{"description":"Documents matching 'mental health better integrate these'","count":1636,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=mental+health+better+integrate+these&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"HHS Request for Comment on Chronic Disease of Addiction","type":"Notice","abstract":"Thanks to President Trump's leadership, since 2017, the country has made significant progress in addressing mental health and substance use. However, President Trump and HHS Secretary Kennedy realize that the Department and country have more work to do. To facilitate this effort, HHS invites public comment in response to this RFI on the research, development, programs, and policies that have been most successful in improving availability of and access to effective prevention, treatment, and recovery interventions for addiction, mental illness, and co-occurring substance use and mental disorders. The purpose of this RFI is to identify research, programs, and policies that have been successful and recommend novel policy ideas and gaps in research that could be addressed and implemented to further the Great American Recovery using existing funding.","document_number":"2026-11602","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/10/2026-11602/hhs-request-for-comment-on-chronic-disease-of-addiction","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-10/pdf/2026-11602.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11602.pdf?1780931706","publication_date":"2026-06-10","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"}],"excerpts":"fda-guidance-documents/development-non-opioid-analgesics-chronic-pain. \n \n \n 4. <span class=\"match\">Integration</span> of <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Records \n \n HHS aligned certain 42 CFR part 2 requirements with existing regulations promulgated under the <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Information Technology for Economic and Clinical <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Act (HITECH) to enhance <span class=\"match\">integration</span> of behavioral <span class=\"match\">health</span> information with other medical records to improve patient <span class=\"match\">health</span> outcomes. The final rule provides the public with the ability to file complaints"},{"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":"Around <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Need, McKinsey &amp; Company, \n https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare/our-insights/national-surveys-reveal-disconnect-between-employees-and-employers-around-<span class=\"match\">mental</span>-<span class=\"match\">health</span>-need. \n \n \n \n \n 10 \n  America's <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Insurance Plans (AHIP), <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Insurance Providers Facilitate Broad Access to <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Support (Aug. 2022), \n https://ahiporg-production.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/<span class=\"match\">Mental</span>-<span class=\"match\">Health</span>-Survey-July-2022-FINAL.pdf. \n \n \n \n \n 11 \n  Consistent with the proposed rules, these final rules apply directly to group <span class=\"match\">health</span> plans"},{"title":"Exempting Whole Health Well-Being Services From Copayment","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to revise its medical regulations to exempt Whole Health well-being services from the copayment requirements for inpatient hospital care and outpatient medical care. These Whole Health well-being services, which consist of Whole Health education and skill-building programs and complementary and integrative health well-being services, are provided to Veterans within the VA Whole Health System of Care to improve Veterans' overall health and well-being.","document_number":"2024-31494","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/03/2024-31494/exempting-whole-health-well-being-services-from-copayment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-03/pdf/2024-31494.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-31494.pdf?1735825512","publication_date":"2025-01-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","name":"Veterans Affairs Department","id":520,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/veterans-affairs-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/520","parent_id":null,"slug":"veterans-affairs-department"}],"excerpts":"orient Veterans to Whole <span class=\"match\">Health</span> and assist them in filling out elements of their personal <span class=\"match\">health</span> plan. \n Whole <span class=\"match\">Health</span> education and skill-building courses are courses that generally address Whole <span class=\"match\">Health</span> principles, promote well-being approaches, and focus on helping the Veteran meet <span class=\"match\">health</span> and well-being goals. Current offerings within VA provide education on the concept of Whole <span class=\"match\">Health</span>, Whole <span class=\"match\">Health</span> coaching, Whole <span class=\"match\">Health</span> partnering, and how Veterans can take charge of their life and <span class=\"match\">health</span>. \n Complementary and <span class=\"match\">Integrative</span> <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Well-Being Services"},{"title":"Supporting the Head Start Workforce and Consistent Quality Programming","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule makes regulatory changes to the Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) to support and stabilize the Head Start workforce and improve the quality of services Head Start programs provide to children and families. These changes include requirements for wages and benefits, breaks for staff, and enhanced support for staff health and wellness. The changes also include enhancements to mental health services to better integrate mental health into every aspect of program service delivery. Enhancements are also included in the areas of family service worker family assignments, identifying and meeting community needs, ensuring child safety, services for pregnant women and other pregnant people, and alignment with State early childhood systems. Finally, the changes include minor clarifications to promote better transparency and clarity of understanding for grant recipients.","document_number":"2024-18279","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/21/2024-18279/supporting-the-head-start-workforce-and-consistent-quality-programming","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-21/pdf/2024-18279.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-18279.pdf?1723821314","publication_date":"2024-08-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"turnover, <span class=\"match\">mental</span> and behavioral <span class=\"match\">health</span> issues have risen among children and adults over the last decade. Head Start programs must adapt and evolve to continue leading the sector in quality programing for children and families. The final rule enhances requirements for <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> services to <span class=\"match\">integrate</span> <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> more fully into every aspect of program services, as well as elevate the role of <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> consultation. Infant and early childhood <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> consultation services are provided by licensed or licensed-eligible <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> professionals"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments; Clearance of a New Approval of Information Collection: Pilot Medical Disclosure Decision Making Model for Safety Risk Assessment Survey","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the approval of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a new information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on June 10, 2025. The collection involves a short online survey gathering information on medical disclosure behaviors of working pilots. The information to be collected will be used to update the current safety risk assessments for integration into the Aviation Safety (AVS), Office of Aviation Medicine (AAM) Safety Risk Management process. The FAA received one comment during the 60-day comment period on the Federal Register. The FAA sincerely thank the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) for their letter of support and further recommendations for our data collection and study. In the letter, ALPA shared concerns regarding the anonymity of the source, voluntary informed participation, aggregate-only reporting, and response evaluations, which the FAA has recently addressed. We also appreciate ALPA for bringing their concerns of independent oversight and legal data protection to our attention. We will work closely with ALPA representatives to integrate these recommendations throughout our study design. Again, we sincerely thank ALPA for the letter of support and recommendations on the proposed collection of information.","document_number":"2026-00485","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/13/2026-00485/agency-information-collection-activities-request-for-comments-clearance-of-a-new-approval-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-13/pdf/2026-00485.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-00485.pdf?1768225519","publication_date":"2026-01-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Aviation Administration","name":"Federal Aviation Administration","id":159,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-aviation-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/159","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-aviation-administration"}],"excerpts":"developing a pilot medical disclosure decision-making model to support current and future safety risk assessments. Following the <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Aviation Rulemaking Committee's recommendation, AVS/AAM and the Office of Safety Standards (AFS) conducted a joint safety risk assessment on pilot medical non-disclosure. The assessment identified the need for a validated model of pilot medical disclosure decision-making to <span class=\"match\">better</span> estimate safety risks.\n \n The survey will consist of approximately 50 questions pertaining to the behavioral and decisions motivation"},{"title":"Health Care Professionals Practicing Via Telehealth","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adopts as final, with changes, a proposed rule to amend its medical regulations that govern VA's health care professionals who practice health care via telehealth. This final rule implements the authorities of the VA MISSION Act of 2018 and the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. This final rule enables VA to maximize health care resource utilization and provide safe and convenient national health care to veterans using telehealth. It also strengthens VA's role in supporting national and State responses to war, terrorism, national emergencies and natural disasters.","document_number":"2025-19324","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/02/2025-19324/health-care-professionals-practicing-via-telehealth","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-02/pdf/2025-19324.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19324.pdf?1759322726","publication_date":"2025-10-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","name":"Veterans Affairs Department","id":520,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/veterans-affairs-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/520","parent_id":null,"slug":"veterans-affairs-department"}],"excerpts":"C. 804(2).\n \n \n List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 17 \n Administrative practice and procedure, Alcohol abuse, Alcoholism, Claims, Day care, Dental <span class=\"match\">health</span>, Drug abuse, Foreign relations, Government contracts, Grant programs—<span class=\"match\">health</span>, Grant programs—veterans, <span class=\"match\">Health</span> care, <span class=\"match\">Health</span> facilities, <span class=\"match\">Health</span> professions, <span class=\"match\">Health</span> records, Homeless, Medical and dental schools, Medical devices, Medical research, <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> programs, Nursing homes, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Scholarships and fellowships, Travel and transportation expenses, Veterans. "},{"title":"Expanding Access to State Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend its regulation that governs disclosure of information to and querying of State prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs). The rule would clarify certain statutory definitions, including the definition of delegate and licensed health care provider. In doing so, VA would eliminate confusion as to who VA would allow to query the PDMP and would better protect these individuals from any possible adverse action by a State, as long as they are acting within the scope of their VA employment or, if applicable, scope of their contract. The rule would also mandate that VA disclose the specified information to State PDMPs to the extent necessary to prevent misuse and diversion of prescription medicines. This proposed rule would promote safe and effective prescribing of controlled substances to covered individuals and patients who receive VA health care.","document_number":"2026-10084","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/20/2026-10084/expanding-access-to-state-prescription-drug-monitoring-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-20/pdf/2026-10084.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10084.pdf?1779194712","publication_date":"2026-05-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","name":"Veterans Affairs Department","id":520,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/veterans-affairs-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/520","parent_id":null,"slug":"veterans-affairs-department"}],"excerpts":"automated data processing systems, which include, but are not limited to, <span class=\"match\">health</span> information exchanges, electronic <span class=\"match\">health</span> records systems, and e-prescribing. <span class=\"match\">Health</span> information exchanges allow <span class=\"match\">health</span> care providers a secure and sharable access to a patient's <span class=\"match\">health</span> care information electronically. Electronic <span class=\"match\">health</span> records are a real-time digital version of a patient's paper chart that make information available instantly and securely to authorized users. E-prescribing allows a <span class=\"match\">health</span> care provider the ability to electronically generate and send a prescription"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments; Clearance of a New Approval of Information Collection: Pilot Medical Disclosure Decision Making Model for Safety Risk Assessment Survey","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for a new information collection. The collection involves a short online survey gathering information on medical disclosure behaviors of working pilots. The information to be collected will be used to and/or is necessary to update the current safety risk assessments for integration into the Aviation Safety (AVS), Office of Aviation Medicine (AAM) Safety Risk Management process.","document_number":"2025-10481","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/10/2025-10481/agency-information-collection-activities-request-for-comments-clearance-of-a-new-approval-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-10/pdf/2025-10481.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-10481.pdf?1749473115","publication_date":"2025-06-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Aviation Administration","name":"Federal Aviation Administration","id":159,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-aviation-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/159","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-aviation-administration"}],"excerpts":"developing a pilot medical disclosure decision making model in to support current and future safety risk assessments. Following the <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Aviation Rulemaking Committee's recommendation, AVS/AAM and the Office of Safety Standards (AFS) conducted a joint safety risk assessment on pilot medical non-disclosure. The assessment identified the need for a validated model of pilot medical disclosure decision-making to <span class=\"match\">better</span> estimate safety risks.\n \n The survey will consist of approximately 50 questions pertaining to the behavioral and decisions motivation"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Health Resources and Services Administration Uniform Data System","type":"Notice","abstract":"In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the review and approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day comment period for this notice has closed.","document_number":"2026-12046","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/16/2026-12046/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-omb-for-review-and-approval-public-comment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-16/pdf/2026-12046.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12046.pdf?1781527511","publication_date":"2026-06-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Health Resources and Services Administration","name":"Health Resources and Services Administration","id":222,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-resources-and-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/222","parent_id":221,"slug":"health-resources-and-services-administration"}],"excerpts":"arrangements across <span class=\"match\">health</span> centers.\n \n Table 5: Staffing and Utilization and Selected Service Detail Addendum * \n Removal \n \n • \n Selected Service Detail Addendum \n —Detailed reporting elements related to integrated <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> and substance use disorder service delivery (Lines 20a01—21h) will be removed to streamline reporting and reduce burden on <span class=\"match\">health</span> centers. <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> and substance use disorder services will continue to be reported in the core part of Table 5.\n \n Addition \n \n • \n Staffing and Utilization \n —Specific <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> personnel types"},{"title":"HIPAA Security Rule To Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or \"Department\") is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to solicit comment on its proposal to modify the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information (\"Security Rule\") under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH Act). The proposed modifications would revise existing standards to better protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information (ePHI). The proposals in this NPRM would increase the cybersecurity for ePHI by revising the Security Rule to address: changes in the environment in which health care is provided; significant increases in breaches and cyberattacks; common deficiencies the Office for Civil Rights has observed in investigations into Security Rule compliance by covered entities and their business associates (collectively, \"regulated entities\"); other cybersecurity guidelines, best practices, methodologies, procedures, and processes; and court decisions that affect enforcement of the Security Rule.","document_number":"2024-30983","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-30983/hipaa-security-rule-to-strengthen-the-cybersecurity-of-electronic-protected-health-information","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-30983.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30983.pdf?1735334119","publication_date":"2025-01-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"49 \n  \n Id. \n \n \n 2. <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Information Technology for Economic and Clinical <span class=\"match\">Health</span> (HITECH) Act \n \n On February 17, 2009, Congress enacted the <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Information Technology for Economic and Clinical <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Act of 2009 (HITECH Act), part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA),\n 50 \n \n promoting the nationwide adoption and standardization of <span class=\"match\">health</span> information technology (<span class=\"match\">health</span> IT) to support the electronic sharing of clinical data. The HITECH Act created financial incentives for <span class=\"match\">health</span> IT use among <span class=\"match\">health</span> care practitioners"},{"title":"Supporting the Head Start Workforce and Consistent Quality Programming","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"We propose to add new requirements to the Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) to support and stabilize the Head Start workforce, including requirements for wages and benefits, breaks for staff, and enhanced supports for staff health and wellness. We also propose to enhance several existing requirements and add new requirements to promote consistent quality of services across Head Start programs. This includes proposed enhancements to requirements for mental health services to better integrate these services into every aspect of programs as well as elevate the role of mental health consultation to support the well-being of children, families, and staff. Enhancements are also proposed in the areas of family service, worker family assignments, identifying and meeting community needs, ensuring child safety, services for pregnant women and people, and alignment with State early childhood systems. Finally, we propose minor clarifications to existing standards to promote better transparency and clarity of understanding for grant recipients.","document_number":"2023-25038","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/20/2023-25038/supporting-the-head-start-workforce-and-consistent-quality-programming","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-20/pdf/2023-25038.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-25038.pdf?1700083040","publication_date":"2023-11-20","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":"Administration for Children and Families","name":"Children and Families Administration","id":49,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/children-and-families-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/49","parent_id":221,"slug":"children-and-families-administration"}],"excerpts":"e-Can-Address-the-Social-Determinants-of-<span class=\"match\">Mental</span>-<span class=\"match\">Health</span>. \n \n \n \n In addition to children, the impact of poor adult <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> has also garnered national attention, including the importance of addressing <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> for the ECE workforce.\n 146 \n \n In 2021, 57.8 million adults (22.8 percent) were affected by <span class=\"match\">mental</span> illness and 46.3 million (16.5 percent) of people aged 12 and older had a substance use disorder.\n 147 \n \n We know that <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> of young children is intertwined with the <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> of the adults that care for them. We also"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, and Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"These proposals are intended to improve the electronic exchange of health care data and streamline processes related to prior authorization by increasing the interoperability of systems used across the health care industry. We are proposing new requirements for Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations, state Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS) programs, state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) FFS programs, Medicaid managed care plans, CHIP managed care entities, and Qualified Health Plan (QHP) issuers on the Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs), including issuers that offer small group market QHPs on the Federally-facilitated Small Business Health Options Program (FF- SHOP) Exchanges (hereinafter referred to as \"small group market QHP issuers on the FF-SHOPs\") (collectively \"impacted payers\"), to make available electronic prior authorization for drugs. We are also proposing to extend many existing interoperability requirements for the prior authorization of non-drug items and services to include prior authorizations for drugs to further reduce patient and provider burden. We are also proposing to require impacted payers to report their application programming interfaces (API) endpoints and related information for the Patient Access, Provider Directory, Provider Access, Payer-to-Payer, and Prior Authorization APIs to CMS. To help assess the impact of our policies, we are proposing to collect API usage metrics. In addition, we are proposing to apply the existing interoperability requirements to small group market QHP issuers on the FF-SHOPs as impacted payers. To improve impacted payers' ability to exchange health information while continuing CMS's drive toward interoperability, we are proposing to require certain Health Level Seven (HL7[supreg]) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR[supreg]) implementation guides (IGs) that are currently recommended. In addition, HHS is proposing to adopt the HL7 FHIR base standard and certain associated specifications and IGs as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (hereinafter referred to as \"HIPAA\") (Pub. L. 104-191, enacted Aug. 21, 1996) standards for dental, professional, and institutional \"referral certification and authorization\" transactions and \"eligibility for a health plan\" transactions associated with prior authorization. We are proposing to add a definition for \"failure to report,\" which would allow CMS to impose a civil monetary penalty (CMP) on applicable manufacturers or applicable group purchasing organizations (GPOs) if those entities fail to grant CMS timely access to documents for the purposes of an audit. Finally, ONC is using this rulemaking to propose to adopt updated versions of certain health information technology (health IT) standards and specifications for HHS use, such as CMS's interoperability requirements, to support a more robust health IT infrastructure.","document_number":"2026-07205","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/14/2026-07205/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-interoperability-standards","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-14/pdf/2026-07205.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07205.pdf?1775852111","publication_date":"2026-04-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"the payer under the patient's <span class=\"match\">health</span> plan through the Patient Access API. We believe that by requiring these IGs, impacted payers would format data available through the Patient Access API in a consistent manner that would allow <span class=\"match\">health</span> app developers to easily access and display patients' <span class=\"match\">health</span> data, thus having those data readily available and easily accessible to patients. Enabling patients to easily access their <span class=\"match\">health</span> information electronically through an API should allow patients to <span class=\"match\">better</span> manage their <span class=\"match\">health</span> care. \n (2) Provider Access API"},{"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":"provide EHBs must cover <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> and substance use disorder services, including behavioral <span class=\"match\">health</span> treatment, as required categories of EHB and must comply with MHPAEA.\n 118 \n \n We note that under § 155.170(a)(2)(iv), State action taken for purposes of compliance with Federal requirements, which includes MHPAEA, is not considered to be in addition to EHB and will not require defrayal by the State.\n 119 \n \n \n \n \n 118 \n  45 CFR 156.115(a)(3).\n \n \n \n \n 119 \n  MHPAEA generally does not mandate coverage for <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> or substance use disorder"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update; HH Quality Reporting Program Requirements; HH Value-Based Purchasing Expanded Model Requirements; Home Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG) Items and Services Rate Update; and Other Medicare Policies","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule will set forth routine updates to the Medicare home health payment rates; the payment rate for the disposable negative pressure wound therapy (dNPWT) devices; and the intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) items and services payment rate for CY 2025 in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. In addition, it finalizes changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) requirements and provides an update on potential approaches for integrating health equity in the Expanded Health Value Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model. It also finalizes a new standard for an acceptance-to-service policy in the HH conditions of participation (CoPs). Lastly, it updates provider and supplier enrollment requirements and changes to the long-term care reporting requirements for acute respiratory illnesses.","document_number":"2024-25441","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/07/2024-25441/medicare-program-calendar-year-cy-2025-home-health-prospective-payment-system-hh-pps-rate-update-hh","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-07/pdf/2024-25441.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25441.pdf?1730492128","publication_date":"2024-11-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"request(s) to the Home <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Policy mailbox: \n HomeHealthPolicy@cms.hhs.gov. \n \n E. CY 2025 Home <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Payment Rate Updates \n 1. Final CY 2025 Home <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Market Basket Update for HHAs \n Section 1895(b)(3)(B) of the Act requires that the standard prospective payment amounts for home <span class=\"match\">health</span> be increased by a factor equal to the applicable home <span class=\"match\">health</span> market basket update for those HHAs that submit quality data as required by the Secretary. In the CY 2024 HH PPS final rule (88 FR 77726), we finalized a rebasing of the home <span class=\"match\">health</span> market basket to reflect"},{"title":"Requirements Related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This document proposes amendments to regulations implementing the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) and proposes 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 proposed rules would amend the existing NQTL standard to prevent plans and issuers from using NQTLs to place greater limits on access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits as compared to medical/ surgical benefits. As part of these changes, these proposed rules would require plans and issuers to collect and evaluate relevant data in a manner reasonably designed to assess the impact of NQTLs on access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits and medical/surgical benefits, and would set forth a special rule with regard to network composition. These proposed rules would also amend existing examples and add new examples on the application of the rules for NQTLs to clarify and illustrate the protections of MHPAEA. Additionally, these proposed rules would 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 participants, beneficiaries, and enrollees. The Departments also solicit comments on whether there are ways to improve the coverage of mental health and substance use disorder benefits through other provisions of Federal law. Finally, HHS proposes 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":"2023-15945","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/08/03/2023-15945/requirements-related-to-the-mental-health-parity-and-addiction-equity-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-08-03/pdf/2023-15945.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-15945.pdf?1690807523","publication_date":"2023-08-03","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":"org/other/report/kff-cnn-<span class=\"match\">mental</span>-<span class=\"match\">health</span>-in-america-survey/ \n (showing half of adults say they have had a severe <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> crisis in their family); California <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Care Foundation, In Their Own Words: How Fragmented Care Harms People with Both <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> Illness and Substance Use Disorder, available at \n https://www.chcf.org/publication/fragmented-care-harms-people-<span class=\"match\">mental</span>-illness-substance-use-disorder/. \n \n \n \n Ensuring meaningful access to <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> and substance use disorder care is vital to addressing the Nation's <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> and substance use"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed 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 proposed 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); cost-sharing flexibilities for catastrophic and individual market bronze plans; establishment of catastrophic plans with plan terms of up to 10 consecutive years; QHP issuer quality improvement strategies (QISs); revisions affecting which enrollees are included in Federal Basic Health Program (BHP) payment calculations to States; and seeks comment on potential adjustments to other Federal standards, including the Federal medical loss ratio (MLR) standard in the individual market. This proposed rule also includes amendments to implement certain provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut (WFTC) legislation.","document_number":"2026-02769","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/11/2026-02769/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-2026-02-11/pdf/2026-02769.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02769.pdf?1770671709","publication_date":"2026-02-11","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":"categories representing core medical benefits required to be offered in small group and individual plans.\n \n \n \n 137 \n  KFF, Employer <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Benefits: \n 2019 Annual Survey, \n available at \n https://www.kff.org/<span class=\"match\">health</span>-costs/report/2019-employer-<span class=\"match\">health</span>-benefits-survey/. \n \n \n \n \n 138 \n  KFF, Employer <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Benefits: \n 2023 Annual Survey, \n available at \n https://www.kff.org/<span class=\"match\">health</span>-costs/report/2023-employer-<span class=\"match\">health</span>-benefits-survey/. \n \n \n \n \n 139 \n  According to 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, smaller firms (defined by BLS as up to 249"},{"title":"Facilitating Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911); Improving 911 Reliability","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC or Commission) proposes rules to enhance Next Generation 911 (NG911) interoperability and improve NG911 accessibility. Specifically, the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposes requiring NG911 service providers to conduct multi-party interstate interoperability testing of 911 traffic. The Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking also seeks comment about how 911 Authorities can integrate advanced technology such as Direct Video Calling into NG911 networks to improve accessibility.","document_number":"2026-13999","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/10/2026-13999/facilitating-implementation-of-next-generation-911-services-ng911-improving-911-reliability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-10/pdf/2026-13999.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13999.pdf?1783601118","publication_date":"2026-07-10","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":"Language (ASL) and/or enhanced NG911 multi-modal emergency services for the deaf/hard of hearing. \n See, e.g., \n Express Comment of Greg Pollock, ASL Now (filed Apr. 1, 2025); Express Comment of Sonny Wasilowski (filed Apr. 9, 2025).\n \n \n \n \n 11 \n  Substance Abuse and <span class=\"match\">Mental</span> <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Services Administration (SAMHSA), “988 Suicide &amp; Crisis Lifeline Adds American Sign Language Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Callers,” Press Announcement (Sept. 8, 2023). At a FCC Public Forum, a representative stated that in the first 10 months after DVC became"},{"title":"Notice of Meeting for the Interdepartmental Substance Use Disorders Coordinating Committee (ISUDCC)","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) announces a meeting of the Interdepartmental Substance Use Disorders Coordinating Committee (ISUDCC). The ISUDCC is open to the public and members of the public can attend the meeting via telephone or webcast only, and not in person. Agenda with call-in information will be posted on the SAMHSA website prior to the meeting at: https://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/advisory- councils/meetings. The meeting's focus will be on the draft report of the ISUDCC's recommendations on how the Federal Government can further integrate and coordinate harm reduction approaches and strategies across the continuum of prevention, treatment, and recovery policies, programs, and practices. This meeting will also include presentations on the recently released Harm Reduction Framework, the Naloxone Saturation Academies, and SAMHSA's Overdose Prevention and Response Toolkit. Committee Name: Interdepartmental Substance Use Disorders Coordinating Committee (ISUDCC).","document_number":"2024-11294","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/23/2024-11294/notice-of-meeting-for-the-interdepartmental-substance-use-disorders-coordinating-committee-isudcc","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-23/pdf/2024-11294.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-11294.pdf?1716381919","publication_date":"2024-05-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration","name":"Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration","id":479,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/substance-abuse-and-mental-health-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/479","parent_id":221,"slug":"substance-abuse-and-mental-health-services-administration"}],"excerpts":"physicians, licensed <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> professionals, advance practice registered nurses, and physician assistants, who have experience in treating individuals with substance use disorders; substance use disorder treatment professionals who provide treatment services at a certified opioid treatment program; substance use disorder treatment professionals who have research or clinical experience in working with racial and ethnic minority populations; substance use disorder treatment professionals who have research or clinical <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> experience in working"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule will advance CMS's efforts to improve access to care, quality and health outcomes, and better address health equity issues for Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) managed care enrollees. The final rule addresses standards for timely access to care and States' monitoring and enforcement efforts, reduces State burdens for implementing some State directed payments (SDPs) and certain quality reporting requirements, adds new standards that will apply when States use in lieu of services and settings (ILOSs) to promote effective utilization and that specify the scope and nature of ILOSs, specifies medical loss ratio (MLR) requirements, and establishes a quality rating system for Medicaid and CHIP managed care plans.","document_number":"2024-08085","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/10/2024-08085/medicaid-program-medicaid-and-childrens-health-insurance-program-chip-managed-care-access-finance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-10/pdf/2024-08085.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08085.pdf?1713816918","publication_date":"2024-05-10","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":"behavioral <span class=\"match\">health</span> PIHP; therefore, a State will not be required to set appointment wait time standards for primary care and OB/GYN providers for the behavioral <span class=\"match\">health</span> PIHP and will only have to set appointment wait time standards for <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> and SUD providers, as well as one State-selected provider type. To ensure that our proposal to have States set appointment wait time standards for <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> and SUD, as well as one State-selected provider type for behavioral PIHPs and PAHPs is feasible, we requested comment on whether behavioral <span class=\"match\">health</span> PIHPs"},{"title":"Health Breach Notification Rule","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Trade Commission (\"FTC\" or \"Commission\") is amending the Commission's Health Breach Notification Rule (the \"HBN Rule\" or the \"Rule\"). The HBN Rule requires vendors of personal health records (\"PHRs\") and related entities that are not covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (\"HIPAA\") to notify individuals, the FTC, and, in some cases, the media of a breach of unsecured personally identifiable health data.","document_number":"2024-10855","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/30/2024-10855/health-breach-notification-rule","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-30/pdf/2024-10855.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-10855.pdf?1716986712","publication_date":"2024-05-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION","name":"Federal Trade Commission","id":192,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-trade-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/192","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-trade-commission"}],"excerpts":"present, or future physical or <span class=\"match\">mental</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> or condition of an individual, the provision of <span class=\"match\">health</span> care to an individual, or the past, present, or future payment for the provision of <span class=\"match\">health</span> care to an individual; and (4) is created or received by a <span class=\"match\">health</span> care provider, <span class=\"match\">health</span> plan (as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1320d(5)), employer, or <span class=\"match\">health</span> care clearinghouse (as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1320d(2)). \n The Commission explained that this proposed definition covers traditional <span class=\"match\">health</span> information (such as diagnoses or medications), <span class=\"match\">health</span> information derived from"}]}