Privacy Act of 1974; Report of a New System of Records

摘要

In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) is establishing a new system of records (SOR) titled the "Health Insurance Assistance Database (HIAD)," System No. 09-70-0586. This SOR is established under the authority of Sections 2719, 2723, and 2761 of the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) (Public Law (Pub. L.) 97-35) and Sec. 1321(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act) (Pub. L. 111-148). Section 1321(c) of the Affordable Care Act authorizes HHS (1) to ensure that States with Exchanges are substantially enforcing the Federal standards to be set for the Exchanges and (2) to set up Exchanges in States that elect not to do so or are not substantially enforcing related provisions. Sections 2723 and 2761 of the PHS Act authorize HHS to enforce provisions that apply to non-Federal governmental plans and to enforce PHS Act provisions that apply to other health insurance coverage in States that HHS has determined are not substantially enforcing those provisions. The HIAD database will be maintained by the Office of Con