{"description":"Documents matching 'were added those laws health'","count":10000,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=were+added+those+laws+health&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Excepted Fertility Benefits","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This document contains proposed rules that would amend the regulations regarding excepted benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code, and the Public Health Service Act to establish certain fertility benefits as a new category of limited excepted benefits. Excepted benefits are generally exempt from the market requirements that were added to those laws by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the No Surprises Act, and certain other Federal laws specifically related to group health plans and group and individual health insurance coverage.","document_number":"2026-09479","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/13/2026-09479/excepted-fertility-benefits","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-13/pdf/2026-09479.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09479.pdf?1778589913","publication_date":"2026-05-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Internal Revenue Service","name":"Internal Revenue Service","id":254,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/internal-revenue-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/254","parent_id":497,"slug":"internal-revenue-service"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"2008).\n \n \n \n \n 6 \n  Public <span class=\"match\">Law</span> 110-343 (Oct. 3, 2008).\n \n \n \n \n 7 \n  Public <span class=\"match\">Law</span> 111-3 (Feb. 4, 2009).\n \n \n \n \n 8 \n  Public <span class=\"match\">Law</span> 110-381 (Oct. 9, 2008).\n \n \n \n \n 9 \n  Public <span class=\"match\">Law</span> 111-148 (Mar. 23, 2010).\n \n \n \n \n 10 \n  Public <span class=\"match\">Law</span> 111-152 (Mar. 30, 2010).\n \n \n \n \n 11 \n  Public <span class=\"match\">Law</span> 116-260 (Dec. 27, 2020).\n \n \n \n \n 12 \n  Public <span class=\"match\">Law</span> 119-75 (Feb. 3, 2026).\n \n \n The ACA reorganized, amended, and <span class=\"match\">added</span> to the provisions of part A of title XXVII of the PHS Act relating to <span class=\"match\">health</span> coverage requirements for group <span class=\"match\">health</span> plans and <span class=\"match\">health</span> insurance issuers in the"},{"title":"Rescission of Guidance to Nation's Retail Pharmacies: Obligations Under Federal Civil Rights Laws To Ensure Nondiscriminatory Access to Health Care at Pharmacies (Issued September 29, 2023)","type":"Notice","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) hereby rescinds \"Guidance to Nation's Retail Pharmacies: Obligations under Federal Civil Rights Laws to Ensure Nondiscriminatory Access to Health Care at Pharmacies,\" issued on September 29, 2023 (2023 Guidance) as revised guidance to \"Guidance to Nation's Retail Pharmacies: Obligations under Federal Civil Rights Laws to Ensure Access to Comprehensive Reproductive Health Care Services,\" originally issued on July 13, 2022 (2022 Guidance). This recission is effective upon publication.","document_number":"2026-01550","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/27/2026-01550/rescission-of-guidance-to-nations-retail-pharmacies-obligations-under-federal-civil-rights-laws-to","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-27/pdf/2026-01550.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01550.pdf?1769184912","publication_date":"2026-01-27","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"}],"excerpts":"rescission of guidance. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n The U.S. Department of <span class=\"match\">Health</span> and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) hereby rescinds “Guidance to Nation's Retail Pharmacies: Obligations under Federal Civil Rights <span class=\"match\">Laws</span> to Ensure Nondiscriminatory Access to <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Care at Pharmacies,” issued on September 29, 2023 (2023 Guidance) as revised guidance to “Guidance to Nation's Retail Pharmacies: Obligations under Federal Civil Rights <span class=\"match\">Laws</span> to Ensure Access to Comprehensive Reproductive <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Care Services,” originally issued on July 13, 2022 (2022"},{"title":"Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Verification Requirements for Family Member Coverage","type":"Rule","abstract":"The FEHB Protection Act of 2025 (FPA) requires OPM to issue regulations and implement a process to verify: The veracity of any qualifying life event (QLE) through which a health benefits plan enrollee seeks to add a member of family to their enrollment and that when an enrollee adds a family member to the health benefits plan, including during any open season, the individual is a qualified member of family. This final rule also clarifies responsibilities for initial family member eligibility determinations for the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program.","document_number":"2026-11022","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/02/2026-11022/federal-employees-health-benefits-program-verification-requirements-for-family-member-coverage","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-02/pdf/2026-11022.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11022.pdf?1780085714","publication_date":"2026-06-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":" OPM is required by section 90101 of Public <span class=\"match\">Law</span> 119-21 to issue this regulatory action. The statutory provision directs that by July 4, 2026, the Director of OPM must “issue regulations and implement a process to verify” (1) the veracity of any QLE through which an enrollee in the Program seeks to <span class=\"match\">add</span> a member of the enrollee's family to a <span class=\"match\">health</span> benefits plan under the Program; and (2) that, when an enrollee seeks to <span class=\"match\">add</span> a member of his or her family to the <span class=\"match\">health</span> benefits plan, the individual <span class=\"match\">added</span> is a \n \n qualifying member of family with respect"},{"title":"TRICARE Demonstration Project for TRICARE Ambulance Add-On Reimbursement for Pre-Hospital Blood Transfusion","type":"Notice","abstract":"The DoD (referred to herein as \"the Department\", \"Department of War\" or \"DoW\") is announcing a new demonstration project under the TRICARE program, titled the \"TRICARE Demonstration Project for Pre-Hospital Blood Transfusion Ambulance Add-On Reimbursement,\" also called \"The TRICARE PHBT Demonstration\" or \"PHBTD\". This five-year demonstration will test the effectiveness of providing separate, unbundled add-on reimbursement to the TRICARE ambulance fee schedule for the cost of medically necessary blood products and professional services administered by authorized ambulance providers in a pre-hospital (ambulance, air or ground) setting. The goal is to evaluate whether this payment modification improves health outcomes for trauma patients, impacts total cost of care, enhances beneficiary access to care and network adequacy, and is a feasible and advisable permanent change to the TRICARE reimbursement methodology for ambulance services.","document_number":"2026-13515","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/06/2026-13515/tricare-demonstration-project-for-tricare-ambulance-add-on-reimbursement-for-pre-hospital-blood","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-06/pdf/2026-13515.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13515.pdf?1782996313","publication_date":"2026-07-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"reimburse, effectively placing TFL beneficiaries on the hook for 75% or more of this new <span class=\"match\">add</span>-on cost. To mitigate this and properly evaluate the payment model, the demonstration will test the TRICARE <span class=\"match\">add</span>-on payment without limiting the amount paid for TFL beneficiaries to their standard Medicare liability for only <span class=\"match\">those</span> claims where PHB is provided. \n However, should the agency find the demonstration to be successful and wish to implement the <span class=\"match\">add</span>-on reimbursement permanently for TFL beneficiaries, statutory relief from 10 U.S.C. 1086(d)(3) will be required"},{"title":"School-Based Mental Health Grant Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) announces final priorities, requirements, and definitions under the School-Based Mental Health Services (SBMH) Program, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.184H. We may use one or more of these priorities, requirements, and definitions for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2025 and later years. These final priorities, requirements, and definitions are designed to target activities with the purpose of increasing the number of credentialed school-based mental health services providers, specifically school psychologists, in high-need local educational agencies (LEAs) available to provide mental health services to students. These priorities, requirements, and definitions replace the Notice of Final Priorities, Requirements, and Definitions published in the Federal Register on October 4, 2022 (87 FR 60092). However, those priorities, requirements, and definitions remain in effect for previous grant competitions in which the notices inviting applications (NIAs) were published before the Department finalized the proposed priorities, requirements, and definitions in this notice.","document_number":"2025-18900","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/29/2025-18900/school-based-mental-health-grant-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-29/pdf/2025-18900.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18900.pdf?1758890722","publication_date":"2025-09-29","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":"psychologists delivering early intervention and intensive mental <span class=\"match\">health</span> services in high-need LEAs. \n \n To meet this priority, applicants must propose to increase the number of credentialed school psychologists who will engage in the following: \n (a) Providing intensive mental <span class=\"match\">health</span> services and supports to individual students most in need of <span class=\"match\">those</span> services, \n (b) Providing early intervention mental <span class=\"match\">health</span> services to address acute concerns and determine if intensive mental <span class=\"match\">health</span> services are needed, and \n (c) Building necessary capacity and local"},{"title":"Reproductive Health Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adopts as final, without changes, a proposed rule to reinstate the exclusions on abortions and abortion counseling from the medical benefits package, which were removed in 2022. Before 2022, these exclusions had been firmly in place since the medical benefits package was first established in 1999. VA is also adopting as final, without changes, the reinstatement of exclusions on abortion and abortion counseling for the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) that were also removed in 2022. VA takes this action to ensure that VA provides only needed and medically necessary and appropriate care to our nation's heroes and CHAMPVA beneficiaries.","document_number":"2025-24061","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/31/2025-24061/reproductive-health-services","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-31/pdf/2025-24061.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-24061.pdf?1767102313","publication_date":"2025-12-31","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":"regarding care that is not barred by this rule. VA will also ensure its <span class=\"match\">health</span> care providers are trained to provide life-saving care. Such guidance is consistent with both the DOJ Opinion and the Secretary's discretionary authority. \n B. Comments That Asserted Exceptions for Abortions <span class=\"match\">Were</span> Needed or <span class=\"match\">Were</span> Medically Necessary and Appropriate in Cases of <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Endangerment or When the Pregnancy Is the Result of Rape or Incest \n Some commenters asserted that abortions <span class=\"match\">were</span> needed or <span class=\"match\">were</span> medically necessary and appropriate not only when a pregnant individual"},{"title":"Prior Notice: Adding Requirement To Submit Mail Tracking Number for Articles of Food Arriving by International Mail and Timeframe for Post-Refusal and Post-Hold Submissions","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is issuing a final rule to amend its prior notice regulation to add a requirement that prior notice and food facility registration information be submitted within a certain timeframe after certain notices of refusal or hold have been issued (\"post-refusal\" and \"post-hold\" submission) or responses to requests for FDA review have been issued and beginning October 1, 2026, add a requirement that the prior notice for articles of food arriving by international mail include the name of the mail service and a mail tracking number. The rule will also finalize certain technical changes, including those that reflect expanded capabilities of the Automated Broker Interface/Automated Commercial Environment/International Trade Data System (ABI/ACE/ITDS) and the Prior Notice Systems Interface (PNSI). These amendments will improve program efficiency and better enable FDA to protect the U.S. food supply and public health.","document_number":"2025-18655","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/25/2025-18655/prior-notice-adding-requirement-to-submit-mail-tracking-number-for-articles-of-food-arriving-by","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-25/pdf/2025-18655.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18655.pdf?1758717925","publication_date":"2025-09-25","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":"Food and Drug Administration","name":"Food and Drug Administration","id":199,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/199","parent_id":221,"slug":"food-and-drug-administration"}],"excerpts":"business days. For example, from September 1, 2023, to February 29, 2024, 97.3 percent of global applications for a DUNS number <span class=\"match\">were</span> completed in less than 10 business days, and 99.69 percent of DUNS applications <span class=\"match\">were</span> completed in less than 20 business days of submitting the application. From March 2021 to March 2023, 71.31 percent of global applications <span class=\"match\">were</span> completed in less than 10 business days, and 95.70 percent <span class=\"match\">were</span> completed in less than 20 business days. This trend reflects an increase in the average amount of global applications completed"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Preserving Medicaid Funding for Vulnerable Populations-Closing a Health Care-Related Tax Loophole","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule addresses a loophole in a regulatory statistical test applied to State proposals for Medicaid tax waivers. The test is designed to ensure, as required by statute, that non- uniform or non-broad-based health care-related taxes, authorized under a waiver, are generally redistributive. The inadvertent loophole currently allows some health care-related taxes, especially taxes on managed care organizations, to be imposed at higher tax rates on Medicaid taxable units than non-Medicaid taxable units, contrary to statutory and regulatory intent for health care-related taxes to be generally redistributive. The final rule closes the loophole by finalizing the policies in the proposed rule to add additional safeguards to ensure that tax waivers that exploit the loophole because they pass the current statistical test, but are not generally redistributive, are not approvable. By adding these safeguards, the final rule is also implementing recently added statutory requirements for a tax to be considered generally redistributive.","document_number":"2026-02040","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/02/2026-02040/medicaid-program-preserving-medicaid-funding-for-vulnerable-populations-closing-a-health","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-02/pdf/2026-02040.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02040.pdf?1769721310","publication_date":"2026-02-02","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":"equal treatment if the tax is applied specifically to a subset of <span class=\"match\">health</span> care services or providers (such as only Medicaid MCOs), since the providers or users of <span class=\"match\">those</span> <span class=\"match\">health</span> care services are being treated differently than others who are not within the specified universe. These taxes <span class=\"match\">were</span> attempting to continue to tax a subset of services within a permissible class when paid for by Medicaid, but not when the same services <span class=\"match\">were</span> not paid for by Medicaid.\n \n \n \n 14 \n  Department of <span class=\"match\">Health</span> and Human Services Office of the Inspector General, “Pennsylvania's"},{"title":"World Trade Center Health Program; Petitions 032, 033, and 068-Peripheral Neuropathy; Finding of Insufficient Evidence","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Administrator of the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program has received three petitions (Petitions 032, 033, and 068) to add \"peripheral neuropathy\" to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions. Upon reviewing the scientific and medical literature, including information provided by the petitioners, the Administrator has determined that there is insufficient evidence available to support taking further action at this time regarding peripheral neuropathy. The Administrator also finds that insufficient evidence exists to request a recommendation of the WTC Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee, publish a proposed rule, or publish a determination not to publish a proposed rule.","document_number":"2026-09245","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/11/2026-09245/world-trade-center-health-program-petitions-032-033-and-068-peripheral-neuropathy-finding-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-11/pdf/2026-09245.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09245.pdf?1778244312","publication_date":"2026-05-11","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 Disease Control and Prevention","name":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention","id":44,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/44","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention"}],"excerpts":"amended by Pub. L. 114-113, Pub. L. 116-59, Pub. L. 117-328, Pub. L. 118-31, and Pub. L. 119-75), <span class=\"match\">added</span> Title XXXIII to the Public <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Service (PHS) Act,\n 1 \n \n establishing the WTC <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Program within the Department of <span class=\"match\">Health</span> and Human Services (HHS). The WTC <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Program provides medical monitoring and treatment benefits for <span class=\"match\">health</span> conditions on the List of WTC-Related <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Conditions (List) \n 2 \n \n to eligible firefighters and related personnel; <span class=\"match\">law</span> enforcement officers; and rescue, recovery, and cleanup workers who responded to the September"},{"title":"World Trade Center Health Program; Petitions 029, 034, 035, and 062-Hepatic Steatosis; Finding of Insufficient Evidence","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Administrator of the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program has received several petitions (Petitions 029, 034, 035, and 062) to add \"hepatic steatosis\" or \"fatty liver disease\" to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions. Upon reviewing the scientific and medical literature, including information provided by the petitioners, the Administrator has determined that there is insufficient evidence available to support taking further action at this time regarding hepatic steatosis. The Administrator also finds that insufficient evidence exists to request a recommendation of the WTC Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee, publish a proposed rule, or publish a determination not to publish a proposed rule.","document_number":"2026-06728","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/07/2026-06728/world-trade-center-health-program-petitions-029-034-035-and-062-hepatic-steatosis-finding-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-07/pdf/2026-06728.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06728.pdf?1775479514","publication_date":"2026-04-07","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 Disease Control and Prevention","name":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention","id":44,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/44","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention"}],"excerpts":"amended by Pub. L. 114-113, Pub. L. 116-59, Pub. L. 117-328, Pub. L. 118-31, and Pub. L. 119-75), <span class=\"match\">added</span> Title XXXIII to the Public <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Service (PHS) Act,\n 1 \n \n establishing the WTC <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Program within the Department of <span class=\"match\">Health</span> and Human Services (HHS). The WTC <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Program provides medical monitoring and treatment benefits for <span class=\"match\">health</span> conditions on the List of WTC-Related <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Conditions (List) \n 2 \n \n to eligible firefighters and related personnel, <span class=\"match\">law</span> enforcement officers, and rescue, recovery, and cleanup workers who responded to the September"},{"title":"Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) announces final priorities, requirements, and definitions under the Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program (MHSP), Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.184X. We may use one or more of these priorities, requirements, and definitions for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2025 and later years. These final priorities, requirements, and definitions are designed to better target activities to address shortages of school-based mental health services providers, specifically school psychologists, in high-need local educational agencies (LEAs). These priorities, requirements, and definitions replace the Notice of Final Priorities, Requirements, and Definitions published in the Federal Register on October 4, 2022 (87 FR 60083). However, those priorities, requirements, and definitions remain in effect for previous grant competitions in which the notices inviting applications (NIAs) were published before the Department finalized the proposed priorities, requirements, and definitions in this notice.","document_number":"2025-18893","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/29/2025-18893/mental-health-service-professional-demonstration-grant-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-29/pdf/2025-18893.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18893.pdf?1758890722","publication_date":"2025-09-29","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":"psychologists available to deliver early intervention mental <span class=\"match\">health</span> services and intensive mental <span class=\"match\">health</span> services in high-need LEAs. \n \n To meet this priority, applicants must propose to increase the number of credentialed school psychologists available to engage in: \n (a) Providing intensive mental <span class=\"match\">health</span> services and supports to individual students most in need of <span class=\"match\">those</span> services, \n (b) Providing early intervention mental <span class=\"match\">health</span> services to address acute concerns and determine if intensive mental <span class=\"match\">health</span> services are needed. \n Types of Priorities \n \n When"},{"title":"World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program; Petition 026-Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane (Anti-GBM) Glomerulonephritis; Finding of Insufficient Evidence","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Administrator of the WTC Health Program received a petition (Petition 026) to add \"Anti GBM Disease Glomerulonephritis (Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease)\" to the List of WTC- Related Health Conditions. Upon reviewing the scientific and medical literature, including information provided by the petitioner, the Administrator has determined that there is insufficient evidence available to support taking further action at this time regarding anti- GBM glomerulonephritis. The Administrator also finds that insufficient evidence exists to request a recommendation of the WTC Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee, publish a proposed rule, or publish a determination not to publish a proposed rule.","document_number":"2026-05421","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/19/2026-05421/world-trade-center-wtc-health-program-petition-026-anti-glomerular-basement-membrane-anti-gbm","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-19/pdf/2026-05421.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05421.pdf?1773837919","publication_date":"2026-03-19","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"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention","name":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention","id":44,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/44","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention"}],"excerpts":"amended by Pub. L. 114-113, Pub. L. 116-59, Pub. L. 117-328, Pub. L. 118-31, and Pub. L. 119-75), <span class=\"match\">added</span> Title XXXIII to the Public <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Service (PHS) Act,\n 1 \n \n establishing the WTC <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Program within the Department of <span class=\"match\">Health</span> and Human Services (HHS). The WTC <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Program provides medical monitoring and treatment benefits for <span class=\"match\">health</span> conditions on the List of WTC-Related <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Conditions (List) \n 2 \n \n to eligible firefighters and related personnel; <span class=\"match\">law</span> enforcement officers; and rescue, recovery, and cleanup workers who responded to the September"},{"title":"World Trade Center Health Program; Petitions 024, 042, 046, 047, 051, 056, 058, and 067-Ischemic Heart Disease; Finding of Insufficient Evidence","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program received eight petitions (Petitions 024, 042, 046, 047, 051, 056, 058, and 067) to add conditions under the broad category of ischemic heart disease to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions. Upon reviewing the literature, including information provided by petitioners, the Administrator has determined that there is insufficient evidence to support taking further action at this time regarding ischemic heart disease. The Administrator finds insufficient evidence exists to request a recommendation of the WTC Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee, publish a proposed rule, or publish a determination not to publish a proposed rule.","document_number":"2026-13176","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/30/2026-13176/world-trade-center-health-program-petitions-024-042-046-047-051-056-058-and-067-ischemic-heart","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-30/pdf/2026-13176.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13176.pdf?1782737118","publication_date":"2026-06-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention","name":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention","id":44,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/44","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention"}],"excerpts":"L. 114-113, Pub. L. 116-59, Pub. L. 117-328, Pub. L. 118-31, and Pub. L. 119-75) <span class=\"match\">added</span> Title XXXIII to the Public <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Service (PHS) Act,\n 1 \n \n establishing the World Trade Center (WTC) <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Program within the Department of <span class=\"match\">Health</span> and Human Services (HHS). The WTC <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Program provides medical monitoring and treatment benefits for <span class=\"match\">health</span> conditions on the List of WTC-Related <span class=\"match\">Health</span> Conditions (List) \n 2 \n \n to eligible firefighters and related personnel; <span class=\"match\">law</span> \n \n enforcement officers; and rescue, recovery, and cleanup workers who responded"},{"title":"Reproductive Health Services","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is proposing to reinstate the full exclusion on abortions and abortion counseling from the medical benefits package, which was removed in 2022. Before that time, this exclusion had been firmly in place since the medical benefits package was first established in 1999. VA is also proposing to reinstate the exclusions on abortion and abortion counseling for Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) that were removed in 2022. We take this action to ensure that VA provides only needed medical services to our nation's heroes and their families.","document_number":"2025-14687","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/04/2025-14687/reproductive-health-services","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-04/pdf/2025-14687.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14687.pdf?1754078407","publication_date":"2025-08-04","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":"contains no provisions constituting a collection of information under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521). \n \n List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 17 \n Administrative practice and procedure, Claims, <span class=\"match\">Health</span> care, <span class=\"match\">Health</span> facilities, <span class=\"match\">Health</span> professions, <span class=\"match\">Health</span> records, Medical devices, Medical research, Mental <span class=\"match\">health</span> programs, Veterans. \n \n Signing Authority \n Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved this document on July 24, 2025, and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document to the Office of the"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, and Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"These proposals are intended to improve the electronic exchange of health care data and streamline processes related to prior authorization by increasing the interoperability of systems used across the health care industry. We are proposing new requirements for Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations, state Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS) programs, state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) FFS programs, Medicaid managed care plans, CHIP managed care entities, and Qualified Health Plan (QHP) issuers on the Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs), including issuers that offer small group market QHPs on the Federally-facilitated Small Business Health Options Program (FF- SHOP) Exchanges (hereinafter referred to as \"small group market QHP issuers on the FF-SHOPs\") (collectively \"impacted payers\"), to make available electronic prior authorization for drugs. We are also proposing to extend many existing interoperability requirements for the prior authorization of non-drug items and services to include prior authorizations for drugs to further reduce patient and provider burden. We are also proposing to require impacted payers to report their application programming interfaces (API) endpoints and related information for the Patient Access, Provider Directory, Provider Access, Payer-to-Payer, and Prior Authorization APIs to CMS. To help assess the impact of our policies, we are proposing to collect API usage metrics. In addition, we are proposing to apply the existing interoperability requirements to small group market QHP issuers on the FF-SHOPs as impacted payers. To improve impacted payers' ability to exchange health information while continuing CMS's drive toward interoperability, we are proposing to require certain Health Level Seven (HL7[supreg]) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR[supreg]) implementation guides (IGs) that are currently recommended. In addition, HHS is proposing to adopt the HL7 FHIR base standard and certain associated specifications and IGs as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (hereinafter referred to as \"HIPAA\") (Pub. L. 104-191, enacted Aug. 21, 1996) standards for dental, professional, and institutional \"referral certification and authorization\" transactions and \"eligibility for a health plan\" transactions associated with prior authorization. We are proposing to add a definition for \"failure to report,\" which would allow CMS to impose a civil monetary penalty (CMP) on applicable manufacturers or applicable group purchasing organizations (GPOs) if those entities fail to grant CMS timely access to documents for the purposes of an audit. Finally, ONC is using this rulemaking to propose to adopt updated versions of certain health information technology (health IT) standards and specifications for HHS use, such as CMS's interoperability requirements, to support a more robust health IT infrastructure.","document_number":"2026-07205","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/14/2026-07205/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-interoperability-standards","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-14/pdf/2026-07205.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07205.pdf?1775852111","publication_date":"2026-04-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"the payer under the patient's <span class=\"match\">health</span> plan through the Patient Access API. We believe that by requiring these IGs, impacted payers would format data available through the Patient Access API in a consistent manner that would allow <span class=\"match\">health</span> app developers to easily access and display patients' <span class=\"match\">health</span> data, thus having <span class=\"match\">those</span> data readily available and easily accessible to patients. Enabling patients to easily access their <span class=\"match\">health</span> information electronically through an API should allow patients to better manage their <span class=\"match\">health</span> care. \n (2) Provider Access API"},{"title":"Application for Relief From Disabilities Imposed by Federal Laws With Respect to the Acquisition, Receipt, Transfer, Shipment, Transportation, or Possession of Firearms","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Justice (\"the Department\") proposes to implement criteria to guide determinations for granting relief from disabilities imposed by Federal laws with respect to the acquisition, receipt, transfer, shipment, transportation, or possession of firearms. In accordance with certain firearms laws and the Second Amendment of the Constitution, the criteria are designed to ensure the fundamental right of the people to keep and bear arms is not unduly infringed, that those granted relief are not likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety, and that granting such relief would not be contrary to the public interest.","document_number":"2025-13765","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/22/2025-13765/application-for-relief-from-disabilities-imposed-by-federal-laws-with-respect-to-the-acquisition","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-22/pdf/2025-13765.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13765.pdf?1753101916","publication_date":"2025-07-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"}],"excerpts":"(a)(5) of this section or has, within the previous 5 years, had an application for relief under this section denied for any other reason. \n (b) For purposes of this subsection, the phrase “state or federal <span class=\"match\">law</span>” shall include state <span class=\"match\">laws</span>, federal <span class=\"match\">laws</span>, the <span class=\"match\">laws</span> of United States territories, <span class=\"match\">laws</span> of the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and Tribal <span class=\"match\">laws</span>. In determining whether the applicant's prior offense is presumptively disqualifying under subsection (a)(1) through (a)(5) of this section and (a)(7) through (a)(9) of this section, the Attorney General"},{"title":"Health Care Professionals Practicing Via Telehealth","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adopts as final, with changes, a proposed rule to amend its medical regulations that govern VA's health care professionals who practice health care via telehealth. This final rule implements the authorities of the VA MISSION Act of 2018 and the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. This final rule enables VA to maximize health care resource utilization and provide safe and convenient national health care to veterans using telehealth. It also strengthens VA's role in supporting national and State responses to war, terrorism, national emergencies and natural disasters.","document_number":"2025-19324","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/02/2025-19324/health-care-professionals-practicing-via-telehealth","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-02/pdf/2025-19324.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19324.pdf?1759322726","publication_date":"2025-10-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","name":"Veterans Affairs Department","id":520,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/veterans-affairs-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/520","parent_id":null,"slug":"veterans-affairs-department"}],"excerpts":"co-exist if possible). Rather, section 1730C identifies a group of State <span class=\"match\">laws</span>—<span class=\"match\">those</span> that conflict with a covered <span class=\"match\">health</span> care professional's practice of <span class=\"match\">health</span> care through telehealth that are not appliable to VA <span class=\"match\">health</span> care professionals in their VA role—without specifically excluding State <span class=\"match\">laws</span> that interfere with prescribing controlled substances through telemedicine, whereas the CSA in section 802(54) identifies that <span class=\"match\">health</span> care professionals must generally comply with <span class=\"match\">those</span> State <span class=\"match\">laws</span> applicable to them. Section 1730C(d)(2) explicitly prohibits a State"},{"title":"Preemption Determination: State Interest-on-Escrow Laws","type":"Rule","abstract":"The OCC is issuing a preemption determination concluding that Federal law preempts State laws that restrict OCC-regulated banks' flexibility to decide whether and to what extent to pay interest or other compensation on funds placed in real estate escrow accounts; or assess fees in connection with such accounts. This preemption determination will provide much-needed clarity to banks and other stakeholders.","document_number":"2026-10037","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/19/2026-10037/preemption-determination-state-interest-on-escrow-laws","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-19/pdf/2026-10037.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10037.pdf?1779108318","publication_date":"2026-05-19","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":"Office of the Comptroller of the Currency","name":"Comptroller of the Currency","id":80,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/comptroller-of-the-currency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/80","parent_id":497,"slug":"comptroller-of-the-currency"}],"excerpts":"State dormant account <span class=\"match\">laws</span>, demonstrate that even generally applicable State infrastructure <span class=\"match\">laws</span> may be preempted if they prevent or significantly interfere with a national bank's exercise of its Federally authorized powers.\n \n \n \n In \n McClellan \n v. \n Chipman, \n the Supreme Court considered a Massachusetts <span class=\"match\">law</span> that prohibited certain transfers of property. The Court's decision recognized that national banks are subject to general State <span class=\"match\">laws</span> in their “dealings and contracts,” unless <span class=\"match\">those</span> <span class=\"match\">laws</span> expressly conflict with Federal <span class=\"match\">law</span>, frustrate the purpose"},{"title":"Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Programs: Announcement of Nationwide Temporary Moratoria on Enrollment of Home Health Agencies (HHAs)","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice announces the imposition of a 6-month nationwide moratorium on the Medicare enrollment of home health agencies (HHAs).","document_number":"2026-09717","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/15/2026-09717/medicare-medicaid-and-childrens-health-insurance-programs-announcement-of-nationwide-temporary","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-15/pdf/2026-09717.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09717.pdf?1778676329","publication_date":"2026-05-15","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":"provide home <span class=\"match\">health</span> aide services that <span class=\"match\">were</span> not medically necessary and routinely billed for fictitious visits that did not occur. As alleged in the civil complaint, the part-owner—either directly or through the home <span class=\"match\">health</span> company—“targeted particularly vulnerable patients who <span class=\"match\">were</span> low-income, on disability and/or suffering from depression and/or addiction.” \n 11 \n \n The United States attorney for the case <span class=\"match\">added</span> that the part-owner, “used the stolen money to fund her lavish lifestyle, showing a callous disregard for <span class=\"match\">those</span> who <span class=\"match\">were</span> in dire need"},{"title":"Department of Health and Human Services Policy for the Protection of Human Research Subjects: Update to the Additional Protections for Specific Populations","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this final rule, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is amending its regulations that govern the protection of human subjects for conformity with 2018 revisions made to the Federal policy for protection of human research subjects (the \"Common Rule\"), as well as to maintain consistency with the prior version of the Common Rule for research that remains subject to those requirements. Amendments include updating citations that were renumbered, adding updated descriptions of the applicability of exemptions, and correcting a technical error. No substantive amendments are included in this final rule.","document_number":"2024-24399","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/24/2024-24399/department-of-health-and-human-services-policy-for-the-protection-of-human-research-subjects-update","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-24/pdf/2024-24399.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-24399.pdf?1729687517","publication_date":"2024-10-24","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":"rule. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n In this final rule, the Department of <span class=\"match\">Health</span> and Human Services (HHS) is amending its regulations that govern the protection of human subjects for conformity with 2018 revisions made to the Federal policy for protection of human research subjects (the “Common Rule”), as well as to maintain consistency with the prior version of the Common Rule for research that remains subject to <span class=\"match\">those</span> requirements. Amendments include updating citations that <span class=\"match\">were</span> renumbered, <span class=\"match\">adding</span> updated descriptions of the applicability of exemptions, and"}]}