{"description":"Documents matching 'special enrollment period formerly incarcerated'","count":227,"total_pages":12,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=special+enrollment+period+formerly+incarcerated&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs, Including the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program; Health and Safety Standards for Obstetrical Services in Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Prior Authorization; Requests for Information; Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Eligibility; Medicaid Clinic Services Four Walls Exceptions; Individuals Currently or Formerly in Custody of Penal Authorities; Revision to Medicare Special Enrollment Period for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals; and All-Inclusive Rate Add-On Payment for High-Cost Drugs Provided by Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities; Correcting Amendment","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document corrects technical and typographical errors in the final rule with comment period that appeared in the November 27, 2024 Federal Register titled \"Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs, including the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program; Health and Safety Standards for Obstetrical Services in Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Prior Authorization; Requests for Information; Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Eligibility; Medicaid Clinic Services Four Walls Exceptions; Individuals Currently or Formerly in Custody of Penal Authorities; Revision to Medicare Special Enrollment Period for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals; and All-Inclusive Rate Add-On Payment for High-Cost Drugs Provided by Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities\".","document_number":"2025-00081","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/13/2025-00081/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-13/pdf/2025-00081.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00081.pdf?1736343920","publication_date":"2025-01-13","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":"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":"Hospitals; Prior Authorization; Requests for Information; Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Eligibility; Medicaid Clinic Services Four Walls Exceptions; Individuals Currently or <span class=\"match\">Formerly</span> in Custody of Penal Authorities; Revision to Medicare <span class=\"match\">Special</span> <span class=\"match\">Enrollment</span> <span class=\"match\">Period</span> for <span class=\"match\">Formerly</span> <span class=\"match\">Incarcerated</span> Individuals; and All-Inclusive Rate Add-On Payment for High-Cost Drugs Provided by Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities”.\n \n \n \n DATES: \n This correcting amendment is effective January 8, 2025, and is applicable beginning January 1, 2025. \n \n \n FOR FURTHER INFORMATION"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs, Including the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program; Health and Safety Standards for Obstetrical Services in Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Prior Authorization; Requests for Information; Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Eligibility; Medicaid Clinic Services Four Walls Exceptions; Individuals Currently or Formerly in Custody of Penal Authorities; Revision to Medicare Special Enrollment Period for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals; and All-Inclusive Rate Add-On Payment for High-Cost Drugs Provided by Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system for calendar year 2025 based on our continuing experience with these systems. We describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. Also, this final rule updates the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program, Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program, Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program, and Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. We also summarize information received in response to a Request for Information on potential modifications to the Safety of Care measure group in the Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating methodology. In this final rule, we are also finalizing our proposal to narrow the description of \"custody\" in the Medicare payment exclusion rule and to revise the special enrollment period criteria for formerly incarcerated individuals. We are also finalizing our Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) continuous eligibility provisions. We are also finalizing the proposal to reduce the review timeframe for standard prior authorization requests for certain covered outpatient department services paid under the OPPS from 10-business days to 7-calendar days. Further, this rule finalizes updates to the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) in an effort to advance the health and safety of pregnant, birthing, and postpartum women. This rule also finalizes our proposed policy to separately pay Indian Health Service (IHS) and Tribal hospitals for high-cost drugs furnished in hospital outpatient departments through an add-on payment in addition to the all-inclusive rate (AIR) under the authorities used to calculate the AIR starting January 1, 2025. Finally, we are finalizing exceptions to the Medicaid clinic services four walls requirement for IHS and Tribal clinics, and, at state option, for behavioral health clinics and clinics located in rural areas.","document_number":"2024-25521","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/27/2024-25521/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-27/pdf/2024-25521.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25521.pdf?1730492130","publication_date":"2024-11-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"regulation, and making certain technical edits.\n \n \n • \n Revision to Medicare <span class=\"match\">Special</span> <span class=\"match\">Enrollment</span> <span class=\"match\">Period</span> for <span class=\"match\">Formerly</span> <span class=\"match\">Incarcerated</span> Individuals: \n We are finalizing the eligibility requirements in the <span class=\"match\">special</span> <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> <span class=\"match\">period</span> (SEP) for <span class=\"match\">formerly</span> <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> individuals at §§ 406.27(d) and 407.23(d) to remove the reference to “custody” associated with § 411.4(b) and instead tie the eligibility for this SEP to the determination made by SSA that they are no longer <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span>. We are also expanding the SEP eligibility criteria to include individuals released"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs, Including the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program; Health and Safety Standards for Obstetrical Services in Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Prior Authorization; Requests for Information; Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Eligibility; Medicaid Clinic Services Four Walls Exceptions; Individuals Currently or Formerly in Custody of Penal Authorities; Revision to Medicare Special Enrollment Period for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals; and All-Inclusive Rate Add-On Payment for High-Cost Drugs Provided by Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system for calendar year 2025 based on our continuing experience with these systems. In this proposed rule, we describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. Also, this proposed rule would update and refine the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program, Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program, Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program, and Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. This proposed rule would request information on options being considered for future changes to the Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating methodology. The proposed rule would narrow the description of \"custody\" for purposes of Medicare's no legal obligation to pay payment exclusion. The proposed rule would revise the eligibility requirements in the special enrollment period (SEP) for formerly incarcerated individuals to tie the eligibility for this SEP to the determination made by the Social Security Administration that they are no longer incarcerated for releases that occur on and after January 1, 2025. This rule also proposes to codify the requirement in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA, 2023) to provide 12 months of continuous eligibility to children under the age of 19 in Medicaid and CHIP, with limited exceptions. Further, this proposed rule would provide updates to the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) in an effort to advance the health and safety of pregnant, birthing, and postpartum patients. This rule proposes to separately pay IHS and tribal hospitals for high-cost drugs furnished in hospital outpatient departments through an add-on payment in addition to the AIR under the authorities used to calculate the AIR starting January 1, 2025. This rule also requests further information related to a Tribal Technical Advisory Group request to apply the Indian Health Service encounter rate to all outpatient tribal clinics. Finally, the proposed rule would provide exceptions to the Medicaid clinic services benefit four walls requirement for Indian Health Service and Tribal clinics, and, at state option, for behavioral health clinics and clinics located in rural areas.","document_number":"2024-15087","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/22/2024-15087/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-22/pdf/2024-15087.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-15087.pdf?1720615525","publication_date":"2024-07-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"regulation, and make certain technical edits.\n \n \n • \n Revision to Medicare <span class=\"match\">Special</span> <span class=\"match\">Enrollment</span> <span class=\"match\">Period</span> for <span class=\"match\">Formerly</span> <span class=\"match\">Incarcerated</span> Individuals: \n The proposed rule would revise the eligibility requirements in the <span class=\"match\">special</span> <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> <span class=\"match\">period</span> (SEP) for <span class=\"match\">formerly</span> <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> individuals at §§ 406.27(d) and 407.23(d) to remove the reference to “custody” associated with § 411.4(b) and instead tie the eligibility for this SEP to the determination made by SSA that they are no longer <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span>.\n \n \n • \n Continuous Eligibility in Medicaid and CHIP: \n We propose to"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts rules addressing all intrastate, interstate, and international audio and video incarcerated people's communication services (IPCS), including video visitation services. The reforms include adopting permanent rate caps for audio IPCS and interim rate caps for video; prohibiting IPCS providers from making site commission payments associated with IPCS and preempting state and local laws and regulations requiring such commissions; prohibiting IPCS providers from imposing any separate ancillary service charges on IPCS consumers; strengthening the Commission's requirements for access to IPCS by incarcerated people with disabilities; permitting IPCS providers to offer optional alternate pricing plans that comply with the rate caps; strengthening existing consumer disclosure and inactive account requirements; revising the existing annual reporting and certification requirements; facilitating enforcement of the new IPCS rules; and delegating authority to the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB), Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB), and Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA).","document_number":"2024-19037","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/20/2024-19037/incarcerated-peoples-communication-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-20/pdf/2024-19037.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-19037.pdf?1726663521","publication_date":"2024-09-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"during <span class=\"match\">incarceration</span>.” Universally, testimony from <span class=\"match\">formerly</span> <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> individuals stresses the burden that unreasonable communications rates and charges have had on their ability to communicate with their families. For example, Colette Payne, both <span class=\"match\">formerly</span> <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> and having an <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> son, relates how, because of the cost of phone calls, “I wasn't always able to speak with my own children during my <span class=\"match\">incarceration</span>.” Kim Thomas, a <span class=\"match\">formerly</span> <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> person, explains the anguish of mothers “who gave birth while <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> and did"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2025; Updating Section 1332 Waiver Public Notice Procedures; Medicaid; Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program; and Basic Health Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule includes payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment program, as well as 2025 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 requirements related to the auto re-enrollment hierarchy; essential health benefits; failure to file Federal income taxes to reconcile advance payments of the premium tax credit (APTC); non- standardized plan option limits in the FFEs and SBE-FPs and a related exceptions process; standardized plan options in the FFEs and SBE-FPs; special enrollment periods (SEPs); direct enrollment (DE) entities supporting Exchange applications and enrollments; the Insurance Affordability Program enrollment eligibility verification process; requirements for agents, brokers, web-brokers, and DE entities assisting Exchange consumers; network adequacy; public notice procedures for section 1332 waivers; prescription drug benefits; updates to the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program; and State flexibility on the effective date of coverage in the Basic Health Program (BHP).","document_number":"2024-07274","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/15/2024-07274/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2025","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-15/pdf/2024-07274.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07274.pdf?1712351231","publication_date":"2024-04-15","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":"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":"availability of a <span class=\"match\">special</span> <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> <span class=\"match\">period</span> for APTC-eligible qualified individuals with a projected annual household income no greater than 150 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). Specifically, we are finalizing to remove the limitation that this <span class=\"match\">special</span> <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> <span class=\"match\">period</span> is only available to a consumer whose applicable taxpayer's applicable percentage, which is used to determine the amount of the consumer's premium not covered by APTC, is 0 percent, and to give Exchanges the option to permanently provide this <span class=\"match\">special</span> <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> <span class=\"match\">period</span>. We believe"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals","type":"Rule","abstract":"This interim final rule with comment period (IFC) interprets and implements the community engagement requirement in Medicaid under section 1902(xx) of the Social Security Act. States are required to implement the new requirement no later than January 1, 2027. This IFC specifies the requirements and expectations for States, including the Medicaid applicants and beneficiaries who must demonstrate community engagement as a condition of their eligibility, the types of qualifying activities that satisfy the community engagement requirement, the criteria to meet an exception from the requirement (that is, be deemed compliant), and the criteria to meet a specified exclusion from the requirement. It also specifies requirements for verification of qualifying activities, outreach to affected populations, steps States must take if they determine individuals are noncompliant, and additional operational considerations for States. Finally, this IFC specifies implementation timing and establishes new State reporting requirements.","document_number":"2026-11094","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11094/medicaid-program-community-engagement-requirement-for-certain-individuals","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-03/pdf/2026-11094.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11094.pdf?1780346707","publication_date":"2026-06-03","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":"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 working for not less than 80 hours in that 1-month <span class=\"match\">period</span> before going back to school. Thus, at new § 435.552(c)(1), the <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> status of an applicable individual begins on the first day of the school term. \n At new § 435.552(c)(2), the <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> will continue through normal periods of attendance, vacation and recess. The determination of <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> status during vacation and recess shall be based on the student's status just prior to the school break. Per § 435.552(c)(3), the <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> status ends at the end of the month that the student"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, and to allow a second opportunity for public comment on the notice. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.","document_number":"2024-23737","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/15/2024-23737/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-for-omb-review-comment-request","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-15/pdf/2024-23737.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-23737.pdf?1728650754","publication_date":"2024-10-15","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":"Obstetrical Services in Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Prior Authorization; Requests for Information; Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Eligibility; Medicaid Clinic Services Four Walls Exceptions; Individuals Currently or <span class=\"match\">Formerly</span> in Custody of Penal Authorities; Revision to Medicare <span class=\"match\">Special</span> <span class=\"match\">Enrollment</span> <span class=\"match\">Period</span> for <span class=\"match\">Formerly</span> <span class=\"match\">Incarcerated</span> Individuals; and All-Inclusive Rate Add-On Payment for High-Cost Drugs Provided by Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities” (89 FR 59186). \n Form Number: \n CMS-R-48 (OMB control number: 0938-0328); \n Frequency: \n Yearly;"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2025; Updating Section 1332 Waiver Public Notice Procedures; Medicaid; Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program; and Basic Health Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule includes payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment program, as well as 2025 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 proposed requirements related to the auto re-enrollment hierarchy; essential health benefits; failure to file and reconcile; non-standardized plan option limits and an exceptions process; standardized plan options; special enrollment periods (SEPs); direct enrollment (DE) entities; Insurance Affordability Program enrollment eligibility verification process; requirements for agents, brokers, web-brokers, and DE entities assisting Exchange consumers; network adequacy; public notice procedures for section 1332 waivers; prescription drug benefits; updates to the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program; State flexibility on the financial methodology used for Medicaid eligibility determinations for non- modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) populations; and State flexibility on the effective date of coverage in the Basic Health Program (BHP). A summary of this proposed rule may be found at https:// www.regulations.gov/.","document_number":"2023-25576","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/24/2023-25576/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2025","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-24/pdf/2023-25576.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-25576.pdf?1700169608","publication_date":"2023-11-24","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":"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":"enrollment <span class=\"match\">period</span> for APTC-eligible qualified individuals with a projected household income no greater than 150 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). Specifically, we are proposing to remove the limitation that this <span class=\"match\">special</span> <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> <span class=\"match\">period</span> is only available during periods of time when APTC benefits are available such that the applicable taxpayers' applicable percentage is set to zero and that Exchanges have the option to permanently provide this <span class=\"match\">special</span> <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> <span class=\"match\">period</span>. We believe this proposal would provide affordable coverage available to"},{"title":"Accountability in Higher Education and Access Through Demand-Driven Workforce Pell: Pell Grant Exclusion Relating to Other Grant Aid; and Workforce Pell Grants","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary of Education (Secretary) amends the regulations governing institutional eligibility, general provisions, and the Federal Pell Grant (Pell Grant) Program under title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended (the title IV, HEA programs). The final regulations implement statutory changes to the title IV, HEA programs included in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act (WFTCA), signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025. In the NPRM, we referenced the WFTCA as the \"One Big Beautiful Bill\"; however, for clarity and consistency in this final rule, we will instead use WFTCA. The WFTCA made numerous changes to the HEA, including changes to student eligibility requirements for the Pell Grant Program and the establishment of Workforce Pell Grants for students who enroll in a new type of eligible program called an \"eligible workforce program,\" intended to be a high-quality, performance-based, short-term program that supports America's workforce needs.","document_number":"2026-10013","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/19/2026-10013/accountability-in-higher-education-and-access-through-demand-driven-workforce-pell-pell-grant","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-19/pdf/2026-10013.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10013.pdf?1779108315","publication_date":"2026-05-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"metric.\n \n We decline exclusions for currently or <span class=\"match\">formerly</span> <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> students from the value-added earnings metrics. Under the regulations for prison education programs at § 668.238(a)(7), postsecondary institutions are prohibited from enrolling a confined or <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> individual into PEPs designed to lead to licensure or employment for a specific job or occupation if such job or occupation typically involves prohibitions on the licensure or employment of <span class=\"match\">formerly</span> confined or <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> individuals. \n It is incumbent upon the postsecondary"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information (including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information) and to allow 60 days for public comment on the proposed action. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.","document_number":"2024-18031","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/13/2024-18031/agency-information-collection-activities-proposed-collection-comment-request","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-13/pdf/2024-18031.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-18031.pdf?1723148116","publication_date":"2024-08-13","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":"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":"Obstetrical Services in Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Prior Authorization; Requests for Information; Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Eligibility; Medicaid Clinic Services Four Walls Exceptions; Individuals Currently or <span class=\"match\">Formerly</span> in Custody of Penal Authorities; Revision to Medicare <span class=\"match\">Special</span> <span class=\"match\">Enrollment</span> <span class=\"match\">Period</span> for <span class=\"match\">Formerly</span> <span class=\"match\">Incarcerated</span> Individuals; and All-Inclusive Rate Add-On Payment for High-Cost Drugs Provided by Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities, 89 FR 59186 (July 22, 2024) (hereinafter referred to as the “July 2024 Proposed Rule”). \n"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"Pursuant to Privacy Act of 1974, notice is hereby given that VA proposes to modify an existing system of records, \"Compensation, Pension, Education, and Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) Records--VA\" (58VA21/22/28).","document_number":"2025-17709","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/15/2025-17709/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-15/pdf/2025-17709.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17709.pdf?1757681108","publication_date":"2025-09-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","name":"Veterans Affairs Department","id":520,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/veterans-affairs-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/520","parent_id":null,"slug":"veterans-affairs-department"}],"excerpts":"number, and any other information relating to a Veteran's or beneficiary's <span class=\"match\">incarceration</span> in a penal institution and information regarding a dependent's right to a <span class=\"match\">special</span> apportionment of the <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> individual's VA benefit payment may be disclosed to those dependents who may be eligible for entitlement to such apportionment in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 5313 and 5307. \n 40. The name, claims file number, and any other information relating to an individual who may be <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> in a penal institution may, pursuant to an arrangement, be disclosed"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information (including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information) and to allow 60 days for public comment on the proposed action. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.","document_number":"2024-17484","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/07/2024-17484/agency-information-collection-activities-proposed-collection-comment-request","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-07/pdf/2024-17484.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-17484.pdf?1722629715","publication_date":"2024-08-07","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":"Obstetrical Services in Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Prior Authorization; Requests for Information; Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Eligibility; Medicaid Clinic Services Four Walls Exceptions; Individuals Currently or <span class=\"match\">Formerly</span> in Custody of Penal Authorities; Revision to Medicare <span class=\"match\">Special</span> <span class=\"match\">Enrollment</span> <span class=\"match\">Period</span> for <span class=\"match\">Formerly</span> <span class=\"match\">Incarcerated</span> Individuals; and All-Inclusive Rate Add-On Payment for High-Cost Drugs Provided by Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities” (89 FR 59186). \n Form Number: \n CMS-R-48 (OMB control number: 0938-0328); \n Frequency: \n Yearly;"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), Medicare cost plan, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) regulations to implement changes related to prescription drug coverage, the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan, dual eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs), Part C and D Star Ratings, and other programmatic areas, including the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. This final rule also codifies existing sub-regulatory guidance in the Part C and Part D programs.","document_number":"2025-06008","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/15/2025-06008/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-contract-year-2026-policy-and-technical-changes-to-the-medicare","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-15/pdf/2025-06008.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06008.pdf?1743797708","publication_date":"2025-04-15","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":"election <span class=\"match\">period</span> for the subsequent plan year, the Part D initial <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> <span class=\"match\">period</span>, and Part D <span class=\"match\">special</span> election periods) or at any point during the plan year. \n • Part D plan sponsors must allow Part D enrollees to opt into the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan after the conclusion of an <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> <span class=\"match\">period</span> and before the new plan <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> effective date (for example, an enrollee could opt into the program for the upcoming plan year after the conclusion of the annual coordinated election <span class=\"match\">period</span> and in advance of the January 1 new plan <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> effective"},{"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":"Other societal changes have also affected the child support program, including greatly elevated <span class=\"match\">incarceration</span> rates. <span class=\"match\">Incarceration</span> rates increased dramatically between 1980 and 2008 and have since declined, but the percent of the U.S. population <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span> in 2020 was more than double the figure in 1980.\n 6 \n \n It is estimated that 6 percent of all children in the United States have a parent who was ever <span class=\"match\">incarcerated</span>.\n 7 \n \n Having an <span class=\"match\">incarceration</span> record is a barrier to employment that diminishes earnings potential, reducing a parent's ability"},{"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":"determinations of eligibility for QHP <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> and APTC/CSRs at §§ 155.305 and 155.310. This also includes key <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> functions such as collecting and maintaining records of QHP <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> for all consumers of the State Exchange as required under § 155.400 and transmitting such <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> information to CMS and IRS. Such consumer-facing websites operated by web-brokers would also need to allow for consumers to select and enroll into a QHP (that is, through direct <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span>) in order to submit QHP selection and <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> to the State Exchange. This"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), Medicaid, Medicare cost plan, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) regulations to implement changes related to Star Ratings, marketing and communications, agent/broker compensation, health equity, drug coverage, dual eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs), utilization management, network adequacy, and other programmatic areas, including the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. This proposed rule also includes proposals to codify existing subregulatory guidance in the Part C and Part D programs.","document_number":"2024-27939","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/10/2024-27939/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-contract-year-2026-policy-and-technical-changes-to-the-medicare","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-10/pdf/2024-27939.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27939.pdf?1732656194","publication_date":"2024-12-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"Annual Election <span class=\"match\">Period</span> for the subsequent plan year, the Part D initial <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> <span class=\"match\">period</span>, and Part D <span class=\"match\">special</span> election periods) or at any point during the plan year. \n • Part D sponsors must allow Part D enrollees to opt into the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan after the conclusion of an <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> <span class=\"match\">period</span> and before the new plan <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> effective date (for example, an enrollee could opt into the program for the upcoming plan year after the conclusion of the Annual Election <span class=\"match\">Period</span> and in advance of the January 1 new plan <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> effective date)"},{"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":"includes key <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> functions such as collecting and maintaining records of QHP <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> for all consumers of the State Exchange as required under § 155.400 and transmitting such <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> information to CMS and IRS. We stated that such consumer-facing websites operated by web-brokers would also need to allow for consumers to select and enroll into a QHP (that is, through direct <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span>) in order to submit QHP selection and <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> to the State Exchange. This model, referred to as the State Based Exchange Enhanced Direct <span class=\"match\">Enrollment</span> (SBE-EDE)"},{"title":"Accountability in Higher Education and Access Through Demand- Driven Workforce Pell: Student Tuition and Transparency System (STATS) and Earnings Accountability","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary of Education (Secretary) amends the regulations governing institutional eligibility, general provisions, and the William D. Ford Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program under title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended (the title IV, HEA programs) to implement statutory changes to the title IV, HEA programs included in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act (WFTCA) signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025. These changes include revisions to program eligibility requirements for the Direct Loan program and the introduction of an earnings accountability framework that limits Direct Loan eligibility to programs whose graduates meet certain earnings benchmarks. This action finalizes regulations to implement the provisions of the WFTCA related to low-earning outcome programs and the Direct Loan program, and to harmonize those regulations with requirements for programs that are required to lead to gainful employment (GE programs).","document_number":"2026-13286","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/01/2026-13286/accountability-in-higher-education-and-access-through-demand--driven-workforce-pell-student-tuition","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-01/pdf/2026-13286.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13286.pdf?1782823517","publication_date":"2026-07-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"counterfactual <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> and aid volumes involves several steps: \n \n Step 1: \n Start with the <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> by program aggregate group in 2027. In this first year, there are no programs that are ineligible for title IV, HEA funding.\n \n \n Step 2: \n Apply the student transition assumptions to the <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> by program aggregate group. This generates estimates of the <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> that is expected to remain enrolled in the program aggregate group, the <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> that is expected to drop out of postsecondary <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span>, and the <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> that is expected"},{"title":"Applications for New Awards; Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program (CSP)-Grants to Charter Management Organizations for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools (CMO Grants)","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for CSP CMO Grants.","document_number":"2025-01379","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/21/2025-01379/applications-for-new-awards-expanding-opportunity-through-quality-charter-schools-program-csp-grants","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-21/pdf/2025-01379.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-01379.pdf?1737044113","publication_date":"2025-01-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"ongoing input in school decision-making. \n \n (5) How the charter school's recruitment, admissions, <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span>, and retention policies and practices will engage and accommodate students and families from diverse backgrounds, including English learners, students with disabilities, and students of color, including holding <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> and recruitment events on weekends or during nonstandard work hours, making interpreters available, and providing <span class=\"match\">enrollment</span> and recruitment information in widely accessible formats (\n e.g., \n hard copy and online in multiple"},{"title":"Application for New Awards; Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program (CSP)-Grants to State Entities (State Entity)","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for CSP Grants to State Entities.","document_number":"2025-01380","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/21/2025-01380/application-for-new-awards-expanding-opportunity-through-quality-charter-schools-program-csp-grants","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-21/pdf/2025-01380.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-01380.pdf?1737044113","publication_date":"2025-01-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"receiving a grant under this section must submit to the Secretary, at the end of the third year of the 5-year grant <span class=\"match\">period</span> (or at the end of the second year if the grant <span class=\"match\">period</span> is less than 5 years), and at the end of such grant <span class=\"match\">period</span>, a report that includes the following: \n (1) The number of students served by each subgrant awarded under this section and, if applicable, the number of new students served during each year of the <span class=\"match\">period</span> of the subgrant. \n (2) A description of how the State entity met the objectives of the quality charter school program"}]}