{"description":"Documents matching 'security benefits april memorandum attorney'","count":2322,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=security+benefits+april+memorandum+attorney&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Presidential Memorandum; Preventing Illegal Aliens From Obtaining Social Security Act Benefits","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice publishes the Presidential Memorandum titled \"Preventing Illegal Aliens from Obtaining Social Security Act Benefits.\"","document_number":"2025-07130","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/25/2025-07130/presidential-memorandum-preventing-illegal-aliens-from-obtaining-social-security-act-benefits","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-25/pdf/2025-07130.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-07130.pdf?1745498713","publication_date":"2025-04-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Social Security Administration","name":"Social Security Administration","id":470,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/social-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/470","parent_id":null,"slug":"social-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"Obtaining Social Security Act Benefits.” The PM further authorizes and directs the Commissioner to publish the PM in the \n Federal Register \n .\n \n \n Leland Dudek, \n Acting Commissioner, Social Security Administration. \n \n Preventing Illegal Aliens From Obtaining Social Security Act Benefits \n April 15, 2025 \n Memorandum for the Attorney General \n The Secretary of Labor \n The Secretary of Health and Human Services \n The Secretary of Homeland Security \n The Commissioner of Social Security \n The Inspector General of the Social Security Administration"},{"title":"Signatures on Immigration Benefit Requests","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations governing the submission of benefit requests to provide that if U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) accepts a benefit request and determines later that it lacks a valid signature, USCIS may, in its discretion, reject or deny the request. This interim final rule (IFR or rule) will clarify USCIS procedures relating to the rejection or denial of benefit requests that do not meet regulatory requirements to ensure better enforcement of signature requirements.","document_number":"2026-09289","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/11/2026-09289/signatures-on-immigration-benefit-requests","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-11/pdf/2026-09289.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09289.pdf?1778244318","publication_date":"2026-05-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"rejects the benefit request for improper filing and returns it to the sender. The Lockbox determines whether each benefit request meets the requirements to be accepted but it does not make adjudicative decisions. USCIS can only begin to adjudicate a benefit request after USCIS accepts the request, processes any required fees, and issues a receipt notice (or date stamp, where applicable), reflecting the date of physical or electronic receipt. USCIS does not consider benefits requests that are rejected to be properly filed.\n 11 \n \n If the benefit request"},{"title":"Excepted Fertility Benefits","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This document contains proposed rules that would amend the regulations regarding excepted benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code, and the Public Health Service Act to establish certain fertility benefits as a new category of limited excepted benefits. Excepted benefits are generally exempt from the market requirements that were added to those laws by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the No Surprises Act, and certain other Federal laws specifically related to group health plans and group and individual health insurance coverage.","document_number":"2026-09479","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/13/2026-09479/excepted-fertility-benefits","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-13/pdf/2026-09479.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09479.pdf?1778589913","publication_date":"2026-05-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Internal Revenue Service","name":"Internal Revenue Service","id":254,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/internal-revenue-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/254","parent_id":497,"slug":"internal-revenue-service"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"PHS Act, limited excepted benefits include limited-scope dental or vision benefits, and benefits for long-term care, nursing home care, home health care, or community-based care that are offered separately, or any combination thereof. Section 9832(c)(2)(C) of the Code, section 733(c)(2)(C) of ERISA, and section 2791(c)(2)(C) of the PHS Act further provide that limited excepted benefits also include such other, similar limited benefits as are specified in regulations.\n 14 \n \n To be a limited excepted benefit, the benefits must either: (1) be provided"},{"title":"Preventing Illegal Aliens From Obtaining Social Security Act Benefits","type":"Presidential Document","abstract":null,"document_number":"2025-06840","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/18/2025-06840/preventing-illegal-aliens-from-obtaining-social-security-act-benefits","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-18/pdf/2025-06840.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06840.pdf?1744893926","publication_date":"2025-04-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT","name":"Executive Office of the President","id":538,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/executive-office-of-the-president","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/538","parent_id":null,"slug":"executive-office-of-the-president"}],"excerpts":"Memorandum of April 15, 2025 \n Preventing Illegal Aliens From Obtaining Social Security Act Benefits \n Memorandum for the Attorney General[,] the Secretary of Labor[,] the Secretary of Health and Human Services[,] the Secretary of Homeland Security[,] the Commissioner of Social Security[, and] the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration \n By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct: \n \n Section 1 \n . \n Responsibility for Determining Eligibility for Public"},{"title":"Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department is proposing a regulation that would require providers of pharmacy benefit management services and affiliated providers of brokerage and consulting services to disclose information about their compensation to fiduciaries of self-insured group health plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). These disclosures are needed so that fiduciaries can assess the reasonableness of the contracts or arrangements with these service providers, including the reasonableness of the service providers' compensation. These disclosure requirements would apply for purposes of ERISA's statutory prohibited transaction exemption for services arrangements. This proposal implements section 12 of President Trump's Executive Order 14273, Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First, which instructs the Department to propose regulations to improve employer health plan transparency into the direct and indirect compensation received by pharmacy benefit managers. If finalized, this regulation would affect sponsors and other fiduciaries of self-insured group health plans and certain service providers to such plans.","document_number":"2026-01907","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01907/improving-transparency-into-pharmacy-benefit-manager-fee-disclosure","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/pdf/2026-01907.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01907.pdf?1769721310","publication_date":"2026-01-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"Pharmacy Benefits Consulting, \n https://www.milliman.com/en/services/pharmacy-benefits-consulting. \n \n \n \n \n 45 \n Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, \n PBM Compensation and Fee Disclosure \n at 3 (November 2014), \n https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ebsa/pdf_files/2014-pbm-compensation-and-fee-disclosure.pdf.; \n AJ Ally, Patrick Cambel, Mark Gruenhaupt, & Kristin Niakan, \n Report of Pharmacy Benefit Manager Practices \n at 34 (2025), \n https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/ohs/reports/ohs-report-of-pharmacy-benefit-manag"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Privacy Act of 1974 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-108 require that each agency publish notice of a new or modified system of records that it maintains. In compliance with Executive Order 14249, Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse, and Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-25- 32, Preventing Improper Payments and Protecting Privacy Through Do Not Pay, the Department of Labor (DOL) is modifying eight Privacy Act systems of records by adding a new routine use to permit the disclosure of records to the Department of the Treasury. Additionally, in accordance with Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-17-12, Preparing for and Responding to a Breach of Personally Identifiable Information, DOL is adding two model routine uses to the eight systems of records to permit the disclosure of records in response to a breach.","document_number":"2026-07740","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/21/2026-07740/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-21/pdf/2026-07740.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07740.pdf?1776689114","publication_date":"2026-04-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"}],"excerpts":"the risk of harm to individuals, the recipient agency or entity (including its information systems, programs, and operations), the Federal Government, or national security, resulting from a suspected or confirmed breach. \n HISTORY: \n 81 FR 25765 (April 29, 2016). \n OWCP-2 \n SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: \n Office of Workers' Compensation, Black Lung Benefits Claim File, DOL/OWCP-2. \n SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: \n Unclassified. \n SYSTEM LOCATION: \n \n Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation, Department of Labor Building"},{"title":"Saving TikTok While Protecting National Security","type":"Presidential Document","abstract":null,"document_number":"2025-19139","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/30/2025-19139/saving-tiktok-while-protecting-national-security","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-30/pdf/2025-19139.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19139.pdf?1759158911","publication_date":"2025-09-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT","name":"Executive Office of the President","id":538,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/executive-office-of-the-president","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/538","parent_id":null,"slug":"executive-office-of-the-president"}],"excerpts":"enforcement of the Act in the Attorney General, attempted enforcement by the States or private parties represents an encroachment on the powers of the Executive. The Attorney General shall exercise all available authority to preserve and defend the Executive's exclusive authority to enforce the Act, including the President's determination of a qualified divestiture. \n (e) The Attorney General or the Attorney General's designee shall serve as the United States Government's representative under the Framework Agreement. The Attorney General shall receive any"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to modify and reissue a DHS system of records notice (SORN) titled, \"Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)-004 Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program (SAVE).\" As described in this modified SORN, USCIS, an agency within DHS, collects and maintains records on applicants for public benefits, licenses, grants, governmental credentials, and other statutorily authorized purposes through the SAVE program. SAVE allows registered user agencies to verify the immigration status/category (\"immigration status\") and U.S. citizenship (including for U.S. citizens by birth, naturalized and certain acquired citizens) of individuals applying for or receiving a public benefit, license or other authorized purpose (\"benefit\"). \"Acquired citizenship\" refers to U.S. citizenship conveyed to children through the naturalization of parents or, under certain circumstances, at birth to foreign-born children of U.S. citizens, provided certain conditions are met. DHS/USCIS is updating this SORN to include updates and modifications to the (1) purpose(s) of the system, (2) categories of individuals covered by the system, (3) categories of records in the system, (4) records source categories, and (5) routine uses of records maintained in the system. Additionally, this notice includes non-substantive changes to simplify the formatting and text of the previously published notice. This modified system will be included in DHS's inventory of record systems.","document_number":"2025-19735","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/31/2025-19735/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-31/pdf/2025-19735.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19735.pdf?1761828308","publication_date":"2025-10-31","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"response. \n \n Information collected from the benefit-granting agency about actions that an agency adjudicating Federal means-tested public benefits takes to deem sponsor income as part of applicant income for purposes of Federal means-tested benefits eligibility and to seek reimbursement from sponsors for the value of benefits provided to sponsored applicants may include:\n \n \n • Whether the benefit-granting agency approved or denied the application for the means-tested public benefit; \n • If the benefit-granting agency denied the application, whether"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Contract Year 2027 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, and Medicare Cost Plan Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), and Medicare cost plan regulations to implement changes related to Star Ratings, marketing and communications, drug coverage, enrollment processes, special needs plans, and other programmatic areas.","document_number":"2025-21456","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/28/2025-21456/medicare-program-contract-year-2027-policy-and-technical-changes-to-the-medicare-advantage-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-28/pdf/2025-21456.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21456.pdf?1764105313","publication_date":"2025-11-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"effective coinsurance for a beneficiary under the Part D benefit. To ensure that a plan's value is reflective of the defined standard benefit, we are proposing to codify a methodology similar to the methodology used to calculate the cost-sharing requirements in § 423.104(d)(2)(iv)(D). For Part D plans with the full deductible provided under the defined standard benefit, the coinsurance is 25 percent, consistent with the defined standard benefit. Using the CY 2025 defined standard benefit parameters of a $590 deductible, a $2,000 annual OOP threshold"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Contract Year 2027 and Certain Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, and Medicare Cost Plan Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), and Medicare cost plan regulations to implement changes related to Star Ratings, marketing and communications, drug coverage, enrollment processes, special needs plans, and other programmatic areas.","document_number":"2026-06600","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/06/2026-06600/medicare-program-contract-year-2027-and-certain-contract-year-2026-policy-and-technical-changes-to","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-06/pdf/2026-06600.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06600.pdf?1775160908","publication_date":"2026-04-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"represent the effective coinsurance for a beneficiary under the Part D benefit. To ensure that a plan's value reflects the defined standard benefit, we proposed to codify a methodology similar to the methodology used to calculate the cost-sharing requirements in § 423.104(d)(2)(iv)(D). For Part D plans with the full deductible provided under the defined standard benefit, the coinsurance is 25 percent, consistent with the defined standard benefit. Using the CY 2025 defined standard benefit parameters of a $590 deductible, a $2,000 annual OOP threshold,"},{"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":"coefficients between the 2026 benefit year and 2027 benefit year HHS risk adjustment models.\n \n \n Response: \n The 2027 benefit year HHS risk adjustment model coefficients finalized in this proposed rule are very similar to those finalized for the previous benefit year \n 37 \n \n and generally varied from their 2026 benefit year values less than we have observed in previous year-to-year changes (Table 1). For example, the age-sex coefficients for the 2027 benefit year HHS risk adjustment models varied from 2026 benefit year values by a median of ±3"},{"title":"Designated Placement Requirements Under Titles IV-E and IV-B for LGBTQI+ Children; Rescission","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) proposes to remove the requirements issued in the final rule Designated Placement Requirements Under Titles IV-E and IV-B for LGBTQI+ Children (89 FR 34818) that was published on April 30, 2024. The final rule required title IV-E/IV-B agencies to ensure that a Designated Placement is available for all children who self-identify with an alternative sexual orientation or self-identify as something other than their sex in foster care who request or would benefit from such a placement. On June 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the final rule in its entirety, State of Texas v. United States Department of Health & Human Services, 770 F. Supp. 3d 940 (E.D. Tex. 2025), concluding that the final rule exceeded the Department of Health and Human Services' statutory authority and conflicted with the text of title IV-E. As a result of the court's decision, the final rule is no longer in effect or enforceable, and to ensure clarity for the public and regulated entities, ACF proposes to remove the provisions from the Code of Federal Regulations.","document_number":"2026-04515","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/06/2026-04515/designated-placement-requirements-under-titles-iv-e-and-iv-b-for-lgbtqi-children-rescission","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-06/pdf/2026-04515.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04515.pdf?1772659565","publication_date":"2026-03-06","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"}],"excerpts":"final rule \n Designated Placement Requirements Under Titles IV-E and IV-B for LGBTQI+ Children \n (89 FR 34818) that was published on April 30, 2024. The final rule required title IV-E/IV-B agencies to ensure that a Designated Placement is available for all children who self-identify with an alternative sexual orientation or self-identify as something other than their sex in foster care who request or would benefit from such a placement. On June 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the final rule in its entirety"},{"title":"Designated Placement Requirements Under Titles IV-E and IV-B for LGBTQI+ Children; Rescission","type":"Rule","abstract":"This rule finalizes the removal of the requirements issued in the Designated Placement Requirements Under Titles IV-E and IV-B for LGBTQI+ Children final rule that was published on April 30, 2024 (hereafter referred to as the 2024 final rule). The 2024 final rule required title IV-E/IV-B agencies to ensure that a Designated Placement is available for all children who self-identify with an alternative sexual orientation or self-identify as something other than their sex in foster care who request or would benefit from such a placement. Those requirements were never implemented as a result of the decision from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas that vacated the 2024 final rule in its entirety. To ensure clarity for the public and regulated entities, ACF is removing the provisions from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).","document_number":"2026-14131","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/14/2026-14131/designated-placement-requirements-under-titles-iv-e-and-iv-b-for-lgbtqi-children-rescission","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-14/pdf/2026-14131.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-14131.pdf?1783946713","publication_date":"2026-07-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"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":"Designated Placement Requirements Under Titles IV-E and IV-B for LGBTQI+ Children \n final rule that was published on April 30, 2024 (hereafter referred to as the 2024 final rule). The 2024 final rule required title IV-E/IV-B agencies to ensure that a Designated Placement is available for all children who self-identify with an alternative sexual orientation or self-identify as something other than their sex in foster care who request or would benefit from such a placement. Those requirements were never implemented as a result of the decision from the U.S."},{"title":"No Adjustment of Civil Penalties for Inflation","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is notifying the public that its civil monetary penalty amounts will not increase for the 2026 calendar year. PBGC is generally required by statute to amend its regulations annually to adjust for inflation the maximum civil penalty for failure to provide certain notices or other material information and for failure to provide certain multiemployer plan notices. In accordance with guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), PBGC will continue to use the 2025 civil monetary penalty levels because there will be no cost-of-living adjustment for 2026.","document_number":"2026-09334","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/12/2026-09334/no-adjustment-of-civil-penalties-for-inflation","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-12/pdf/2026-09334.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09334.pdf?1778503522","publication_date":"2026-05-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION","name":"Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation","id":405,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/405","parent_id":null,"slug":"pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation"}],"excerpts":"the 2025 civil monetary penalty levels because there will be no cost-of-living adjustment for 2026. \n \n \n FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n Andrew Wilson (\n wilson.andrew1@pbgc.gov \n ), Attorney, Legislative and Regulatory Division, Office of the General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024-2101; 202-860-8354. If you are deaf or hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services.\n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n Executive Summary \n"},{"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":" \n \n \n 10 \n On May 6, 2022, we also published the 2023 Benefit Year Final HHS Risk Adjustment Model Coefficients. CMS. (2022, May 6). 2023 Benefit Year Final HHS Risk Adjustment Model Coefficients. \n https://www.cms.gov/files/document/2023-benefit-year-final-hhs-risk-adjustment-model-coefficients.pdf. \n \n \n \n • In the April 27, 2023 \n Federal Register \n (88 FR 25740) (2024 Payment Notice), we finalized the benefit and payment parameters for the 2024 benefit year, amended the EDGE discrepancy materiality threshold and data collection requirements"},{"title":"Security Bars and Processing; Confirmation of Effective Date; Partial Withdrawal","type":"Rule","abstract":"In December 2020, DHS and DOJ (collectively, \"the Departments\") issued a final rule that clarified when an alien who poses a public health risk is ineligible for asylum and withholding of removal and revised their credible fear screening regulations. After multiple delays, the rule is scheduled to take effect on December 31, 2025. However, since December 2020, the Departments have further amended their regulations, complicating the codification of the 2020 rule. In this final rule, the Departments are withdrawing certain amendments from the 2020 rule while leaving unaltered the rule's substantive public health-related provisions, which will become effective as scheduled.","document_number":"2025-23970","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/30/2025-23970/security-bars-and-processing-confirmation-of-effective-date-partial-withdrawal","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-30/pdf/2025-23970.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23970.pdf?1767015915","publication_date":"2025-12-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Executive Office for Immigration Review","name":"Executive Office for Immigration Review","id":149,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/executive-office-for-immigration-review","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/149","parent_id":268,"slug":"executive-office-for-immigration-review"}],"excerpts":"In December 2020, the Departments published the final rule titled “Security Bars and Processing,” 85 FR 84160 (Dec. 23, 2020) (“Security Bars Final Rule”), to clarify that the statutory “danger to the security of the United States” bars to eligibility for asylum and withholding of removal encompass certain emergency public health concerns. Additionally, the Security Bars Final Rule introduced procedural changes relating to credible fear processing for certain aliens. The Security Bars Final Rule was slated to become effective on January 22, 2021;"},{"title":"Frontline Decision Making in the Adjudication of Applications; Request for Comments","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Office of the Chairman of ACUS is requesting public input on frontline decision making in the adjudication of applications for benefits, loans, grants, licenses, and the like. \"Frontline decision making\" refers to processes that agencies use to render an initial determination, often based on a review of the application and supporting documentation, which precedes a hearing before an administrative law judge or other agency adjudicator. Responses to this request may inform an ongoing ACUS project, Frontline Decision Making in the Adjudication of Applications, which, if warranted, may recommend best practices for agencies to use.","document_number":"2026-08118","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/27/2026-08118/frontline-decision-making-in-the-adjudication-of-applications-request-for-comments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-27/pdf/2026-08118.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08118.pdf?1777034708","publication_date":"2026-04-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES","name":"Administrative Conference of the United States","id":566,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/administrative-conference-of-the-united-states","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/566","parent_id":null,"slug":"administrative-conference-of-the-united-states"}],"excerpts":"decision making at agencies such as the Social Security Administration; the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; the Department of Veterans Affairs; the U.S. Small Business Administration; and the Department of Labor. However, this request for comments is not limited to frontline adjudications of applications at those agencies. ACUS also seeks specific feedback on the following questions related to frontline decision making. \n \n 1. If you have, or represented someone who has, submitted an application for benefits, a loan, a grant, a license, or the like"},{"title":"Codification of Certain U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Law Enforcement Authorities","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations to codify certain law enforcement authorities delegated by the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and subsequently redelegated to particular officers or employees of USCIS. These authorities allow particular USCIS personnel to investigate and enforce civil and criminal violations of the immigration laws within the jurisdiction of USCIS. These authorities include, but are not limited to, the issuance and execution of warrants, the arrest of individuals, and carrying of firearms.","document_number":"2025-16978","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/05/2025-16978/codification-of-certain-us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-law-enforcement-authorities","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-05/pdf/2025-16978.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-16978.pdf?1756989907","publication_date":"2025-09-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"Homeland Security \n DOJ—Department of Justice \n FDNS—Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate \n HSA—Homeland Security Act of 2002 \n ICE—U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement \n INA—Immigration and Nationality Act \n MOA—Memorandum of Agreement \n NEPA—National Environmental Policy Act \n SBREFA—Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 \n UMRA—Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 \n USCIS—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services \n \n I. Background \n A. Creation of the Department of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Act"},{"title":"Collection and Use of Biometrics by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to amend its regulations governing biometrics use and collection. DHS proposes to require submission of biometrics by any individual, regardless of age, filing or associated with an immigration benefit request, other request, or collection of information, unless exempted; expand biometrics collection authority upon alien arrest; define \"biometrics;\" codify reuse requirements; codify and expand DNA testing, use and storage; establish an \"extraordinary circumstances\" standard to excuse a failure to appear at a biometric services appointment; modify how VAWA self-petitioners and T nonimmigrant status applicants demonstrate good moral character; and clarify biometrics collection purposes.","document_number":"2025-19747","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/03/2025-19747/collection-and-use-of-biometrics-by-us-citizenship-and-immigration-services","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-03/pdf/2025-19747.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19747.pdf?1761914706","publication_date":"2025-11-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"biometrics, consistent with applicable law, to identify and screen for individuals who may pose a threat to national security by HSPD 24, “Biometrics for Identification and Screening to Enhance National Security,” (June 5, 2008). Further, National Security Presidential Memorandum—9 established the DHS-led National Vetting Center to improve vetting “to identify potential threats to national security, border security, homeland security, and public safety”, and included expanding biometric integration, sharing, and use to that end.\n 27 \n \n More recently"},{"title":"Electronic Submission of Certain Materials Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Amendments Regarding the FOCUS Report","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Securities and Exchange Commission (\"Commission\" or \"SEC\") is amending its rules to require electronic filing or submission of certain forms and other filings or submissions that are required to be filed with or submitted to the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (\"Exchange Act\") and the rules and regulations under the Exchange Act. The amendments require the electronic filing or submission on the Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (\"EDGAR\") system, using structured data where appropriate, for certain forms filed or submitted by self- regulatory organizations (\"SROs\"). The amendments require the information currently contained in Form 19b-4(e) to be publicly posted on the SRO's website and remove the manual signature requirements for SRO proposed rule change filings. The Commission is also requiring that a clearing agency post supplemental material to its website. In addition, the Commission is amending rules under the Exchange Act and the Securities Act of 1933 (\"Securities Act\") to require the electronic filing or submission on EDGAR, using structured data where appropriate, of certain forms, reports, and notices provided by broker- dealers, security-based swap dealers, and major security-based swap participants. The amendments also require withdrawal in certain circumstances of notices filed in connection with an exception to counting certain dealing transactions toward determining whether a person is a security-based swap dealer. Finally, the Commission is allowing electronic signatures in certain broker-dealer filings, and amending the Financial and Operational Combined Uniform Single Report (\"FOCUS Report\") to harmonize with other rules, make technical corrections, and provide clarifications.","document_number":"2024-30433","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/21/2024-30433/electronic-submission-of-certain-materials-under-the-securities-exchange-act-of-1934-amendments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-21/pdf/2024-30433.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30433.pdf?1737121512","publication_date":"2025-01-21","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":"Submitting Security-Based Swap Valuation Dispute Notices (available at \n https://www.sec.gov/tm/Security-Based-Swap-Valuation-Dispute-Notices \n ).\n \n \n \n \n 32 \n \n See \n Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Chief Compliance Officer Annual Reports Submitted by Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based Swap Participants (available at \n https://www.sec.gov/tm/faqs-cco-annual-reports-sbsd \n ).\n \n \n \n \n 33 \n \n See \n Staff Statement on Submitting Notices, Statements, Applications, and Reports for Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based"}]}