{"description":"Documents matching 'hospital indemnity other fixed insurance'","count":176,"total_pages":9,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=hospital+indemnity+other+fixed+insurance&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance and Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document sets forth final rules that amend the definition of short-term, limited-duration insurance, which is excluded from the definition of individual health insurance coverage under the Public Health Service Act. This document also sets forth final rules that amend the regulations regarding the requirements for hospital indemnity or other fixed indemnity insurance to be considered an excepted benefit in the group and individual health insurance markets.","document_number":"2024-06551","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/03/2024-06551/short-term-limited-duration-insurance-and-independent-noncoordinated-excepted-benefits-coverage","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-03/pdf/2024-06551.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-06551.pdf?1711629917","publication_date":"2024-04-03","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":"any health insurance coverage maintained by the same health insurance issuer.\n 37 \n \n In addition, under existing regulations, hospital indemnity and other fixed indemnity insurance in the group market must pay a fixed dollar amount per day (or other period) of hospitalization or illness, regardless of the amount of expenses incurred, to be considered an excepted benefit.\n 38 \n \n By contrast, in the individual market, under existing regulations, hospital indemnity and other fixed indemnity insurance must also pay benefits in a fixed dollar amount"},{"title":"Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance; Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage; Level-Funded Plan Arrangements; and Tax Treatment of Certain Accident and Health Insurance","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This document sets forth proposed rules that would amend the definition of short-term, limited-duration insurance, which is excluded from the definition of individual health insurance coverage under the Public Health Service Act. This document also sets forth proposed amendments to the requirements for hospital indemnity or other fixed indemnity insurance to be considered an excepted benefit in the group and individual health insurance markets. This document further sets forth proposed amendments to clarify the tax treatment of certain benefit payments in fixed amounts received under employer-provided accident and health plans. Finally, this document solicits comments regarding coverage only for a specified disease or illness that qualifies as excepted benefits, and comments regarding level-funded plan arrangements.","document_number":"2023-14238","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/07/12/2023-14238/short-term-limited-duration-insurance-independent-noncoordinated-excepted-benefits-coverage","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-07-12/pdf/2023-14238.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-14238.pdf?1688733916","publication_date":"2023-07-12","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":"under any health insurance coverage maintained by the same health insurance issuer.\n 32 \n \n In addition, under the existing regulations, hospital indemnity and other fixed indemnity insurance in the group market must pay a fixed dollar amount per day (or other period) of hospitalization or illness, regardless of the amounts of expenses incurred, to be considered an excepted benefit.\n 33 \n \n In the individual market, under the existing regulations, hospital indemnity and other fixed indemnity insurance must pay benefits in a fixed dollar amount per"},{"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":"excepted benefits,” includes both coverage for only a specified disease or illness (such as cancer-only policies), and hospital indemnity or other fixed indemnity insurance. These benefits are excepted under section 9831(c)(2) of the Code, section 732(c)(2) of ERISA, and section 2722(c)(2) of the PHS Act only if all of the following conditions are met: (1) the benefits are provided under a separate policy, certificate, or contract of insurance; (2) there is no coordination between the provision of such benefits and any exclusion of benefits under any group"},{"title":"Licensing Requirements for Microreactors and Other Reactors With Comparable Risk Profiles","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations to establish a risk-informed and performance- based regulatory framework for rapid licensing of new microreactors and other reactors with comparable risk profiles and for high-volume deployment of these reactors. The proposed rule would provide a flexible set of licensing pathways, reduce regulatory burden, and ensure that safety and security requirements remain commensurate with the potential hazards posed by these facilities.","document_number":"2026-08550","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/01/2026-08550/licensing-requirements-for-microreactors-and-other-reactors-with-comparable-risk-profiles","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-01/pdf/2026-08550.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08550.pdf?1777553125","publication_date":"2026-05-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION","name":"Nuclear Regulatory Commission","id":383,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/nuclear-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/383","parent_id":null,"slug":"nuclear-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"entities that use offsite collection facilities. Consistent with current § 26.405(e), a licensee or other entity would be able to conduct specimen collections and alcohol testing at a local hospital or other facility, except for those specimens that must be collected onsite under proposed § 26.907(b)(3) and (4). Unlike § 26.405(e), proposed § 26.907(e) would not restrict licensees and other entities to use hospitals and other facilities that meet the U.S. Department of Transportation requirements in 49 CFR part 40 because proposed subpart P of part"},{"title":"Exemption Application No. L-11954; Exemption From Certain Prohibited Transaction Restrictions Involving the Fedeli Group, Inc. Employee Benefits Plan Located in Cleveland, OH","type":"Notice","abstract":"This document contains a notice of exemption from certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) to the Fedeli Group Employee Benefits Plan.","document_number":"2024-27630","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/26/2024-27630/exemption-application-no-l-11954-exemption-from-certain-prohibited-transaction-restrictions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-26/pdf/2024-27630.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27630.pdf?1732542333","publication_date":"2024-11-26","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":"published a notice of proposed exemption in the \n Federal Register \n at 88 FR 76253. The proposed exemption involved the reinsurance of risks and the receipt of premiums by Risk Specialists Insurance Company, Inc. (Risk Specialists) in connection with insurance contracts sold by THP Insurance Company, Inc. (THP) or THP's successor to provide medical and hospital coverage to participants in the Fedeli Group Inc. Employee Benefits Plan (the Benefit Plan or the Applicant). THP, is unrelated to the Fedeli Group, Inc. and any entities related to Fedeli"},{"title":"Black Lung Benefits Act: Authorization of Self-Insurers","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises the regulations under the Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA) governing authorization of self-insurers. The updated regulations determine the process for coal mine operators to apply for authorization to self-insure, the requirements operators must meet to qualify to self-insure, the amount of security self-insured operators must provide, and the process for operators to appeal determinations made by the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP).","document_number":"2024-28848","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/12/2024-28848/black-lung-benefits-act-authorization-of-self-insurers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-12/pdf/2024-28848.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-28848.pdf?1733924724","publication_date":"2024-12-12","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":"Office of Workers' Compensation Programs","name":"Workers' Compensation Programs Office","id":530,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/workers-compensation-programs-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/530","parent_id":271,"slug":"workers-compensation-programs-office"}],"excerpts":"necessary security amount, given that the trust can also be used for paying claims and other expenses. 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(21)(A). \n \n Because trust assets can be (and are) used for a number of purposes other than security for a self-insurance arrangement, the trust assets are subject to continual erosion. As a result, use of the trusts as self-insurance security would place the Trust Fund at greater risk than the use of other forms of security. And unlike other forms of security, the Trust Fund does not have direct access to 501(c)(21) trust assets"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), Medicare cost plan, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) regulations to implement changes related to prescription drug coverage, the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan, dual eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs), Part C and D Star Ratings, and other programmatic areas, including the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. This final rule also codifies existing sub-regulatory guidance in the Part C and Part D programs.","document_number":"2025-06008","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/15/2025-06008/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-contract-year-2026-policy-and-technical-changes-to-the-medicare","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-15/pdf/2025-06008.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06008.pdf?1743797708","publication_date":"2025-04-15","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"},{"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":"on inpatient hospital services may also adversely impact an enrollee's cost-sharing amounts based on the duration of the hospital stay, the items, services, and Part B drugs provided during the hospital stay, and enrollees' cost-sharing responsibilities. Further, adverse coverage decisions on an enrollee's inpatient hospital services can negatively affect the types of covered services the enrollee could receive in the hospital and the types of services that are available immediately after the enrollee is released from the hospital. For example,"},{"title":"Proposed Exemption for Certain Prohibited Transaction Restrictions: Fedeli Group, Inc. Employee Benefits Plan Located in Cleveland, OH","type":"Notice","abstract":"This document provides notice of the pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of a proposed individual exemption from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act). This proposed exemption would permit the Fedeli Group, Inc. Employee Benefits Plan (the Benefit Plan) sponsored by Fedeli Group, Inc. (Fedeli Group or the Applicant) to enter into an insurance contract with THP Insurance Company, Inc. (THP), an unrelated insurance company, and THP will, in turn, enter a reinsurance arrangement with Risk Specialists LLC (Risk Specialists), a captive reinsurance company affiliated with Fedeli Group.","document_number":"2023-24401","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/06/2023-24401/proposed-exemption-for-certain-prohibited-transaction-restrictions-fedeli-group-inc-employee","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-06/pdf/2023-24401.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-24401.pdf?1699015554","publication_date":"2023-11-06","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":"into an insurance contract with THP Insurance Company, Inc. (THP), an unrelated insurance company, and THP will, in turn, enter a reinsurance arrangement with Risk Specialists LLC (Risk Specialists), a captive reinsurance company affiliated with Fedeli Group. Under the reinsurance arrangement, Risk Specialists will reinsure the insurance risks associated with the Benefit Plan. The reinsurance arrangement would result in an indirect transfer of premium payments from the Benefit Plan to Risk Specialists, LLC. This exemption requires, among other things"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department) is issuing this final rule regarding section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (section 1557). Section 1557 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in certain health programs and activities. Section 1557(c) of the ACA authorizes the Secretary of the Department to promulgate regulations to implement the nondiscrimination requirements of section 1557. The Department is also revising its interpretation regarding whether Medicare Part B constitutes Federal financial assistance for purposes of civil rights enforcement. Additionally, the Department is revising provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in regulations issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) governing Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE); health insurance issuers and their officials, employees, agents, and representatives; States and the Exchanges carrying out Exchange requirements; agents, brokers, or web-brokers that assist with or facilitate enrollment of qualified individuals, qualified employers, or qualified employees; issuers providing essential health benefits (EHB); and qualified health plan issuers.","document_number":"2024-08711","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/06/2024-08711/nondiscrimination-in-health-programs-and-activities","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-06/pdf/2024-08711.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08711.pdf?1714162519","publication_date":"2024-05-06","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"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"\n Response: \n OCR is cognizant that health insurance issuers and group health plans develop their health insurance coverage and other health-related coverage benefit designs in advance of the plan year that the coverage is offered. Accordingly, we are including a delayed applicability date to the extent that the final rule's provisions require changes to health insurance coverage or other health-related coverage, including group health plan coverage benefit design for health insurance coverage or other health-related coverage that is newly subject"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule contains provisions to improve implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment and risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) programs, as well as 2027 user fee rates for issuers offering qualified health plans (QHPs) through Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs) and State-based Exchanges on the Federal platform (SBE-FPs). This final rule also includes provisions related to civil money penalties (CMPs) for noncompliant issuers and other responsible entities; standards governing agents, brokers, and web-brokers; the expansion and codification of hardship exemption eligibility; implementation of the State Exchange Improper Payment Measurement (SEIPM); provider access standards and essential community provider standards for QHP certification; QHP certification of non-network plans; a prohibition on issuers from including routine non-pediatric dental services as an Essential Health Benefit (EHB); requirements related to defrayal for the cost of any State-required benefits in addition to the EHB; cost- sharing flexibilities for catastrophic and individual market bronze plans; establishment of catastrophic plans with plan terms of up to 10 consecutive plan years; QHP issuer quality improvement strategies (QISs); and revisions affecting which enrollees are included in Federal Basic Health Program (BHP) payment calculations to States. This final rule also includes amendments to implement certain provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut (WFTC) legislation.","document_number":"2026-10050","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/20/2026-10050/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2027-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-20/pdf/2026-10050.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10050.pdf?1779135308","publication_date":"2026-05-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"Overview \n Title I of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) added a new title XXVII to the PHS Act to establish various reforms to the group and individual health insurance markets. These provisions of the PHS Act were later augmented by other laws, including the Affordable Care Act. Subtitles A and C of title I of the Affordable Care Act reorganized, amended, and added to the provisions of part A of title XXVII of the PHS Act relating to group health plans and health insurance issuers in the group and individual"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), Medicaid, Medicare cost plan, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) regulations to implement changes related to Star Ratings, marketing and communications, agent/broker compensation, health equity, drug coverage, dual eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs), utilization management, network adequacy, and other programmatic areas, including the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. This proposed rule also includes proposals to codify existing subregulatory guidance in the Part C and Part D programs.","document_number":"2024-27939","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/10/2024-27939/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-contract-year-2026-policy-and-technical-changes-to-the-medicare","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-10/pdf/2024-27939.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27939.pdf?1732656194","publication_date":"2024-12-10","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":"of the overall payment for the covered health care item or service. However, payment for hospital indemnity insurance premiums would not fit this definition because an MA organization paying for separate, third-party insurance for the enrollee does not incur a direct cost on behalf of the enrollee. Rather, it shifts payment for medical costs to another payer. \n Additionally, MA organizations are already permitted to reduce cost sharing for inpatient and other covered benefits as part of an SSBCI reduction in cost sharing package. Therefore, MA organizations"},{"title":"Requirements Related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document sets forth final rules amending regulations implementing the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) and adding new regulations implementing the nonquantitative treatment limitation (NQTL) comparative analyses requirements under MHPAEA, as amended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA, 2021). Specifically, these final rules amend the existing NQTL standard to prohibit group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage from using NQTLs that place greater restrictions on access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits as compared to medical/surgical benefits. As part of these changes, these final rules require plans and issuers to collect and evaluate relevant data in a manner reasonably designed to assess the impact of NQTLs on relevant outcomes related to access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits and medical/surgical benefits and to take reasonable action, as necessary, to address material differences in access to mental health or substance use disorder benefits as compared to medical/surgical benefits. These final rules also amend existing examples and add new examples on the application of the rules for NQTLs to clarify and illustrate the requirements of MHPAEA. Additionally, these final rules set forth the content requirements for NQTL comparative analyses and specify how plans and issuers must make these comparative analyses available to the Department of the Treasury (Treasury), the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (collectively, the Departments), as well as to an applicable State authority, and to participants, beneficiaries, and enrollees. Finally, HHS finalizes regulatory amendments to implement the sunset provision for self-funded non-Federal governmental plan elections to opt out of compliance with MHPAEA, as adopted in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA, 2023).","document_number":"2024-20612","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/23/2024-20612/requirements-related-to-the-mental-health-parity-and-addiction-equity-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-23/pdf/2024-20612.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-20612.pdf?1726258517","publication_date":"2024-09-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Internal Revenue Service","name":"Internal Revenue Service","id":254,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/internal-revenue-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/254","parent_id":497,"slug":"internal-revenue-service"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"of 45 CFR 146.136 apply to health insurance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer in the individual market in the same manner and to the same extent as to health insurance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer in connection with a group health plan in the large group market. As noted later in this preamble, HHS is finalizing an amendment to 45 CFR 147.160 to also include a cross-reference to 45 CFR 146.137 to similarly extend the new comparative analysis requirements to individual health insurance coverage in the same manner and to"},{"title":"Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is revising the OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements, which is now called the OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance. The final guidance reflects public comments received in response to the OMB Notification of Proposed Guidance published in October 2023 and comments received from Federal agencies. In response to comments, OMB is revising and updating the guidance to incorporate recent OMB policy priorities related to Federal financial assistance and to reduce agency and recipient burden. OMB is also incorporating certain statutory requirements and clarifying certain sections of the prior version of the guidance that recipients or agencies have interpreted in different ways. OMB is also making revisions to use plain language, improve flow, and address inconsistent use of terms within the guidance text. Finally, OMB is making revisions to improve Federal financial assistance management, transparency, and oversight through more accessible and readily comprehensible guidance.","document_number":"2024-07496","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/22/2024-07496/guidance-for-federal-financial-assistance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-22/pdf/2024-07496.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07496.pdf?1713271514","publication_date":"2024-04-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET","name":"Management and Budget Office","id":280,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/management-and-budget-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/280","parent_id":null,"slug":"management-and-budget-office"}],"excerpts":"407(d) from subpart E apply to fixed amount awards. This topic is discussed in more detail below. In response to the comment that subpart F should not apply to fixed amount awards based on applicability of other subparts to these awards, OMB disagrees. The audit requirement under subpart F continue to apply. The commenter's interpretation that subparts C, D, and E do not apply to fixed amount awards is also incorrect—although subpart E only has limited applicability to these awards as explained in the guidance text. Fixed amount awards must comply with"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2025; Updating Section 1332 Waiver Public Notice Procedures; Medicaid; Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program; and Basic Health Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule includes payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment program, as well as 2025 user fee rates for issuers offering qualified health plans (QHPs) through Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs) and State-based Exchanges on the Federal platform (SBE-FPs). This proposed rule also includes proposed requirements related to the auto re-enrollment hierarchy; essential health benefits; failure to file and reconcile; non-standardized plan option limits and an exceptions process; standardized plan options; special enrollment periods (SEPs); direct enrollment (DE) entities; Insurance Affordability Program enrollment eligibility verification process; requirements for agents, brokers, web-brokers, and DE entities assisting Exchange consumers; network adequacy; public notice procedures for section 1332 waivers; prescription drug benefits; updates to the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program; State flexibility on the financial methodology used for Medicaid eligibility determinations for non- modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) populations; and State flexibility on the effective date of coverage in the Basic Health Program (BHP). A summary of this proposed rule may be found at https:// www.regulations.gov/.","document_number":"2023-25576","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/24/2023-25576/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2025","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-24/pdf/2023-25576.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-25576.pdf?1700169608","publication_date":"2023-11-24","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":"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":"Overview \n Title I of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) added a new title XXVII to the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) to establish various reforms to the group and individual health insurance markets. \n These provisions of the PHS Act were later augmented by other laws, including the ACA. \n Subtitles A and C of title I of the ACA reorganized, amended, and added to the provisions of part A of title XXVII of the PHS Act relating to group health plans and health insurance issuers in the group and individual"},{"title":"Guidance for Grants and Agreements","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing to revise sections of OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements. This proposed revision reflects comments received from Federal agencies and those received in response to the OMB Notice of Request for Information published in the Federal Register in February 2023. In response to Federal agency and public input, OMB is proposing revisions intended in many cases to reduce agency and recipient burden. OMB proposes both policy changes and clarifications to existing guidance including plain language revisions. OMB also proposes to update the guidance to reflect recent OMB priorities related to Federal financial assistance. Finally, OMB is proposing revisions to improve Federal financial assistance management, transparency, and oversight through more accessible and readily comprehensible guidance.","document_number":"2023-21078","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/05/2023-21078/guidance-for-grants-and-agreements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-10-05/pdf/2023-21078.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-21078.pdf?1695932372","publication_date":"2023-10-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET","name":"Management and Budget Office","id":280,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/management-and-budget-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/280","parent_id":null,"slug":"management-and-budget-office"}],"excerpts":"Procurement contracts under the FAR that are not negotiated; and \n (v) Federal awards to hospitals (See Appendix IX—Hospital Cost Principles) \n \n (6) Subpart F \n only applies \n to the following:\n \n (i) Grants and cooperative agreements (including fixed amount awards); \n (ii) Contracts and subcontracts awarded under the FAR (except for fixed price contracts and subcontracts); \n (iii) Agreements for loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies, and insurance; and \n (iv) Any other form of Federal financial assistance as defined by the Single Audit Act Amendment"},{"title":"Black Lung Benefits Act: Authorization of Self-Insurers","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department is proposing revisions to regulations under the Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA or the Act) governing authorization of self-insurers. These proposed rules will determine the process for coal mine operators to apply for authorization to self-insure, the requirements operators must meet to qualify to self-insure, the amount of security self-insured operators must provide, and the process for operators to appeal determinations made by the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP).","document_number":"2023-00534","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/19/2023-00534/black-lung-benefits-act-authorization-of-self-insurers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-01-19/pdf/2023-00534.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-00534.pdf?1674049513","publication_date":"2023-01-19","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":"Office of Workers' Compensation Programs","name":"Workers' Compensation Programs Office","id":530,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/workers-compensation-programs-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/530","parent_id":271,"slug":"workers-compensation-programs-office"}],"excerpts":"electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, \n e.g., \n permitting electronic submission of responses.\n \n \n OMB Control Number: \n 1240-0057.\n \n \n Affected Public: \n Business or other for-profit.\n \n \n Number of Respondents: \n 61.\n \n \n Frequency: \n Annually.\n \n \n Number of Responses: \n 122.\n \n \n Annual Burden Hours: \n 244.\n \n \n Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper Cost: \n $34,000.\n \n \n OWCP Form(s): \n OWCP Forms CM-2017 (Application or Renewal of Self-Insurance Authority), CM-2017b (Report"},{"title":"Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations by adding a risk-informed, performance-based, and technology-inclusive regulatory framework for commercial nuclear plants in response to the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA). The current application and licensing requirements were primarily developed to address license requests concerning light water- cooled reactors and operational requirements for those types of reactors. This final rule responds to NEIMA by creating an alternative, technology-inclusive regulatory framework to accommodate licensing of future commercial nuclear plants, including advanced reactor designs that may not employ light-water technology.","document_number":"2026-06048","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/30/2026-06048/risk-informed-technology-inclusive-regulatory-framework-for-advanced-reactors","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-30/pdf/2026-06048.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06048.pdf?1774615514","publication_date":"2026-03-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION","name":"Nuclear Regulatory Commission","id":383,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/nuclear-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/383","parent_id":null,"slug":"nuclear-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"probabilistic approaches that are being developed for seismic and some other external hazards.\n \n \n Section 53.420 requires that functional design criteria be defined for design features that play a significant role in demonstrating that the safety criteria for LBEs other than DBAs are satisfied. The analyses required for this demonstration are described in § 53.450(e), which requires that those events be identified and assessed using a PRA, other SREs, or a combination thereof, together with other generally accepted approaches for systematically evaluating"},{"title":"Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions-Fall 2023","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"Publication of the Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions represents a key component of the regulatory planning mechanism prescribed in Executive Order (\"E.O.\") 12866, \"Regulatory Planning and Review,\" (58 FR 51735, as amended) and reaffirmed in E.O. 13563, \"Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,\" (76 FR 3821) and E.O. 14094, \"Modernizing Regulatory Review,\" (88 FR 21879). The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires that agencies publish semiannual regulatory agendas in the Federal Register describing regulatory actions they are developing that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (5 U.S.C. 602). The Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda), published in the fall and spring, helps agencies fulfill all of these requirements. All Federal regulatory agencies have chosen to publish their regulatory agendas as part of this publication. The complete publication of the Fall 2023 Unified Agenda contains the Regulatory Plans of 29 Federal agencies and 69 Federal agency regulatory agendas available to the public at www.reginfo.gov. The Fall 2023 Unified Agenda publication appearing in the Federal Register includes the Regulatory Plan and agency Regulatory Flexibility Agendas, in accordance with the publication requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Agency Regulatory Flexibility Agendas contain only those Agenda entries for rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities and entries that have been selected for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.","document_number":"2024-00476","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/09/2024-00476/introduction-to-the-unified-agenda-of-federal-regulatory-and-deregulatory-actions-fall-2023","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-09/pdf/2024-00476.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-00476.pdf?1707399919","publication_date":"2024-02-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE CENTER","name":"Regulatory Information Service Center","id":449,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/regulatory-information-service-center","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/449","parent_id":null,"slug":"regulatory-information-service-center"}],"excerpts":"for advanced technology achievement to: (1) authorize the award of procurement contracts and other agreements as an other type of prize (as in other than cash prizes); (2) permit the award of prizes, including procurement contracts and other agreements, in excess of $10,000,000 with the approval of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering; and (3) require DoD provide Congress with notice of an award of a procurement contract or other agreement under this program that exceeds $10 million.\n \n \n Summary of Legal Basis: \n The legal"},{"title":"Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to revise the NRC's regulations by adding a risk-informed, performance- based, and technology-inclusive regulatory framework for commercial nuclear plants in response to the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA). The NRC plans to hold a public meeting to promote full understanding of the proposed rule and facilitate public comments.","document_number":"2024-23434","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/31/2024-23434/risk-informed-technology-inclusive-regulatory-framework-for-advanced-reactors","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-31/pdf/2024-23434.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-23434.pdf?1729687518","publication_date":"2024-10-31","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION","name":"Nuclear Regulatory Commission","id":383,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/nuclear-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/383","parent_id":null,"slug":"nuclear-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"part 26 requirements (either new requirements or cross-references to existing part 26 requirements) for part 53 licensees and other entities. This should help licensees and other entities implement the requirements because it would enable easy cross-reference to similar requirements in other subparts that are being implemented by non-part 53 licensees and entities subject to part 26. Understanding how other licensees or other entities implement similar FFD requirements may facilitate the sharing of operating experience in program implementation. \n"},{"title":"Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions-Fall 2022","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"Publication of the Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions represents a key component of the regulatory planning mechanism prescribed in Executive Order (\"E.O.\") 12866, \"Regulatory Planning and Review,\" (58 FR 51735) and reaffirmed in E.O. 13563, \"Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,\" (76 FR 3821). The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires that agencies publish semiannual regulatory agendas in the Federal Register describing regulatory actions they are developing that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (5 U.S.C. 602). The Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda), published in the fall and spring, helps agencies fulfill all of these requirements. All federal regulatory agencies have chosen to publish their regulatory agendas as part of this publication. The complete Unified Agenda and Regulatory Plan can be found online at www.reginfo.gov and a reduced print version can be found in the Federal Register. Information regarding obtaining printed copies can also be found on the Reginfo.gov website (or below, VI. How Can Users Get Copies of the Plan and the Agenda?). The Fall 2022 Unified Agenda publication appearing in the Federal Register includes the Regulatory Plan and agency regulatory flexibility agendas, in accordance with the publication requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Agency regulatory flexibility agendas contain only those Agenda entries for rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities and entries that have been selected for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The complete Fall 2022 Unified Agenda contains the Regulatory Plans of 29 Federal agencies and 67 Federal agency regulatory agendas.","document_number":"2023-02113","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/22/2023-02113/introduction-to-the-unified-agenda-of-federal-regulatory-and-deregulatory-actions-fall-2022","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-02-22/pdf/2023-02113.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-02113.pdf?1676987125","publication_date":"2023-02-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE CENTER","name":"Regulatory Information Service Center","id":449,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/regulatory-information-service-center","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/449","parent_id":null,"slug":"regulatory-information-service-center"}],"excerpts":"for advanced technology achievement to: (1) authorize the award of procurement contracts and other agreements as an other type of prize (as in other than cash prizes); (2) permit the award of prizes, including procurement contracts and other agreements, in excess of $10,000,000 with the approval of the \n \n Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering; and (3) require DoD provide Congress with notice of an award of a procurement contract or other agreement under this program that exceeds $10 million.\n \n \n Summary of Legal Basis: \n The legal"}]}