{"description":"Documents matching 'current prior year statement benefits'","count":10000,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=current+prior+year+statement+benefits&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Medicare Program; Updates to the Master List of Items Potentially Subject to Face to Face Encounter and Written Order Prior to Delivery and/or Prior Authorization Requirements; Updates to the Required Face-to-Face Encounter and Written Order Prior to Delivery List; and Updates to the Required Prior Authorization List","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document announces the updated Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes on the Master List. It also announces updates to the HCPCS codes on the Required Face-to-Face and Written Order Prior to Delivery List and the Required Prior Authorization List.","document_number":"2026-00487","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/13/2026-00487/medicare-program-updates-to-the-master-list-of-items-potentially-subject-to-face-to-face-encounter","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-13/pdf/2026-00487.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-00487.pdf?1768225519","publication_date":"2026-01-13","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":"subject to the requirements of the <span class=\"match\">prior</span> authorization program for certain DMEPOS items as outlined in § 414.234. We will implement a <span class=\"match\">prior</span> authorization program for the five newly added orthoses and the two pneumatic compression devices nationwide, beginning on the date specified in the \n DATES \n section.\n \n The <span class=\"match\">prior</span> authorization program for the remaining 67 HCPCS codes <span class=\"match\">currently</span> subject to the DMEPOS <span class=\"match\">prior</span> authorization requirement will continue uninterrupted. <span class=\"match\">Prior</span> to providing an item on the Required <span class=\"match\">Prior</span> Authorization List to the beneficiary"},{"title":"Excepted Fertility Benefits","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This document contains proposed rules that would amend the regulations regarding excepted benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code, and the Public Health Service Act to establish certain fertility benefits as a new category of limited excepted benefits. Excepted benefits are generally exempt from the market requirements that were added to those laws by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the No Surprises Act, and certain other Federal laws specifically related to group health plans and group and individual health insurance coverage.","document_number":"2026-09479","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/13/2026-09479/excepted-fertility-benefits","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-13/pdf/2026-09479.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09479.pdf?1778589913","publication_date":"2026-05-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Internal Revenue Service","name":"Internal Revenue Service","id":254,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/internal-revenue-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/254","parent_id":497,"slug":"internal-revenue-service"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"PHS Act, limited excepted <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> include limited-scope dental or vision <span class=\"match\">benefits</span>, and <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> for long-term care, nursing home care, home health care, or community-based care that are offered separately, or any combination thereof. Section 9832(c)(2)(C) of the Code, section 733(c)(2)(C) of ERISA, and section 2791(c)(2)(C) of the PHS Act further provide that limited excepted <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> also include such other, similar limited <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> as are specified in regulations.\n 14 \n \n To be a limited excepted <span class=\"match\">benefit</span>, the <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> must either: (1) be provided"},{"title":"Signatures on Immigration Benefit Requests","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations governing the submission of benefit requests to provide that if U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) accepts a benefit request and determines later that it lacks a valid signature, USCIS may, in its discretion, reject or deny the request. This interim final rule (IFR or rule) will clarify USCIS procedures relating to the rejection or denial of benefit requests that do not meet regulatory requirements to ensure better enforcement of signature requirements.","document_number":"2026-09289","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/11/2026-09289/signatures-on-immigration-benefit-requests","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-11/pdf/2026-09289.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09289.pdf?1778244318","publication_date":"2026-05-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"rejects the <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> request for improper filing and returns it to the sender. The Lockbox determines whether each <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> request meets the requirements to be accepted but it does not make adjudicative decisions. USCIS can only begin to adjudicate a <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> request after USCIS accepts the request, processes any required fees, and issues a receipt notice (or date stamp, where applicable), reflecting the date of physical or electronic receipt. USCIS does not consider <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> requests that are rejected to be properly filed.\n 11 \n \n If the <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> request"},{"title":"Request for Information (RFI): Pharmacy Benefit Manager Compensation and Data Collection","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This request for information (RFI) solicits technical input on the services and business practices of pharmacy benefit managers (\"PBMs\") and their affiliates to inform implementation of recent legislation. It specifically focuses on gathering information to inform two specific legislative requirements that are effective beginning calendar year 2028: restrictions on the remuneration that PBMs and their affiliates may receive for services in connection with the utilization of covered Part D drugs; and data reporting requirements.","document_number":"2026-12344","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/18/2026-12344/request-for-information-rfi-pharmacy-benefit-manager-compensation-and-data-collection","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-18/pdf/2026-12344.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12344.pdf?1781640907","publication_date":"2026-06-18","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":"to pharmacy payment, reimbursement, or dispensing fees.” \n • What <span class=\"match\">current</span> pharmacy payment or compensation arrangements meet either description (A) or description (B) in the previous paragraph? \n • What <span class=\"match\">current</span> pharmacy payment or compensation arrangements do not meet either description (A) or description (B) in the first paragraph of this section? \n F. Data Collection \n Not later thanJuly 1 of each <span class=\"match\">year</span>, beginning in 2028, PBMs must submit anannual reportcovering the <span class=\"match\">prior</span> plan <span class=\"match\">year</span> to both the PDP sponsor and the Secretary. The report, which, per"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Contract Year 2027 and Certain Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, and Medicare Cost Plan Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), and Medicare cost plan regulations to implement changes related to Star Ratings, marketing and communications, drug coverage, enrollment processes, special needs plans, and other programmatic areas.","document_number":"2026-06600","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/06/2026-06600/medicare-program-contract-year-2027-and-certain-contract-year-2026-policy-and-technical-changes-to","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-06/pdf/2026-06600.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06600.pdf?1775160908","publication_date":"2026-04-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & 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":"that, for 2025 and each subsequent <span class=\"match\">year</span>, there is no initial coverage limit. \n Finally, we proposed two conforming changes at § 423.128(e), which refers to the explanation of <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> that a Part D sponsor must furnish directly to enrollees. First, we proposed to revise § 423.128(e)(3)(ii) which states that Part D sponsors are required to include information on the cumulative, <span class=\"match\">year</span>-to-date total amount of <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> provided in relation to the initial coverage limit for the <span class=\"match\">current</span> <span class=\"match\">year</span> in the explanation of <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> provided to enrollees. In alignment"},{"title":"Tribal General Welfare Benefits","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document contains final regulations regarding the exclusion from gross income of certain Tribal general welfare benefits. The regulations address the requirements that apply to determine whether the benefits an Indian Tribal government program provides qualify as Tribal general welfare benefits. These regulations affect Indian Tribal governments, agencies or instrumentalities of such governments, Federally recognized Tribes, members of such Tribes, such members' spouses and dependents, and other Tribal program participants.","document_number":"2025-22873","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/16/2025-22873/tribal-general-welfare-benefits","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-16/pdf/2025-22873.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22873.pdf?1765806314","publication_date":"2025-12-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Internal Revenue Service","name":"Internal Revenue Service","id":254,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/internal-revenue-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/254","parent_id":497,"slug":"internal-revenue-service"}],"excerpts":"guardians to pay health, education, and welfare <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> for the <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> of such minors and certain other individuals. One of these commenters noted that this use of trusts indicates Tribes are free to use trust funds to provide Tribal general welfare <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> just as they are free to use any other revenue source. \n The Treasury Department and the IRS agree with commenters that a <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> distributed from certain grantor trusts can be a Tribal general welfare <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> under section 139E if the <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> otherwise satisfies the requirements of § 1.139E-1(d)"},{"title":"Request for Information; Comprehensive Review of the Essential Health Benefits Framework and Typical Employer Plan Standard","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This request for information (RFI) seeks public input to support CMS' comprehensive review of the Essential Health Benefits (EHB) framework and the requirement under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act) that the scope of EHB be equal to the scope of benefits provided under a typical employer plan. CMS seeks comment on current interpretations of EHB, State approaches to selecting and updating EHB-benchmark plans, and methodologies used to determine the scope of benefits included as EHB, as well as how these approaches relate to access and market stability under the Affordable Care Act. CMS also seeks comment on variation across States in the scope of benefits included as EHB, cost pressures affecting EHB, processes for updating State EHB-benchmark plans, limitations in available data used to evaluate EHB, and potential impacts of possible future policy changes. The information gathered will inform CMS' evaluation of whether revisions or additions to the current EHB regulations through future notice and comment rulemaking may be appropriate.","document_number":"2026-11994","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/15/2026-11994/request-for-information-comprehensive-review-of-the-essential-health-benefits-framework-and-typical","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-15/pdf/2026-11994.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11994.pdf?1781295308","publication_date":"2026-06-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"typicality standard so that in demonstrating that a State's new EHB-benchmark plan provides a scope of <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> that is equal to the scope of <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> of a typical employer plan in the State, the scope of <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> of a typical employer plan in the State is defined as any scope of <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> that is as or more generous than the scope of <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> in the State's least generous typical employer plan, and as or less generous than the scope of <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> in the State's most generous typical employer plan, from a defined set of plans identified as typical employer"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Contract Year 2027 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, and Medicare Cost Plan Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), and Medicare cost plan regulations to implement changes related to Star Ratings, marketing and communications, drug coverage, enrollment processes, special needs plans, and other programmatic areas.","document_number":"2025-21456","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/28/2025-21456/medicare-program-contract-year-2027-policy-and-technical-changes-to-the-medicare-advantage-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-28/pdf/2025-21456.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21456.pdf?1764105313","publication_date":"2025-11-28","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":"retrospective 5-<span class=\"match\">year</span> window.\n \n \n \n 14 \n  Medicare Prescription Drug <span class=\"match\">Benefit</span> Manual, Pub. 100-18, Chapter 14: Coordination of <span class=\"match\">Benefits</span>.\n \n \n The MU factor for a given <span class=\"match\">year</span> is the ratio of the product of the APTs for all <span class=\"match\">prior</span> recorded years (since the first calculation in 2007), with the most recent 5 years revised and updated with the <span class=\"match\">currently</span> available data (numerator) to the product of APTs in <span class=\"match\">prior</span> recorded years as published in the previous <span class=\"match\">year's</span> Rate Announcement (denominator). As discussed in the preceding paragraphs, the MU factor has a 5-<span class=\"match\">year</span> retrospective"},{"title":"Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Verification Requirements for Family Member Coverage","type":"Rule","abstract":"The FEHB Protection Act of 2025 (FPA) requires OPM to issue regulations and implement a process to verify: The veracity of any qualifying life event (QLE) through which a health benefits plan enrollee seeks to add a member of family to their enrollment and that when an enrollee adds a family member to the health benefits plan, including during any open season, the individual is a qualified member of family. This final rule also clarifies responsibilities for initial family member eligibility determinations for the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program.","document_number":"2026-11022","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/02/2026-11022/federal-employees-health-benefits-program-verification-requirements-for-family-member-coverage","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-02/pdf/2026-11022.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11022.pdf?1780085714","publication_date":"2026-06-02","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":"subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 \n et seq. \n ) (PRA), unless that collection of information displays a <span class=\"match\">currently</span> valid OMB Control Number.\n \n \n This rule is tied to a <span class=\"match\">current</span> OPM approved information collection 3206-0160 \n SF 2809 Federal Employees Health <span class=\"match\">Benefits</span> Program Election Form; OPM 2809 Health <span class=\"match\">Benefits</span> Election Form. \n Access to the <span class=\"match\">current</span> version of the collection—including all supporting materials—can be found at \n www.reginfo.gov \n by searching for the collection by the OMB Control Number"},{"title":"Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA); Interpretation of “Federal Public Benefit”","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice sets forth the interpretation that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) uses for the term \"Federal public benefit\" as used in Title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), Public Law 104-193, 8 U.S.C. 1611. In doing so, this notice revises the interpretation of the term set forth in a prior notice, 63 FR 41658 (Aug. 4, 1998) (\"the 1998 HHS PRWORA Notice\" or \"1998 Notice\"). This notice also describes and preliminarily identifies the HHS programs that provide \"Federal public benefits\" within the scope of PRWORA, including HHS programs that were not listed in the 1998 HHS PRWORA Notice.","document_number":"2025-13118","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/14/2025-13118/personal-responsibility-and-work-opportunity-reconciliation-act-of-1996-prwora-interpretation-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-14/pdf/2025-13118.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13118.pdf?1752178509","publication_date":"2025-07-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"license” is “provided by” “appropriated funds of the United States,” then it is a “Federal public <span class=\"match\">benefit</span>.” Similarly, if HHS “provide[s]” the “retirement, welfare, health, disability, public or assisted housing, postsecondary education, food assistance, unemployment <span class=\"match\">benefit</span>, or any other similar <span class=\"match\">benefit</span>,” or such “<span class=\"match\">benefit</span>” is “provided by” “appropriated funds of the United States,” then such <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> is a “Federal public <span class=\"match\">benefit</span>,” as long as the <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> is “provided to” one of three types of recipients: (i) “an individual,” (ii) a “household,” or (iii)"},{"title":"Requirement To Provide Paper Statements in Certain Cases-Amendments to Electronic Disclosure Safe Harbors","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (Department) is proposing narrow amendments to two separate electronic disclosure safe harbors for purposes of implementing section 338 of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0). Taken together, the two existing safe harbors permit the broad use of electronic disclosure under prescribed conditions for the furnishing of required disclosures under Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Section 338 of SECURE 2.0 amended section 105(a)(2) of ERISA to require retirement plans to provide paper benefit statements in certain cases. Section 338 also instructed the Department to update its electronic disclosure safe harbors in connection with the statutory changes. The proposed amendments would implement these Congressional mandates.","document_number":"2026-03723","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/25/2026-03723/requirement-to-provide-paper-statements-in-certain-cases-amendments-to-electronic-disclosure-safe","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-25/pdf/2026-03723.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03723.pdf?1771940709","publication_date":"2026-02-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"to direct their own investments (non-participant directed) must furnish pension <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> <span class=\"match\">statements</span> at least once each <span class=\"match\">year</span>. In the case of defined <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> plans, pension <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> <span class=\"match\">statements</span> generally must be provided to participants who have a nonforfeitable accrued <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> and who are employed by the plan sponsor at least once every three years. Section 105(a)(2) of ERISA requires a pension <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> <span class=\"match\">statement</span> to indicate the participant's or beneficiary's total <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> accrued, among other information. \n C. The 2002 Electronic Disclosure Safe Harbor"},{"title":"Prior Notice: Adding Requirement To Submit Mail Tracking Number for Articles of Food Arriving by International Mail and Timeframe for Post-Refusal and Post-Hold Submissions","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is issuing a final rule to amend its prior notice regulation to add a requirement that prior notice and food facility registration information be submitted within a certain timeframe after certain notices of refusal or hold have been issued (\"post-refusal\" and \"post-hold\" submission) or responses to requests for FDA review have been issued and beginning October 1, 2026, add a requirement that the prior notice for articles of food arriving by international mail include the name of the mail service and a mail tracking number. The rule will also finalize certain technical changes, including those that reflect expanded capabilities of the Automated Broker Interface/Automated Commercial Environment/International Trade Data System (ABI/ACE/ITDS) and the Prior Notice Systems Interface (PNSI). These amendments will improve program efficiency and better enable FDA to protect the U.S. food supply and public health.","document_number":"2025-18655","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/25/2025-18655/prior-notice-adding-requirement-to-submit-mail-tracking-number-for-articles-of-food-arriving-by","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-25/pdf/2025-18655.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18655.pdf?1758717925","publication_date":"2025-09-25","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":"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":"aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100,000,000 or more (adjusted annually for inflation) in any one <span class=\"match\">year</span>.” The <span class=\"match\">current</span> threshold after adjustment for inflation is $187 million, using the most <span class=\"match\">current</span> (2024) Implicit Price Deflator for the Gross Domestic Product. This final rule will not result in an expenditure in any <span class=\"match\">year</span> that meets or exceeds this amount. \n B. Summary of <span class=\"match\">Benefits</span>, Costs, and Transfers \n \n This rule would amend existing <span class=\"match\">prior</span> notice regulation to require the submission of the name of the mail \n \n service and tracking number for"},{"title":"Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department is proposing a regulation that would require providers of pharmacy benefit management services and affiliated providers of brokerage and consulting services to disclose information about their compensation to fiduciaries of self-insured group health plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). These disclosures are needed so that fiduciaries can assess the reasonableness of the contracts or arrangements with these service providers, including the reasonableness of the service providers' compensation. These disclosure requirements would apply for purposes of ERISA's statutory prohibited transaction exemption for services arrangements. This proposal implements section 12 of President Trump's Executive Order 14273, Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First, which instructs the Department to propose regulations to improve employer health plan transparency into the direct and indirect compensation received by pharmacy benefit managers. If finalized, this regulation would affect sponsors and other fiduciaries of self-insured group health plans and certain service providers to such plans.","document_number":"2026-01907","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01907/improving-transparency-into-pharmacy-benefit-manager-fee-disclosure","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/pdf/2026-01907.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01907.pdf?1769721310","publication_date":"2026-01-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"provide pharmacy <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> management services to the self-insured group health plan.\n 42 \n \n Some responsible plan fiduciaries also join coalitions or cooperatives that negotiate with PBMs on behalf of a group of employer-sponsored self-insured group health plans.\n 43 \n \n \n \n \n 42 \n  See Matthew Fiedler, Loren Adler, &amp; Richard G. Frank, \n A Brief Look at <span class=\"match\">Current</span> Debates about Pharmacy <span class=\"match\">Benefit</span> Managers, \n The Brookings Institution (2023) \n https://www.brookings.edu/articles/a-brief-look-at-<span class=\"match\">current</span>-debates-about-pharmacy-<span class=\"match\">benefit</span>-managers/. \n \n "},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Operating Guidelines, Forms, Waivers, and Annual State Report on Verification of SNAP Participation","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this information collection. This is a revision of a currently approved collection. This information collection consists of several components of State agency reporting and/or recordkeeping: State Plan of Operations, Puerto Rico Plan of Operations, Territory Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), budget projection statement, program activity report, waiver requests submitted via the Waiver Information Management System (WIMS), and other plans and submissions such as advance planning documents (APD) for information systems and for electronic benefit transfer systems. Also included in this collection are the activities related to the Annual State Report on Verification of SNAP Participation,\\1\\ which ensures that no person who is deceased, or who has been permanently disqualified from SNAP, improperly received SNAP benefits for the Federal fiscal year (FY) preceding the report submission. Each State agency emails their FNA Regional Office annually to confirm compliance with this requirement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------","document_number":"2026-11918","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/15/2026-11918/agency-information-collection-activities-proposed-collection-comment-request-supplemental-nutrition","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-15/pdf/2026-11918.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11918.pdf?1781268308","publication_date":"2026-06-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Nutrition Administration","name":"Food and Nutrition Administration","id":625,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-nutrition-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/625","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-and-nutrition-administration"}],"excerpts":"gov/content/pkg/COMPS-10331/pdf/COMPS-10331.pdf \n .\n \n \n \n \n 3 \n  \n https://www.ecfr.gov/<span class=\"match\">current</span>/title-7/part-272/section-272.2#p-272.2(a) \n .\n \n \n \n \n 4 \n  \n https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-10872/pdf/COMPS-10872.pdf \n .\n \n \n The basic components of the State Plan of Operation are the Federal/State Agreement, the Budget Projection <span class=\"match\">Statement</span> (FNS-366A), and the Program Activity <span class=\"match\">Statement</span> (FNS-366B) (7 CFR 272.2(a)(2)). \n The Budget Projection <span class=\"match\">Statement</span> (FNS-366A) includes the State agency's projections for each quarter of the next FY and"},{"title":"Instruction of the Secretary and General Policy Statement on Processing Claims Under Section 252 of the Joseph Maxwell Cleland and Robert Joseph Dole Memorial Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2022","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announces that on December 22, 2023, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs issued a Temporary Timeliness Instruction to provide temporary timeliness standards for the processing of benefits claims-related information in implementing section 252 of the Joseph Maxwell Cleland and Robert Joseph Dole Memorial Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2022 (Cleland-Dole Act), which prohibits the incurrence of VA beneficiary debt caused by overpayment attributable to VA's failure to timely process information provided by or on behalf of a VA beneficiary.","document_number":"2025-18155","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/19/2025-18155/instruction-of-the-secretary-and-general-policy-statement-on-processing-claims-under-section-252-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-19/pdf/2025-18155.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18155.pdf?1758199514","publication_date":"2025-09-19","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":"establishes a prohibition against the creation of a debt arising from <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> overpayment(s) attributable to VA processing delays. This prohibition ensures that beneficiaries are not held responsible for <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> overpayment debts that accrue due to VA's failure to timely process information provided by or on behalf of a beneficiary. It also incentivizes both the timely processing of <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> claims information to avoid <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> overpayments and the timely establishment and collection of <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> overpayment debts to avoid unnecessarily large debt balances."},{"title":"Five-Year Review of the Oil Pipeline Index","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) issues this Final Order concluding its five-year review of the index level used to determine annual changes to oil pipeline rate ceilings. The Commission establishes an index level of Producer Price Index for Finished Goods minus 0.55% (PPI-FG-0.55%) for the five-year period beginning July 1, 2026.","document_number":"2026-08264","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/28/2026-08264/five-year-review-of-the-oil-pipeline-index","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-28/pdf/2026-08264.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08264.pdf?1777293918","publication_date":"2026-04-28","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":"order, the appropriate oil pipeline index level for the five-<span class=\"match\">year</span> period from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2031 is PPI-FG-0.55%. \n \n By the Commission. Chairman Swett is concurring with a separate <span class=\"match\">statement</span> attached. \n Commissioner Rosner is concurring with a separate <span class=\"match\">statement</span> attached. \n Commissioner See is concurring with a separate <span class=\"match\">statement</span> attached. \n Commissioner Chang is dissenting with a separate <span class=\"match\">statement</span> attached. \n Commissioner LaCerte is concurring with a separate <span class=\"match\">statement</span> attached. \n Issued: April 24, 2026. \n Debbie-Anne A. Reese"},{"title":"Statements of General Policy or Interpretation Not Directly Related to Regulations","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (Department) proposes to remove parts located in Title 29, Chapter V, Subchapter B of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) that were not originally issued, or subsequently amended, through notice-and-comment rulemaking. Because these parts consist of interpretive rules and policy statements regarding the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) which do not carry the force and effect of law, the Department believes that these parts, to the extent that they have not benefitted from public comment, should be repurposed as sub- regulatory guidance. The Department seeks comment on what provisions in Subchapter B should be retained in the CFR, as well as what kind of sub-regulatory guidance the Department should use to preserve interpretive rules and policy statements that are removed from the CFR. This summary can be found at https://www.regulations.gov by searching by the RIN: 1235-AA52.","document_number":"2025-12314","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/02/2025-12314/statements-of-general-policy-or-interpretation-not-directly-related-to-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-02/pdf/2025-12314.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12314.pdf?1751287533","publication_date":"2025-07-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Wage and Hour Division","name":"Wage and Hour Division","id":524,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/wage-and-hour-division","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/524","parent_id":271,"slug":"wage-and-hour-division"}],"excerpts":"and to preserve the interpretive content in a familiar, searchable format. In many cases, stakeholders already rely on the FOH and other sub-regulatory guidance in practice. \n 4. Anticipated <span class=\"match\">Benefits</span>, Costs, and Transfers \n i. <span class=\"match\">Benefits</span> \n The proposed rule may yield several qualitative <span class=\"match\">benefits</span>. First, removing non-binding interpretive rules and policy <span class=\"match\">statements</span> from the CFR will reduce the risk that employers or courts perceive such guidance to be binding law. This could empower employers to dispute the application of such guidance in appropriate"},{"title":"Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would codify the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (\"Negotiation Program\") and would establish certain new policies for the Negotiation Program and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program as required by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. This proposed rule would also propose a modification to the fixed combination drug policy.","document_number":"2026-12059","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/16/2026-12059/medicare-drug-price-negotiation-program-and-medicare-prescription-drug-benefit-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-16/pdf/2026-12059.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12059.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":"recent 12-month period for which data are available <span class=\"match\">prior</span> to the selected drug publication date with respect to an initial price applicability <span class=\"match\">year</span>, but ending no later than October 31 of the <span class=\"match\">year</span> <span class=\"match\">prior</span> to the <span class=\"match\">year</span> of such drug publication date. To describe this 12-month period, we propose to define “total expenditures measurement period” as the 12-month period ending on October 31 of the <span class=\"match\">year</span> <span class=\"match\">prior</span> to the <span class=\"match\">year</span> of the selected drug publication date with respect to an initial price applicability <span class=\"match\">year</span>. \n cb. Total Gross Covered Prescription Drug Costs"},{"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":"under the payer's medical <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> or its pharmacy <span class=\"match\">benefit</span>. We are proposing to require impacted payers to expand their <span class=\"match\">Prior</span> Authorization API, finalized in the 2024 CMS Interoperability and <span class=\"match\">Prior</span> Authorization final rule (89 FR 8758), to incorporate drugs covered under a medical <span class=\"match\">benefit</span>. We are also proposing to require impacted payers (other than MA organizations for whom requirements already exist) to support the proposed NCPDP standards for the electronic <span class=\"match\">prior</span> authorization of drugs covered under a pharmacy <span class=\"match\">benefit</span>. \n \n As proposed in this proposed"},{"title":"Work Participation Rate Calculation Changes: Recalibration of the Caseload Reduction Credit and Prohibition of Small Checks in Work Participation Rate Calculation","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"ACF proposes to make changes to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program regulations to reset the base year of the caseload reduction credit from fiscal year (FY) 2005 to the new year established by Congress, which is currently FY 2015, and to exclude from the TANF work participation rate calculations certain cases that receive assistance payments benefits of less than $35 for a month. These changes are required by the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) of 2023. The docket on https://www.regulations.gov will include a plain language summary of the NPRM as required by 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(4).","document_number":"2026-06632","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/06/2026-06632/work-participation-rate-calculation-changes-recalibration-of-the-caseload-reduction-credit-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-06/pdf/2026-06632.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06632.pdf?1775220315","publication_date":"2026-04-06","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":"Administration for Children and Families","name":"Children and Families Administration","id":49,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/children-and-families-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/49","parent_id":221,"slug":"children-and-families-administration"}],"excerpts":"the preceding fiscal <span class=\"match\">year</span> was lower than the average monthly number of cases that received assistance, including assistance under a separate State program in that State in the base <span class=\"match\">year</span> established by Congress, the minimum overall participation rate the State must meet for the fiscal <span class=\"match\">year</span> (as provided at § 261.21) decreases by the number of percentage points the <span class=\"match\">prior</span>-<span class=\"match\">year</span> caseload fell in comparison to the caseload in the base <span class=\"match\">year</span> established by Congress. \n (2) * * * \n \n (i) The number of percentage points the <span class=\"match\">prior</span>-<span class=\"match\">year</span> two-parent caseload, including"}]}