) and benefits of available regulatory
U.S.C. 9701.
alternatives and, if regulation is
■ 2. Section 156.50 is amended by AGENCY: Defense Acquisition necessary, to select regulatory
revising paragraphs (d)(3) and (4) to Regulations System, Department of approaches that maximize net benefits
read as follows: Defense (DoD). (including potential economic,
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