{"description":"Documents matching 'modular transmitter even independently authorized'","count":69,"total_pages":4,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=modular+transmitter+even+independently+authorized&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Protecting Against National Security Threats to the Communications Supply Chain Through the Equipment Authorization Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) clarifies that rules prohibiting authorization of covered equipment include modular transmitters and adopts a prohibition on authorization of devices that include modular transmitters that are covered equipment. The Commission also adopts a procedure to limit previously granted authorizations of covered equipment to prohibit the continued importation and marketing of such equipment. It further discusses the broad scope of the prohibition on authorization of equipment identified on the Covered List by clarifying the term \"produced by\" as used in the Commission's rules concerning covered equipment and clarifying the prohibition on modification to previously authorized covered equipment.","document_number":"2025-21001","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-21001/protecting-against-national-security-threats-to-the-communications-supply-chain-through-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-21001.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21001.pdf?1763991936","publication_date":"2025-11-25","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":"of any <span class=\"match\">modular</span> <span class=\"match\">transmitter</span> that is covered equipment, and any product, host, or device that incorporates a <span class=\"match\">modular</span> <span class=\"match\">transmitter</span> that is covered equipment, regardless of whether the Commission previously <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> that <span class=\"match\">modular</span> <span class=\"match\">transmitter</span>. <span class=\"match\">Modular</span> <span class=\"match\">transmitters</span>, as defined in § 15.212 of the Commission's rules, that can be <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> under the rules as standalone devices (each consisting of a completely self-contained <span class=\"match\">transmitter</span> device) and incorporated into other devices, include “single-<span class=\"match\">modular</span> <span class=\"match\">transmitters</span>,” “split-<span class=\"match\">modular</span> <span class=\"match\">transmitters</span>,” and “limited"},{"title":"Space Modernization for the 21st Century","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or we) proposes to overhaul and modernize the Commission's space and earth station licensing process to help \"ensure that new space-based industries, space exploration capabilities, and cutting-edge defense systems are pioneered in America rather than by our adversaries.\" In particular, the NPRM proposes to develop a \"licensing assembly line\" designed so applications can be routed along different paths and segmented for review based on specific aspects of a request. This new process would set the stage for ongoing efficiency gains and would provide greater predictability and flexibility for applicants. In this way, we expect--like actual assembly lines--that the space review processes can be dramatically accelerated while improving the quality of the Commission's space licensing work.","document_number":"2025-22019","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22019/space-modernization-for-the-21st-century","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22019.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22019.pdf?1764855918","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":"hundred or more <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> satellites and one applicable to NGSO space stations with fewer than two hundred satellites but that are <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> within a processing round. For NGSO space stations with 200 or more <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> satellites, we propose the following calculation, rounded to the nearest dollar: B = $10,000 * ((0.9*A)−D), where B is the bond amount, D is the number of satellites deployed, and A is the number of satellites <span class=\"match\">authorized</span>. For NGSO space stations <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> in a processing round but with fewer than 200 <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> satellites, we propose"},{"title":"Possible Revision or Elimination of Rules","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public to comment on the Commission's rules to be reviewed pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended. The purpose of the review is to determine whether Commission rules that the FCC adopted in calendar years 2007-2012 should be continued without change, amended, or rescinded in order to minimize any significant impact the rule(s) may have on a substantial number of small entities. Upon receiving comments from the public, the Commission will evaluate those comments and consider whether action should be taken to rescind or amend the relevant rule(s), or retain the rule(s) without modification.","document_number":"2023-20561","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/09/26/2023-20561/possible-revision-or-elimination-of-rules","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-09-26/pdf/2023-20561.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-20561.pdf?1695645930","publication_date":"2023-09-26","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":"different types of <span class=\"match\">modular</span> <span class=\"match\">transmitters</span> and sets forth the requirements for obtaining approval for these devices under Part 15 of the Commission's rules.\n \n \n Need: \n These rules are needed to provide efficient equipment authorization procedures for <span class=\"match\">modular</span> <span class=\"match\">transmitter</span> devices, enabling manufacturers to develop more advanced unlicensed <span class=\"match\">transmitter</span> technologies without causing harmful interference.\n \n \n Legal Basis: \n 47 U.S.C. 154, 302a, 303, 304, 307, 336, and 544a.\n \n \n Section Number and Title: \n \n 15.212 <span class=\"match\">Modular</span> <span class=\"match\">transmitters</span>. \n \n Subpart D—Unlicensed"},{"title":"Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet; Restoring Internet Freedom","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) adopts a Declaratory Ruling, Report and Order, Order, and Order on Reconsideration that reestablishes the Commission's authority over broadband internet access service (BIAS). The Declaratory Ruling classifies broadband internet access service as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act, providing the Commission with additional authority to safeguard national security, advance public safety, protect consumers, and facilitate broadband deployment. The Order establishes broad, tailored forbearance of the Commission's application of Title II to broadband providers while maintaining Title II provisions the Commission needs to fulfill its obligations and objectives. The Report and Order reinstates straightforward, clear rules that prohibit blocking, throttling, or engaging in paid or affiliated prioritization arrangements, adopts certain enhancements to the transparency rule, and reinstates a general conduct standard that prohibits unreasonable interference or unreasonable disadvantage to consumers or edge providers. The Order on Reconsideration partially grants and otherwise dismisses as moot four petitions for reconsideration filed in response to the 2020 Restoring Internet Freedom Remand Order.","document_number":"2024-10674","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/22/2024-10674/safeguarding-and-securing-the-open-internet-restoring-internet-freedom","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-22/pdf/2024-10674.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-10674.pdf?1716295515","publication_date":"2024-05-22","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":"fact no solution at all and instead leaves BIAS-only providers with a different “competitive bottleneck.” Moreover, the \n RIF Remand Order \n failed to cite to <span class=\"match\">even</span> one instance of such a partnership or provide any evidence that such a partnership would <span class=\"match\">even</span> be economically or practically feasible, only mentioning the \n possibility \n that BIAS-only providers might be able to pursue one. <span class=\"match\">Even</span> assuming the possibility of such a partnership, unlike with section 224, which ensures pole owners provide access at just and reasonable rates, there are no legal"},{"title":"Train Crew Size Safety Requirements","type":"Rule","abstract":"FRA is establishing minimum safety requirements for the size of train crews depending on the type of operation. This final rule requires railroad operations to have a minimum of two crewmembers except for certain identified one-person train crew operations that do not pose significant safety risks to railroad employees, the public, or the environment. This final rule includes requirements for railroads seeking to continue certain existing one-person train crew operations and a special approval process for railroads seeking to initiate certain new one-person train crew operations. This final rule also requires each railroad receiving special approval for a one-person train crew operation to submit to FRA an annual report summarizing the safety of the operation.","document_number":"2024-06625","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/09/2024-06625/train-crew-size-safety-requirements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-09/pdf/2024-06625.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-06625.pdf?1712580314","publication_date":"2024-04-09","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 Railroad Administration","name":"Federal Railroad Administration","id":185,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-railroad-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/185","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-railroad-administration"}],"excerpts":"be governed by a patchwork of State laws, logistically it may become impossible for a railroad to <span class=\"match\">even</span> consider operations with fewer than two crewmembers. Thus, this rulemaking is intended to set forth a nationwide rule for crew size safety, especially operations with a one-person train crew, based on FRA's expertise and experience in regulating safety and risks in rail operations. While courts may find that some of those State laws are preempted <span class=\"match\">even</span> without this rule, other State laws may not be challenged and found preempted, leaving an untenable"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Rates; Changes to the FY 2025 IPPS Rates Due to Court Decision; Requirements for Quality Programs; and Other Policy Changes; Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Electronic Prescribing, Real-Time Prescription Benefit and Electronic Prior Authorization","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals; makes changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; updates the payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs); updates and makes changes to requirements for certain quality programs; and makes other policy- related changes. We are also finalizing the provisions of the interim final action with comment period regarding the changes to the FY 2025 IPPS rates due to the court decision in Bridgeport Hosp. v. Becerra. Lastly, it finalizes certain updates to the ONC Health Information Technology (IT) Certification Program.","document_number":"2025-14681","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/04/2025-14681/medicare-program-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-systems-for-acute-care-hospitals-ipps-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-04/pdf/2025-14681.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14681.pdf?1753992911","publication_date":"2025-08-04","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":"315(b)(4)(iii) to limit the scope of the criterion to medications and vaccines covered by a pharmacy benefit. \n (5) New Certification Criteria for <span class=\"match\">Modular</span> API Capabilities \n (a) Background \n In the HTI-2 Proposed Rule, we proposed to add a new paragraph (j) to 45 CFR 170.315 titled “<span class=\"match\">modular</span> API capabilities.” We stated that this new certification criteria category would promote the Certification Program's <span class=\"match\">modular</span> certification approach and, importantly, would enable different combinations of capabilities across Health IT Modules depending on future use"},{"title":"Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) revises the pro forma Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) to remedy deficiencies in the Commission's existing regional and local transmission planning and cost allocation requirements. In this final order, the Commission requires transmission providers to conduct Long- Term Regional Transmission Planning that will ensure the identification, evaluation, and selection, as well as the allocation of the costs, of more efficient or cost-effective regional transmission solutions to address Long-Term Transmission Needs. The Commission also directs other reforms to improve coordination of regional transmission planning and generator interconnection processes, require consideration of certain alternative transmission technologies in regional transmission planning processes, and improve transparency of local transmission planning processes and coordination between regional and local transmission planning processes. These reforms are intended to ensure that existing regional and local transmission planning and cost allocation requirements are just, reasonable, and not unduly discriminatory or preferential.","document_number":"2024-10872","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/11/2024-10872/building-for-the-future-through-electric-regional-transmission-planning-and-cost-allocation","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-06-11/pdf/2024-10872.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-10872.pdf?1718023516","publication_date":"2024-06-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","id":167,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-energy-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/167","parent_id":136,"slug":"federal-energy-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"the Commission should <span class=\"match\">authorize</span> the creation of an <span class=\"match\">independent</span> transmission monitor to evaluate the effective coordination of local transmission projects with more holistic transmission planning to identify the most efficient or cost-effective approach to meeting local, regional, and interregional transmission needs.\n 3461 \n \n Relatedly, California Commission and Colorado Consumer Advocates suggest that the Commission give <span class=\"match\">independent</span> transmission monitors the responsibility to evaluate stakeholder comments, <span class=\"match\">independently</span> analyze whether there are"},{"title":"Implementation of 2022 Wassenaar Arrangement Decisions and Request for Comments on License Exception Eligibility for Certain Supersonic Aero Gas Turbine Engine Component Technology","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) maintains, as part of its Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the Commerce Control List (CCL), which identifies certain items subject to Department of Commerce jurisdiction. During the December 2022 Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies (WA) Plenary meeting, Participating States of the WA (Participating States) made certain decisions affecting the WA dual-use and munitions control lists, which BIS is now implementing via amendments to the CCL. BIS seeks comments on restricting STA eligibility for countries in EAR Country Group A:5 of certain technology for the development of supersonic aero gas turbine engine components controlled under ECCN 9E003.k, formerly controlled under ECCN 9E001 as part of its ongoing assessment of current export control licensing policy.","document_number":"2023-22299","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/18/2023-22299/implementation-of-2022-wassenaar-arrangement-decisions-and-request-for-comments-on-license-exception","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-10-18/pdf/2023-22299.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-22299.pdf?1697141896","publication_date":"2023-10-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"receivers see 5A001.b.5. \n \n g. Passive Coherent Location (PCL) systems or equipment, “specially designed” for detecting and tracking moving objects by measuring reflections of ambient radio frequency emissions, supplied by non-radar <span class=\"match\">transmitters</span>. \n \n Technical Note: \n \n For the purposes of 5A001.g, non-radar <span class=\"match\">transmitters</span> may include commercial radio, television or cellular telecommunications base stations. \n \n \n Note: \n \n 5A001.g. does not control: \n \n \n a. Radio-astronomical equipment; or \n \n \n b. Systems or equipment, that require any radio transmission"},{"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":"other persons not similarly situated or to other, dissimilar circumstances. If any provision is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions which could function <span class=\"match\">independently</span> should take effect and be given the maximum effect permitted by law. Through this rule, we adopt provisions that are intended to and will operate <span class=\"match\">independently</span> of each other, <span class=\"match\">even</span> if each serves the same general purpose or policy goal. Where a provision is necessarily dependent on another, the context generally makes that clear.\n \n Addenda Available Only Through"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2026 Rates; Requirements for Quality Programs; and Other Policy Changes","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital- related costs of acute care hospitals; make changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; update the payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs); update and make changes to requirements for certain quality programs; and make other policy-related changes.","document_number":"2025-06271","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/30/2025-06271/medicare-program-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-systems-for-acute-care-hospitals-and-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-30/pdf/2025-06271.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06271.pdf?1744402510","publication_date":"2025-04-30","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":"(or patient-<span class=\"match\">authorized</span> representative) is provided timely access to view online, download, and transmit their health information; and \n (2) the eligible hospital or CAH ensures the patient's health information is available for the patient (or patient-<span class=\"match\">authorized</span> representative) to access using any application of their choice that is configured to meet the technical specifications of the application programming interface API in the eligible hospital's or CAH's CEHRT. \n \n The number of patients in the denominator (or patient <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> representatives)"},{"title":"Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs; Payment for Intensive Outpatient Services in Hospital Outpatient Departments, Community Mental Health Centers, Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and Opioid Treatment Programs; Hospital Price Transparency; Changes to Community Mental Health Centers Conditions of Participation, Changes to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System Medicare Code Editor; Rural Emergency Hospital Conditions of Participation Technical Correction","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 2024 based on our continuing experience with these systems. In this final 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 final rule updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program, the ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program, and the Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting (REHQR) Program. In this final rule, we are also establishing a payment for certain intensive outpatient services under Medicare, beginning January 1, 2024. In addition, this final rule updates and refines requirements for hospitals to make public their standard charge information and enforcement of hospital price transparency. We are finalizing changes to the community mental health center (CMHC) Conditions of Participation (CoPs) to provide requirements for furnishing intensive outpatient (IOP) services, and we are finalizing the proposed personnel qualifications for mental health counselors (MHCs) and marriage and family therapists (MFTs). Additionally, we are finalizing the removal of discussion of the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) Medicare Code Editor (MCE) from the annual IPPS rulemakings, beginning with the fiscal year (FY) 2025 rulemaking. Finally, we are finalizing a technical correction to the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) CoPs under the standard for the designation and certification of REHs.","document_number":"2023-24293","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/22/2023-24293/medicare-program-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical-center-payment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-22/pdf/2023-24293.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-24293.pdf?1698959177","publication_date":"2023-11-22","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":"consumers the opportunity to make a choice regarding whether they want to go to a hospital that has established its standard charges in dollars, <span class=\"match\">even</span> if the price might be higher at that hospital, over a hospital that establishes its standard charges based on an algorithm, <span class=\"match\">even</span> if its estimated allowed amount in dollars might be lower. This commenter went on to suggest that the policy “pushes the industry <span class=\"match\">even</span> further towards simplification, standardization, and overall predictability among business and consumer healthcare transactions” and expressed"},{"title":"Allowing Earlier Equipment Marketing and Importation Opportunities","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts targeted enhancements that will modernize the Commission's marketing and importation rules to allow radiofrequency (RF) equipment manufacturers to better gauge consumer interest and prepare for new product launches. These steps will further the communications sector's ability to drive innovation that will advance America's global competitiveness and promote economic growth. As product development cycles have accelerated, new marketplace models and assessment tools have emerged that rely on individual interest to fund products, optimize production, and match imports to anticipated sales. The rules the Commission is adopting will allow manufacturers to better use these tools to quickly deploy new technologies and devices to consumers while ensuring that communications equipment subject to equipment authorization continues to meet the Commission's stringent program requirements.","document_number":"2021-19385","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/09/20/2021-19385/allowing-earlier-equipment-marketing-and-importation-opportunities","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-09-20/pdf/2021-19385.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-19385.pdf?1631882722","publication_date":"2021-09-20","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":" in particular, so the Commission likewise believes it is beyond the scope of this proceeding.\n \n \n Additionally, one commenter, CTIA suggested that the Commission also act on outstanding proposals related to the certification of <span class=\"match\">modular</span> <span class=\"match\">transmitters</span>. A <span class=\"match\">modular</span> <span class=\"match\">transmitter</span> is a completely self-contained RF <span class=\"match\">transmitter</span> device that typically is incorporated into another product and is subject to, among others, the requirements of § 15.212 of the Commission's rules. The \n 2015 Equipment Authorization Notice \n included proposed changes to these requirements"},{"title":"Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.; Order Disapproving a Proposed Rule Change To List and Trade Shares of the VanEck Bitcoin Trust Under BZX Rule 14.11(e)(4), Commodity-Based Trust Shares","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"2021-25129","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/11/18/2021-25129/self-regulatory-organizations-cboe-bzx-exchange-inc-order-disapproving-a-proposed-rule-change-to","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-11-18/pdf/2021-25129.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-25129.pdf?1637156727","publication_date":"2021-11-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"excerpts":"id. \n \n \n \n When the Trust sells or redeems its Shares, it will do so in “in-kind” transactions in blocks of 50,000 Shares. When creating the Shares, <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> participants will deliver, or facilitate the delivery of, bitcoin to the Trust's account with the Custodian in exchange for the Shares, and, when redeeming the Shares, the Trust, through the Custodian, will deliver bitcoin to such <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> participants.\n 37 \n \n \n \n \n 37 \n  \n See id. \n at 14995.\n \n \n III. Discussion \n A. The Applicable Standard for Review \n \n The Commission must consider"},{"title":"Marine Mammals; Incidental Take During Specified Activities; North Slope, Alaska","type":"Rule","abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in response to a request from the Alaska Oil and Gas Association, finalize regulations authorizing the nonlethal, incidental, unintentional take by harassment of small numbers of polar bears and Pacific walruses during year-round oil and gas industry activities in the Beaufort Sea (Alaska and the Outer Continental Shelf) and adjacent northern coast of Alaska. Take may result from oil and gas exploration, development, production, and transportation activities occurring for a period of 5 years. These activities are similar to those covered by the previous 5-year Beaufort Sea incidental take regulations effective from August 5, 2016, through August 5, 2021. This rule authorizes take by harassment only. No lethal take is authorized. We will issue Letters of Authorization, upon request, for specific activities in accordance with these regulations.","document_number":"2021-16452","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/08/05/2021-16452/marine-mammals-incidental-take-during-specified-activities-north-slope-alaska","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-08-05/pdf/2021-16452.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-16452.pdf?1628081121","publication_date":"2021-08-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"excerpts":"including the potential effects of climate change on polar bears, Pacific walruses, and prey species. The ITR <span class=\"match\">authorizes</span> only Level B harassment of small numbers of the population. Such take would result in only temporary behavioral changes <span class=\"match\">even</span> considering the current baseline stressors experienced by the population due to climate change. No Level A harassment or lethal take is estimated as a result of the proposed activities, and none is <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> by this ITR. \n \n \n Comment 15: \n Commenters suggested that the Service should base the Service's small"},{"title":"Marine Mammals; Incidental Take During Specified Activities; North Slope, Alaska","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in response to a request from the Alaska Oil and Gas Association, propose to issue regulations authorizing the nonlethal, incidental, unintentional take by harassment of small numbers of polar bears and Pacific walruses during year-round oil and gas industry activities in the Beaufort Sea (Alaska and the Outer Continental Shelf) and adjacent northern coast of Alaska. Take may result from oil and gas exploration, development, production, and transportation activities occurring for a period of 5 years. These activities are similar to those covered by the previous 5- year Beaufort Sea incidental take regulations effective from August 5, 2016, through August 5, 2021. This proposed rule would authorize take by harassment only. No lethal take would be authorized. If this rule is finalized, we will issue Letters of Authorization, upon request, for specific proposed activities in accordance with this proposed regulation. Therefore, we request comments on these proposed regulations.","document_number":"2021-11496","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/06/01/2021-11496/marine-mammals-incidental-take-during-specified-activities-north-slope-alaska","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-06-01/pdf/2021-11496.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-11496.pdf?1622205942","publication_date":"2021-06-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"excerpts":"transportation activities occurring for a period of 5 years. These activities are similar to those covered by the previous 5-year Beaufort Sea incidental take regulations effective from August 5, 2016, through August 5, 2021. This proposed rule would <span class=\"match\">authorize</span> take by harassment only. No lethal take would be <span class=\"match\">authorized</span>. If this rule is finalized, we will issue Letters of Authorization, upon request, for specific proposed activities in accordance with this proposed regulation. Therefore, we request comments on these proposed regulations. \n \n \n DATES: \n Comments"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2023 Rates; Quality Programs and Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Costs Incurred for Qualified and Non-Qualified DeferredCompensation Plans; and Changes to Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule will: revise the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals; make changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; update the payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs). In addition it will establish new requirements and revise existing requirements for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) participating in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program; and update policies for the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program, Hospital VBP Program, Hospital- Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program, PPS-Exempt Cancer Hospital Reporting (PCHQR) Program, and the Long-Term Care Hospital Quality Reporting Program (LTCH QRP). It will also revise the hospital and critical access hospital (CAH) conditions of participation (CoPs) for infection prevention and control and antibiotic stewardship programs; and codify and clarify policies related to the costs incurred for qualified and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Lastly, this final rule will provide updates on the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program and the Frontier Community Health Integration Project.","document_number":"2022-16472","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/08/10/2022-16472/medicare-program-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-systems-for-acute-care-hospitals-and-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-08-10/pdf/2022-16472.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-16472.pdf?1659384921","publication_date":"2022-08-10","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":"Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA <span class=\"match\">Authorizes</span> First Oral Antiviral for Treatment of COVID-19. Available at: \n https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-<span class=\"match\">authorizes</span>-first-oral-antiviral-treatment-covid-19. \n \n \n 283 \n  U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (2021). Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA <span class=\"match\">Authorizes</span> Additional Oral Antiviral for Treatment of COVID-19 in Certain Adults. Available at: \n https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-<span class=\"match\">authorizes</span>-additional-oral-antiviral-t"},{"title":"Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the Office of Naval Research's Arctic Research Activities in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas (Year 4)","type":"Notice","abstract":"NMFS has received a request from Office of Naval Research (ONR) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to Arctic Research Activities in the Beaufort Sea and eastern Chukchi Sea. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to incidentally take marine mammals during the specified activities. NMFS is also requesting comments on a possible one-time, one-year renewal that could be issued under certain circumstances and if all requirements are met, as described in Request for Public Comments at the end of this notice. NMFS will consider public comments prior to making any final decision on the issuance of the requested MMPA authorizations and agency responses will be summarized in the final notice of our decision. ONR's activities are considered military readiness activities pursuant to the MMPA, as amended by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (NDAA).","document_number":"2021-18070","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/08/23/2021-18070/takes-of-marine-mammals-incidental-to-specified-activities-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-08-23/pdf/2021-18070.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-18070.pdf?1629463552","publication_date":"2021-08-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"excerpts":"behavioral patterns are abandoned or significantly altered (Level B harassment). \n <span class=\"match\">Authorized</span> takes would be by Level B harassment only, in the form of disruption of behavioral patterns for individual marine mammals resulting from exposure to acoustic transmissions. No Level A harassment is estimated to occur. Therefore, Level A harassment is neither anticipated nor proposed to be <span class=\"match\">authorized</span>. \n As described previously, no mortality is anticipated or proposed to be <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> for this activity. Below we describe how the take is estimated. \n \n Generally"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2023 Rates; Quality Programs and Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Costs Incurred for Qualified and Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans; and Changes to Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would: Revise the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital- related costs of acute care hospitals; make changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; update the payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs). In additon it would establish new requirements and revise existing requirements for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) participating in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program; provide estimated and newly established performance standards for the Hospital Value- Based Purchasing (VBP) Program; and propose updated policies for the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program, Hospital VBP Program, Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program, PPS-Exempt Cancer Hospital Reporting (PCHQR) Program, and the Long-Term Care Hospital Quality Reporting Program (LTCH QRP). It would also revise the hospital and critical access hospital (CAH) conditions of participation (CoPs) for infection prevention and control and antibiotic stewardship programs; and codify and clarify policies related to the costs incurred for qualified and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Lastly, this proposed rule would provide updates on the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program and the Frontier Community Health Integration Project.","document_number":"2022-08268","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/05/10/2022-08268/medicare-program-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-systems-for-acute-care-hospitals-and-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-05-10/pdf/2022-08268.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-08268.pdf?1650312919","publication_date":"2022-05-10","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":"Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA <span class=\"match\">Authorizes</span> First Oral Antiviral for Treatment of COVID-19. Available at: \n https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-<span class=\"match\">authorizes</span>-first-oral-antiviral-treatment-covid-19. \n \n \n 664 \n  U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (2021). Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA <span class=\"match\">Authorizes</span> Additional Oral Antiviral for Treatment of COVID-19 in Certain Adults. Available at: \n https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-<span class=\"match\">authorizes</span>-additional-oral-antiviral-t"},{"title":"Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Price Transparency of Hospital Standard Charges; Radiation Oncology Model","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 (CY) 2022 based on our continuing experience with these systems. In this final rule with comment period, 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 with comment period updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program and the ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program, updates Hospital Price Transparency requirements, and updates and refines the design of the Radiation Oncology Model.","document_number":"2021-24011","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/11/16/2021-24011/medicare-program-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical-center-payment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-11-16/pdf/2021-24011.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-24011.pdf?1635884125","publication_date":"2021-11-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"maximum daily dollar CMP amount would be $300, <span class=\"match\">even</span> if the hospital is in violation of multiple discrete requirements of 45 CFR part 180. \n • For a noncompliant hospital with a number of beds between 31 and 550, the maximum daily dollar CMP amount would be the number of beds times $10, <span class=\"match\">even</span> if the hospital is in violation of multiple discrete requirements of 45 CFR part 180. \n • For a noncompliant hospital with a number of beds greater than 550, the maximum daily dollar CMP amount would be $5,500, <span class=\"match\">even</span> if the hospital is in violation of multiple discrete"},{"title":"Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Fisheries Research","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"NMFS's Office of Protected Resources (OPR) has received a request from NMFS's Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) for a Letter of Authorization (LOA) to take marine mammals incidental to fisheries research conducted in multiple specified geographical regions, over the course of five years from the date of issuance. As required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is proposing regulations to govern that take, and requests comments on the proposed regulations. NMFS will consider public comments prior to making any final decision on the issuance of the requested MMPA authorization and agency responses will be summarized in the final notice of our decision.","document_number":"2021-05128","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/03/22/2021-05128/taking-and-importing-marine-mammals-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to-pacific-islands-fisheries","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-03-22/pdf/2021-05128.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-05128.pdf?1616157917","publication_date":"2021-03-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"excerpts":"propose to <span class=\"match\">authorize</span> take incidental to PIFSC fisheries research operations; therefore, we do not consider M/SI takes from other science center activities. The final rule for the U.S. Navy's HSTT also <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> take of the Hawai'i stock of sperm whales by M/SI. Therefore, that <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> take by the Navy has been considered in this assessment. As used in this document, other ongoing sources of human-caused (anthropogenic) mortality refers to estimates of realized or actual annual mortality reported in the SARs and does not include <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> (but unrealized)"}]}