{"description":"Documents matching 'Mental Health Care requirements'","count":6759,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=Mental+Health+Care+requirements&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Lists of Designated Primary Medical Care, Mental Health, and Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice informs the public of the availability of the complete lists of all geographic areas, population groups, and facilities designated as primary medical care, dental health, and mental health professional shortage areas (HPSA) in a designated status as of April 30, 2026. The lists are available on the shortage area topic page on HRSA's data.hrsa.gov website. Federal law requires publication of an annual Federal Register notice (FRN) not later than July 1 of each year listing designated HPSAs. This FRN serves as notice that HPSAs that were placed in a proposed for withdrawal status due to state primary care office (PCO) actions between October 16, 2024, and September 21, 2025, will be withdrawn. HPSAs that did not pass the National Shortage Designation Update conducted in September 2025 will be maintained in a proposed for withdrawal status after the publication of this FRN, and the state PCOs will be allowed additional time to review and update designations. HRSA intends to address those HPSAs with the publication of the FRN on or before July 1, 2027.","document_number":"2026-13309","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/01/2026-13309/lists-of-designated-primary-medical-care-mental-health-and-dental-health-professional-shortage-areas","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-01/pdf/2026-13309.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13309.pdf?1782823520","publication_date":"2026-07-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Health Resources and Services Administration","name":"Health Resources and Services Administration","id":222,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-resources-and-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/222","parent_id":221,"slug":"health-resources-and-services-administration"}],"excerpts":"psychiatric HPSAs were expanded to <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> HPSAs on January 22, 1992 (57 FR 2473). Currently funded PHS Act programs use only the primary medical <span class=\"match\">care</span>, <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span>, or dental HPSA designations. \n HPSA designation offers access to potential federal assistance. Public or private nonprofit entities are eligible to apply for assignment of National <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Service Corps personnel to provide primary medical <span class=\"match\">care</span>, <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span>, or dental <span class=\"match\">health</span> services in or to these HPSAs. National <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Service Corps <span class=\"match\">health</span> professionals enter into service agreements"},{"title":"Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"HRSA is announcing supplemental funding for 19 PMHCA (U4A) award recipients to continue to address the national surge in behavioral health needs among children and adolescents. These supplemental awards, funded through fiscal year (FY) 2025 appropriations, will ensure consistent support across all 29 PMHCA recipients. While 10 recipients previously received forward funding of supplemental funds, 19 did not due to availability of funds; this supplemental funding will bring parity across the program. HRSA previously provided supplemental funding to these 19 recipients for similar activities in FY 2023 and FY 2024. With this support, recipients will continue to enhance the behavioral health workforce capacity in pediatric primary care, school settings, and emergency departments to address the growing behavioral health needs among children and adolescents.","document_number":"2025-15033","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/07/2025-15033/pediatric-mental-health-care-access-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-07/pdf/2025-15033.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-15033.pdf?1754484333","publication_date":"2025-08-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Health Resources and Services Administration","name":"Health Resources and Services Administration","id":222,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-resources-and-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/222","parent_id":221,"slug":"health-resources-and-services-administration"}],"excerpts":"Department of <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Group \n 139,709 \n 167,651 \n \n \n U4AMC53361 \n Illinois Department of Public <span class=\"match\">Health</span> \n 139,709 \n 167,651 \n \n \n U4AMC53359 \n Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation \n 139,709 \n 167,651 \n \n \n U4AMC53376 \n Oklahoma Department of <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> <span class=\"match\">Health</span> and Substance Abuse Services \n 139,709 \n 167,651 \n \n \n U4AMC53374 \n Minnesota Department of <span class=\"match\">Health</span> \n 139,709 \n 167,651 \n \n \n U4AMC53358 \n Chickasaw Nation \n 139,709 \n 167,651 \n \n \n U4AMC53372 \n Vermont Agency of Human Services \n 139,709 \n 167,651 \n \n \n U4AMC53381 \n South Carolina Department of <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> Health"},{"title":"School-Based Mental Health Grant Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) announces final priorities, requirements, and definitions under the School-Based Mental Health Services (SBMH) Program, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.184H. We may use one or more of these priorities, requirements, and definitions for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2025 and later years. These final priorities, requirements, and definitions are designed to target activities with the purpose of increasing the number of credentialed school-based mental health services providers, specifically school psychologists, in high-need local educational agencies (LEAs) available to provide mental health services to students. These priorities, requirements, and definitions replace the Notice of Final Priorities, Requirements, and Definitions published in the Federal Register on October 4, 2022 (87 FR 60092). However, those priorities, requirements, and definitions remain in effect for previous grant competitions in which the notices inviting applications (NIAs) were published before the Department finalized the proposed priorities, requirements, and definitions in this notice.","document_number":"2025-18900","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/29/2025-18900/school-based-mental-health-grant-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-29/pdf/2025-18900.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18900.pdf?1758890722","publication_date":"2025-09-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"priorities, <span class=\"match\">requirements</span>, and definitions, as applicable.\n \n \n Discussion: \n The Department recognizes the complex intersection of substance use and <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span>. School psychologists trained and hired to provide early intervention and intensive \n \n <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> services under this program can address these needs as part of their provision of <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> services to the extent they impact the student's engagement in school. However, funds cannot be used for other substance use treatment services apart from early intervention or intensive <span class=\"match\">mental</span> health"},{"title":"School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) proposes priorities, requirements, and definitions under the School-Based Mental Health Services Grant (SBMH) Program, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.184H. The Department may use these priorities, requirements, and definitions for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2025 and later years. The proposed priorities, requirements, and definitions are designed to better target activities designed to increase the number of credentialed school-based mental health services providers, specifically school psychologists, in high-need local educational agencies (LEAs) available to provide mental health services to students. These priorities, requirements, and definitions are intended to replace the Notice of Final Priorities, Requirements, and Definitions published in the Federal Register on October 4, 2022 (87 FR 60092). However, those priorities, requirements, and definitions remain in effect for previous grant competitions in which the notices inviting applications (NIAs) were published before the Department finalizes the proposed priorities, requirements, and definitions in this notice.","document_number":"2025-13384","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/17/2025-13384/school-based-mental-health-services-grant-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-17/pdf/2025-13384.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13384.pdf?1752669910","publication_date":"2025-07-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"proposes <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> related to required credentialing to work in elementary or secondary schools, compliance with existing laws, obtaining parents' informed written consent for any <span class=\"match\">mental</span>-<span class=\"match\">health</span> assessment or service funded under this program, and telehealth services. \n Finally, to support the proposed priorities and <span class=\"match\">requirements</span>, the Department proposes elsewhere in this notice definitions for the following terms used in this program: “credentialed,” “early intervention <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> services,” “high-need LEA,” “intensive <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> services"},{"title":"Lists of Designated Primary Medical Care, Mental Health, and Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice informs the public of the availability of the complete lists of all geographic areas, population groups, and facilities designated as primary medical care, dental health, and mental health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) in a designated status as of October 15, 2024. The lists are available on the shortage area topic page on HRSA's data.hrsa.gov website.","document_number":"2024-25624","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/05/2024-25624/lists-of-designated-primary-medical-care-mental-health-and-dental-health-professional-shortage-areas","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-05/pdf/2024-25624.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25624.pdf?1730727919","publication_date":"2024-11-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Health Resources and Services Administration","name":"Health Resources and Services Administration","id":222,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-resources-and-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/222","parent_id":221,"slug":"health-resources-and-services-administration"}],"excerpts":"defined for seven <span class=\"match\">health</span> professional types: primary medical <span class=\"match\">care</span>, dental, psychiatric, vision <span class=\"match\">care</span>, podiatric, pharmacy, and veterinary <span class=\"match\">care</span>. The criteria for correctional facility HPSAs were published on October 29, 1987 (52 FR 41594), and revised March 2, 1989 (54 FR 8735). The criteria for psychiatric HPSAs were expanded to <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> HPSAs on January 22, 1992 (57 FR 2473). Currently funded PHS Act programs use only the primary medical <span class=\"match\">care</span>, <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span>, or dental HPSA or relevant sub-score designations such as Maternity <span class=\"match\">Care</span> Target Areas."},{"title":"Notice of Supplemental Award; Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"HRSA is announcing supplemental funding to expand existing Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program (PMHCA) activities. The recipients of the supplemental awards will enhance workforce capacity in pediatric primary care, school settings, and emergency departments to address growing behavioral health needs among children and adolescents.","document_number":"2024-18720","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/21/2024-18720/notice-of-supplemental-award-pediatric-mental-health-care-access-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-21/pdf/2024-18720.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-18720.pdf?1724157938","publication_date":"2024-08-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Health Resources and Services Administration","name":"Health Resources and Services Administration","id":222,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-resources-and-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/222","parent_id":221,"slug":"health-resources-and-services-administration"}],"excerpts":"U4AMC44244 \n Minnesota Department of <span class=\"match\">Health</span> \n 158,000 \n \n \n U4AMC44243 \n Massachusetts Department of Public <span class=\"match\">Health</span> \n 158,000 \n \n \n U4AMC44239 \n Hawaii Department of <span class=\"match\">Health</span> \n 158,000 \n \n \n U4AMC44249 \n Chickasaw Nation \n 158,000 \n \n \n U4AMC44254 \n Vermont Agency of Human Services \n 158,000 \n \n \n U4AMC44251 \n South Carolina Department of <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> <span class=\"match\">Health</span> \n 158,000 \n \n \n U4AMC44252 \n Tennessee Department of <span class=\"match\">Health</span> \n 158,000 \n \n \n U4AMC44242 \n Louisiana Department of <span class=\"match\">Health</span> \n 158,000 \n \n \n U4AMC44257 \n Wyoming Department of <span class=\"match\">Health</span> \n 158,000 \n \n \n U4AMC44238 \n"},{"title":"Health Care Professionals Practicing Via Telehealth","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adopts as final, with changes, a proposed rule to amend its medical regulations that govern VA's health care professionals who practice health care via telehealth. This final rule implements the authorities of the VA MISSION Act of 2018 and the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. This final rule enables VA to maximize health care resource utilization and provide safe and convenient national health care to veterans using telehealth. It also strengthens VA's role in supporting national and State responses to war, terrorism, national emergencies and natural disasters.","document_number":"2025-19324","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/02/2025-19324/health-care-professionals-practicing-via-telehealth","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-02/pdf/2025-19324.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19324.pdf?1759322726","publication_date":"2025-10-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","name":"Veterans Affairs Department","id":520,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/veterans-affairs-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/520","parent_id":null,"slug":"veterans-affairs-department"}],"excerpts":"from requiring States to issue or continue licenses to <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">care</span> professionals who do not meet State licensing <span class=\"match\">requirements</span>, such as the <span class=\"match\">requirement</span> that the <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">care</span> professional's supervisor is providing in person supervision or the <span class=\"match\">requirement</span> that the trainee be supervised by a <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">care</span> professional who is licensed in the same State as the trainee. The commenter requested that VA clarify that it is not commandeering States to license those employees who do not meet State <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> for a license. We do not make any changes based on the"},{"title":"Request for Information, Training and Care Delivery Models for Safe Administration of Potential FDA-Approved Psychedelic Therapies in Ambulatory Clinical Settings","type":"Notice","abstract":"On April 18, 2026, President Trump issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14401, \"Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness\", acknowledging that individuals suffering from serious mental illness may not always respond to existing therapies. This request for information (RFI) solicits stakeholder feedback on training and care delivery models that could be used to ensure safe and effective delivery of potential future Food and Drug Administration (FDA)- approved psychedelic drugs, including drugs administered in ambulatory clinic settings, such as health centers and rural health clinics.","document_number":"2026-14146","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/14/2026-14146/request-for-information-training-and-care-delivery-models-for-safe-administration-of-potential","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-14/pdf/2026-14146.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-14146.pdf?1783946715","publication_date":"2026-07-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Health Resources & Services Administration"}],"excerpts":"on-site provider? \n • Should <span class=\"match\">health</span> centers be required to achieve certification to deliver psychedelic drugs? \n • Should <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> be different for different formulations? \n • How might implementation of the <span class=\"match\">care</span> delivery model affect workforce productivity and clinic capacity? \n • What facility, storage, security, and inventory-control <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> would be necessary for <span class=\"match\">health</span> centers to satisfy legal <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> and to safely receive, store, manage, and administer psychedelic medications, and what challenges would <span class=\"match\">health</span> centers face in meeting"},{"title":"Request for Public Comment on the Updated Criteria for Determining Maternity Care Health Professional Target Areas","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Public Health Service (PHS) Act directs HHS, through HRSA, to identify maternity care target areas (MCTAs; geographic areas within health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) that have a shortage of maternity care health professionals) for the purpose of assigning National Health Service Corps participants who are maternity care health professionals to HPSAs with a shortage of such professionals. On September 27, 2021, HRSA published a Federal Register notice (FRN) soliciting feedback on proposed criteria to be used to identify MCTAs. On May 19, 2022, HRSA published an FRN that summarized and responded to the comments received during the 60-day comment period and presented the final criteria which are used to identify and score MCTAs. One of the criteria selected was the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI). SVI was used to assign points based on the relative level of social vulnerability within an area. Areas with SVI values at or above the 75th percentile received 2 points. Areas with SVI values between the 50th and 75th percentiles received 1 point. Areas with SVI values below the 50th percentile received 0 points. HRSA is now proposing to change the criteria and point scales for MCTAs by removing the criterion for SVI and reallocating its two points as follows: one point to population-to-full-time-equivalent maternity care health professional ratio and one point to score for travel distance/time to nearest source of accessible care outside of the MCTA.","document_number":"2026-02130","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/03/2026-02130/request-for-public-comment-on-the-updated-criteria-for-determining-maternity-care-health","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-03/pdf/2026-02130.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02130.pdf?1770039918","publication_date":"2026-02-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Health Resources and Services Administration","name":"Health Resources and Services Administration","id":222,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-resources-and-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/222","parent_id":221,"slug":"health-resources-and-services-administration"}],"excerpts":"the <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> designation does not meet the population to provider ratio threshold. \n \n   \n \n Behavioral <span class=\"match\">health</span> factor \n Points \n \n \n Portion or all of MCTA service area is designated as a <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> HPSA meeting the following population-to-provider ratio thresholds based on its <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> provider type \n 1 \n \n \n \n • \n Psychiatrist ONLY: \n Psychiatrist population-to-provider ratio ≥45,000:1\n \n \n \n \n \n Core <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> <span class=\"match\">Health</span>: \n Core <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> population-to-provider ratio ≥18,000:1\n \n \n \n \n \n • \n Psychiatrist and Core <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> <span class=\"match\">Health</span>: \n Psychiatrist"},{"title":"Notice of Criteria for Determining Maternity Care Health Professional Target Areas","type":"Notice","abstract":"HRSA published a 30-day public notice in the Federal Register on February 3, 2026, (Federal Register volume 91, number 22, pp. 4927- 4931) soliciting feedback on updated criteria for determining maternity care target areas (MCTA). In particular, HRSA requested feedback on proposed changes to the criteria and point scales for MCTAs by removing the criterion for Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) and reallocating its two points as follows: one point to population-to-full-time equivalent maternity care health professional ratio and one point to score for travel time/distance to the nearest source of accessible care outside of the MCTA. This notice responds to the comments received during this 30-day public notice period and sets forth updated MCTA scoring criteria.","document_number":"2026-09056","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/07/2026-09056/notice-of-criteria-for-determining-maternity-care-health-professional-target-areas","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-07/pdf/2026-09056.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09056.pdf?1778071525","publication_date":"2026-05-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Health Resources and Services Administration","name":"Health Resources and Services Administration","id":222,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-resources-and-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/222","parent_id":221,"slug":"health-resources-and-services-administration"}],"excerpts":"designated as a <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> <span class=\"match\">Health</span> HPSA meeting the following population-to-provider ratio thresholds based on its <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> provider type \n 1 \n \n \n \n • \n Psychiatrist ONLY: \n Psychiatrist population-to-provider ratio ≥45,000:1\n \n \n \n \n • \n Core <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> <span class=\"match\">Health</span> ONLY: \n Core <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> population-to-provider ratio ≥18,000:1\n \n \n \n \n • \n Psychiatrist and Core <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> <span class=\"match\">Health</span>: \n Psychiatrist population-to-provider ratio ≥35,000:1 and Core <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> population-to-provider ratio ≥6,000:1\n \n \n \n \n • \n No Psychiatrists or Core <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Providers: \n"},{"title":"Applications for New Awards; School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 funds for the School-Based Mental Health Services Grant program (SBMH).","document_number":"2025-18895","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/29/2025-18895/applications-for-new-awards-school-based-mental-health-services-grant-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-29/pdf/2025-18895.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18895.pdf?1758890722","publication_date":"2025-09-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"school-based <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> services providers delivering <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> services to students in high-need LEAs.\n \n \n Assistance Listing Number: \n 84.184H.\n \n \n OMB Control Number: \n 1894-0006.\n \n \n Eligible Applicants: \n SEAs, as defined in 20 U.S.C. 7801(49), or LEAs, as defined in 20 U.S.C. 7801(30), including consortia of LEAs.\n \n \n Application <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span>: \n These <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> are from the Notice of Final Priorities, <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span>, and Definitions (NFP) published elsewhere in this issue of the \n Federal Register. \n Application <span class=\"match\">requirement</span> (a) applies"},{"title":"State Home Care Agreements for State Home Medical Model Adult Day Health Care","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend two of its State Veterans Home (State home) regulations. One amendment would define medical model adult day health care (MMADHC). The other would codify into regulation VA's ability to enter into State Home Care Agreements (SHCA) for MMADHC and pay for services rendered. Additionally, this rulemaking proposes the methodology for the payment rate.","document_number":"2026-03427","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/20/2026-03427/state-home-care-agreements-for-state-home-medical-model-adult-day-health-care","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-20/pdf/2026-03427.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03427.pdf?1771508721","publication_date":"2026-02-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","name":"Veterans Affairs Department","id":520,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/veterans-affairs-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/520","parent_id":null,"slug":"veterans-affairs-department"}],"excerpts":"collection <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> for § 51.41 are currently approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and has a valid OMB control number of 2900-0160. \n Assistance Listing \n The Assistance Listing number and title for the program affected by this document is 64.015, Veterans State Nursing Home <span class=\"match\">Care</span>. \n \n List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 51 \n Administrative practice and procedure; Claims; Day <span class=\"match\">care</span>; Dental <span class=\"match\">health</span>; Government contracts; Grant programs—<span class=\"match\">health</span>; Grant programs—veterans; <span class=\"match\">Health</span> <span class=\"match\">care</span>; <span class=\"match\">Health</span> facilities; <span class=\"match\">Health</span> professions; <span class=\"match\">Health</span> records;"},{"title":"Revising Definitions of “Adjudicated as a Mental Defective” and “Committed to a Mental Institution”","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (\"ATF\") proposes amending Department of Justice (\"Department\") regulations to update the definitions of \"adjudicated as a mental defective\" and \"committed to a mental institution.\"","document_number":"2026-09156","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/08/2026-09156/revising-definitions-of-adjudicated-as-a-mental-defective-and-committed-to-a-mental-institution","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-08/pdf/2026-09156.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09156.pdf?1778157914","publication_date":"2026-05-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives","name":"Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau","id":19,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/19","parent_id":268,"slug":"alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-bureau"}],"excerpts":"Consolidate and Amend the Law Relating to the <span class=\"match\">Care</span> \n \n and Control of <span class=\"match\">Mentally</span> Defective Persons.” \n 26 \n \n That act defined “<span class=\"match\">mentally</span> defective person” as:\n \n \n \n 26 \n  <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> Defectives Act 1911, 2 Geo. V No. 6 (N.Z.), \n https://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/mda19112gv1911n6240.pdf. \n \n \n a person who, owning to his <span class=\"match\">mental</span> condition, requires oversight, <span class=\"match\">care</span>, or control for his own good or in the public interest, and who according to the nature of his <span class=\"match\">mental</span> defect and to the degree of oversight, <span class=\"match\">care</span>, or control deemed to be necessary is included"},{"title":"Requirements Related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document sets forth final rules amending regulations implementing the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) and adding new regulations implementing the nonquantitative treatment limitation (NQTL) comparative analyses requirements under MHPAEA, as amended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA, 2021). Specifically, these final rules amend the existing NQTL standard to prohibit group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage from using NQTLs that place greater restrictions on access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits as compared to medical/surgical benefits. As part of these changes, these final rules require plans and issuers to collect and evaluate relevant data in a manner reasonably designed to assess the impact of NQTLs on relevant outcomes related to access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits and medical/surgical benefits and to take reasonable action, as necessary, to address material differences in access to mental health or substance use disorder benefits as compared to medical/surgical benefits. These final rules also amend existing examples and add new examples on the application of the rules for NQTLs to clarify and illustrate the requirements of MHPAEA. Additionally, these final rules set forth the content requirements for NQTL comparative analyses and specify how plans and issuers must make these comparative analyses available to the Department of the Treasury (Treasury), the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (collectively, the Departments), as well as to an applicable State authority, and to participants, beneficiaries, and enrollees. Finally, HHS finalizes regulatory amendments to implement the sunset provision for self-funded non-Federal governmental plan elections to opt out of compliance with MHPAEA, as adopted in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA, 2023).","document_number":"2024-20612","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/23/2024-20612/requirements-related-to-the-mental-health-parity-and-addiction-equity-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-23/pdf/2024-20612.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-20612.pdf?1726258517","publication_date":"2024-09-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Internal Revenue Service","name":"Internal Revenue Service","id":254,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/internal-revenue-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/254","parent_id":497,"slug":"internal-revenue-service"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"Around <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Need, McKinsey &amp; Company, \n https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare/our-insights/national-surveys-reveal-disconnect-between-employees-and-employers-around-<span class=\"match\">mental</span>-<span class=\"match\">health</span>-need. \n \n \n \n \n 10 \n  America's <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Insurance Plans (AHIP), <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Insurance Providers Facilitate Broad Access to <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Support (Aug. 2022), \n https://ahiporg-production.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/<span class=\"match\">Mental</span>-<span class=\"match\">Health</span>-Survey-July-2022-FINAL.pdf. \n \n \n \n \n 11 \n  Consistent with the proposed rules, these final rules apply directly to group <span class=\"match\">health</span> plans"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Preserving Medicaid Funding for Vulnerable Populations-Closing a Health Care-Related Tax Loophole","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule addresses a loophole in a regulatory statistical test applied to State proposals for Medicaid tax waivers. The test is designed to ensure, as required by statute, that non- uniform or non-broad-based health care-related taxes, authorized under a waiver, are generally redistributive. The inadvertent loophole currently allows some health care-related taxes, especially taxes on managed care organizations, to be imposed at higher tax rates on Medicaid taxable units than non-Medicaid taxable units, contrary to statutory and regulatory intent for health care-related taxes to be generally redistributive. The final rule closes the loophole by finalizing the policies in the proposed rule to add additional safeguards to ensure that tax waivers that exploit the loophole because they pass the current statistical test, but are not generally redistributive, are not approvable. By adding these safeguards, the final rule is also implementing recently added statutory requirements for a tax to be considered generally redistributive.","document_number":"2026-02040","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/02/2026-02040/medicaid-program-preserving-medicaid-funding-for-vulnerable-populations-closing-a-health","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-02/pdf/2026-02040.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02040.pdf?1769721310","publication_date":"2026-02-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"limited number of local facilities for both primary and specialty <span class=\"match\">care</span> and that provider participation in Medicaid would be impacted due to the unsustainable financial margins. The commenters specifically mentioned pediatric <span class=\"match\">care</span> at children's hospitals, specialty <span class=\"match\">care</span> for people with developmental disabilities, pregnancy and post-partum <span class=\"match\">care</span>, Federally Qualified <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Center (FQHC) services, and <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">care</span>. Another commenter expressed concern that reductions in <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">care</span>-related tax revenues may also impact Medicaid Graduate Medical Education"},{"title":"Intent To Request Extension From OMB of One Current Public Collection of Information: Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service Physical and Mental Health Certification","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites public comment on one currently approved Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0043, abstracted below, that we will submit to OMB for an extension in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The collection involves forms that applicants to and incumbents in the position of Federal Air Marshal (FAM) are required to complete regarding their physical and mental health history.","document_number":"2026-08578","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/04/2026-08578/intent-to-request-extension-from-omb-of-one-current-public-collection-of-information-law","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-04/pdf/2026-08578.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08578.pdf?1777639509","publication_date":"2026-05-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"Transportation Security Administration","name":"Transportation Security Administration","id":494,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/494","parent_id":227,"slug":"transportation-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"determine if the FAM is medically qualified. \n TSA uses a <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Certification (MHC) form to facilitate the determination of applicants' ability to meet established <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> standards and safely and effectively perform the essential functions of the public safety law enforcement position. As part of the psychological assessment, applicants are required to complete the MHC form related to their <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> history. Applicants are asked questions that may be indicative of <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> conditions that may impact the ability to safely and"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, and Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"These proposals are intended to improve the electronic exchange of health care data and streamline processes related to prior authorization by increasing the interoperability of systems used across the health care industry. We are proposing new requirements for Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations, state Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS) programs, state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) FFS programs, Medicaid managed care plans, CHIP managed care entities, and Qualified Health Plan (QHP) issuers on the Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs), including issuers that offer small group market QHPs on the Federally-facilitated Small Business Health Options Program (FF- SHOP) Exchanges (hereinafter referred to as \"small group market QHP issuers on the FF-SHOPs\") (collectively \"impacted payers\"), to make available electronic prior authorization for drugs. We are also proposing to extend many existing interoperability requirements for the prior authorization of non-drug items and services to include prior authorizations for drugs to further reduce patient and provider burden. We are also proposing to require impacted payers to report their application programming interfaces (API) endpoints and related information for the Patient Access, Provider Directory, Provider Access, Payer-to-Payer, and Prior Authorization APIs to CMS. To help assess the impact of our policies, we are proposing to collect API usage metrics. In addition, we are proposing to apply the existing interoperability requirements to small group market QHP issuers on the FF-SHOPs as impacted payers. To improve impacted payers' ability to exchange health information while continuing CMS's drive toward interoperability, we are proposing to require certain Health Level Seven (HL7[supreg]) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR[supreg]) implementation guides (IGs) that are currently recommended. In addition, HHS is proposing to adopt the HL7 FHIR base standard and certain associated specifications and IGs as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (hereinafter referred to as \"HIPAA\") (Pub. L. 104-191, enacted Aug. 21, 1996) standards for dental, professional, and institutional \"referral certification and authorization\" transactions and \"eligibility for a health plan\" transactions associated with prior authorization. We are proposing to add a definition for \"failure to report,\" which would allow CMS to impose a civil monetary penalty (CMP) on applicable manufacturers or applicable group purchasing organizations (GPOs) if those entities fail to grant CMS timely access to documents for the purposes of an audit. Finally, ONC is using this rulemaking to propose to adopt updated versions of certain health information technology (health IT) standards and specifications for HHS use, such as CMS's interoperability requirements, to support a more robust health IT infrastructure.","document_number":"2026-07205","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/14/2026-07205/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-interoperability-standards","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-14/pdf/2026-07205.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07205.pdf?1775852111","publication_date":"2026-04-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"notifications for value-based <span class=\"match\">care</span> and <span class=\"match\">care</span> coordination, <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">care</span> resiliency and securing <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">care</span> operations in a modern <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">care</span> ecosystem, improving the implementation of payer API technology through testing and \n \n certification, using technology to manage step therapy, and prior authorization <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> for laboratory tests and durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) items.\n \n Electronic event notifications are valuable tools for coordinating <span class=\"match\">care</span> in the modern <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">care</span> environment, and we are seeking"},{"title":"Lists of Designated Primary Medical Care, Mental Health, and Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice informs the public of the availability of the complete lists of all geographic areas, population groups, and facilities designated as primary medical care, dental health, and mental health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) in a designated status as of April 15, 2024. The lists are available on the shortage area topic page on HRSA's data.hrsa.gov website. All currently designated HPSAs remain designated until final lists are published later this fall. HPSA designations that are currently proposed for withdrawal will remain in this status until the publication of the HPSA Federal Register notice on or before November 1, 2024. HPSAs proposed for withdraw will be re-evaluated before final publication if additional information is made available to HPSA by states. If these HPSAs do not meet the requirements for designation at the time of the publication of the HPSA Federal Register on or before November 1, 2024, they will be withdrawn.","document_number":"2024-14477","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/01/2024-14477/lists-of-designated-primary-medical-care-mental-health-and-dental-health-professional-shortage-areas","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-01/pdf/2024-14477.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-14477.pdf?1719578739","publication_date":"2024-07-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Health Resources and Services Administration","name":"Health Resources and Services Administration","id":222,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-resources-and-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/222","parent_id":221,"slug":"health-resources-and-services-administration"}],"excerpts":"defined for seven <span class=\"match\">health</span> professional types: primary medical <span class=\"match\">care</span>, dental, psychiatric, vision <span class=\"match\">care</span>, podiatric, pharmacy, and veterinary <span class=\"match\">care</span>. The criteria for correctional facility HPSAs were published on October 29, 1987 (52 FR 41594) and revised March 2, 1989 (54 FR 8735). The criteria for psychiatric HPSAs were expanded to <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> HPSAs on January 22, 1992 (57 FR 2473). Currently funded PHS Act programs use the primary medical <span class=\"match\">care</span>, <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span>, or dental HPSA or relevant sub-score designations such as Maternity <span class=\"match\">Care</span> Target Areas. \n HPSA"},{"title":"Reducing Bureaucracy and Burden for Human Services and Emergency Response Programs-Repatriation Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families proposes to amend the Care and Treatment of Mentally Ill Nationals of the United States, Returned from Foreign Countries regulations and the Assistance for United States Citizens Returned from Foreign Countries regulations to eliminate unnecessary or obsolete regulations. The docket on https://www.regulations.gov will include a plain language summary of the NPRM.","document_number":"2026-05997","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/27/2026-05997/reducing-bureaucracy-and-burden-for-human-services-and-emergency-response-programs-repatriation","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-27/pdf/2026-05997.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05997.pdf?1774529115","publication_date":"2026-03-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Administration for Children and Families","name":"Children and Families Administration","id":49,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/children-and-families-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/49","parent_id":221,"slug":"children-and-families-administration"}],"excerpts":"this action presumptively does not trigger the Tribal Consultation <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> of Executive Order 13175 nor does it meet ACF's standard for consultation.\n \n \n List of Subjects \n \n Grant programs-social programs, <span class=\"match\">Health</span> <span class=\"match\">care</span>, <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> programs, Public assistance programs. \n \n Grant programs-social programs, Public assistance programs. \n \n For the reasons set forth in the preamble, ACF proposes to amend 45 CFR parts 211 and 212 as follows: \n \n PART 211—<span class=\"match\">CARE</span> AND TREATMENT OF <span class=\"match\">MENTALLY</span> ILL NATIONALS OF THE UNITED STATES, RETURNED FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES"},{"title":"Notice of Intent To Exempt Copayments for the First Three Mental Health Care Outpatient Visits Annually","type":"Notice","abstract":"VA intends to implement a new law that prohibits the collection of copayments for the first three mental health care outpatient visits of a Veteran in a calendar year for which the Veteran would otherwise be required to pay a copayment. VA's current regulations regarding copayments do not include an exemption for this purpose, but VA will revise them soon to align with the law. In April 2024, VA was able to modify its systems and processes to comply with the law for qualifying appointments that occurred on or after June 27, 2023. By law, the exemption will expire on December 29, 2027.","document_number":"2024-10483","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/30/2024-10483/notice-of-intent-to-exempt-copayments-for-the-first-three-mental-health-care-outpatient-visits","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-30/pdf/2024-10483.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-10483.pdf?1716986712","publication_date":"2024-05-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","name":"Veterans Affairs Department","id":520,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/veterans-affairs-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/520","parent_id":null,"slug":"veterans-affairs-department"}],"excerpts":"imposing or collecting a copayment for the first three <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">care</span> outpatient visits of a Veteran in a calendar year for which the Veteran would otherwise be required to pay a copayment to VA. The Act defines a <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">care</span> outpatient visit to mean an outpatient visit with a qualified <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> professional for the primary purpose of seeking either <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">care</span>, or treatment for substance abuse disorder. The copayment exemption for the first three outpatient <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">care</span> visits includes appointments completed in VA clinics"}]}