{"description":"Documents matching 'improve access communications incarcerated people'","count":281,"total_pages":15,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=improve+access+communications+incarcerated+people&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Wireline Competition Bureau and Office of Economics and Analytics Seek Comment on Proposed 2026 Mandatory Data Collection for Incarcerated People's Communications Services","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) and the Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seek comment on the contours and specific requirements of the proposed 2026 Mandatory Data Collection for incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS). Consistent with the Commission's direction, in this document, we seek comment on proposals to modify the Commission's previous data collection to obtain data and information necessary for the Commission to set permanent rate caps for audio and video ICPS and, to the extent practicable, lessen the reporting burdens on ICPS providers.","document_number":"2026-12234","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/17/2026-12234/wireline-competition-bureau-and-office-of-economics-and-analytics-seek-comment-on-proposed-2026","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-17/pdf/2026-12234.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12234.pdf?1781613919","publication_date":"2026-06-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"ACTION: \n Proposed rule. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) and the Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) of the Federal <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Commission (Commission) seek comment on the contours and specific requirements of the proposed 2026 Mandatory Data Collection for <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people's</span> <span class=\"match\">communications</span> services (IPCS). Consistent with the Commission's direction, in this document, we seek comment on proposals to modify the Commission's previous data collection to obtain data and information necessary for the"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communications Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau and the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (the Bureaus) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopt an Order revising the instructions, reporting templates, and certification form for the annual reports submitted by providers of communications services to incarcerated people and waiving the filing deadline for the 2025 Annual Reports.","document_number":"2025-03142","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/12/2025-03142/incarcerated-peoples-communications-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-12/pdf/2025-03142.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-03142.pdf?1741697109","publication_date":"2025-03-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"included requirements to <span class=\"match\">improve</span> <span class=\"match\">access</span> to <span class=\"match\">communications</span> services for <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people</span> with communication disabilities and expanded the scope of the Annual Reports to reflect those new requirements. Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, 87 FR 75496, December 9, 2022 (\n 2022 ICS Order \n ). Among the numerous reforms, the Commission required all ICS providers to provide <span class=\"match\">access</span> to all relay services eligible for TRS Fund support in any facility where broadband is available and where the average daily population <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> in that jurisdiction"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) modifies the Commission's previous incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS) rate caps in response to record evidence of the significant unintended consequences of those rate caps. It establishes new interim audio and video IPCS rate caps by basing the calculation of the Commission's rate caps only on billed minutes, incorporating all safety and security measure expenses that IPCS providers reported incurring, and creating an additional rate cap tier for extremely small jails. It also creates a separate interim rate additive to ensure recovery of correctional facilities' costs of administering IPCS. Additionally, it sets a new compliance date for providers' compliance with the new rules and clarifies that the rate cap, site commission, and per-minute pricing rules from the Commission's 2021 Order will no longer apply following that date.","document_number":"2025-22125","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22125/incarcerated-peoples-communication-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22125.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22125.pdf?1764855936","publication_date":"2025-12-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"offer each <span class=\"match\">Incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">People's</span> <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Service at a per-minute rate. A Provider may also offer an <span class=\"match\">Incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">People's</span> <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Service under one or more Alternate Pricing Plans, pursuant to § 64.6140. \n (b) A Provider must not charge a per-minute rate for intrastate or interstate audio <span class=\"match\">Incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">People's</span> <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Services in excess of the following interim rate caps: \n (1) $0.09 per minute for each Prison; \n (2) $0.08 per minute for each Jail having an Average Daily Population of 1,000 or more <span class=\"match\">Incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">People</span>; \n (3) $0"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts rules addressing all intrastate, interstate, and international audio and video incarcerated people's communication services (IPCS), including video visitation services. The reforms include adopting permanent rate caps for audio IPCS and interim rate caps for video; prohibiting IPCS providers from making site commission payments associated with IPCS and preempting state and local laws and regulations requiring such commissions; prohibiting IPCS providers from imposing any separate ancillary service charges on IPCS consumers; strengthening the Commission's requirements for access to IPCS by incarcerated people with disabilities; permitting IPCS providers to offer optional alternate pricing plans that comply with the rate caps; strengthening existing consumer disclosure and inactive account requirements; revising the existing annual reporting and certification requirements; facilitating enforcement of the new IPCS rules; and delegating authority to the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB), Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB), and Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA).","document_number":"2024-19037","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/20/2024-19037/incarcerated-peoples-communication-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-20/pdf/2024-19037.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-19037.pdf?1726663521","publication_date":"2024-09-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"grandson was formerly <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span>, describes how “[p]eople become induced mentally ill because they can't communicate.” Deon Nowell explains that lower <span class=\"match\">communications</span> rates will “help [the <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people</span>] make the right decision. That's why it's called rehabilitation. Help [the <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people</span>] to make the right decision, especially when it deals with the costs of <span class=\"match\">communications</span>.” \n 30. The Martha Wright-Reed Act charges us with evaluating and breaking down the financial barriers to <span class=\"match\">communications</span> between <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people</span> and their families"},{"title":"Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission","type":"Notice","abstract":"As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collections. Comments are requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number.","document_number":"2026-07356","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/16/2026-07356/information-collection-being-reviewed-by-the-federal-communications-commission","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-16/pdf/2026-07356.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07356.pdf?1776257112","publication_date":"2026-04-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"identity is verified within that period.\n \n \n On September 30, 2022, the Commission released \n Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, \n FCC 22-76, published at 87 FR 75496, December 9, 2022 (\n Accessible Carceral <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Order \n ). To <span class=\"match\">improve</span> <span class=\"match\">access</span> to <span class=\"match\">communications</span> services for <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people</span> with <span class=\"match\">communications</span> disabilities, the Commission adopted modifications to the user registration and verification requirements for use of internet-based TRS in correctional facilities.\n \n \n On December 21, 2023, the Commission released \n Data"},{"title":"Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission","type":"Notice","abstract":"As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Comments are requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.","document_number":"2025-03605","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/06/2025-03605/information-collection-being-reviewed-by-the-federal-communications-commission","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-06/pdf/2025-03605.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-03605.pdf?1741182312","publication_date":"2025-03-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"accessible <span class=\"match\">communications</span> in <span class=\"match\">incarceration</span> settings.\n \n On January 5, 2023, the President signed into law the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act of 2022, Public Law 117-338, 136 Stat. 6156 (the Martha Wright-Reed Act or the Act), expanding the Commission's statutory authority over <span class=\"match\">communications</span> services between <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people</span> and the non-<span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> to include “any audio or video <span class=\"match\">communications</span> service used by inmates . . . regardless of the technology used.” The new Act also amends section 2(b) of the <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act of"},{"title":"2023 Mandatory Data Collection for Incarcerated People's Communications Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau and the Office of Economics and Analytics (WCB and OEA) adopt an Order defining the contours and specific requirements of the forthcoming 2023 Mandatory Data Collection for incarcerated people's communications services.","document_number":"2023-16305","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/08/03/2023-16305/2023-mandatory-data-collection-for-incarcerated-peoples-communications-services","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-08-03/pdf/2023-16305.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-16305.pdf?1690920921","publication_date":"2023-08-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"adopted several requirements to <span class=\"match\">improve</span> <span class=\"match\">access</span> to <span class=\"match\">communications</span> services for <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people</span> with communication disabilities. IPCS providers must provide <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people</span> with <span class=\"match\">communications</span> disabilities with <span class=\"match\">access</span> to all relay services eligible for TRS Fund support in any correctional facility where broadband is available and where the average daily population <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> in that jurisdiction totals 50 or more persons. It also required that where inmate calling service providers are required to provide <span class=\"match\">access</span> to all forms of TRS, they also"},{"title":"Open Commission Meeting Thursday, July 18, 2024","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Commission will consider a Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, Clarification and Waiver, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would implement the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022 by adopting just and reasonable rate caps for incarcerated people's audio and video communications services, among other reforms. The Further Notice would seek comment on additional reforms for incarcerated people's communications services. 2.................. Wireline Competition.. Title: Modernizing E-Rate to Support Wi-Fi Hotspots (WC Docket No. 21-31). Summary: The Commission will consider a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would update the E- Rate program rules to make the off-premises use of Wi- Fi hotspots and wireless Internet services eligible for E-Rate program support. 3.................. Wireless Tele- Title: Promoting Consumer Communcations. Choice and Wireless Competition Through Handset Unlocking Requirements and Policies (WT Docket No. 24-186). Summary: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would propose the use of broadly applicable handset unlocking policies as a means to improve consumer choice and flexibility, to enhance competition across the mobile wireless marketplace, and to provide for more uniform regulation of service providers. 4.................. Public Safety and Title: Facilitating Homeland Security. Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911) (PS Docket No. 21- 479); Location-Based Routing for Wireless 911 Calls (PS Docket No. 18- 64). Summary: The Commission will consider a Report and Order that would expedite the transition to NG911 and help ensure that the nation's 911 system functions effectively with the most advanced capabilities available. 5.................. Media................. Title: Accessibility of User Interfaces, and Video Programming Guides and Menus (MB Docket No. 12- 108). Summary: The Commission will consider a Report and Order that would ensure that consumers are able to readily access user display settings for closed captioning on covered video devices. ------------------------------------------------------------------------","document_number":"2024-15723","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/17/2024-15723/open-commission-meeting-thursday-july-18-2024","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-17/pdf/2024-15723.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-15723.pdf?1721133938","publication_date":"2024-07-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Title: \n <span class=\"match\">Incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">People's</span> <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act (WC Docket No. 23-62); Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services (WC Docket No. 12-375).\n \n \n \n   \n \n \n Summary: \n The Commission will consider a Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, Clarification and Waiver, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would implement the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act of 2022 by adopting just and reasonable rate caps for <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people's</span> audio and video <span class=\"match\">communications</span> services"},{"title":"Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, an information collection associated with the Commission's 2022 ICS Order, FCC 22-76 (September 30, 2022), in which the Commission, among other actions, adopted rules to improve access to communications services for incarcerated people with communication disabilities that expand the requirements for advanced Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS). This document is consistent with the 2022 ICS Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of this rule.","document_number":"2023-28765","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/01/03/2023-28765/rates-for-interstate-inmate-calling-services","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-01-03/pdf/2023-28765.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-28765.pdf?1704203113","publication_date":"2024-01-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"of TRS for which <span class=\"match\">access</span> is provided. \n On January 5, 2023, the President signed into law the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act of 2022, Public Law 117-338, 136 Stat. 6156 (the Martha Wright-Reed Act or the Act), expanding the Commission's statutory authority over <span class=\"match\">communications</span> services between <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people</span> and the non-<span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> to include “any audio or video <span class=\"match\">communications</span> service used by inmates . . . regardless of the technology used.” The new Act also amends section 2(b) of the <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act of 1934, as"},{"title":"Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget","type":"Notice","abstract":"As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number.","document_number":"2025-14092","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/25/2025-14092/information-collection-being-submitted-for-review-and-approval-to-office-of-management-and-budget","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-25/pdf/2025-14092.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14092.pdf?1753361122","publication_date":"2025-07-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"President Biden signed into law the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act of 2022, Public Law 117-338, Stat. 6156, § 2(a)(2), (b) (the Martha Wright-Reed Act or the Act), which expanded the Commission's statutory authority over <span class=\"match\">communications</span> between <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people</span> and the non-<span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span>, including “any audio or video <span class=\"match\">communications</span> service used by inmates . . . regardless of technology used.” The new Act also amended section 2(b) of the <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act of 1934, as amended, to make clear that the Commission's authority"},{"title":"Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget","type":"Notice","abstract":"As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it can further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.","document_number":"2026-12197","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/17/2026-12197/information-collections-being-submitted-for-review-and-approval-to-office-of-management-and-budget","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-17/pdf/2026-12197.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12197.pdf?1781613916","publication_date":"2026-06-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"the user's identity is verified within that period. \n On September 30, 2022, the Commission released Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, FCC 22-76, published at 87 FR 75496, December 9, 2022 (Accessible Carceral <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Order). To <span class=\"match\">improve</span> <span class=\"match\">access</span> to <span class=\"match\">communications</span> services for <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people</span> with <span class=\"match\">communications</span> disabilities, the Commission adopted modifications to the user registration and verification requirements for use of internet-based TRS in correctional facilities. \n On December 21, 2023, the Commission released Data Breach"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communications Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment on the contours and specific requirements of the proposed 2023 Mandatory Data Collection for incarcerated people's communications services. The Commission has drafted proposed instructions, templates, and a certification form for the proposed 2023 Mandatory Data Collection. The Commission seeks comment on all aspects of these documents.","document_number":"2023-09502","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/03/2023-09502/incarcerated-peoples-communications-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-05-03/pdf/2023-09502.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-09502.pdf?1683031538","publication_date":"2023-05-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"seek comment on the contours and specific requirements of the proposed 2023 Mandatory Data Collection for <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people's</span> <span class=\"match\">communications</span> services (IPCS). In issuing this document, they act pursuant to the Federal <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Commission's (Commission) directive so that it is able to implement the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act of 2022 (Martha Wright-Reed Act or Act). \n <span class=\"match\">Incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">People's</span> <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, \n Order"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment from the public on the scope and implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022 (Martha Wright-Reed Act or the Act). Through the Martha Wright-Reed Act, Congress expanded the Commission's jurisdiction over incarcerated people's communications services and expressly directs that the Commission adopt just and reasonable rates and charges for incarcerated people's audio and video communications services in correctional institutions. Specifically, the Commission seeks comment on how to interpret the Act's language to effectively implement the statute consistent with Congress's intent. The Commission seeks comment on how Congress's amendments to sections 2(b), 3(1), and 276 of the Communications Act of 1934 (Communications Act) affect the Commission's regulatory authority over incarcerated people's communications services and how to draft regulations to implement such authority. The Commission also seeks comment on how the Martha Wright- Reed Act affects its ability to ensure that incarcerated people's communications services and associated equipment are accessible to and usable by incarcerated people with disabilities.","document_number":"2023-07068","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/04/07/2023-07068/incarcerated-peoples-communication-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-04-07/pdf/2023-07068.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-07068.pdf?1680785116","publication_date":"2023-04-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"or potentially used, by <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people</span> are included within this definition and whether any are excluded. Are video visitation services used by <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people</span> “interoperable video conferencing service[s]” under this statutory definition? How should the Commission interpret the phrases “real-time video <span class=\"match\">communications</span>” and “enable users to share information of the user's choosing” in the context of <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people's</span> <span class=\"match\">communications</span> services? Are there types of video <span class=\"match\">communications</span> services for <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people</span> that are not real-time"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs, Including the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program; Health and Safety Standards for Obstetrical Services in Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Prior Authorization; Requests for Information; Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Eligibility; Medicaid Clinic Services Four Walls Exceptions; Individuals Currently or Formerly in Custody of Penal Authorities; Revision to Medicare Special Enrollment Period for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals; and All-Inclusive Rate Add-On Payment for High-Cost Drugs Provided by Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system for calendar year 2025 based on our continuing experience with these systems. We describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. Also, this final rule updates the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program, Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program, Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program, and Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. We also summarize information received in response to a Request for Information on potential modifications to the Safety of Care measure group in the Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating methodology. In this final rule, we are also finalizing our proposal to narrow the description of \"custody\" in the Medicare payment exclusion rule and to revise the special enrollment period criteria for formerly incarcerated individuals. We are also finalizing our Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) continuous eligibility provisions. We are also finalizing the proposal to reduce the review timeframe for standard prior authorization requests for certain covered outpatient department services paid under the OPPS from 10-business days to 7-calendar days. Further, this rule finalizes updates to the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) in an effort to advance the health and safety of pregnant, birthing, and postpartum women. This rule also finalizes our proposed policy to separately pay Indian Health Service (IHS) and Tribal hospitals for high-cost drugs furnished in hospital outpatient departments through an add-on payment in addition to the all-inclusive rate (AIR) under the authorities used to calculate the AIR starting January 1, 2025. Finally, we are finalizing exceptions to the Medicaid clinic services four walls requirement for IHS and Tribal clinics, and, at state option, for behavioral health clinics and clinics located in rural areas.","document_number":"2024-25521","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/27/2024-25521/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-27/pdf/2024-25521.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25521.pdf?1730492130","publication_date":"2024-11-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"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":"making certain technical edits.\n \n \n • \n Revision to Medicare Special Enrollment Period for Formerly <span class=\"match\">Incarcerated</span> Individuals: \n We are finalizing the eligibility requirements in the special enrollment period (SEP) for formerly <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> individuals at §§ 406.27(d) and 407.23(d) to remove the reference to “custody” associated with § 411.4(b) and instead tie the eligibility for this SEP to the determination made by SSA that they are no longer <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span>. We are also expanding the SEP eligibility criteria to include individuals released from confinement"},{"title":"Wireline Competition Bureau and the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Seek Comment on Revisions to Providers' Annual Reporting and Certification Requirements","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) and the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) (collectively, the Bureaus) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) seek comment on proposed revisions to the instructions and templates for the Annual Reports and Annual Certifications submitted by certain providers of incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS).","document_number":"2023-17076","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/08/09/2023-17076/wireline-competition-bureau-and-the-consumer-and-governmental-affairs-bureau-seek-comment-on","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-08-09/pdf/2023-17076.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-17076.pdf?1691498744","publication_date":"2023-08-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"thereby expanding the Commission's statutory authority over <span class=\"match\">communications</span> between <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people</span> and the non-<span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> to include “any audio or video <span class=\"match\">communications</span> service used by inmates . . . regardless of technology used.” The new Act also amends section 2(b) of the <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act of 1934, as amended (the <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act), to make clear that the Commission's authority extends to intrastate as well as interstate and international <span class=\"match\">communications</span> services used by <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people</span>. Further, the Martha Wright-Reed Act also directs the"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs, Including the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program; Health and Safety Standards for Obstetrical Services in Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Prior Authorization; Requests for Information; Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Eligibility; Medicaid Clinic Services Four Walls Exceptions; Individuals Currently or Formerly in Custody of Penal Authorities; Revision to Medicare Special Enrollment Period for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals; and All-Inclusive Rate Add-On Payment for High-Cost Drugs Provided by Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system for calendar year 2025 based on our continuing experience with these systems. In this proposed rule, we describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. Also, this proposed rule would update and refine the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program, Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program, Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program, and Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. This proposed rule would request information on options being considered for future changes to the Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating methodology. The proposed rule would narrow the description of \"custody\" for purposes of Medicare's no legal obligation to pay payment exclusion. The proposed rule would revise the eligibility requirements in the special enrollment period (SEP) for formerly incarcerated individuals to tie the eligibility for this SEP to the determination made by the Social Security Administration that they are no longer incarcerated for releases that occur on and after January 1, 2025. This rule also proposes to codify the requirement in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA, 2023) to provide 12 months of continuous eligibility to children under the age of 19 in Medicaid and CHIP, with limited exceptions. Further, this proposed rule would provide updates to the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) in an effort to advance the health and safety of pregnant, birthing, and postpartum patients. This rule proposes to separately pay IHS and tribal hospitals for high-cost drugs furnished in hospital outpatient departments through an add-on payment in addition to the AIR under the authorities used to calculate the AIR starting January 1, 2025. This rule also requests further information related to a Tribal Technical Advisory Group request to apply the Indian Health Service encounter rate to all outpatient tribal clinics. Finally, the proposed rule would provide exceptions to the Medicaid clinic services benefit four walls requirement for Indian Health Service and Tribal clinics, and, at state option, for behavioral health clinics and clinics located in rural areas.","document_number":"2024-15087","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/22/2024-15087/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-22/pdf/2024-15087.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-15087.pdf?1720615525","publication_date":"2024-07-22","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":"parties. It aims to fulfill E.O.s 14009 and 14070 by helping States to strengthen and <span class=\"match\">improve</span> <span class=\"match\">access</span> to clinic services. It also helps to fulfill E.O. 13175 by recognizing the United States' unique legal relationship with Tribes and by responding to advice and input received from Tribes through consultation. In addition, we believe this proposed rule is consistent with our strategies, goals, and objectives to advance health equity and <span class=\"match\">improve</span> health care <span class=\"match\">access</span> for Tribal, behavioral health, and rural populations as described in our CMCS Mental Health"},{"title":"Provisions Pertaining to Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Justice proposes a rule to implement Executive Order 14117 of February 28, 2024 (Preventing Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government- Related Data by Countries of Concern), by prohibiting and restricting certain data transactions with certain countries or persons.","document_number":"2024-24582","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/29/2024-24582/provisions-pertaining-to-preventing-access-to-us-sensitive-personal-data-and-government-related-data","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-29/pdf/2024-24582.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-24582.pdf?1729628118","publication_date":"2024-10-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"}],"excerpts":"202.201—<span class=\"match\">Access</span> \n Adopting the approach contemplated in the ANPRM without change, the proposed rule defines “<span class=\"match\">access</span>” as logical or physical <span class=\"match\">access</span>, including the ability to obtain, read, copy, decrypt, edit, divert, release, affect, alter the state of, or otherwise view or receive, in any form, including through information systems, information technology systems, cloud-computing platforms, networks, security systems, equipment, or software. \n One commenter suggested that the Department remove the term “divert” from the definition of “<span class=\"match\">access</span>” to avoid"},{"title":"Connect America Fund, Alaska Connect Fund, Connect America Fund-Alaska Plan, ETC Annual Reports and Certifications, Telecommunications Carriers Eligible To Receive Universal Service Support, Universal Service Reform-Mobility Fund","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) has long recognized that rural and high-cost areas of Alaska are some of the hardest and most costly to serve in the country, with many residents lacking access to high-quality, affordable broadband that maintains parity with the technological advances that consumers living elsewhere in the nation enjoy. In this document, the Commission takes important and necessary steps to ensure continued support for the advancement of modern mobile and fixed broadband service in Alaska.","document_number":"2024-29485","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/31/2024-29485/connect-america-fund-alaska-connect-fund-connect-america-fund-alaska-plan-etc-annual-reports-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-31/pdf/2024-29485.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29485.pdf?1735566309","publication_date":"2024-12-31","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Mbps service and remains that way after BEAD awards. Therefore, the Commission directs WCB to consider the best ways to meet the goal of 100/20 Mbps broadband internet <span class=\"match\">access</span> service, and it delegates authority to WCB to determine, after an opportunity for notice and comment, where supporting slower broadband internet <span class=\"match\">access</span> speeds is consistent with section 254 of <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act and with the Commission's goal of providing operational and maintenance support for carriers that have been or will be awarded federal or state government infrastructure"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communications Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) reaffirms its prior delegation of authority to the Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) and Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) to modify the Commission's most recent mandatory data collection as appropriate to implement the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022. The Commission also reaffirms and updates its prior delegation of authority to WCB and the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) to modify the instructions and reporting template for the annual reports required from service providers as appropriate to supplement the information that will be received in this data collection.","document_number":"2023-06508","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/30/2023-06508/incarcerated-peoples-communications-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-03-30/pdf/2023-06508.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-06508.pdf?1680093918","publication_date":"2023-03-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"high rates and charges <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people</span> and their families pay for <span class=\"match\">communications</span> services. At its core, the Act removes the statutory limitations that previously prevented the Commission from setting comprehensive and effective just and reasonable rates for <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people's</span> <span class=\"match\">communications</span> services.\n \n 4. Specifically, the Martha Wright-Reed Act modifies section 276 of the <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act of 1934 (<span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act) to explicitly enable the Commission to require that rates for <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> <span class=\"match\">people's</span> <span class=\"match\">communications</span> services be just and reasonable"},{"title":"Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions-Spring 2024","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In the Spring and Fall of each year, the Federal Communications Commission publishes in the Federal Register a list in the Unified Agenda of those major items and other significant regulatory proceedings under development or review that pertain to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602). The Unified Agenda also provides the Code of Federal Regulations citations and legal authorities that govern these proceedings. The complete Unified Agenda will be published on the internet in a searchable format at www.reginfo.gov.","document_number":"2024-16467","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/16/2024-16467/unified-agenda-of-federal-regulatory-and-deregulatory-actions-spring-2024","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-16/pdf/2024-16467.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-16467.pdf?1723725924","publication_date":"2024-08-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"System (NORS) and Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) during disasters and network outages to <span class=\"match\">improve</span> situational awareness, and (iii) <span class=\"match\">communications</span> resiliency strategies for power outages, including <span class=\"match\">improved</span> coordination between <span class=\"match\">communications</span> service providers and power companies and deploying onsite backup power or other alternative measures to reduce the frequency, duration, or severity of power-related disruptions to <span class=\"match\">communications</span> services.\n \n In June 2022, the Commission adopted a Report &amp; Order (R&amp;O) and Further Notice of"}]}