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NESHAP for Coke Oven Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC) (Final Rule)

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The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Coke Oven Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC) were proposed on July 3, 2001 (66 FR 35325), promulgated on April 14, 2003 (68 FR 18007), and most-recently amended on August 2, 2005 (70 FR 44285). These regulations apply to pushing, soaking, quenching, and battery stacks on both existing and new coke oven batteries (coke plants) that are major sources of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions. New facilities include those that commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC. In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. They are also required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to NESHAP. Any owner/operator subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain a file containing these documents and retain the file for at least five years following the generation date of such maintenance reports and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. If there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office. The final RTR amendments to the rule eliminate the startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM) exemption; remove the SSM plan requirement; add electronic submittal of notifications, semiannual reports, and performance test reports; add requirements for the control of mercury (Hg), total acid gases (hydrogen fluoride plus hydrogen chloride) (AG), hydrogen cyanide (HCN), and total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from pushing sources; Hg, particulate matter (PM), total AG, and HCN from battery stacks; Hg, PM, AG, total PAH from HRSG main stacks; and Hg PM, total AG, total PAH, and formaldehyde from HRSG bypass/waste heat stacks; and make technical and editorial changes. The remaining portions of the NESHAP remain unchanged.

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44 USC 3501 et seq	View Law

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Home Mortgage Disclosure (HMDA)

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In order to permit the FDIC to detect discrimination in residential mortgage lending, certain insured state nonmember banks are required by FDIC regulation 12 CFR 388 to maintain various data on home loan applicants.

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12 USC § 5301 et seq.	View Law

12 USC § 2801 et seq.	View Law

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QHP Issuers Data Collection for Notices for Plan or Display Errors Special Enrollment Periods (CMS-10595)

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In the final rule, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2017 (CMS-9937-F), we finalized 45 CFR 156.1256, which requires QHP issuers, in the case of a material plan or benefit display error included in 45 CFR 155.420(d)(12), to notify their enrollees of the error and the enrollees’ eligibility for a special enrollment period within 30 calendar days after the issuer is informed by an Federally- facilitated Exchange (FFE) that the error is corrected, if directed to do so by the FFE. This requirement provides notification to QHP enrollees of errors that may have impacted their QHP selection and enrollment and any associated monthly or annual costs, as well as the availability of a special enrollment period under §155.420(d)(12) for the enrollee to select a different QHP, if desired.

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Pub.L. 111 - 156 1311	View Law

Pub.L. 111 - 148 402	View Law

Pub.L. 111 - 156 1312	View Law

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Medicare EDI Enrollment Form and EDI Registration (CMS-10164 A/B)

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Federal law requires that CMS minimize the security risk to federal information systems. CMS is requiring that trading partners who wish to conduct the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transactions provide certain assurance as a condition of receiving access to the Medicare system for the purpose of conducting EDI exchanges. Health care providers, clearinghouses, and health plans that wish access to the Medicare system are required to complete this form. The information will be used to assure that those entities that access the Medicare system are aware of applicable provisions and penalties.

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Pub.L. 104 - 191 262	View Law

Pub.L. 104 - 191 261	View Law

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National Implementation of the Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (OAS CAHPS) Survey (CMS-10500)

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The information collected in the national implementation of OAS CAHPS will be used for the following purposes: -To provide a source of information from which selected measures can be publicly reported to beneficiaries to help them make informed decisions for outpatient surgery facility selection; -To aid facilities with their internal quality improvement efforts and external benchmarking with other facilities; and -To provide CMS with information for monitoring and public reporting purposes. For the mode experiment, CMS plans to use information from this mode experiment to determine whether additional mode of administration (i.e. Web data collection) should be included in the current national implementation of OAS CAHPS protocols.

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Pub.L. 111 - 148 931	View Law

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13th SOW QIN-QIO and AIAN Measure Data Collection (CMS-10934)

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The Quality Innovation Network – Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) program and American Indian Alaskan Native (AIAN) program assists providers/practices with high-quality, hands-on quality improvement assistance toward meeting their needs, and the healthcare quality and safety goals for beneficiaries. The purpose of this new information collection within these programs is to quantify performance and improvement in a broad set of quality measures that are not currently available from other sources. Selected measures are derived from the Merit Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program (HIQR), the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program (HOQR), and the CDC National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN).

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Pub.L. 112 - 40 261	View Law

Pub.L. 97 - 248 141-143	View Law

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(CMS-R-13) Conditions of Coverage for Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) and Supporting Regulations

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OPOs are required to submit accurate data to CMS, through the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), concerning its organ procurement activities, as well as various OPO business activities, including information on its designated service area; structure; various policies, procedures, and protocols; and its quality assessment and performance improvement (QAPI) program. This information is necessary to assure maximum effectiveness in the procurement and distribution of organs.

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Pub.L. 99 - 509 9318	View Law

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Employer Service and Compensation Reports

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The reports obtain the employee's service and compensation for a period subsequent to those already on file and the employee's base year compensation. The information is used to determine the entitlement to and the amount of benefits payable.

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45 USC 362(l)	View Law

45 USC 231(b)(6)	View Law

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New Source Performance Standards for Stationary Combustion Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart KKKKa) (Proposed Rule)

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing amendments to the Standards of Performance for new, modified, and reconstructed stationary combustion turbines and stationary gas turbines based on the preliminary results of a review of available control technologies for limiting emissions of criteria air pollutants. This review of the new source performance standards (NSPS) is required by the Clean Air Act (CAA). In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. They are also required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to NSPS.

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42 USC 7401	View Law

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Generic Clearance to Conduct Formative Research or Development of Nutrition Education and Promotion Materials and Related Tools and Grants for FNS Population Groups

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This information collection is necessary to obtain input into the development of nutrition education resources and interventions for population groups served by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). FNS will also use this information collection to obtain data that will be used to determine the scope and direction of various types of grants.

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42 USC 1754 (Section 5)	View Law

7 USC 2020 (Section 11(f))	View Law

Pub.L. 109 - 85 19	View Law

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Guidance on Sound Incentive Compensation Policies

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Incentive compensation practices in the financial services industry contributed to the financial crisis that began in 2007. Bank employees too often were rewarded for increasing short-term revenue or profit without adequate regard to the risks taken to achieve those results. These practices exacerbated the risks and losses at a number of banking organizations and resulted in the misalignment of the interests of employees with the long-term safety and soundness of their organizations. The guidance was issued to assist banking organizations in designing and implementing incentive compensation arrangements that do not encourage imprudent risk-taking and that are consistent with the safety and soundness of a banking organization.

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12 USC 161	View Law

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Elimination of Cost-Sharing for full benefit dual-eligible Individuals Receiving Home and Community-Based Services (CMS-10344)

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This provision is mandated by the Affordable Care Act, section 3309. To implement this provision, CMS needs data from the States, identifying full benefit dual-eligible individuals who are receiving home and community-based services. The States will provide these data as a new data value on their monthly MMA Phase Down report. These data are not available from any other source. CMS will use these new data to set the affected beneficiaries' Medicare Part D copayment to zero.

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Pub.L. 111 - 148 3309	View Law

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Qualifications for Failed Bank Acquisitions

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The FDIC’s policy statement on Qualifications for Failed Bank Acquisitions provides guidance to private capital investors interested in acquiring or investing in failed insured depository institutions regarding the terms and conditions for such investments or acquisitions. The information collected pursuant to the policy statement allows the FDIC to evaluate, among other things, whether such investors (and their related interests) could negatively impact the Deposit Insurance Fund, increase resolution costs, or operate in a manner that conflict with statutory safety and soundness principles and compliance requirements.

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12 USC 1816-1818, 1823	View Law

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Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Program: Final Marketing Provisions CFR 422.111(a)(3) and 423.128(a)(3) (CMS-10260)

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This final rule implements provisions of the Social Security Act (the Act) establishing and regulating the Medicare Advantage (MA) program. The MA program was enacted in Title II of The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) on December 8, 2003. The MA program replaces the Medicare+Choice (M+C) program established under Part C of the title XVIII of the Act, while retaining most key features of the M+C program. The MA program attempts to broadly reform and expand the availability of private health plan options to Medicare beneficiaries. Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations and Prescription Drug Plan Sponsors use the information to comply with the eligibility requirements and the MA and Part D contract requirements. CMS will use this information to ensure that correct information is disclosed to Medicare beneficiaries, both potential enrollees and enrollees.

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Pub.L. 108 - 117 201	View Law

Pub.L. 110 - 275 103	View Law

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DC School Choice Incentive Program

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The DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) is currently authorized under the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (SOAR). Under the SOAR Act, the US Department of Education awards a grant to a non-profit to administer scholarships to students who reside in the District of Columbia and come from households whose incomes do not exceed 185% of the poverty line (300% of the poverty line for returning students). The current administrator of the OSP is Serving Our Children (SOC). Under the law, priority is given to siblings of students in the program, and students who are currently attending low-performing schools, as defined by Title I. To assist in the student selection and assignment process, the information collected is used to determine the eligibility of those students who are interested in the available scholarships.

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Pub.L. 108 - 199 3	View Law

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Public Housing Flat Rent Exception Request Market Analysis

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In 2023, the form was updated to reduce the burden on PHAs and to reduce the number of corrections needed after submission. The updated form includes a tab for written justifications that are required by Notice PIH 2022-33 (first established in Notice PIH 2021-27) and allows the justifications to be included directly on the market analysis form. The “cable in rent” amenity was removed, and an amenity category was added for washer and dryer connections (“washer/dryer hook-up”). Additional updates were made to the formulas in the form that allow HUD to automatically calculate the difference in age between the PHA units and market rate units as well as indicate when an amenity is over the threshold allotted in Notice PIH 2022-33. The addition of these formulas reduces the requirement for HUD to manually tabulate the monetary values associated with unit age differences. Typographical errors and formatting inconsistencies were also corrected. The revised form was implemented for the FY23, FY24, and FY25 flat rent exception request cycles. HUD is adjusting the average number of respondents and hourly cost per response to reflect the average level of submissions in FY2023, FY2024, and FY2025. No changes are being made to the form with this renewal. HUD uses the information from the current form (flat rent market analysis) to collect data from PHAs that compares the proposed flat rent for public housing units with the Fair Market Rents (FMRs) in their city or metropolitan area and those in neighboring cities. The information collected is used for data reference purposes by PHAs that are proposing to set their units’ rents lower than 80 percent of the FMR. PHAs are then able to justify the change in rent of public housing units, and the data collected determines if HUD will approve the flat rent exception request. The information collected on the flat rent market analysis form tabulates a comprehensive list of unique unit characteristics applicable to PHAs with similar and varying units based on bedroom size, amenities, services and utilities. This information is contained in one form to streamline the process and reduce the need for redundant data collection across multiple forms and agencies. Since many PHAs lack the ability to obtain such data independently, a central collection method is essential.

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42 USC 1437z2	View Law

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Annual Business Survey

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In an effort to improve the measurement of business dynamics in the United States, the Census Bureau is conducting the 2025 Annual Business Survey (ABS), covering reference year 2024. The ABS combines Census Bureau firm-level collections to reduce respondent burden, increase data quality, reduce operational costs, and operate more efficiently. The ABS provides information on selected economic and demographic characteristics for businesses and business owners by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status. Further, the survey measures research and development for microbusinesses, new business topics such as innovation and technology, as well as other business characteristics.

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13 USC 8(b), 131, and 182	View Law

42 USC 1861-76	View Law

Pub.L. 111 - 358 505	View Law

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[Medicaid] Limitations on Provider Related Donations and Health Care Related Taxes; Medicaid and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 433.68 and 433.74 (CMS-R-148)

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This information collection is necessary to ensure compliance with Sections 1903 and 1923 of the Social Security Act for the purpose of preventing payment of FFP on amounts prohibited by statute.

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42 USC 433	View Law

42 USC 433.	View Law

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Strategic Prevention Framework for Prescription Drugs (SPF Rx)

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The SPF-Rx program is designed to address nonmedical use of prescription drugs as well as opioid overdoses by raising awareness about the dangers of sharing medications and by working with pharmaceutical and medical communities. The SPF-Rx program aims to promote collaboration between states/tribes and pharmaceutical and medical communities to understand the risks of overprescribing to youth age 12–17 and adults 18 years of age and older and enhance capacity for and access to Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) data for prevention purposes.

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42 USC 516	View Law

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Regional Innovation Cluster Quarterly and Annual Reporting

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SBA invests in regional clusters by contracting with cluster administrators to grow and manage individual RICs and provide services directly to small businesses. The quarterly and annual reporting will be administered digitally by each cluster administrator and used to collect and track cluster membership, small businesses served, types of small business assistance, and small business outcomes.

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Regional Innovation Cluster Onboarding Form

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SBA is standardizing membership onboarding for Regional Innovation Clusters. The standardized membership information will enable SBA to more rigorously track small business support across individual RICs and the overall program.

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FEMA-Administered Disaster Case Management (DCM)

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This collection tool will primarily be used as a guide to support FEMA-administered Disaster Case Management (DCM) case managers by outlining the allowable data elements they can collect from survivors on behalf of FEMA. While there will be a paper collection tool, the case managers will primarily be using the tool as a reference of data elements they can collect, and using their own case management database systems to guide the order in which the elements are collected. The elements within the tool are used to assess, screen, and refer disaster survivors to available resources that address their specific disaster-related unmet needs. Case managers then take the information from the intake form and manually upload the data into their secured case management database. Prior to any data collection, survivors will complete and sign a FEMA-administered DCM Consent Form, authorizing FEMA, or its agent, to collect data from the survivor in order to effectively provide case management services.

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42 USC 5189d	View Law

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Examination for Housebound Status or Permanent Need for Regular Aid and Attendance (VA Form 21-2680)

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VA Form 21-2680 is used to determine eligibility for the aid and attendance and/or housebound benefits. The purpose of this examination is to record manifestations and findings pertinent to the question of whether the claimant is housebound (confined to the home or immediate premises) or in need of the regular aid and attendance of another person. The report should be in sufficient detail for the VA decision makers to determine the extent that disease or injury produces physical or mental impairment, that loss of coordination or enfeeblement affects the ability: to dress and undress; to feed themselves; to attend to the wants of nature; or keep themselves ordinarily clean and presentable. Findings should be recorded to show whether the claimant is blind or bedridden. Whether the claimant seeks housebound or aid and attendance benefits, the report should reflect how well they ambulate, where they go, and what they are able to do during a typical day. Without this information, entitlement to these benefits cannot be determined.

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38 USC 1521(e)	View Law

38 USC 1114	View Law

38 USC 1115(1)(e)	View Law

38 USC 1311(d)	View Law

38 USC 1541(d)	View Law

38 USC 1541(e)	View Law

38 USC 1521(d)	View Law

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JADE Act Questionnaire

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The Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1101, sets out application and eligibility requirements for aliens seeking to obtain nonimmigrant and immigrant visas. Grounds for the ineligibility of certain individuals to receive a visa or to be admitted to the United States are detailed in INA section 212(a), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a) and other statutes.

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Transparency in Pricing Information (CMS-10715)

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The information collection requirements contained in the proposed rule titled “Transparency in Coverage,” published November 27, 2019 (84 FR 65464), would require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering coverage in the individual and group markets to disclose to a participant, beneficiary, or enrollee (or an authorized representative on behalf of such individual), the estimated cost-sharing liability for covered items or services from a particular provider or providers, thereby allowing a participant, beneficiary, or enrollee to obtain an accurate estimate and understanding of their potential out-of-pocket expenses and to effectively shop for covered items and services. Group health plans and health insurance issuers would be required to make such information available through a self-service tool on an internet website. The self-service tool must provide the information through real-time responses and allow users to search for cost-sharing information for covered items and services. The self-service tool must also allow users to input information necessary to learn the out-of-network allowed amount for a covered item or service and have the capability to refine and reorder results. Group health plans and health insurance issuers would also be required to make this information available as a disclosure in written form. Both the self-service tool and the paper disclosure would be required to include several disclaimer statements relevant to information provided through the disclosure and could be provided by using a model notice developed by the Departments. Additionally, group health plans and health insurance issuers would be subject requirements to disclose in-network provider negotiated rates and historical payment data for allowed amounts for covered items and services furnished by out-of-network providers through two digital files in a machine-readable format to be specified by the Departments. The Negotiated Rate file and the Allowed Amount file must be posted publicly on an internet website.

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45 USC 156.220	View Law

Pub.L. 111 - 148 1311(e)(3)	View Law

45 USC 155.1040(a)-(c)	View Law

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