{"description":"Documents matching 'applicable protected health information under'","count":10000,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=applicable+protected+health+information+under&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"HIPAA Security Rule To Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or \"Department\") is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to solicit comment on its proposal to modify the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information (\"Security Rule\") under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH Act). The proposed modifications would revise existing standards to better protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information (ePHI). The proposals in this NPRM would increase the cybersecurity for ePHI by revising the Security Rule to address: changes in the environment in which health care is provided; significant increases in breaches and cyberattacks; common deficiencies the Office for Civil Rights has observed in investigations into Security Rule compliance by covered entities and their business associates (collectively, \"regulated entities\"); other cybersecurity guidelines, best practices, methodologies, procedures, and processes; and court decisions that affect enforcement of the Security Rule.","document_number":"2024-30983","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-30983/hipaa-security-rule-to-strengthen-the-cybersecurity-of-electronic-protected-health-information","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-30983.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30983.pdf?1735334119","publication_date":"2025-01-06","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":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"through E.\n \n \n \n \n 4 \n  45 CFR 160.103 (definition of “<span class=\"match\">Protected</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">information</span>”).\n \n \n \n \n 5 \n  45 CFR 160.103 (definition of “Individually identifiable <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">information</span>”).\n \n \n \n \n 6 \n  At times throughout this NPRM, the Department uses the terms “<span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">information</span>” or “individuals' <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">information</span>” to refer generically to <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">information</span> pertaining to an individual or individuals. In contrast, the Department's use of the term “IIHI” refers to a category of <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">information</span> defined in HIPAA, and “PHI” is used to refer specifically"},{"title":"Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Protecting Care Access","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule has finalized certain proposals from the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability Proposed Rule (HTI-2 Proposed Rule) and in doing so supports the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information. Specifically, this final rule amends the information blocking regulations to revise two existing information blocking exceptions and establish an additional reasonable and necessary activity that does not constitute information blocking referred to as the Protecting Care Access Exception.","document_number":"2024-29683","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/17/2024-29683/health-data-technology-and-interoperability-protecting-care-access","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-17/pdf/2024-29683.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29683.pdf?1734356733","publication_date":"2024-12-17","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":"proposals from the <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, <span class=\"match\">Information</span> Sharing, and Public <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Interoperability Proposed Rule (HTI-2 Proposed Rule) and in doing so supports the access, exchange, and use of electronic <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">information</span>. Specifically, this final rule amends the <span class=\"match\">information</span> blocking regulations to revise two existing <span class=\"match\">information</span> blocking exceptions and establish an additional reasonable and necessary activity that does not constitute <span class=\"match\">information</span> blocking referred to as the <span class=\"match\">Protecting</span> Care Access Exception"},{"title":"Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"To implement the Presidential Memorandum of January 24, 2025, reinstating the Mexico City Policy in support of the foreign policy objective of the United States not to support abortion as a method of family planning overseas directly or indirectly, the U.S. Department of State (Department) is adding a new award term for grants, cooperative agreements, and voluntary contributions entitled \"Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance.\" The award term imposes certain abortion-related requirements on foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), United States NGOs, public international organizations, foreign governments, and parastatals. The award term is issued consistent with authorities under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) and other foreign assistance authorities, such as the FREEDOM Support Act, the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, and the SEED Act of 1989, which authorize the Department to provide foreign assistance on such terms and conditions as the President, and by delegation, the Secretary of State, may determine. Consistent with past Mexico City Policy protocol, the provision will be incorporated as applicable into grants and cooperative agreements when new funds are added as well as into new awards.","document_number":"2026-01519","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/27/2026-01519/protecting-life-in-foreign-assistance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-27/pdf/2026-01519.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01519.pdf?1769202910","publication_date":"2026-01-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF STATE","name":"State Department","id":476,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/state-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/476","parent_id":null,"slug":"state-department"}],"excerpts":"concern that <span class=\"match\">under</span> the previous iteration of the Mexico City Policy, “U.S. NGOs, especially those that actively promote abortions overseas were integrating abortion-related activities into their taxpayer-funded global <span class=\"match\">health</span> programs and are restructuring in order to negate the impact of PLGHA [<span class=\"match\">Protecting</span> Life in Global <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Assistance] for their foreign NGO affiliates.” (Letter of Senator Mike Lee et al.). In response, the letter urges the Department “to create a wall of separation between abortion and <span class=\"match\">health</span> care in U.S. global <span class=\"match\">health</span> programs by"},{"title":"Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability; Withdrawal","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"ASTP/ONC published in the Federal Register on August 5, 2024, a proposed rule, titled \"Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability\" (HTI-2), in which it proposed updating and adding regulations regarding health information technology, information blocking, and the Trusted Exchange Framework and the Common Agreement. The comment period closed on October 4, 2024. ASTP/ONC is withdrawing the remaining proposals that have not been finalized from the HTI-2 Proposed Rule.","document_number":"2025-23890","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23890/health-data-technology-and-interoperability-patient-engagement-information-sharing-and-public-health","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-29/pdf/2025-23890.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23890.pdf?1766438109","publication_date":"2025-12-29","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":"rule; withdrawal of non-finalized provisions. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n \n ASTP/ONC published in the \n Federal Register \n on August 5, 2024, a proposed rule, titled “<span class=\"match\">Health</span> Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, <span class=\"match\">Information</span> Sharing, and Public <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Interoperability” (HTI-2), in which it proposed updating and adding regulations regarding <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">information</span> technology, <span class=\"match\">information</span> blocking, and the Trusted Exchange Framework and the Common Agreement. The comment period closed on October 4, 2024. ASTP/ONC is withdrawing the remaining proposals"},{"title":"Information Collection: NRC Form 995, Authorization for Use or Disclosure of Protected Health Information","type":"Notice","abstract":"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on this proposed information collection. The information collection is entitled, NRC Form 995, \"Authorization for Use or Disclosure of Protected Health Information.\"","document_number":"2024-13322","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/18/2024-13322/information-collection-nrc-form-995-authorization-for-use-or-disclosure-of-protected-health","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-06-18/pdf/2024-13322.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-13322.pdf?1718628319","publication_date":"2024-06-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION","name":"Nuclear Regulatory Commission","id":383,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/nuclear-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/383","parent_id":null,"slug":"nuclear-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"intention to request the OMB's approval for the <span class=\"match\">information</span> collection summarized below. \n \n 1. \n The title of the <span class=\"match\">information</span> collection: \n NRC Form 995, Authorization for Use or Disclosure of <span class=\"match\">Protected</span> <span class=\"match\">Health</span> <span class=\"match\">Information</span>.\n \n \n 2. \n OMB approval number: \n An OMB control number has not yet been assigned to this proposed <span class=\"match\">information</span> collection.\n \n \n 3. \n Type of submission: \n New.\n \n \n 4. \n The form number, if <span class=\"match\">applicable</span>: \n NRC Form 995.\n \n 5. How often the collection is required or requested: <span class=\"match\">Information</span> is collected as needed. \n \n 6. \n Who will be"},{"title":"Protecting Public Health and Unleashing American Energy by Facilitating Scrap Tire Pile Cleanups","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is proposing to improve protection of public health and recover valuable energy and mineral resources by designating scrap tires, including previously abandoned scrap tires, that are combusted in cement kilns, as non-waste fuel. In addition, the EPA is proposing to revise the definition of established tire collection program to include abandoned scrap tires that are recovered for use as fuel so they can be managed the same as collected scrap tires. These proposed regulatory changes support several goals of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by facilitating the use of abandoned scrap tires as a non-waste fuel and ingredient in Portland cement manufacturing while simultaneously reducing risks to human health and addressing environmental harms caused by tire piles. These proposed revisions are amendments to the Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials (NHSM) regulations, which establish standards and procedures for identifying whether non- hazardous secondary materials are solid wastes when legitimately used as fuels or ingredients in combustion units.","document_number":"2026-05586","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/23/2026-05586/protecting-public-health-and-unleashing-american-energy-by-facilitating-scrap-tire-pile-cleanups","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-23/pdf/2026-05586.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05586.pdf?1774010713","publication_date":"2026-03-23","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":"expects any impact on children's <span class=\"match\">health</span> to be positive. However, EPA's \n Policy on Children's <span class=\"match\">Health</span> \n applies to this action. <span class=\"match\">Information</span> on how the Policy was applied is available <span class=\"match\">under</span> “Children's Environmental <span class=\"match\">Health</span>” in the \n SUPPLEMENTARY <span class=\"match\">INFORMATION</span> \n section of this preamble.\n \n I. Executive Order 13211: Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use \n This action is not subject to Executive Order 13211, because it is not a significant regulatory action <span class=\"match\">under</span> Executive Order 12866. \n J. National"},{"title":"Worker Safety and Health Requirements To Support Reform of Nuclear Reactor Testing","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) proposes to amend its regulations for worker safety and health to expedite the review, approval, and deployment of advanced reactors under DOE's jurisdiction including qualified test reactors in DOE's reactor pilot program, consistent with a recent Executive order. The revisions would ensure that DOE's worker safety and health program continues to protect workers, while incorporating lessons learned from decades of operating experience and fostering nuclear innovation and technologies to the benefit of the United States. Additionally, the proposed rule would make minor updates to these regulations to improve clarity.","document_number":"2026-01066","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/21/2026-01066/worker-safety-and-health-requirements-to-support-reform-of-nuclear-reactor-testing","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-21/pdf/2026-01066.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01066.pdf?1768916716","publication_date":"2026-01-21","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":"comments. \n \n Do not submit to \n www.regulations.gov \n <span class=\"match\">information</span> for which disclosure is restricted by statute, such as trade secrets and commercial or financial <span class=\"match\">information</span> (hereinafter referred to as Confidential Business <span class=\"match\">Information</span> (CBI)). Comments submitted through \n www.regulations.gov \n cannot be claimed as CBI. Comments received through the website will waive any CBI claims for the <span class=\"match\">information</span> submitted. For <span class=\"match\">information</span> on submitting CBI, see the Confidential Business <span class=\"match\">Information</span> section.\n \n \n DOE processes submissions made through \n www"},{"title":"Registering Emergency Medical Services Agencies Under the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2017","type":"Rule","abstract":"The \"Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2017,\" (the Act) which became law on November 17, 2017, amended the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to allow for a new registration category for emergency medical services agencies that handle controlled substances. It also established standards for registering emergency medical services agencies, and set forth new requirements for delivery, storage, and recordkeeping related to their handling of controlled substances. In addition, the Act allows emergency medical services professionals to administer controlled substances outside the physical presence of a medical director or authorizing medical professional pursuant to a valid standing or verbal order. The Drug Enforcement Administration is publishing this final rule to conform its regulations to the statutory amendments of the CSA and to otherwise implement its requirements. This final rule adopts, with minor modifications, the notice of proposed rulemaking published on October 5, 2020.","document_number":"2026-02288","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/05/2026-02288/registering-emergency-medical-services-agencies-under-the-protecting-patient-access-to-emergency","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-05/pdf/2026-02288.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02288.pdf?1770153307","publication_date":"2026-02-05","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":"Drug Enforcement Administration","name":"Drug Enforcement Administration","id":116,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/drug-enforcement-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/116","parent_id":268,"slug":"drug-enforcement-administration"}],"excerpts":"substances for dispensing pursuant to a physician's instructions by operating <span class=\"match\">under</span> the registration of a hospital through one of two options. \n \n <span class=\"match\">Under</span> the first option, an EMS vehicle owned and operated by a hospital handles controlled substances <span class=\"match\">under</span> the hospital's registration.\n 12 \n \n The EMS vehicle obtains controlled substances from the hospital's pharmacy or emergency room, as an extension of the hospital pharmacy. <span class=\"match\">Under</span> the second option, an EMS agency is registered <span class=\"match\">under</span> a hospital registration by agreement—that is a private EMS agency enters"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Request: Federal Employees Health Benefits and Postal Service Health Benefits Programs Service Use and Cost Data (3206-NEW)","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public the opportunity to comment on an information collection request (ICR): Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) and Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Programs Service Use and Cost Data (3206-NEW). As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as amended OPM is soliciting comments for this collection.","document_number":"2025-22695","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/12/2025-22695/agency-information-collection-request-federal-employees-health-benefits-and-postal-service-health","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-12/pdf/2025-22695.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22695.pdf?1765460719","publication_date":"2025-12-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"Evaluate whether the proposed collection of <span class=\"match\">information</span> is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the agency, including whether the <span class=\"match\">information</span> will have practical utility; \n 2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of <span class=\"match\">information</span>, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; \n 3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the <span class=\"match\">information</span> to be collected; and \n \n 4. Minimize the burden of the collection of <span class=\"match\">information</span> on those who are to respond, including through"},{"title":"Rescission of Guidance to Nation's Retail Pharmacies: Obligations Under Federal Civil Rights Laws To Ensure Nondiscriminatory Access to Health Care at Pharmacies (Issued September 29, 2023)","type":"Notice","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) hereby rescinds \"Guidance to Nation's Retail Pharmacies: Obligations under Federal Civil Rights Laws to Ensure Nondiscriminatory Access to Health Care at Pharmacies,\" issued on September 29, 2023 (2023 Guidance) as revised guidance to \"Guidance to Nation's Retail Pharmacies: Obligations under Federal Civil Rights Laws to Ensure Access to Comprehensive Reproductive Health Care Services,\" originally issued on July 13, 2022 (2022 Guidance). This recission is effective upon publication.","document_number":"2026-01550","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/27/2026-01550/rescission-of-guidance-to-nations-retail-pharmacies-obligations-under-federal-civil-rights-laws-to","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-27/pdf/2026-01550.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01550.pdf?1769184912","publication_date":"2026-01-27","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"}],"excerpts":"rescission of guidance. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n The U.S. Department of <span class=\"match\">Health</span> and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) hereby rescinds “Guidance to Nation's Retail Pharmacies: Obligations <span class=\"match\">under</span> Federal Civil Rights Laws to Ensure Nondiscriminatory Access to <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Care at Pharmacies,” issued on September 29, 2023 (2023 Guidance) as revised guidance to “Guidance to Nation's Retail Pharmacies: Obligations <span class=\"match\">under</span> Federal Civil Rights Laws to Ensure Access to Comprehensive Reproductive <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Care Services,” originally issued on July 13, 2022 (2022"},{"title":"Pipeline Safety: Recission of Advisory Bulletin on Section 114 of the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020","type":"Notice","abstract":"PHMSA is publishing this notice to rescind an advisory bulletin and related statements of policy and applicability concerning the requirements in section 114 of the \"Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020.\"","document_number":"2025-11180","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/18/2025-11180/pipeline-safety-recission-of-advisory-bulletin-on-section-114-of-the-protecting-our-infrastructure","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-18/pdf/2025-11180.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11180.pdf?1750164311","publication_date":"2025-06-18","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":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","name":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","id":408,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/pipeline-and-hazardous-materials-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/408","parent_id":492,"slug":"pipeline-and-hazardous-materials-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"to rescind an advisory bulletin and related statements of policy and <span class=\"match\">applicability</span> concerning the requirements in section 114 of the “<span class=\"match\">Protecting</span> our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020.” \n \n \n FOR FURTHER <span class=\"match\">INFORMATION</span> CONTACT: \n \n Cameron Satterthwaite, Operations Supervisor, by telephone at (202) 579-8769, or by email at \n cameron.satterthwaite@dot.gov. \n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY <span class=\"match\">INFORMATION</span>: \n \n On December 27, 2020, the President signed the “<span class=\"match\">Protecting</span> our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020” (2020"},{"title":"Request for Information; Health Technology Ecosystem","type":"Notice","abstract":"Effective and responsible adoption of technology can empower patients to make better decisions for their health and well-being. This request for information (RFI) seeks input from the public regarding the market of digital health products for Medicare beneficiaries as well as the state of data interoperability and broader health technology infrastructure. Responses to this RFI may be used to inform CMS and ASTP/ONC efforts to lead infrastructure progress to cultivate this market, increasing beneficiary access to effective digital capabilities needed to make informed health decisions, and increasing data availability for all stakeholders contributing to health outcomes.","document_number":"2025-08701","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/16/2025-08701/request-for-information-health-technology-ecosystem","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-16/pdf/2025-08701.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-08701.pdf?1747149309","publication_date":"2025-05-16","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":"Interoperability, <span class=\"match\">Information</span> Blocking, and the ONC <span class=\"match\">Health</span> <span class=\"match\">Information</span> Technology (IT) Certification Program” final rule (ONC Cures Act final rule) (85 FR 25642). This final rule strengthened patients' electronic access (including via a third-party app) to their <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">information</span> at no cost and added a certification criterion <span class=\"match\">under</span> the ONC <span class=\"match\">Health</span> IT Certification Program to support the availability of FHIR-based APIs in electronic <span class=\"match\">health</span> records and other certified <span class=\"match\">health</span> IT to enable patients and providers to view electronic <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">information</span> using smartphone"},{"title":"Definition of Hazardous Waste Applicable to Corrective Action for Releases From Solid Waste Management Units; Withdrawal","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing its proposed rule entitled \"Definition of Hazardous Waste Applicable to Corrective Action for Releases From Solid Waste Management Units.\" The Agency issued the proposed rule to: amend the regulatory definition of hazardous waste applicable to corrective action to address releases from solid waste management units at hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities permitted under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and make conforming amendments related to the definition amendment; and add the statutory corrective action authorities to the section of the regulations that provides notice that the statutory definitions, rather than the regulatory definitions, apply to certain sections of the statute. The Agency has concluded that the proposed revisions to the existing regulations would have complicated, rather than contributed to, efficient implementation of corrective action. For those reasons EPA has determined that withdrawal is appropriate.","document_number":"2026-09179","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/08/2026-09179/definition-of-hazardous-waste-applicable-to-corrective-action-for-releases-from-solid-waste","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-08/pdf/2026-09179.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09179.pdf?1778157917","publication_date":"2026-05-08","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":"wastes and constituents have occurred and present a risk to human <span class=\"match\">health</span> or the environment, EPA has other tools to require clean up in RCRA permits. Namely, RCRA section 3005(c)(3) and EPA's implementing regulations at § 270.32 require that all permits include such requirements as are necessary to <span class=\"match\">protect</span> human <span class=\"match\">health</span> and the environment. This “omnibus” authority requires that permits contain such terms and conditions as the Administrator determines necessary to <span class=\"match\">protect</span> human <span class=\"match\">health</span> and the environment, including any necessary conditions requiring"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Tobacco Health Document Submission","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on the information collection associated with tobacco health document submissions.","document_number":"2025-11955","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/27/2025-11955/agency-information-collection-activities-proposed-collection-comment-request-tobacco-health-document","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-27/pdf/2025-11955.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11955.pdf?1750941922","publication_date":"2025-06-27","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":"Food and Drug Administration","name":"Food and Drug Administration","id":199,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/199","parent_id":221,"slug":"food-and-drug-administration"}],"excerpts":"comment does not include any confidential <span class=\"match\">information</span> that you or a third party may not wish to be posted, such as medical <span class=\"match\">information</span>, your or anyone else's Social Security number, or confidential business <span class=\"match\">information</span>, such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your name, contact <span class=\"match\">information</span>, or other <span class=\"match\">information</span> that identifies you in the body of your comments, that <span class=\"match\">information</span> will be posted on \n https://www.regulations.gov. \n \n • If you want to submit a comment with confidential <span class=\"match\">information</span> that you do not wish to be made available"},{"title":"Notice of Publication of Common Agreement for Nationwide Health Information Interoperability (Common Agreement) Version 2.1","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice fulfills an obligation under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA). The act requires the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to publish on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's public internet website, and in the Federal Register, the trusted exchange framework and common agreement developed under the PHSA. This notice is for publishing an updated version of the Common Agreement (Version 2.1).","document_number":"2024-27554","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/26/2024-27554/notice-of-publication-of-common-agreement-for-nationwide-health-information-interoperability-common","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-26/pdf/2024-27554.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27554.pdf?1732283134","publication_date":"2024-11-26","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":"Common Agreement for Nationwide <span class=\"match\">Health</span> <span class=\"match\">Information</span> Interoperability \n Version 2.1 \n October 2024 \n \n This document was published by the U.S. Department of <span class=\"match\">Health</span> and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for <span class=\"match\">Health</span> <span class=\"match\">Information</span> Technology and was produced at U.S. taxpayer expense. This document meets the requirement in section 3001(c)(9)(C) of the Public <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Service Act for the National Coordinator for <span class=\"match\">Health</span> <span class=\"match\">Information</span> Technology to publish on the Office of the National Coordinator for <span class=\"match\">Health</span> <span class=\"match\">Information</span> Technology's public internet"},{"title":"Order Under Sections 362 and 365 of the Public Health Service Act Continuing the Suspension of the Right To Introduce Certain Persons From Countries Where a Quarantinable Communicable Disease Exists","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a component of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces it is issuing an Order under Section 362 and 365 of the Public Health Service Act, and associated implementing regulations, continuing the suspension of the right to introduce certain persons from countries where an outbreak of a quarantinable communicable disease exists. This Order was issued on June 21, 2026, and shall remain in effect through 4:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. This Order may be amended or rescinded prior to that time at the discretion of the Director.","document_number":"2026-12790","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/25/2026-12790/order-under-sections-362-and-365-of-the-public-health-service-act-continuing-the-suspension-of-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-25/pdf/2026-12790.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12790.pdf?1782305112","publication_date":"2026-06-25","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"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention","name":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention","id":44,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/44","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention"}],"excerpts":"for <span class=\"match\">Health</span>, U.S. Department of <span class=\"match\">Health</span> and Human Services, has hereunto set his hand at Santa Fe, NM this 21st day of June, 2026. \n Admiral Brian Christine, MD \n Assistant Secretary for <span class=\"match\">Health</span> (ASH) and \n Head of the United States Public <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps \n Department of <span class=\"match\">Health</span> and Human Services \n Public Participation \n Interested persons or organizations are invited to participate by submitting written views, recommendations, and data so that the public can provide input that may inform the forthcoming public <span class=\"match\">health</span> risk"},{"title":"Expanding Access to State Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend its regulation that governs disclosure of information to and querying of State prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs). The rule would clarify certain statutory definitions, including the definition of delegate and licensed health care provider. In doing so, VA would eliminate confusion as to who VA would allow to query the PDMP and would better protect these individuals from any possible adverse action by a State, as long as they are acting within the scope of their VA employment or, if applicable, scope of their contract. The rule would also mandate that VA disclose the specified information to State PDMPs to the extent necessary to prevent misuse and diversion of prescription medicines. This proposed rule would promote safe and effective prescribing of controlled substances to covered individuals and patients who receive VA health care.","document_number":"2026-10084","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/20/2026-10084/expanding-access-to-state-prescription-drug-monitoring-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-20/pdf/2026-10084.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10084.pdf?1779194712","publication_date":"2026-05-20","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":"that a licensed <span class=\"match\">health</span> care provider or delegate can access PDMPs through manual access to the individual PDMPs or through integrated automated data processing systems, which include, but are not limited to, <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">information</span> exchanges, electronic <span class=\"match\">health</span> records systems, and e-prescribing. <span class=\"match\">Health</span> <span class=\"match\">information</span> exchanges allow <span class=\"match\">health</span> care providers a secure and sharable access to a patient's <span class=\"match\">health</span> care <span class=\"match\">information</span> electronically. Electronic <span class=\"match\">health</span> records are a real-time digital version of a patient's paper chart that make <span class=\"match\">information</span> available instantly"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is partially modifying an existing system of records maintained by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), \"Program Information Management System (PIMS),\" System No. 09- 90-0052. The modifications include changing the system of records name to \"HHS Civil Rights and Health Information Privacy Program Records\" and affect only certain sections of the System of Records Notice (SORN), so HHS is not republishing the SORN in full. The system of records contains records about individual members of the public who submit or are named or otherwise involved in civil rights, conscience and religious freedom, and health information privacy-related complaints received by and compliance reviews conducted by OCR, and individuals who submit reports to OCR about breaches of unsecured protected health information (PHI) experienced by covered entities and business associates subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, and Enforcement Rules. OCR is modifying it to include information that programs subject to 42 CFR part 2 (\"Part 2\") (and, as applicable, a qualified service organization on a Part 2 program's behalf) report to the Secretary with respect to a breach of unsecured substance use disorder (SUD) patient records maintained by a Part 2 program (\"Part 2 records\") and complaints and compliance reviews involving potential violations of Part 2.","document_number":"2026-03003","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/17/2026-03003/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-17/pdf/2026-03003.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03003.pdf?1770930912","publication_date":"2026-02-17","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, as <span class=\"match\">applicable</span>, qualified service organizations on behalf of Part 2 programs) who are individuals as defined in the Privacy Act and report breaches of <span class=\"match\">protected</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">information</span> or Part 2 records by submitting a breach report through the HHS website..\n \n CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: \n The system of records encompasses a variety of records having to do with civil rights-related and <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">information</span> privacy-related complaints, compliance reviews, correspondence, including reports of breaches of <span class=\"match\">protected</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">information</span> and Part"},{"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":"authorized <span class=\"match\">under</span> state or other <span class=\"match\">applicable</span> law to act on behalf of an individual in making <span class=\"match\">health</span> care-related decisions (such as a parent, guardian, or person with a medical power of attorney).\n 15 16 \n \n <span class=\"match\">Under</span> the HIPAA Privacy Rule, the individual's personal representative generally may exercise the right to access the individual's <span class=\"match\">protected</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> <span class=\"match\">information</span> (PHI).\n \n \n \n 15 \n  \n See \n 45 CFR parts 160 and 164, subparts A and E.\n \n \n 16 \n  United States Department of <span class=\"match\">Health</span> and Human Services. (2020, January 31). <span class=\"match\">Health</span> <span class=\"match\">Information</span> and Privacy"},{"title":"Rescission of Conservation and Landscape Health Rule","type":"Rule","abstract":"Through this final rule, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is fully rescinding the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, issued as a final rule on May 9, 2024. This action restores balance to federal land management under the principles of multiple use and sustained yield by prioritizing access, empowering local decision-making, and aligning the BLM's implementing regulations with statutory requirements and national energy policy.","document_number":"2026-09386","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/12/2026-09386/rescission-of-conservation-and-landscape-health-rule","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-12/pdf/2026-09386.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09386.pdf?1778503534","publication_date":"2026-05-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Land Management","name":"Land Management Bureau","id":275,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/land-management-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/275","parent_id":253,"slug":"land-management-bureau"}],"excerpts":"not required to respond to, a collection of <span class=\"match\">information</span>, unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The <span class=\"match\">information</span> collection requirements contained in Part 6100 are approved by OMB <span class=\"match\">under</span> OMB Control Number 1004-0218. \n The final rule would eliminate all the <span class=\"match\">information</span> collection requirements that were previously approved <span class=\"match\">under</span> that OMB Control Number. The eliminated <span class=\"match\">information</span> collection requirements are listed below, along with the resulting <span class=\"match\">information</span> collection burden reductions: \n • Restoration"}]}