{"description":"Documents matching 'affordable compliance'","count":10000,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=affordable+compliance&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Updating and Improving the Methodology for Assessing Affordability and Cost-Effectiveness of Building Energy Codes","type":"Notice","abstract":"Building energy codes have significantly increased the costs of building a home and extended average consumer payback periods. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has prioritized affordability in housing and new construction across the U.S., including taking swift action via building codes to lower construction costs and deliver greater value to American households and businesses. As part of this effort, DOE is seeking input on its methodology for assessing consumer impacts associated with residential and commercial building energy codes, toward the objective of ensuring transparency in building energy code evaluations. As directed by statute, DOE conducts technical analysis to quantify consumer cost increases associated with building energy codes, as well as the related savings. DOE requests feedback on its analysis methodology, data sources, and assumptions. In addition, DOE welcomes a critical examination of how to broadly reduce the cost of new construction and reduce regulatory burden to improve housing affordability and consumer choice.","document_number":"2026-08646","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/04/2026-08646/updating-and-improving-the-methodology-for-assessing-affordability-and-cost-effectiveness-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-04/pdf/2026-08646.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08646.pdf?1777639519","publication_date":"2026-05-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"upfront affordability, ongoing monthly affordability, long-term affordability, affordability relative to changing residential energy costs, and the ability to make use of abundant available energy sources while safeguarding consumer choice. For example, expanded analysis could include affordability impacts on first-time homeowners, new businesses, and average household economics, or the effect of energy price and utility bill volatility on consumer affordability. Similar metrics could be applied to commercial buildings to evaluate affordability for"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule contains provisions to improve implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment and risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) programs, as well as 2027 user fee rates for issuers offering qualified health plans (QHPs) through Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs) and State-based Exchanges on the Federal platform (SBE-FPs). This final rule also includes provisions related to civil money penalties (CMPs) for noncompliant issuers and other responsible entities; standards governing agents, brokers, and web-brokers; the expansion and codification of hardship exemption eligibility; implementation of the State Exchange Improper Payment Measurement (SEIPM); provider access standards and essential community provider standards for QHP certification; QHP certification of non-network plans; a prohibition on issuers from including routine non-pediatric dental services as an Essential Health Benefit (EHB); requirements related to defrayal for the cost of any State-required benefits in addition to the EHB; cost- sharing flexibilities for catastrophic and individual market bronze plans; establishment of catastrophic plans with plan terms of up to 10 consecutive plan years; QHP issuer quality improvement strategies (QISs); and revisions affecting which enrollees are included in Federal Basic Health Program (BHP) payment calculations to States. This final rule also includes amendments to implement certain provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut (WFTC) legislation.","document_number":"2026-10050","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/20/2026-10050/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2027-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-20/pdf/2026-10050.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10050.pdf?1779135308","publication_date":"2026-05-20","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":"the Affordable Care Act provides that nothing in title I of the Affordable Care Act must be construed to preempt any State law that does not prevent the application of title I of the Affordable Care Act. Section 1311(k) of the Affordable Care Act specifies that Exchanges may not establish rules that \n \n conflict with or prevent the application of regulations issued by the Secretary.\n \n Section 1331 of the Affordable Care Act provides States with an option to establish a BHP. In the States that elect to operate a BHP, the BHP makes affordable health"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule contains provisions to improve implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment and risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) programs, as well as 2027 user fee rates for issuers offering qualified health plans (QHPs) through Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs) and State-based Exchanges on the Federal platform (SBE-FPs). This proposed rule also includes provisions related to civil money penalties (CMPs) for noncompliant issuers and other responsible entities; standards governing agents, brokers, and web-brokers; the expansion and codification of hardship exemption eligibility; implementation of the State Exchange Improper Payment Measurement (SEIPM); provider access standards and essential community provider standards for QHP certification; QHP certification of non-network plans; a prohibition on issuers from including routine non-pediatric dental services as an Essential Health Benefit (EHB); cost-sharing flexibilities for catastrophic and individual market bronze plans; establishment of catastrophic plans with plan terms of up to 10 consecutive years; QHP issuer quality improvement strategies (QISs); revisions affecting which enrollees are included in Federal Basic Health Program (BHP) payment calculations to States; and seeks comment on potential adjustments to other Federal standards, including the Federal medical loss ratio (MLR) standard in the individual market. This proposed rule also includes amendments to implement certain provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut (WFTC) legislation.","document_number":"2026-02769","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/11/2026-02769/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2027-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-11/pdf/2026-02769.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02769.pdf?1770671709","publication_date":"2026-02-11","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":"of the Affordable Care Act provides that nothing in title I of the Affordable Care Act must be construed to preempt any State law that does not prevent the application of title I of the Affordable Care Act. Section 1311(k) of the Affordable Care Act specifies that Exchanges may not establish rules that conflict with or prevent the application of regulations issued by the Secretary. \n Section 1331 of the Affordable Care Act provides States with an option to establish a BHP. In the States that elect to operate a BHP, the BHP makes affordable health"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises standards relating to denial of coverage for failure to pay past-due premium; excludes Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients from the definition of \"lawfully present;\" establishes the evidentiary standard HHS uses to assess an agent's, broker's, or web-broker's potential noncompliance; revises the Exchange automatic reenrollment hierarchy; revises standards related to the annual open enrollment period and special enrollment periods; revises standards relating to failure to file and reconcile, income eligibility verifications for premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions, annual eligibility redeterminations, de minimis thresholds for the actuarial value for plans subject to essential health benefits (EHB) requirements, and income-based cost-sharing reduction plan variations. This final rule also revises the premium adjustment percentage methodology and prohibits issuers of coverage subject to EHB requirements from providing coverage for specified sex-trait modification procedures as an EHB.","document_number":"2025-11606","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/25/2025-11606/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-marketplace-integrity-and-affordability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-25/pdf/2025-11606.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11606.pdf?1750709712","publication_date":"2025-06-25","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"}],"excerpts":"and health care costs, we are finalizing several regulatory actions aimed at strengthening the integrity of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) eligibility and enrollment systems to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse that we proposed in the 2025 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability proposed rule (90 FR 12942) (“2025 Marketplace Integrity and Affordability proposed rule” or “proposed rule”). We expect these actions will provide immediate premium relief to families who do not qualify for Federal"},{"title":"Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice describes changes to the Department of Labor's Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance Program (DFVC Program or Program).","document_number":"2025-24082","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/31/2025-24082/delinquent-filer-voluntary-compliance-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-31/pdf/2025-24082.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-24082.pdf?1767102316","publication_date":"2025-12-31","agencies":[{"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"}],"excerpts":"further facilitate and encourage voluntary compliance with certain of ERISA's reporting requirements. These modifications expand the types of entities eligible for the program to include MEWAs and ECEs seeking to file a late Form M-1. The Department is also simplifying and updating the process governing the assessment of the flat rate penalty for top hat and apprenticeship and training plans. A discussion of the changes follows. \n 1. Applicable Penalty Amount \n The Department, to encourage voluntary compliance with ERISA's reporting requirements, is"},{"title":"Public Hearing for Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards: The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicle Rule III for Model Years 2022 to 2031 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is announcing a virtual public hearing to be held January 7, 2026 on its proposal for the \"The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicle Rule III for Model Years 2022 to 2031 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks,\" which was signed on December 2, 2025. This hearing also allows the public to provide oral comments regarding the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft SEIS) that accompanies the proposal. An additional virtual session will be held on January 8, 2026, if necessary, to accommodate the number of people that sign up to speak.","document_number":"2025-22674","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/12/2025-22674/public-hearing-for-corporate-average-fuel-economy-standards-the-safer-affordable-fuel-efficient-safe","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-12/pdf/2025-22674.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22674.pdf?1765460717","publication_date":"2025-12-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"ACTION: \n Notification of public hearing. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n \n The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is announcing a virtual public hearing to be held January 7, 2026 on its proposal for the “\n The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicle Rule III for Model Years 2022 to 2031 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks,” \n which was signed on December 2, 2025. This hearing also allows the public to provide oral comments regarding the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft SEIS) that accompanies the proposal. An additional"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise standards relating to past-due premium payments; exclude Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients from the definition of \"lawfully present\"; the evidentiary standard HHS uses to assess an agent's, broker's, or web-broker's potential noncompliance; failure to file and reconcile; income eligibility verifications for premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions; annual eligibility redetermination; the automatic reenrollment hierarchy; the annual open enrollment period; special enrollment periods; de minimis thresholds for the actuarial value for plans subject to essential health benefits (EHB) requirements and for income-based cost-sharing reduction plan variations; and the premium adjustment percentage methodology; and prohibit issuers of coverage subject to EHB requirements from providing coverage for sex-trait modification as an EHB.","document_number":"2025-04083","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/19/2025-04083/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-marketplace-integrity-and-affordability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-19/pdf/2025-04083.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-04083.pdf?1741810509","publication_date":"2025-03-19","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"}],"excerpts":"on household income.\n \n \n \n 5 \n The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119) was enacted on March 23, 2010. The Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-152, 124 Stat. 1049), which amended and revised several provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, was enacted on March 30, 2010. In this rulemaking, the two statutes are referred to collectively as the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” “Affordable Care Act,” or “ACA”.\n \n \n The ACA's individual market rules"},{"title":"Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Bridging the Digital Divide for Low-Income Consumers; Telecommunications Carriers Eligible for Universal Service Support; Affordable Connectivity Program; Emergency Broadband Benefit Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks to ensure that Lifeline services are used to benefit and support eligible low-income Americans, that the program's funding is protected from waste, fraud, and abuse, and that service providers are in compliance with Commission rules. The Commission also seeks to update and streamline Lifeline and related rules.","document_number":"2026-06531","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/03/2026-06531/lifeline-and-link-up-reform-and-modernization-bridging-the-digital-divide-for-low-income-consumers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-03/pdf/2026-06531.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06531.pdf?1775133915","publication_date":"2026-04-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"attached to compliance plans, once approved, that would result in automatic termination of the compliance plan if the condition is violated? The Commission seeks comments on what the conditions should be for terminating a Lifeline compliance plan. Should Lifeline compliance plans terminate when ETCs are found guilty of committing fraud or other misconduct in the Lifeline program? Should compliance plans terminate when ETCs change corporate ownership or control without notifying the Commission and receiving approval of an updated compliance plan? Or"},{"title":"Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act: Implementation of Sections 102 and 104; Further Extension of Compliance Date","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document further extends the compliance date for HUD's final rule entitled Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016: Implementation of Sections 102 and 104 (HOTMA final rule) for Community Planning and Development (CPD) programs. Specifically, HUD is extending the compliance date for the HOME Investment Partnerships program (HOME), HOME-American Rescue Plan program, Housing Trust Fund (HTF), Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA), Community Development Block Grant program (CDBG), Emergency Solution Grants (ESG), Continuum of Care (CoC) programs, and CPD programs funded through competitive processes (Competitive Programs). This action is necessary to allow additional time for HUD to finalize necessary system updates and for CPD grantees to fully incorporate the new income and asset requirements into their programs.","document_number":"2025-23989","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/30/2025-23989/housing-opportunity-through-modernization-act-implementation-of-sections-102-and-104-further","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-30/pdf/2025-23989.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23989.pdf?1767015917","publication_date":"2025-12-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","name":"Housing and Urban Development Department","id":228,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/housing-and-urban-development-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/228","parent_id":null,"slug":"housing-and-urban-development-department"}],"excerpts":"ACTION: \n Final rule; extension of compliance date. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n This document further extends the compliance date for HUD's final rule entitled Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016: Implementation of Sections 102 and 104 (HOTMA final rule) for Community Planning and Development (CPD) programs. Specifically, HUD is extending the compliance date for the HOME Investment Partnerships program (HOME), HOME-American Rescue Plan program, Housing Trust Fund (HTF), Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA), Community Development"},{"title":"Extension of Compliance Dates for Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities","type":"Rule","abstract":"By this Interim Final Rule (\"IFR\"), the Department of Justice (\"Department\") is revising the regulations implementing title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (\"ADA\") to extend the compliance dates for the requirements for web content and mobile application (\"app\") accessibility that were adopted on April 24, 2024. The compliance date for State and local government entities with a total population of 50,000 or more is extended from April 24, 2026, to April 26, 2027. The compliance date for public entities with a total population of less than 50,000, or any special district government, is extended from April 26, 2027, to April 26, 2028.","document_number":"2026-07663","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/20/2026-07663/extension-of-compliance-dates-for-nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-disability-accessibility-of-web","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-20/pdf/2026-07663.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07663.pdf?1776429918","publication_date":"2026-04-20","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"}],"excerpts":"SANPRM, the Department stated that comments submitted in response to the 2010 ANPRM about the suggested compliance dates were “extremely varied,” with recommendations ranging from requiring compliance upon publication of a final rule to allowing a five-year window for compliance, and there was no public consensus.\n 18 \n \n Based on its review of the comments, the Department suggested new potential compliance dates.\n 19 \n \n The potential compliance dates included in the SANPRM ranged from two to three years after the publication of a final rule, depending"},{"title":"Final Determination: Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing; Additional Extension of HUD Compliance Dates","type":"Notice","abstract":"On April 26, 2024, HUD and the U.S. Department of Agriculture published the \"Final Determination: Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing\" Notice (Final Determination) in the Federal Register. The Final Determination provides compliance dates for HUD programs covered by the Final Determination. On March 10, 2025, HUD published a Notice of Extension of Compliance Dates in the Federal Register for covered projects in the following HUD programs: Federal Housing Administration- Insured (FHA-Insured) Multifamily, FHA-Insured Single Family, Public Housing Capital Fund, and Competitive Grants (Choice Neighborhoods, Section 202, Section 811) and Section 8 Project Based Vouchers (PBV). That notice was followed by a notice of an additional extension that was published in the Federal Register on November 10, 2025. This notice provides an additional extension of the compliance dates for these programs as specified below beyond the dates set forth in the November 10, 2025, notice.","document_number":"2026-02184","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/03/2026-02184/final-determination-adoption-of-energy-efficiency-standards-for-new-construction-of-hud--and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-03/pdf/2026-02184.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02184.pdf?1770039925","publication_date":"2026-02-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","name":"Housing and Urban Development Department","id":228,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/housing-and-urban-development-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/228","parent_id":null,"slug":"housing-and-urban-development-department"}],"excerpts":"below, the later compliance date applies. HUD confirms that HOME and HTF projects with funding from a program covered by this compliance date extension do not have to comply with the Final Determination until the new extended date. See \n https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/minimum-energy-standards/ \n for more information. Program participants who may have difficulty meeting compliance dates that have already passed should contact HUD.\n \n The updated compliance dates are as follows: \n \n \n \n Program \n Initiation event \n Compliance date \n \n \n HOME"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with subsection (e)(12) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing notice of a new matching program between CMS and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), \"Verification of Eligibility for Insurance Affordability Programs Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.\"","document_number":"2026-13572","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/06/2026-13572/privacy-act-of-1974-matching-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-06/pdf/2026-13572.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13572.pdf?1782996320","publication_date":"2026-07-06","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 and 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":"Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing notice of a new matching program between CMS and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), “Verification of Eligibility for Insurance Affordability Programs Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.” \n \n \n DATES: \n The deadline for comments on this notice is August 5, 2026. The re-established matching program will commence not sooner than 30 days after publication of this notice, provided no comments are received that warrant a"},{"title":"Final Determination: Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing; Additional Extension of HUD Compliance Dates","type":"Notice","abstract":"On April 26, 2024, HUD and the U.S. Department of Agriculture published the \"Final Determination: Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing\" Notice (Final Determination) in the Federal Register. The Final Determination provides compliance dates for HUD programs covered by the Final Determination. On March 10, 2025, HUD published a Notice of Extension of Compliance Dates in the Federal Register for covered projects in the following HUD programs: Federal Housing Administration- Insured (FHA-Insured) Multifamily, FHA-Insured Single Family, Public Housing Capital Fund, and Competitive Grants (Choice Neighborhoods, Section 202, Section 811) and Section 8 Project Based Vouchers (PBV). This notice provides an additional extension of the compliance dates for these programs as specified below.","document_number":"2025-19823","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/10/2025-19823/final-determination-adoption-of-energy-efficiency-standards-for-new-construction-of-hud--and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-10/pdf/2025-19823.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19823.pdf?1762523107","publication_date":"2025-11-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","name":"Housing and Urban Development Department","id":228,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/housing-and-urban-development-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/228","parent_id":null,"slug":"housing-and-urban-development-department"}],"excerpts":"below, the later compliance date applies. HUD confirms that HOME and HTF projects with funding from a program covered by this compliance date extension do not have to comply with the Final Determination until the new extended date. See \n https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/minimum-energy-standards/ \n for more information. Program participants who may have difficulty meeting compliance dates that have already passed should contact HUD.\n \n The updated compliance dates are as follows: \n \n \n \n Program \n Initiation event \n Compliance date \n \n \n HOME"},{"title":"Extension of Compliance Dates for Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Applications of Recipients of Departmental Financial Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"By this interim final rule (\"IFR\"), the Department of Health and Human Services (\"Department\") is revising the Department's regulations implementing section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (\"section 504\") to extend the compliance dates for the requirements for web content and mobile application (\"app\") accessibility that were adopted on May 9, 2024. The compliance date for recipients with fifteen (15) or more employees is extended from May 11, 2026, to May 11, 2027. The compliance date for recipients with fewer than fifteen (15) employees is extended from May 10, 2027, to May 10, 2028.","document_number":"2026-09266","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/11/2026-09266/extension-of-compliance-dates-for-nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-disability-accessibility-of-web","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-11/pdf/2026-09266.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09266.pdf?1778184911","publication_date":"2026-05-11","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"}],"excerpts":"Here, the compliance dates in the 2024 final rule are quickly approaching, including the immediate first compliance date of May 11, 2026; this IFR is limited to extending the compliance dates. As discussed in Sections I and II of this preamble, circumstances outside of the Department's and recipients' control make these regulatory amendments necessary to ensure recipients have sufficient time to achieve compliance with the requirements of § 84.84(b) of the 2024 final rule. This is in light of the Department's belief that the compliance dates are"},{"title":"Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act: Implementation of National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE); Extension of NSPIRE Compliance Date for CPD Programs","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice further extends the compliance date for HUD's National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) final rule for Community Planning and Development (CPD) programs. Specifically, the Department is extending the compliance date for the Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG), Continuum of Care (CoC) HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), and Housing Trust Fund (HTF) programs (\"CPD programs\"), until October 1, 2026. HUD is taking this action to allow recipients and grantees additional time to implement the Department's NSPIRE standards.","document_number":"2025-18988","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/30/2025-18988/economic-growth-regulatory-relief-and-consumer-protection-act-implementation-of-national-standards","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-30/pdf/2025-18988.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18988.pdf?1759149920","publication_date":"2025-09-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","name":"Housing and Urban Development Department","id":228,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/housing-and-urban-development-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/228","parent_id":null,"slug":"housing-and-urban-development-department"}],"excerpts":"program requirements may do so until the new compliance date. However, when HUD issues the standards specific to the ESG and CoC programs, all grantees and recipients will be expected to prepare for the compliance date by updating their policies and procedures to reflect the program-specific standards. \n \n CoC and ESG recipients who will implement NSPIRE prior to the new compliance date of October 1, 2026, must document the chosen compliance date in program records. Nothing in this extension of the compliance date prevents CoC and ESG recipients from"},{"title":"Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: Extension of 2024 Compliance Reporting Deadline","type":"Rule","abstract":"EPA is extending the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) compliance reporting deadline for the 2024 compliance year. EPA is also making several minor amendments and technical corrections to other RFS provisions.","document_number":"2025-03976","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/14/2025-03976/renewable-fuel-standard-rfs-program-extension-of-2024-compliance-reporting-deadline","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-14/pdf/2025-03976.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-03976.pdf?1741869907","publication_date":"2025-03-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"extend the 2024 RFS compliance reporting deadline, all obligated parties—including small refineries—would be required to comply with their 2024 RVOs by March 31, 2025, regardless of any pending SRE petitions. Thus, the extension of the 2024 RFS compliance reporting deadline finalized in this action will provide all obligated parties—including small refineries—with more time to develop their compliance strategies than they would otherwise be afforded. \n II. Other RFS Amendments \n In addition to extending the 2024 RFS compliance reporting deadline"},{"title":"Request for Information; Comprehensive Review of the Essential Health Benefits Framework and Typical Employer Plan Standard","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This request for information (RFI) seeks public input to support CMS' comprehensive review of the Essential Health Benefits (EHB) framework and the requirement under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act) that the scope of EHB be equal to the scope of benefits provided under a typical employer plan. CMS seeks comment on current interpretations of EHB, State approaches to selecting and updating EHB-benchmark plans, and methodologies used to determine the scope of benefits included as EHB, as well as how these approaches relate to access and market stability under the Affordable Care Act. CMS also seeks comment on variation across States in the scope of benefits included as EHB, cost pressures affecting EHB, processes for updating State EHB-benchmark plans, limitations in available data used to evaluate EHB, and potential impacts of possible future policy changes. The information gathered will inform CMS' evaluation of whether revisions or additions to the current EHB regulations through future notice and comment rulemaking may be appropriate.","document_number":"2026-11994","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/15/2026-11994/request-for-information-comprehensive-review-of-the-essential-health-benefits-framework-and-typical","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-15/pdf/2026-11994.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11994.pdf?1781295308","publication_date":"2026-06-15","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"}],"excerpts":"an Exchange.\n \n \n \n 1 \n The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111-148) was enacted on March 23, 2010. The Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-152), which amended and revised several provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, was enacted on March 30, 2010. In this RFI, the two statutes are referred to collectively as the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” or “Affordable Care Act”.\n \n \n Section 1302(a) of the Affordable Care Act provides for the establishment of this EHB"},{"title":"Administrative Simplification; Adoption of Standards for Health Care Claims Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule implements requirements of the Administrative Simplification subtitle of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, enacted on March 30, 2010--collectively, the Affordable Care Act. Specifically, this final rule adopts standards for health care claims attachments transactions, which will support health care claims transactions, and a standard for electronic signatures to be used in conjunction with health care claims attachments transactions.","document_number":"2026-05676","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/24/2026-05676/administrative-simplification-adoption-of-standards-for-health-care-claims-attachments-transactions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-24/pdf/2026-05676.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05676.pdf?1774037709","publication_date":"2026-03-24","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":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"standard and operating rules on an interim final basis. We interpret the 24 month “effective date” under section 1104(c)(3) of the Affordable Care Act to mean that the compliance date for covered entities should be 24 months after the effective date of this final rule. Unlike the original HIPAA provisions, the Affordable Care Act provision makes no allowance for an extended period for small health plans to achieve compliance.\n \n \n \n 3 \n As we noted in the Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Standards for Health Care Attachments Transactions and"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with subsection (e)(12) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing notice of the re-establishment of a matching program between CMS and the Social Security Administration (SSA). Under this matching program, SSA will provide CMS with information for determining individuals' eligibility for enrollment in a Qualified Health Plan, issuing certificates of exemption, and eligibility redeterminations and renewals. This matching program is titled, \"Determining Enrollment or Eligibility for Insurance Affordability Programs Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.\"","document_number":"2026-02472","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/09/2026-02472/privacy-act-of-1974-matching-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-09/pdf/2026-02472.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02472.pdf?1770385508","publication_date":"2026-02-09","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":"determining individuals' eligibility for enrollment in a Qualified Health Plan, issuing certificates of exemption, and eligibility redeterminations and renewals. This matching program is titled, “Determining Enrollment or Eligibility for Insurance Affordability Programs Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.” \n \n \n DATES: \n The deadline for comments on this notice is March 11, 2026. The re-established matching program will commence not sooner than 30 days after publication of this notice, provided no comments are received that warrant a"},{"title":"Final Determination: Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing; Extension of USDA Compliance Dates","type":"Notice","abstract":"On April 26, 2024, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) published the \"Final Determination: Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing\" notice (Final Determination) in the Federal Register. The Final Determination provides compliance dates for HUD and USDA programs covered by the Final Determination. This notice delays compliance dates by six months over the published compliance dates for covered projects in the following USDA programs: Section 502 (Guaranteed Loans, Direct Loans) and Section 523 (Self Help Loans).","document_number":"2025-05864","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/04/2025-05864/final-determination-adoption-of-energy-efficiency-standards-for-new-construction-of-hud--and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-04/pdf/2025-05864.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-05864.pdf?1743684324","publication_date":"2025-04-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"}],"excerpts":"extension of compliance dates. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n \n On April 26, 2024, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) published the “Final Determination: Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing” notice (Final Determination) in the \n Federal Register \n . The Final Determination provides compliance dates for HUD and USDA programs covered by the Final Determination. This notice delays compliance dates by six months over the published compliance dates for"}]}