{"description":"Documents matching 'compliance costs meeting accreditation standards'","count":3620,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=compliance+costs+meeting+accreditation+standards&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Applications for New Awards; Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education-Special Projects (FIPSE-SP)","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education Special Projects, Assistance Listing Number 84.116J. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1894-0006.","document_number":"2025-19843","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/12/2025-19843/applications-for-new-awards-fund-for-the-improvement-of-postsecondary-education-special-projects","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-12/pdf/2025-19843.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19843.pdf?1762782305","publication_date":"2025-11-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"significant, encompassing staffing <span class=\"match\">costs</span> (administrator and faculty salaries and benefits), document preparation <span class=\"match\">costs</span> (professional service fees, printing, and mailing), <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> <span class=\"match\">costs</span> (<span class=\"match\">meeting</span> <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> <span class=\"match\">standards</span>), site visits (travel, lodging, and related expenses), and direct <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> fees (membership charges). Changing <span class=\"match\">accrediting</span> agencies often entails maintaining dual <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> expenses for a considerable period, as institutions generally cannot allow <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> to lapse without risking critical benefits, including eligibility"},{"title":"Solicitation for Public Comments on the Development of an Independent Accreditation System for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion (CCBHC-E) Grant Recipients","type":"Notice","abstract":"SAMHSA is seeking public comment to inform the development, implementation, and oversight of an independent accreditation system for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion (CCBHC-E) grant recipients. SAMHSA intends to establish a process for evaluating and approving accrediting bodies, transition certain CCBHC-E grant recipients to independent accreditation, develop a federal oversight framework, and provide technical assistance to states, providers, and accrediting organizations. Input received through this request for information will help SAMHSA design an accreditation system that promotes quality, reduces administrative burden, and supports consistent national standards.","document_number":"2026-12883","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/26/2026-12883/solicitation-for-public-comments-on-the-development-of-an-independent-accreditation-system-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-26/pdf/2026-12883.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12883.pdf?1782391510","publication_date":"2026-06-26","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":"Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration","name":"Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration","id":479,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/substance-abuse-and-mental-health-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/479","parent_id":221,"slug":"substance-abuse-and-mental-health-services-administration"}],"excerpts":"accrediting bodies and their CCBHC <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> processes? \n • What specific aspects of the CCBHC model should be emphasized in <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span>? \n • What expectations should SAMHSA establish for <span class=\"match\">accrediting</span> bodies in terms of their processes, basis for decision-making, fees and time frames for communications? \n • What staffing, qualifications, and expertise should be required for <span class=\"match\">accrediting</span> bodies and/or for individuals conducting <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> reviews? \n <span class=\"match\">Accreditation</span> Process, Oversight and <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> \n • How can <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> support continuous quality"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Strengthening Oversight of Accrediting Organizations (AOs) and Preventing AO Conflicts of Interest, and Related Provisions","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule with comment period sets forth provisions to strengthen the oversight of Medicare national accrediting organizations by addressing conflicts of interest, establishing consistent standards, processes, and definitions, and updating the validation and performance standards systems. Additionally, this final rule with comment period revises the psychiatric hospital survey process, adds a limitation on terminated deemed providers and suppliers when reentering the program, and provides technical corrections for End-Stage Renal Disease facilities and Transplant Programs.","document_number":"2026-12069","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/16/2026-12069/medicare-program-strengthening-oversight-of-accrediting-organizations-aos-and-preventing-ao","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-16/pdf/2026-12069.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12069.pdf?1781295308","publication_date":"2026-06-16","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":"generally offer at least two <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> options, which include non-CMS approved <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span>, and <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> for the purpose of participating in the Medicare program. By “non-CMS approved <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span>” we mean <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> that is offered by the AOs with an <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> program but is not approved by Medicare, and which is not used for Medicare purposes. Such <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> could be used for individual State <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> purposes or additional professional <span class=\"match\">accreditations</span> that a provider or supplier seeks for business purposes, such as The Joint"},{"title":"Intent To Establish Negotiated Rulemaking Committee","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"We announce our intention to establish a negotiated rulemaking committee to prepare proposed regulations amending the regulations for the Secretary's recognition of accrediting agencies and related institutional eligibility regulations for the programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA) (title IV, HEA programs). The committee will include representatives of organizations or groups with interests that are significantly affected by the subject matter of the proposed regulations. We request nominations for individual negotiators who represent key stakeholder constituencies for the issues to be negotiated to serve on the committee, and we set a schedule for committee meetings.","document_number":"2026-01620","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/27/2026-01620/intent-to-establish-negotiated-rulemaking-committee","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-27/pdf/2026-01620.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01620.pdf?1769435127","publication_date":"2026-01-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"an institution's record of <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with its Federal program responsibilities are expeditiously addressed and acted upon.\n \n 4. Review of <span class=\"match\">accrediting</span> agencies' concurrent oversight responsibilities in the “regulatory triad” of <span class=\"match\">accrediting</span> agencies, States, and the Department, and determining what <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> <span class=\"match\">standards</span> and related regulations are needed, or should be eliminated, to ensure that <span class=\"match\">accrediting</span> agency <span class=\"match\">standards</span> do not contravene Federal or State law. \n 5. Review of the role that <span class=\"match\">accrediting</span> agency <span class=\"match\">standards</span> have played in promoting violations"},{"title":"Intercountry Adoption: Regulatory Changes to Accreditation and Approval Regulations in Intercountry Adoption","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of State (the Department) publishes a final rule revising the Code of Federal Regulations to amend requirements for accreditation and approval by the United States to provide adoption services in intercountry adoption cases. This rule amends regulations to provide clarification, updates, or other adaptation of familiar accreditation and approval standards for intercountry adoption. It also includes a new section with alternative procedures for primary providers that apply in intercountry adoption by relatives. The new regulations for adoption by relatives simplify and streamline the adoption process by limiting the number of adoption services the primary provider must provide. The final rule emphasizes that accredited agencies and approved persons comply with all applicable laws in foreign countries where they provide adoption services.","document_number":"2024-14628","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/12/2024-14628/intercountry-adoption-regulatory-changes-to-accreditation-and-approval-regulations-in-intercountry","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-12/pdf/2024-14628.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-14628.pdf?1720701918","publication_date":"2024-07-12","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":"proposed change to § 96.26 requiring <span class=\"match\">accrediting</span> entities to retain an accurate record of <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> and approval decision making for at least 10 years, or longer if the Secretary requires it.\n \n \n In § 96.27(e) the final rule incorporates a proposed change requiring <span class=\"match\">accrediting</span> entities to take into account in evaluating an application for <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> or approval the reasons underlying a previous denial of <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> or approval. \n Changes to <span class=\"match\">Standards</span> in Subpart F, <span class=\"match\">Standards</span> for Intercountry Adoption <span class=\"match\">Accreditation</span> and Approval \n We did not retain"},{"title":"Extending the Compliance Deadline for the PFOA and PFOS Maximum Contaminant Levels","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this proposed rulemaking, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes a federal exemption, pursuant to Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) 1416(f) and 1450(a)(1), that will extend the dates of compliance with the Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) from April 26, 2029, to April 26, 2031, for those systems that submit a request. The Agency requests comment on this proposal, including the mechanisms through which the MCL compliance deadlines for PFOA and PFOS can be exempted, and has identified specific areas where public input will be helpful for the EPA in developing the final rule. In addition to seeking written input, the EPA will be holding a public hearing on July 7, 2026.","document_number":"2026-10086","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/20/2026-10086/extending-the-compliance-deadline-for-the-pfoa-and-pfos-maximum-contaminant-levels","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-20/pdf/2026-10086.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10086.pdf?1779194712","publication_date":"2026-05-20","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":"reduce <span class=\"match\">costs</span> to PWSs by making those responsible for PFAS contamination bear the burden of cleanup, and as needed, provide alternate water to communities, rather than shifting that responsibility to the communities that rely on those systems. The “unreasonable risk” <span class=\"match\">standard</span> under SDWA 1416 governs whether allowing additional time for PWSs to come into <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> will ensure that persons served by PWSs facing risks from ongoing contamination will not be “unreasonably” burdened in light of the <span class=\"match\">costs</span> and feasibilities associated with <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> by water"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Calendar Year 2026 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update; Requirements for the HH Quality Reporting Program and the HH Value-Based Purchasing Expanded Model; Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program Updates; DMEPOS Accreditation Requirements; Provider Enrollment; and Other Medicare and Medicaid Policies","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule sets forth routine updates to the Medicare home health payment rates in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. In addition, this final rule finalizes permanent and temporary behavior adjustments and recalibrates the case- mix weights and update the functional impairment levels; comorbidity subgroups; and low-utilization payment adjustment (LUPA) thresholds for CY 2026. This final rule also finalizes changes to the face-to-face encounter policy and changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) and the expanded Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model requirements. In addition, it updates the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program (CBP). Lastly it finalizes: a technical change to the HH conditions of participation; updates to DMEPOS supplier conditions of payment; updates to provider and supplier enrollment requirements; and changes to DMEPOS accreditation requirements.","document_number":"2025-21767","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/02/2025-21767/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-calendar-year-2026-home-health-prospective-payment-system-hh-pps-rate","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-02/pdf/2025-21767.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21767.pdf?1764364516","publication_date":"2025-12-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"meet the quality <span class=\"match\">standards</span>; and (2) DMEPOS suppliers are falling out of <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the quality <span class=\"match\">standards</span> (sometimes for extended periods) after becoming <span class=\"match\">accredited</span>. To enhance our ability to ensure that AOs are performing DMEPOS <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> functions effectively and thoroughly, including \n \n verifying suppliers' <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the quality <span class=\"match\">standards</span>, we are finalizing proposals that add a number of provisions to our DMEPOS <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> regulations. Among our finalized provisions are as follows: \n \n • Requiring DMEPOS suppliers to be surveyed"},{"title":"Promoting the Integrity and Security of Telecommunications Certification Bodies, Measurement Facilities, and the Equipment Authorization Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) requires all recognized telecommunication certification bodies (TCBs), test labs, and laboratory accreditation bodies to certify to the Commission that they are not owned by, controlled by, or subject to the direction of a prohibited entity and to report all equity or voting interests of 5% or greater by any entity. The FCC also amends it rules to state that it will not recognize--and will revoke any existing recognition of--any TCB, test lab, or laboratory accreditation body that fails to provide, or that provides a false or inaccurate, certification; or that fails to provide, or provides false or inaccurate, information regarding equity or voting interests of 5% or greater. The FCC prohibits recognition of any TCB, test lab, or laboratory accreditation body owned by, controlled by, or subject to the direction of a prohibited entity, and prohibits such TCBs, test labs, and laboratory accreditation bodies from participating in the Commission's equipment authorization program, not only with regard to the equipment certification process but also the Supplier's Declaration of Conformity (SDoC) process.","document_number":"2025-14970","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/07/2025-14970/promoting-the-integrity-and-security-of-telecommunications-certification-bodies-measurement","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-07/pdf/2025-14970.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14970.pdf?1754484348","publication_date":"2025-08-07","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":"consider for recognition an <span class=\"match\">accredited</span> laboratory that has been designated by a foreign designating authority. Currently there are 24 such FCC-recognized laboratory <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> bodies outside the United States, located in 23 different MRA-partnered countries. All other test labs must be <span class=\"match\">accredited</span> by an organization recognized by the Commission to perform test lab <span class=\"match\">accreditations</span> in non-MRA countries. Currently, the Commission recognizes three such <span class=\"match\">accrediting</span> bodies. Current rules do not preclude a laboratory <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> body that is not in an MRA-partnered"},{"title":"Safety Standard for Toys: Requirements for Water Beads","type":"Rule","abstract":"Section 106(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) mandates that ASTM F963 shall be a mandatory toy safety standard. This safety standard sets forth requirements for water bead toys and toys that contain water beads. Under this statutory authority, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) is issuing a safety standard for water bead toys and toys that contain water beads.","document_number":"2025-22643","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/12/2025-22643/safety-standard-for-toys-requirements-for-water-beads","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-12/pdf/2025-22643.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22643.pdf?1765460714","publication_date":"2025-12-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION","name":"Consumer Product Safety Commission","id":84,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-product-safety-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/84","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-product-safety-commission"}],"excerpts":"International's (ASTM) voluntary <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for toys, ASTM F963-07, \n <span class=\"match\">Standard</span> Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety \n (except section 4.2 and Annex 4), a mandatory safety <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for toys beginning 180 days after the enactment date of the CPSIA. 15 U.S.C. 2056b(a). The CPSIA states that ASTM F963 shall be considered a consumer product safety <span class=\"match\">standard</span> issued by the Commission under section 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058). Since 2009, CPSC has enforced ASTM F963 as a mandatory <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for toys.\n 1 2 \n \n In 2017, the Commission"},{"title":"Methylene Chloride; Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Compliance Date Extensions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is proposing to extend the compliance date applicable to certain entities subject to the regulation of methylene chloride recently promulgated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Specifically, EPA is proposing to extend by 18 months the Workplace Chemical Protection Program (WCPP) and the associated recordkeeping compliance dates for laboratories that are not owned or operated by agencies or Federal contractors acting on behalf of the Federal government. Under this proposal, all laboratories, whether federal or not, would have the same compliance dates, which would be aligned with current compliance dates for Federal agencies and Federal contractors. EPA is proposing to extend the compliance dates for associated laboratory activities detailed in this proposal to avoid disruption of important functions such as the use of environmental monitoring methods needed for cleanup sites and wastewater treatment, as well as activities associated with university laboratories. The use of environmental monitoring methods, a common function of non-federal laboratories, is important to EPA's mission to ensure that the air is safe to breathe, water is safe for drinking or recreating, and disposal activities protect the environment.","document_number":"2025-09421","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/27/2025-09421/methylene-chloride-regulation-under-the-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca-compliance-date-extensions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-27/pdf/2025-09421.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-09421.pdf?1748004316","publication_date":"2025-05-27","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":"impacts on the estimated <span class=\"match\">costs</span> and benefits of the existing action and would primarily result in a delay in when those <span class=\"match\">costs</span> and benefits begin accruing. Quantified <span class=\"match\">costs</span> are expected to be the same as estimated in the final rule but will not be incurred until the proposed <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date extension expires. The extension would also postpone when decreases in potential exposures to methylene chloride in laboratory settings and delay when potential benefits begin to accrue. On balance, this proposed further extension of the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates is appropriate"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Calendar Year 2026 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update; Requirements for the HH Quality Reporting Program and the HH Value-Based Purchasing Expanded Model; Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program Updates; DMEPOS Accreditation Requirements; Provider Enrollment; and Other Medicare and Medicaid Policies","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would set forth routine updates to the Medicare home health payment rates in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. In addition, this proposed rule proposes permanent and temporary behavior adjustments and proposes to recalibrate the case-mix weights and update the functional impairment levels; comorbidity subgroups; and low-utilization payment adjustment (LUPA) thresholds for CY 2026. Lastly, this proposed rule proposes policy changes to the face-to-face encounter policy. It also proposes changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) and the expanded Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model requirements. In addition, it would update the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program (CBP). Lastly it proposes: a technical change to the HH conditions of participation; updates to DMEPOS supplier conditions of payment; updates to provider and supplier enrollment requirements; and changes to DMEPOS accreditation requirements.","document_number":"2025-12347","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/02/2025-12347/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-calendar-year-2026-home-health-prospective-payment-system-hh-pps-rate","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-02/pdf/2025-12347.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12347.pdf?1751314517","publication_date":"2025-07-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"Supplier <span class=\"match\">Accreditation</span> Organizations \n DMEPOS suppliers are required to be <span class=\"match\">accredited</span> by a CMS-approved <span class=\"match\">accrediting</span> organization to enroll in and bill Medicare. The purpose of <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> is to confirm, typically through an on-site survey of the supplier, that the supplier meets the DMEPOS quality <span class=\"match\">standards</span>. Regulations promulgating our <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> requirements were enacted in 2006 but have not been updated since then. We are concerned there may be instances where: (1) AOs are <span class=\"match\">accrediting</span> DMEPOS suppliers that do not meet the quality <span class=\"match\">standards</span>; and"},{"title":"Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes to amend its regulations to incorporate by reference certain modifications to the latest version (Version 4.0) of Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines adopted by the Wholesale Gas Quadrant (WGQ) of the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB). NAESB's revisions in Version 4.0 of the standards streamline the process for accessing publicly available gas-electric coordination data during extreme cold weather or emergency events.","document_number":"2025-20325","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/19/2025-20325/standards-for-business-practices-of-interstate-natural-gas-pipelines","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-19/pdf/2025-20325.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20325.pdf?1763473517","publication_date":"2025-11-19","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"},{"raw_name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","id":167,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-energy-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/167","parent_id":136,"slug":"federal-energy-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"Practice <span class=\"match\">Standards</span>. Each set of Business Practice <span class=\"match\">Standards</span> is hereafter referred to as a “manual.” \n \n   \n \n Manual \n Business practice <span class=\"match\">standards</span> \n \n \n 0 \n Additional <span class=\"match\">Standards</span>. \n \n \n 4 \n Quadrant Electronic Delivery Mechanism Related <span class=\"match\">Standards</span>. \n \n \n 5 \n Capacity Release Related <span class=\"match\">Standards</span>. \n \n \n We propose that <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> filings to revise pipeline tariffs to reflect the changes in accordance with a final rule be filed with the Commission no later than 120 days after the Commission issues a final rule in this proceeding or, if the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> filing"},{"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":"X12 <span class=\"match\">standards</span> generally, meaning any <span class=\"match\">standard</span> we adopt for attachment information can be electronically transmitted by an X12 transmission <span class=\"match\">standard</span> in the same transaction (87 FR 78442). The Affordable Care Act was enacted in 2010, at which time we had adopted Version 5010 of the X12 <span class=\"match\">standards</span>. A decade later, we \n \n interpreted the Affordable Care Act's mandate as referencing the then-current <span class=\"match\">standards</span>—the X12 Version 5010—but not specifically requiring adherence in perpetuity to a static <span class=\"match\">standard</span>, which would contravene the HIPAA <span class=\"match\">standards</span> paradigm"},{"title":"Mandatory Toy Safety Standards: Requirements for Neck Floats","type":"Rule","abstract":"Section 106(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) mandates that ASTM F963 shall be a mandatory toy safety standard. ASTM F963-23, however, does not establish specific performance requirements for aquatic toys, such as neck floats. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) is issuing this final rule establishing additional performance requirements specifically for neck floats and revised labeling requirements for neck floats to address fatal hazards associated with neck floats. The Commission is also amending CPSC's list of notice of requirements (NORs) to include neck floats.","document_number":"2025-22827","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/15/2025-22827/mandatory-toy-safety-standards-requirements-for-neck-floats","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-15/pdf/2025-22827.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22827.pdf?1765547125","publication_date":"2025-12-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION","name":"Consumer Product Safety Commission","id":84,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-product-safety-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/84","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-product-safety-commission"}],"excerpts":"water wings and swim rings. \n In addition, although the Commission's mandatory toy <span class=\"match\">standard</span> already includes aquatic toys such as neck floats within the scope of the <span class=\"match\">standard</span>, the Commission is not limited to promulgating safety <span class=\"match\">standards</span> only for toys within ASTM F963's existing <span class=\"match\">standards</span>. Rather, Congress mandated that the Commission also “take into account other children's product safety rules,” promulgate <span class=\"match\">standards</span> that are more stringent than existing <span class=\"match\">standards</span> to further reduce the risk of injury, and ensure that its mandatory toy safety rules"},{"title":"Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-549C); Comment Request; Extension","type":"Notice","abstract":"In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collection, FERC-549C OMB Control No. 1902-0174), Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines.","document_number":"2026-13699","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/07/2026-13699/commission-information-collection-activities-ferc-549c-comment-request-extension","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-07/pdf/2026-13699.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13699.pdf?1783341915","publication_date":"2026-07-07","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"},{"raw_name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","id":167,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-energy-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/167","parent_id":136,"slug":"federal-energy-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"reference the <span class=\"match\">standards</span> for interstate natural gas pipeline business practices and electronic communications developed by NAESB's Wholesale Gas Quadrant (WGQ). Upon incorporation by reference, the revisions to three sets of version 4.0 <span class=\"match\">standards</span> will add two new <span class=\"match\">standards</span> and revise one <span class=\"match\">standard</span> in the currently incorporated version of NAESB's business practice <span class=\"match\">standards</span>.\n 4 \n \n \n \n \n 1 \n  15 U.S.C. 717c-717w.\n \n \n \n \n 2 \n  15 U.S.C. 3301-3432.\n \n \n \n \n 3 \n  This series of orders began with the Commission's issuance of Order No. 587, \n \n <span class=\"match\">Standards</span> \n \n for"},{"title":"Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; and Quality Reporting Programs; Including the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program and Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Program; Request for Information on Strengthening the Standardization and Comparability of Hospital Price Transparency (HPT) Data; Prior Authorization; Accrediting Organization (AO) Deeming for Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA); and Notices of Closure of Teaching Hospitals and Opportunities To Apply for Available Slots","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system for calendar year 2027 based on our continuing experience with these systems. We also describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment systems. In addition, this proposed rule would update and refine the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program and the Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program. There are no changes to the Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program. We propose to expand the prior authorization requirement to include additional Botulinum Toxin Injection services. We also propose to implement certain provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, for off-campus outpatient departments of a provider. In addition, this proposed rule announces notices of closure of teaching hospitals and opportunities to apply for available slots. This rule also requests information regarding potential approaches to improve comparability and standardization, particularly for complex contracting methodologies, of the HPT information reported in machine- readable files and consumer-friendly displays. We propose hospital AOs with deeming authority to assess compliance with certain Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) administrative requirements during accreditation and reaccreditation surveys. Finally, we are soliciting comments on a potential separate payment under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) for domestic procurement of personal protective equipment and essential medicines.","document_number":"2026-13656","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/07/2026-13656/medicare-program-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical-center-payment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-07/pdf/2026-13656.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13656.pdf?1782996328","publication_date":"2026-07-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"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":"Panel, including its charter, \n Federal Register \n notices, membership, <span class=\"match\">meeting</span> dates, agenda topics, and <span class=\"match\">meeting</span> reports, can be viewed on the CMS website at \n https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/FACA/AdvisoryPanelonAmbulatoryPaymentClassificationGroups.html. \n \n 3. Panel <span class=\"match\">Meetings</span> and Organizational Structure \n \n The Panel has held many <span class=\"match\">meetings</span>, with the last <span class=\"match\">meeting</span> taking place on August 25, 2025. The recommendations of the Panel for the most recent <span class=\"match\">meeting</span> are available on the CMS website at \n https://www.cms.gov/medicare/re"},{"title":"Certificates of Compliance","type":"Rule","abstract":"In consultation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) issues this final rule (the Final Rule) to revise the agency's regulation for Certificates of Compliance (certificates). The Final Rule aligns CPSC's current certificates rule with other CPSC rules on testing and certification, and implements, for importation of products and substances regulated by CPSC, electronic filing of certificates (eFiling) with CBP.","document_number":"2024-30826","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/08/2024-30826/certificates-of-compliance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-08/pdf/2024-30826.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30826.pdf?1736257516","publication_date":"2025-01-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION","name":"Consumer Product Safety Commission","id":84,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-product-safety-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/84","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-product-safety-commission"}],"excerpts":"types of toys since 2008 when the CPSIA mandated F963 as the mandatory toy <span class=\"match\">standard</span>. Citing only ASTM F963 on a certificate does not provide sufficient information to CPSC about the product or its <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the rule, because toys are tested to individual subsections of ASTM F963 and not to the entire <span class=\"match\">standard</span>.\n \n Moreover, toys are required to be third party tested by an International Organization for Standardization (ISO)-<span class=\"match\">accredited</span> laboratory whose <span class=\"match\">accreditation</span> has been accepted by CPSC. These testing laboratories do not conduct every test"},{"title":"Reconsideration of the Dust-Lead Hazard Standards and Dust-Lead Post-Abatement Clearance Levels","type":"Rule","abstract":"As part of EPA's high-priority efforts to reduce childhood lead exposure, and in accordance with a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 2021 opinion, EPA is finalizing its proposal to lower the dust-lead hazard standards to any reportable level as analyzed by a laboratory recognized by EPA's National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program (NLLAP). EPA's lead-based paint (LBP) regulations do not compel property owners or occupants to evaluate their property for LBP hazards or to take control actions, but if a LBP activity such as an abatement is performed, then EPA's regulations set requirements for doing so. EPA is also finalizing changes to lower the post-abatement dust-lead clearance levels to 5 micrograms per square foot ([micro]g/ft\\2\\), 40 [micro]g/ft\\2\\, and 100 [micro]g/ft\\2\\ for floors, window sills and troughs respectively, the current levels in New York City. Due to feedback from public comments, EPA is also finalizing changes to the nomenclature to adopt the terms dust-lead reportable levels (DLRL) and dust-lead action levels (DLAL). Given the decoupling of the action levels from the reportable levels, EPA is finalizing revisions to the definition of abatement so that the recommendation for action based on dust-lead applies when dust-lead loadings are at or above the action levels, rather than the hazard standards, as has been the case historically. The dust-lead hazard standards will be described as DLRL moving forward (i.e., after publication of this final rule) and the dust-lead clearance levels will be described as DLAL. Additionally, EPA is finalizing several other amendments, including revising the definition of target housing to conform with the statute.","document_number":"2024-25070","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/12/2024-25070/reconsideration-of-the-dust-lead-hazard-standards-and-dust-lead-post-abatement-clearance-levels","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-12/pdf/2024-25070.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25070.pdf?1731073558","publication_date":"2024-11-12","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":"authorities. These <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> <span class=\"match\">costs</span> result from application of EPA's <span class=\"match\">standards</span> in HUD's LSHR. While some HUD funding for LBP projects exists, the Federal government may not provide the funds necessary to pay the entirety of the <span class=\"match\">costs</span>. As described in Section 8.8 of the EA (Ref. 10), the <span class=\"match\">costs</span> to public housing authorities that include State, local, and Tribal governments—estimated at $27 million per year—cover additional lead hazard reduction activities, cleaning, and dust-lead testing to ensure that public housing units are in <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the LSHR"},{"title":"Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Small Electric Motors","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Energy (\"DOE\" or \"the Department\") is proposing to rescind its regulations establishing a small electric motor nationally recognized certification and testing laboratory accreditation program. The Department seeks comments on any reason to rescind or not rescind these regulations.","document_number":"2025-08592","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/16/2025-08592/energy-conservation-program-test-procedures-for-small-electric-motors","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-16/pdf/2025-08592.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-08592.pdf?1747056613","publication_date":"2025-05-16","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":"efficiency <span class=\"match\">standards</span> meets the applicable <span class=\"match\">standard</span>. 42 U.S.C. 6316(c). There is no such requirement in EPCA for independent testing or certification applicable to small electric motors, but DOE voluntarily added regulations establishing a certification program and procedures governing that program to the Code of Federal Regulations (“CFR”) at 10 CFR 431.447 and 448. See 87 FR 26608, 26639-26640 (May 4,2012).\n \n The Secretary is pursuing a new policy to reduce regulatory burden wherever possible. Under that policy, unless a regulatory <span class=\"match\">standard</span> is required"},{"title":"Safety Standard for Lithium-Ion Batteries Used in Micromobility Products and Electrical Systems of Micromobility Products Containing Such Batteries","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issues this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) to address the unreasonable risk of death and injury associated with lithium-ion batteries used in micromobility products due to hazards such as thermal runaway of lithium cells, which can lead to fires, explosions, gas releases, burns, overheating, and smoke inhalation. The NPR proposes that electrical systems using lithium-ion batteries in micromobility products comply with applicable voluntary standards, with modifications. Because some micromobility products are children's products requiring third party testing, the NPR also proposes to add this rule to the list of rules that require such testing.","document_number":"2026-12749","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12749/safety-standard-for-lithium-ion-batteries-used-in-micromobility-products-and-electrical-systems-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-24/pdf/2026-12749.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12749.pdf?1782218725","publication_date":"2026-06-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION","name":"Consumer Product Safety Commission","id":84,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-product-safety-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/84","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-product-safety-commission"}],"excerpts":"additional legal <span class=\"match\">costs</span>. Legal <span class=\"match\">costs</span> are likely a fraction of the total property losses associated with these fires; however, the potential large magnitude of these losses could make some legal fees significant. Staff do not have the robust data to estimate potential legal <span class=\"match\">costs</span> avoided based on the proposed rule. \n B. Assessment of Voluntary <span class=\"match\">Standards</span> \n Sections IV.A and IV.B of this preamble describe the adequacy of the voluntary <span class=\"match\">standards</span>, improvements made by the NPR, and the level of <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the voluntary <span class=\"match\">standards</span> for each product covered"}]}