Title 45 published on 03-Jun-2017 03:14
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to Title 45 after this date.
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2017-06-15; vol. 82 # 114 - Thursday, June 15, 2017 82 FR 27431 - Implementing the Federal Civil Penalties Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES, National Endowment for the Arts Interim final rule; request for comments. Effective date: This rule is effective June 15, 2017. Comments date: Submit comments on or before July 17, 2017. 45 CFR Parts 1149 and 1158 Summary The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is adjusting the maximum civil monetary penalties that may be imposed for violations of the Program Fraud and Civil Remedies Act (PFCRA) and the NEA's Restrictions on Lobbying to reflect the requirements of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act). The 2015 Act further amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (the Inflation Adjustment Act) to improve the effectiveness of civil monetary penalties and to maintain their deterrent effect.
2017-06-09; vol. 82 # 110 - Friday, June 9, 2017 82 FR 26763 - Implementing the Freedom of Information Act
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES, National Endowment for the Arts Notice of proposed rulemaking. Submit comments on or before July 10, 2017. 45 CFR Part 1148 Summary This proposed rule would amend the National Endowment for the Arts' (NEA) regulations implementing the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The NEA proposes these amendments to update the NEA's current FOIA regulation. This proposed rule updates the NEA's regulations to reflect statutory changes to FOIA, current NEA organizational structure, and current NEA policies and practices with respect to FOIA. Finally, the rule uses current cost figures in calculating and charging fees.
2017-05-03; vol. 82 # 84 - Wednesday, May 3, 2017 82 FR 20555 - Bonding Requirements for Recipients
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Notice of proposed rulemaking. Comments must be received by June 2, 2017. 45 CFR Part 1629 Summary This proposed rule would revise the Legal Services Corporation's (LSC or Corporation) regulation about bonding requirements for LSC recipients. It would require recipients to bond all their employees and to ensure that third parties who handle recipients' funds have bond coverage, allow recipients to use other forms of insurance similar to fidelity bonds, raise the minimum level of coverage, and allow recipients to use LSC funds to pay for bonding costs. This proposed rule will update part 1629 to reflect current insurance practices and simplify the language in the rule to reduce confusion.
2017-05-02; vol. 82 # 83 - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 82 FR 20444 - Fee-Generating Cases
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Final rule. This final rule is effective on June 1, 2017. 45 CFR Part 1609 Summary This final rule revises the Legal Services Corporation (LSC or Corporation) regulation regarding fee-generating cases. This rule clarifies the definition of “fee-generating case,” clarifies that brief advice is permitted by the regulation, and revises how a recipient accounts for attorneys' fees awards.
2017-04-18; vol. 82 # 73 - Tuesday, April 18, 2017 82 FR 18346 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Market Stabilization
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, HHS, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final rule. These regulations are effective on June 19, 2017. 45 CFR Parts 147, 155, and 156 Summary This rule finalizes changes that will help stabilize the individual and small group markets and affirm the traditional role of State regulators. This final rule amends standards relating to special enrollment periods, guaranteed availability, and the timing of the annual open enrollment period in the individual market for the 2018 plan year; standards related to network adequacy and essential community providers for qualified health plans; and the rules around actuarial value requirements.
2017-04-03; vol. 82 # 62 - Monday, April 3, 2017 82 FR 16124 - Filing of Claims Under the Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission Interim final rule with request for comments. Effective date: This rule is effective April 3, 2017. Comment date: Written comments must be submitted on or before June 2, 2017. Comments received by mail will be considered timely if they are postmarked on or before that date. The electronic Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) will accept comments until midnight Eastern Time at the end of that day. 45 CFR Parts 500 and 510 Summary The Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act authorizes the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States to adjudicate claims and determine the eligibility of individuals for payment for harms suffered by residents of Guam resulting from the occupation of Guam by Imperial Japanese military forces during World War II. This rule establishes procedures for the filing and adjudication of claims brought under the Guam Loyalty Recognition Act. The rule also provides definitions for the statutory terms “severe personal injury” and “personal injury,” and amends regulations concerning the payment of attorney's fees.
2017-02-17; vol. 82 # 32 - Friday, February 17, 2017 82 FR 10980 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Market Stabilization
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, HHS, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on March 7, 2017. 45 CFR Parts 147, 155, and 156 Summary This rule proposes changes that would help stabilize the individual and small group markets. This proposed rule would amend standards relating to special enrollment periods, guaranteed availability, and the timing of the annual open enrollment period in the individual market for the 2018 plan year; standards related to network adequacy and essential community providers for qualified health plans; and the rules around actuarial value requirements.
2017-02-13; vol. 82 # 28 - Monday, February 13, 2017 82 FR 10442 - Income Level for Individuals Eligible for Assistance
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Final rule. Effective February 13, 2017. 45 CFR Part 1611 Summary The Legal Services Corporation (LSC or the Corporation) is required by law to establish maximum income levels for individuals eligible for legal assistance. This document updates the specified income levels to reflect the annual amendments to the Federal Poverty Guidelines issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
82 FR 10446 - Fee-Generating Cases
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Notice of proposed rulemaking. Comments must be submitted by March 15, 2017. 45 CFR Part 1609 Summary This proposed rule revises the Legal Services Corporation (LSC or Corporation) regulation regarding fee-generating cases. This proposed rule clarifies the definition of “fee-generating case,” clarifies that brief advice is permitted by the regulation, and revises how a recipient accounts for attorneys' fees awards.
2017-02-10; vol. 82 # 27 - Friday, February 10, 2017 82 FR 10273 - Use of Non-LSC Funds, Transfers of LSC Funds, Program Integrity; Subgrants and Membership Fees or Dues; Cost Standards and Procedures
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Final rule. This final rule will be effective on April 1, 2017. 45 CFR Parts 1610, 1627, and 1630 Summary This final rule revises the Legal Services Corporation's (LSC or Corporation) regulations governing subgrants. LSC published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on April 20, 2015, and a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) on April 26, 2016. This final rule identifies the factors to consider in determining whether an award from an LSC recipient to another organization is a subgrant, establishes a dollar threshold at which recipients must seek LSC's approval to award a subgrant, authorizes recipients to use property or services funded in whole or in part with LSC funds to support a subgrant, and establishes new processes for seeking prior approval of subgrants.
2017-02-03; vol. 82 # 22 - Friday, February 3, 2017 82 FR 9174 - Annual Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustment
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources Final rule. This rule is effective February 3, 2017. 45 CFR Part 102 Summary The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is updating its regulations to reflect required annual inflation-related increases to the civil monetary penalties in its regulations, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvement Act of 2015.
2017-01-19; vol. 82 # 12 - Thursday, January 19, 2017 82 FR 7149 - Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Final rule. This rule is effective on January 19, 2018. The compliance date for this rule, except for § __.114(b) (cooperative research), is January 19, 2018. The compliance date for § __.114(b) (cooperative research) is January 20, 2020. 6 CFR Part 46 Summary The departments and agencies listed in this document announce revisions to modernize, strengthen, and make more effective the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects that was originally promulgated as a Common Rule in 1991. This final rule is intended to better protect human subjects involved in research, while facilitating valuable research and reducing burden, delay, and ambiguity for investigators. These revisions are an effort to modernize, simplify, and enhance the current system of oversight.
2017-01-11; vol. 82 # 7 - Wednesday, January 11, 2017 82 FR 3185 - Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Program; Correction
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Office of Child Care (OCC), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Correcting amendment. Effective on January 11, 2017. 45 CFR Part 98 Summary The Department of Health and Human Services published a final rule in the Federal Register on September 30, 2016 that revised regulations for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program. The final rule inadvertently included incorrect numbering of two paragraphs. This document corrects the numbering of those two paragraphs.
2017-01-06; vol. 82 # 4 - Friday, January 6, 2017 82 FR 1606 - Annual Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustment
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE Interim final rule. Effective date: This rule is effective January 15, 2017. Comment due date: Technical comments may be submitted until February 6, 2017. 45 CFR Parts 1230 and 2554 Summary The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) is updating its regulations to reflect required annual inflation-related increases to the civil monetary penalties in its regulations, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015.
2017-01-03; vol. 82 # 1 - Tuesday, January 3, 2017 82 FR 44 - Regulations Implementing the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES, National Endowment for the Humanities Final rule. This rule is effective February 2, 2017. 45 CFR Part 1171 Summary On June 30, 2016, President Obama signed the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) Improvement Act of 2016 (the “FOIA Improvement Act”). Section 3 of the FOIA Improvement Act requires, that not later than 180 days after the date of its enactment, the head of each agency review and revise the agency's regulations to implement the FOIA Improvement Act's amendments. The FOIA Improvement Act specifically requires that the regulations of each agency include procedures for engaging in dispute resolution through the FOIA Public Liaison and the Office of Government Information Services. After undertaking a review of its FOIA regulations in accordance with Section 3 of the FOIA Improvement Act, NEH is revising its FOIA regulations to incorporate the statutory mandates.
2016-12-22; vol. 81 # 246 - Thursday, December 22, 2016 81 FR 94058 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2018; Amendments to Special Enrollment Periods and the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan Program
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, HHS, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final rule. These regulations are effective January 17, 2017. 45 CFR Parts 144, 146, 147, 148, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, and 158 Summary This final rule sets forth payment parameters and provisions related to the risk adjustment program; cost-sharing parameters and cost-sharing reductions; and user fees for Federally-facilitated Exchanges and State-based Exchanges on the Federal platform. It also provides additional guidance relating to standardized options; qualified health plans; consumer assistance tools; network adequacy; ... and guaranteed renewability; the medical loss ratio program; eligibility and enrollment; appeals; consumer-operated and oriented plans; special enrollment periods; and other related topics.
2016-12-21; vol. 81 # 245 - Wednesday, December 21, 2016 81 FR 93653 - Definitions; Cost Standards and Procedures; Purchasing and Property Management
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Proposed rule; Extension of comment period. Comments must be submitted by January 26, 2017. 45 CFR Parts 1600, 1630, and 1631 Summary The Legal Services Corporation (“LSC”) issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register of October 28, 2016 [FR Doc. 2016-25831], concerning proposed amendments to its regulations governing definitions, cost standards and procedures, and purchasing and property management. This notice extends the comment period for 30 days to January 26, 2017.
2016-12-20; vol. 81 # 244 - Tuesday, December 20, 2016 81 FR 92696 - State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Administration on Aging Final rule; correction and correcting amendments. This correcting document is effective December 19, 2016. 45 CFR Part 1324 Summary In the February 11, 2015 Federal Register, we published a final rule in order to implement provisions of the Older Americans Act (the Act) regarding States' Long-Term Care Ombudsman programs (Ombudsman programs). The effective date was July 1, 2016. This correcting amendment corrects a limited number of technical and typographical errors identified in the February 11, 2015 final rule.
81 FR 93030 - Runaway and Homeless Youth
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Administration for Children and Families Final rule. This final rule is effective January 19, 2017. However, compliance with the new performance standards is not required until the beginning of the next budget period after promulgation of this final rule. 45 CFR Part 1351 Summary This final rule reflects existing statutory requirements in the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act and changes made via the Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008. More specifically, the rule establishes program performance standards for Runaway and Homeless Youth grantees providing services to eligible youth and their families. Revisions have been made to the rule regarding additional requirements that apply to the Basic Center, Transitional Living, and Street Outreach Programs, including non-discrimination, background checks, outreach, and training. Furthermore, the rule updates existing regulations to reflect statutory changes made to the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and updates procedures for soliciting and awarding grants. This final rule makes changes to the proposed rule published on April 14, 2014, and is in response to public comments recommending ways to improve the rule.
81 FR 93492 - Flexibility, Efficiency, and Modernization in Child Support Enforcement Programs
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Administration for Children and Families Final rule. This final rule is effective on January 19, 2017. States may comply any time after the effective date, but before the final compliance date, except for the amendment to § 433.152, which is effective on January 20, 2017. The compliance dates, or the dates that States must comply with the final rule, vary for the various sections of the Federal regulations. The reasons for delaying compliance dates include State legislative changes, system modifications, avoiding the need for a special guidelines commission review, etc. The compliance date, or the date by which the States must follow the rule, will be February 21, 2017 except, as noted below: • Guidelines for setting child support orders [§ 302.56(a)-(g)], Establishment of support obligations [§ 303.4], and Review and adjustment of child support orders [§ 303.8(c) and (d)]: The compliance date is 1 year after completion of the first quadrennial review of the State's guidelines that commences more than 1 year after publication of the final rule. • The requirements for reviewing guidelines for setting child support awards [§ 302.56(h)]: The compliance date is for the first quadrennial review of the guidelines commencing after the State's guidelines have initially been revised under this final rule. • Continuation of service for IV-E cases [§ 302.33(a)(4)], Location of noncustodial parents in IV-D cases [§ 303.3], Mandatory notice under Review and adjustment of child support orders [§ 303.8(b)(7)(ii)], Mandatory provisions of Case closure criteria [§ 303.11(c) and (d)], and Functional requirements for computerized support enforcement systems in operation by October 1, 2000 [§ 307.11(c)(3)(i) and (ii)]: The compliance date is 1 year from date of publication of the final rule, or December 20, 2017. However, if State law changes are needed, then the compliance date will be the first day of the second calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first regular session of the State legislature that begins after the effective date of the final rule. • Optional provisions (such as Paternity-only Limited Service [§ 302.33(a)(6)], Case closure criteria [§ 303.11(b)], Review and adjustment of child support orders [§ 303.8 (b)(2)], Availability and rate of Federal financial participation [§ 304.20], and Topic 2 Revisions): There is no specific compliance date for optional provisions. • Payments to the family [§ 302.38], Enforcement of support obligations [§ 303.6(c)( 4)], and Securing and enforcing medical support obligations [§ 303.31]: If State law revisions are needed, the compliance date is the first day of the second calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first regular session of the State legislature that begins after the effective date of the regulation. If State law revisions are not needed, the compliance date is 60 days after publication of the final rule. • Collection and disbursement of support payments by the IV-D agency [§ 302.32], Required State laws [§ 302.70], Procedures for income withholding [§ 303.100], Expenditures for which Federal financial participation is not available [§ 304.23], and Topic 3 revisions: The compliance date is the same as the effective date for the regulation since these revisions reflect existing requirements. 42 CFR Part 433 Summary This rule is intended to carry out the President's directives in Executive Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review. The final rule will make Child Support Enforcement program operations and enforcement procedures more flexible, more effective, and more efficient by recognizing the strength of existing State enforcement programs, advancements in technology that can enable improved collection rates, and the move toward electronic communication and document management. This final rule will improve and simplify program operations, and remove outmoded limitations to program innovations to better serve families. In addition, the final rule clarifies and corrects technical provisions in existing regulations. The rule makes significant changes to the regulations on case closure, child support guidelines, and medical support enforcement. It will improve child support collection rates because support orders will reflect the noncustodial parent's ability to pay support, and more noncustodial parents will support their children.
2016-12-16; vol. 81 # 242 - Friday, December 16, 2016 81 FR 91037 - Procedures for Disclosure of Information Under the Freedom of Information Act
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Final rule. The final rule is effective as of December 16, 2016. 45 CFR Part 1602 Summary The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is revising its regulation on procedures for disclosure of information under the Freedom of Information Act to implement the statutorily required amendments in the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016. LSC is also making technical changes to improve the structure and clarity of its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulations.
2016-12-14; vol. 81 # 240 - Wednesday, December 14, 2016 81 FR 90524 - Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Administration for Children and Families Final rule. This rule is effective on January 13, 2017 except for the removal of § 1355.40 (amendatory instruction 3) and Appendices A through E to Part 1355 (amendatory instruction 5), which are effective as of October 1, 2019. 45 CFR Part 1355 Summary The Social Security Act (the Act) requires that ACF regulate a national data collection system that provides comprehensive demographic and case-specific information on children who are in foster care and adopted. This final rule replaces existing Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) regulations and the appendices to require title IV-E agencies to collect and report data to ACF on children in out-of-home care, and who exit out-of-home care to adoption or legal guardianship, children in out-of-home care who are covered by the Indian Child Welfare Act, and children who are covered by a title IV-E adoption or guardianship assistance agreement.
