{"description":"Documents matching 'security providing specific non-duplicative employment'","count":102,"total_pages":6,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=security+providing+specific+non-duplicative+employment&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Employment and Training Services for Noncustodial Parents in the Child Support Program; Rescission","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Office of Child Support Enforcement proposes to rescind the Employment and Training Services for Noncustodial Parents in the Child Support Program final rule, published in the Federal Register on December 13, 2024. The final rule allowed child support agencies to utilize Federal Financial Participation under title IV-D of the Social Security Act for providing specific, optional, and non-duplicative employment and training services to eligible noncustodial parents.","document_number":"2026-11530","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/09/2026-11530/employment-and-training-services-for-noncustodial-parents-in-the-child-support-program-rescission","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-09/pdf/2026-11530.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11530.pdf?1780922715","publication_date":"2026-06-09","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":"rulemaking. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n \n The Office of Child Support Enforcement proposes to rescind the Employment and Training Services for Noncustodial Parents in the Child Support Program final rule, published in the \n Federal Register \n on December 13, \n \n 2024. The final rule allowed child support agencies to utilize Federal Financial Participation under title IV-D of the Social Security Act for providing specific, optional, and non-duplicative employment and training services to eligible noncustodial parents.\n \n \n \n DATES: \n Consideration will be given"},{"title":"Employment and Training Services for Noncustodial Parents in the Child Support Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"In an effort to make the child support program more effective, OCSS (or the Office) issues this final rule to allow State and Tribal child support agencies the option to use Federal financial participation (FFP) available under title IV-D of the Social Security Act to provide the following employment and training services to eligible noncustodial parents: job search assistance; job readiness training; job development and job placement services; skills assessments; job retention services; work supports; and occupational training and other skills training directly related to employment.","document_number":"2024-29081","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/13/2024-29081/employment-and-training-services-for-noncustodial-parents-in-the-child-support-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-13/pdf/2024-29081.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29081.pdf?1733924726","publication_date":"2024-12-13","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":"discussion below, OCSS has a greater understanding of the effectiveness of providing employment and training services to noncustodial parents in improving their ability to obtain employment and make regular child support payments. In allowing FFP for such employment and training services, we have not disregarded our previous interpretation of section 466(a)(15) of the Act. Section 466(a)(15) neither authorizes nor prohibits the child support program from providing employment and training services to noncustodial parents under title IV-D, and is not"},{"title":"Employment and Training Services for Noncustodial Parents in the Child Support Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In an effort to make the child support program more effective, this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposes to allow Federal financial participation (FFP) for certain optional and nonduplicative employment and training services for eligible noncustodial parents in the child support program. The proposed rule will permit states, at their discretion, to use FFP to provide any or all of the following services: job search assistance; job readiness training; job development and job placement services; skills assessments; job retention services; work supports; and occupational training and other skills training directly related to employment.","document_number":"2024-11842","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/31/2024-11842/employment-and-training-services-for-noncustodial-parents-in-the-child-support-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-31/pdf/2024-11842.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-11842.pdf?1717073116","publication_date":"2024-05-31","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":"months of subsidized employment, other employment services, and child support-related assistance.\n 67 \n \n \n \n \n 67 \n Redcross, Cindy, Bret Barden, and Dan Bloom, “The Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration: Implementation and Early Impacts of the Next Generation of Subsidized Employment Programs,” New York: MDRC (November 2016), \n available at https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/ETJD_STED_2016_FR.pdf. \n \n \n \n ETJD showed that providing subsidized employment to noncustodial parents successfully increased their employment and earnings in the"},{"title":"Common Application, Waivers, and Alternative Requirements for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Grantees: The Universal Notice","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice contains a preamble and the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Universal Notice: Waivers and Alternative Requirements (the \"Universal Notice\"). The Universal Notice describes the processes, procedures, timelines, waivers, and alternative requirements that U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) intends to implement with each allocation of Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding after a qualifying presidential disaster declaration. Specifically, following the appropriation of CDBG-DR funds for qualifying disasters, HUD will publish an Allocation Announcement Notice in the Federal Register that incorporates, via cross-reference, the waivers and alternative requirements provided in the Universal Notice, as appropriate, along with any other new requirements imposed by the specific appropriation. This notice also describes the grant award process, pre-award certification submissions, criteria for Action Plan approval, and eligible disaster recovery activities to streamline post-disaster processes for future grantees. By publishing the Universal Notice, HUD intends to provide grantees and the public with increased transparency, consistency, and more timely access to CDBG-DR funds, helping to minimize program delays and accelerate recovery.","document_number":"2024-31621","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/08/2024-31621/common-application-waivers-and-alternative-requirements-for-community-development-block-grant","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-08/pdf/2024-31621.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-31621.pdf?1736257517","publication_date":"2025-01-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","name":"Housing and Urban Development Department","id":228,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/housing-and-urban-development-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/228","parent_id":null,"slug":"housing-and-urban-development-department"}],"excerpts":"e.g., \n rehabilitating single-family homes within a city district or county over the course of one to five years) but where the specific sites and activities are not yet known. Public notice and the RROF are processed at a broad level, eliminating the need for publication at the site-specific level. However, funds cannot be spent or committed on a specific site or activity until both the broad level and the site-specific review have been completed and approved.\n \n \n III.B.10.f. \n FFRMS floodplain and elevation. \n HUD published the FFRMS Final Rule"},{"title":"Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA)","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule has finalized certain proposals from a proposed rule published in August 2024 and in doing so advances interoperability and supports the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information. Specifically, this final rule amends the information blocking regulations by including definitions related to the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) Manner Exception. It also implements provisions related to the TEFCA, which will support the reliability, privacy, security, and trust within TEFCA. Lastly, this final rule includes corrections and updates to current regulatory provisions of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Health IT Certification Program.","document_number":"2024-29163","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/16/2024-29163/health-data-technology-and-interoperability-trusted-exchange-framework-and-common-agreement-tefca","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-16/pdf/2024-29163.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29163.pdf?1733924732","publication_date":"2024-12-16","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":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"QHINs are expected to meet a high bar for security, including, but not limited to, third-party certification to industry-recognized cybersecurity standards; compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule or the standards required by QHIN participation that mirror the HIPAA Security Rule requirements; annual security assessments; designation of a Chief Information Security Officer; and having cyber risk coverage. \n \n This proposed provision would support the overall security of TEFCA and align with the security requirements for QHINs by enabling ONC (or"},{"title":"Wagner-Peyser Act Staffing","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is issuing a final rule that requires States to use State merit staff to provide Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES) services. In the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), the Department proposed that this requirement would apply to all States. However, the Department recognizes three States that have been approved by the Department to administer ES services using alternative staffing models for decades and is allowing only these three States to continue using the alternative staffing models. The requirement to use State merit staff to provide all ES services applies to all other States, including those States that implemented staffing flexibility under the 2020 Final Rule. The Department additionally is revising the ES regulations to strengthen the provision of services to migrant or seasonal farmworkers (MSFWs) and to enhance the protections afforded by the Monitor Advocate System and the Employment Service and Employment-Related Law Complaint System (Complaint System). States have 24 months to comply with this final rule.","document_number":"2023-25372","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/24/2023-25372/wagner-peyser-act-staffing","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-24/pdf/2023-25372.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-25372.pdf?1700660719","publication_date":"2023-11-24","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":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"}],"excerpts":" CARES Act Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act \n CFR Code of Federal Regulations \n Complaint System Employment Service and Employment-Related Law Complaint System \n COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019 \n CRC DOL Civil Rights Center \n CSRA Civil Service Reform Act \n \n Department \n or \n DOL U.S. Department of Labor\n \n EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission \n E.O. Executive Order \n EO Officer(s) Equal Opportunity Officer(s) \n ES Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service \n ETA Employment and Training Administration \n \n FR \n Federal Register"},{"title":"Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain","type":"Rule","abstract":"On January 19, 2021, the Department of Commerce (Department) issued an interim final rule establishing procedures for its review of transactions involving information and communications technology and services (ICTS) designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary that may pose undue or unacceptable risk to the United States or U.S. persons. In the interim final rule, the Department solicited public comments and committed to promulgating a final rule. This final rule responds to public comments on the interim final rule and finalizes the practices guiding review of ICTS Transactions, amending and, in some cases, removing terms or concepts which experience has shown to be unnecessary, inefficient, or ineffective.","document_number":"2024-28335","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/06/2024-28335/securing-the-information-and-communications-technology-and-services-supply-chain","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-06/pdf/2024-28335.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-28335.pdf?1733406319","publication_date":"2024-12-06","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"}],"excerpts":"DOC-2019-0005;\n \n \n • The National Security Memorandum 22 on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience is available at \n https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/04/30/national-security-memorandum-on-critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/; \n \n \n • The Presidential Policy Directive—Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience is available at \n https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/12/presidential-policy-directive-critical-infrastructure-security-and-resil; \n \n \n • The Federal Continuity"},{"title":"Great Lakes Pilotage Rates-2026 Annual Review and Revisions to Methodology","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Coast Guard is issuing new base Great Lakes pilotage rates for the 2026 shipping season. The Coast Guard estimates that this final rule will result in an approximately 6-percent decrease in operating costs compared to the 2025 season, while facilitating commerce and supply chains. The Coast Guard is also making one change to the ratemaking methodology: the removal of Step 5 regarding the working capital fund. We conducted a full ratemaking for the 2026 ratemaking and considered comments on the Great Lakes pilotage ratemaking methodology.","document_number":"2026-03054","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/17/2026-03054/great-lakes-pilotage-rates-2026-annual-review-and-revisions-to-methodology","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-17/pdf/2026-03054.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03054.pdf?1770990324","publication_date":"2026-02-17","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":"Coast Guard","name":"Coast Guard","id":53,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/coast-guard","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/53","parent_id":227,"slug":"coast-guard"}],"excerpts":"Methodology \n APA American Pilots' Association \n Apprentice Pilot United States Registered Apprentice Pilot \n BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics \n CFR Code of Federal Regulations \n CPI Consumer Price Index \n DHS Department of Homeland Security \n Director U.S. Coast Guard's Director of the Great Lakes Pilotage \n ECI Employment Cost Index \n FOMC Federal Open Market Committee \n FR Federal Register \n GLPAC Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee \n LPA Lakes Pilots Association \n NAICS North American Industry Classification System \n NPRM Notice of proposed"},{"title":"Health and Human Services Grants Regulation","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department) is issuing this final rule to repromulgate and revise certain regulatory provisions of the HHS, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for HHS Awards, previously set forth in a final rule published in the Federal Register on December 12, 2016 (2016 Rule).","document_number":"2024-08880","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/03/2024-08880/health-and-human-services-grants-regulation","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-03/pdf/2024-08880.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08880.pdf?1714508124","publication_date":"2024-05-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"program-specific statutory prohibitions on sex discrimination. However, as noted in the Proposed Rule, the Department identified the statutes listed in proposed § 75.300(e) because they contain specific prohibitions on sex discrimination included within program statutes, and none contain any indicia suggesting they should be construed differently than Title VII. 88 FR 44754. This was to ground the Proposed Rule's interpretation in existing statutory authority.\n \n The Department has rulemaking authority under Section 1102(a) of the Social Security Act"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2025 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program; and Medicare Overpayments","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule addresses: changes to the physician fee schedule (PFS); other changes to Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice, relative value of services, and changes in the statute; codification of establishment of new policies for, the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022; updates to the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program expanded model; payment for dental services inextricably linked to specific covered medical services; updates to drugs and biological products paid under Part B including immunosuppressive drugs and clotting factors; Medicare Shared Savings Program requirements; updates to the Quality Payment Program; Medicare coverage of opioid use disorder services furnished by opioid treatment programs; updates to policies for Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers; electronic prescribing for controlled substances for a covered Part D drug under a prescription drug plan or a Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan under the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (SUPPORT Act); update to the Ambulance Fee Schedule regulations; codification of the Inflation Reduction Act and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 provisions; updates to Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule regulations; updates to the diabetes payment structure and PHE flexibilities; expansion of colorectal cancer screening and Hepatitis B vaccine coverage and payment; establishing payment for drugs covered as additional preventive services; Medicare Parts A and B Overpayment Provisions of the Affordable Care Act and Medicare Parts C and D Overpayment Provisions of the Affordable Care Act.","document_number":"2024-25382","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/09/2024-25382/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-cy-2025-payment-policies-under-the-physician-fee-schedule-and-other","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-09/pdf/2024-25382.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25382.pdf?1730492138","publication_date":"2024-12-09","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":"Calculate the indirect practice cost index. \n \n Step 12: \n Using the results of Step 11, calculate aggregate pools of specialty specific adjusted indirect PE allocators for all PFS services for a specialty by \n \n adding the product of the adjusted indirect PE allocator for each service and the utilization data for that service.\n \n \n Step 13: \n Using the specialty specific indirect PE/HR data, calculate specialty specific aggregate pools of indirect PE for all PFS services for that specialty by adding the product of the indirect PE/HR for the specialty"},{"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":"CMS reiterates that it is rescinding the CMS-specific NoA requirement promulgated pursuant to Title VI, to avoid duplication and potential misalignment as OCR Title VI policies evolve, but this policy, as finalized, will not reduce Medicare program protections related to language assistance and effective communication, promulgated for programmatic reasons related to the operation of the Medicare program pursuant to its authority under the Social Security Act. Even with the rescission of the CMS-specific NoA requirements at §§ 422.2267(e)(31) and 423"},{"title":"National Apprenticeship System Enhancements","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (DOL or the Department) is proposing issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM or proposed rule) to revise the regulations for registered apprenticeship by enhancing worker protections and equity, improving the quality of registered apprenticeship programs, revising the State governance provisions, and more clearly establishing critical pipelines to registered apprenticeship programs, such as registered career and technical education (CTE) apprenticeships. The proposed rule would improve the capacity of the National Apprenticeship System to respond to evolving employer needs, provide workers equitable pathways to good jobs, and increase the system's long-term resilience.","document_number":"2023-27851","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/01/17/2023-27851/national-apprenticeship-system-enhancements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-01-17/pdf/2023-27851.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-27851.pdf?1705412716","publication_date":"2024-01-17","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":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"}],"excerpts":"clarification that it applies to the employment of apprentices for subparts A, B, and C of this part. This is meant to address the employment of apprentices for both registered apprenticeship programs under subpart A and the employment of CTE apprentices under subpart B. For the purposes of subpart C, it would apply to the requirement of reporting from sponsors on employers in the system described in that subpart. The Department uses the term “employer” as a general term in the proposed rule as well as a term specific to the employer of apprentices;"},{"title":"Allocations for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery and Implementation of the CDBG-DR Consolidated Waivers and Alternative Requirements Notice","type":"Notice","abstract":"This Allocation Announcement Notice allocates $142 million of CDBG-DR funds appropriated by the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 for major disasters occurring in 2022 and 2023. This notice identifies grant requirements for these funds, including requirements in HUD's CDBG-DR Consolidated Notice (\"Consolidated Notice\") found in appendix B, and a limited number of amendments to the Consolidated Notice that apply to CDBG-DR grants for disasters occurring in 2022 and January 2023. The Consolidated Notice, as amended by this Allocation Announcement Notice, includes waivers and alternative requirements, relevant regulatory requirements, the grant award process, criteria for action plan approval, and eligible disaster recovery activities.","document_number":"2023-25875","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/27/2023-25875/allocations-for-community-development-block-grant-disaster-recovery-and-implementation-of-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-27/pdf/2023-25875.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-25875.pdf?1700833526","publication_date":"2023-11-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","name":"Housing and Urban Development Department","id":228,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/housing-and-urban-development-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/228","parent_id":null,"slug":"housing-and-urban-development-department"}],"excerpts":"rehabilitating single-family homes within a city district or county over the course of one to five years) but where the specific sites and activities are not yet known. Public notice and the Request for Release of Funds (HUD-Form 7015.15) are processed at a broad-level, eliminating the need for publication at the site-specific level. However, funds cannot be spent or committed on a specific site or activity until the site-specific review has been completed and approved.\n \n IV.E. Flood Insurance Requirements \n Grantees, recipients, and subrecipients"},{"title":"340B Drug Pricing Program; Administrative Dispute Resolution Regulation","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Health Resources and Services Administration administers section 340B of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, which is referred to as the \"340B Drug Pricing Program\" or the \"340B Program.\" This final rule will apply to all drug manufacturers and covered entities that participate in the 340B Program. The final rule sets forth the requirements and procedures for the 340B Program's administrative dispute resolution (ADR) process. This final rule revises the 340B administrative dispute resolution process set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations.","document_number":"2024-08262","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/19/2024-08262/340b-drug-pricing-program-administrative-dispute-resolution-regulation","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-19/pdf/2024-08262.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08262.pdf?1713444337","publication_date":"2024-04-19","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":"ensure that a 340B ADR Panel member was not directly involved in a decision concerning the specific issue of the ADR claim as it relates to the specific covered entity or manufacturer involved, including previous 340B ADR Panel decisions. This clarification responds to the concerns of the commenters and balances the fact that 340B ADR Panel members will be selected from a relatively small staff. Indirect or tangential involvement in matters affecting a specific covered entity or manufacturer will not be considered a conflict of interest.\n \n To the"},{"title":"Health and Human Services Grants Regulation","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This is a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to repromulgate and revise certain regulatory provisions of the HHS, Uniform Administrative Rule Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for HHS Awards, previously set forth in a final rule published in the Federal Register.","document_number":"2023-14600","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/07/13/2023-14600/health-and-human-services-grants-regulation","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-07-13/pdf/2023-14600.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-14600.pdf?1689088515","publication_date":"2023-07-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"included a provision at § 75.101(f) providing that § 75.300(c) (prohibiting discrimination on a range of bases in the administration of programs supported by HHS awards) would “not apply to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (title IV-A of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 601-619).” This was repromulgated in the 2021 Rule and is subject to the order of vacatur. \n The Department does not propose to add paragraph (f) in § 75.101, which was included in the 2016 Rule to ensure that the specific statutory requirements of the Temporary"},{"title":"Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule implements the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Reporting Program provision of the 21st Century Cures Act by establishing new Conditions and Maintenance of Certification requirements for health information technology (health IT) developers under the ONC Health IT Certification Program (Program). This final rule also makes several updates to certification criteria and standards recognized by the Program. The Program updates include revised certification criteria for \"decision support interventions,\" \"patient demographics and observations,\" and \"electronic case reporting,\" as well as a new baseline version of the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) standard to Version 3. Additionally, this final rule provides enhancements to support information sharing under the information blocking regulations. The implementation of these provisions advances interoperability, improves algorithm transparency, and supports the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information (EHI). This final rule also updates numerous technical standards in the Program in additional ways to advance interoperability, enhance health IT certification, and reduce burden and costs for health IT developers and users of health IT.","document_number":"2023-28857","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/01/09/2023-28857/health-data-technology-and-interoperability-certification-program-updates-algorithm-transparency-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-01-09/pdf/2023-28857.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-28857.pdf?1704230116","publication_date":"2024-01-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"the SMART v2 Guide include support for the OAuth 2.0 security extension Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE), as well as a revision of the scope syntax. The SMART v2 Guide includes requirements that both the EHR and all apps support the OAuth 2.0 security extension PKCE. PKCE is an industry standard security extension for OAuth 2.0 to mitigate the known security vulnerability of authorization code interception attacks.\n 179 \n \n The requirement of support for PKCE especially improves the security of native apps, or apps that operate from an individual's"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2024 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Medicare Advantage; Medicare and Medicaid Provider and Supplier Enrollment Policies; and Basic Health Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This major final rule addresses: changes to the physician fee schedule (PFS); other changes to Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice, relative value of services, and changes in the statute; payment for dental services inextricably linked to specific covered medical services; Medicare Shared Savings Program requirements; updates to the Quality Payment Program; Medicare coverage of opioid use disorder services furnished by opioid treatment programs; updates to certain Medicare and Medicaid provider and supplier enrollment policies, electronic prescribing for controlled substances for a covered Part D drug under a prescription drug plan or an MA-PD plan under the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (SUPPORT Act); updates to the Ambulance Fee Schedule regulations and the Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System; codification of the Inflation Reduction Act and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 provisions; expansion of the diabetes screening and diabetes definitions; pulmonary rehabilitation, cardiac rehabilitation and intensive cardiac rehabilitation expansion of supervising practitioners; appropriate use criteria for advanced diagnostic imaging; early release of Medicare Advantage risk adjustment data; a social determinants of health risk assessment in the annual wellness visit and Basic Health Program.","document_number":"2023-24184","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/16/2023-24184/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-cy-2024-payment-policies-under-the-physician-fee-schedule-and-other","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-16/pdf/2023-24184.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-24184.pdf?1698956273","publication_date":"2023-11-16","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"}],"excerpts":" Calculate the indirect practice cost index. \n \n Step 12: \n Using the results of Step 11, calculate aggregate pools of specialty specific adjusted indirect PE allocators for all PFS services for a specialty by adding the product of the adjusted indirect PE allocator for each service and the utilization data for that service.\n \n \n Step 13: \n Using the specialty specific indirect PE/HR data, calculate specialty specific aggregate pools of indirect PE for all PFS services for that specialty by adding the product of the indirect PE/HR for the specialty"},{"title":"New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing multiple actions under section 111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric generating units (EGUs). First, the EPA is finalizing the repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule. Second, the EPA is finalizing emission guidelines for GHG emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired steam generating EGUs, which include both coal-fired and oil/gas-fired steam generating EGUs. Third, the EPA is finalizing revisions to the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for GHG emissions from new and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired stationary combustion turbine EGUs. Fourth, the EPA is finalizing revisions to the NSPS for GHG emissions from fossil fuel-fired steam generating units that undertake a large modification, based upon the 8-year review required by the CAA. The EPA is not finalizing emission guidelines for GHG emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired stationary combustion turbines at this time; instead, the EPA intends to take further action on the proposed emission guidelines at a later date.","document_number":"2024-09233","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/09/2024-09233/new-source-performance-standards-for-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-new-modified-and-reconstructed","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-09/pdf/2024-09233.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-09233.pdf?1715172316","publication_date":"2024-05-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"guidelines and the information specific to the affected EGU. The “significantly more reasonable” standard does not apply to RULOF determinations under these emission guidelines.\n 928 \n \n \n \n \n 926 \n See 88 FR 80509-17 (November 17, 2023).\n \n \n \n \n 927 \n See \n id. \n at 80526-27.\n \n \n \n \n 928 \n 40 CFR 60.20a(a).\n \n \n \n The EPA agrees that states have authority to consider “other circumstances specific to the facility.” States are uniquely situated to have knowledge about unit-specific considerations. If a unit-specific factor or circumstance is fundamentally"},{"title":"Allocations for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery and Implementation of the CDBG-DR Consolidated Waivers and Alternative Requirements Notice","type":"Notice","abstract":"In March 2023, HUD allocated more than $3 billion in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds appropriated by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2023 and the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2023 for major disasters occurring in 2022. This Allocation Announcement Notice identifies grant requirements for these funds, including requirements in HUD's CDBG-DR Consolidated Notice (\"Consolidated Notice\") found in Appendix B, and a limited number of amendments to the Consolidated Notice that apply to CDBG-DR grants for disasters occurring in 2020, 2021, and 2022. The Consolidated Notice, as amended by this Allocation Announcement Notice, includes waivers and alternative requirements, relevant regulatory requirements, the grant award process, criteria for action plan approval, and eligible disaster recovery activities.","document_number":"2023-10598","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/18/2023-10598/allocations-for-community-development-block-grant-disaster-recovery-and-implementation-of-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-05-18/pdf/2023-10598.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-10598.pdf?1684327532","publication_date":"2023-05-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","name":"Housing and Urban Development Department","id":228,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/housing-and-urban-development-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/228","parent_id":null,"slug":"housing-and-urban-development-department"}],"excerpts":"rehabilitating single-family homes within a city district or county over the course of one to five years) but where the specific sites and activities are not yet known. Public notice and the Request for Release of Funds (HUD-Form 7015.15) are processed at a broad-level, eliminating the need for publication at the site-specific level. However, funds cannot be spent or committed on a specific site or activity until the site-specific review has been completed and approved.\n \n IV.E. Flood Insurance Requirements \n Grantees, recipients, and subrecipients"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2024 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Medicare Advantage; Medicare and Medicaid Provider and Supplier Enrollment Policies; and Basic Health Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This major proposed rule addresses: changes to the physician fee schedule (PFS); other changes to Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice, relative value of services, and changes in the statute; payment for dental services inextricably linked to specific covered medical services; Medicare Shared Savings Program requirements; updates to the Quality Payment Program; Medicare coverage of opioid use disorder services furnished by opioid treatment programs; updates to certain Medicare and Medicaid provider and supplier enrollment policies, electronic prescribing for controlled substances for a covered Part D drug under a prescription drug plan or an MA-PD plan under the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (SUPPORT Act); updates to the Ambulance Fee Schedule regulations and the Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System; codification of the Inflation Reduction Act and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 provisions; expansion of the diabetes screening and diabetes definitions; pulmonary rehabilitation, cardiac rehabilitation and intensive cardiac rehabilitation expansion of supervising practitioners; appropriate use criteria for advanced diagnostic imaging; early release of Medicare Advantage risk adjustment data; a social determinants of health risk assessment in the annual wellness visit and Basic Health Program.","document_number":"2023-14624","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/08/07/2023-14624/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-cy-2024-payment-policies-under-the-physician-fee-schedule-and-other","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-08-07/pdf/2023-14624.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-14624.pdf?1690469239","publication_date":"2023-08-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"and Human Services, Attention: CMS-1784-P, Mail Stop C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850.\n \n \n \n FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n \n MedicarePhysicianFeeSchedule@cms.hhs.gov \n , for any issues not identified below. Please indicate the specific issue in the subject line of the email.\n \n Michael Soracoe, (410) 786-6312, and Morgan Kitzmiller, (410) 786-1623, for issues related to practice expense, work RVUs, conversion factor, and PFS specialty-specific impacts. \n Kris Corwin, (410) 786-8864, for issues related to the comment"}]}