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the notice. The notice of initial
determination under § 405.924(b)(16)
must contain all of the following:
(i) The reasons for the determination.
(ii) The procedures for obtaining
additional information concerning the
contractor’s determination, such as a
specific provision of the policy, manual,
law or regulation used in making the
determination.
(iii) Information on the right to a
redetermination if the liability
insurance (including self-insurance), nofault insurance, or workers’
compensation law or plan is dissatisfied
with the outcome of the initial
determination and instructions on how
to request a redetermination.
(iv) Any other requirements specified
by CMS.
(2) [Reserved]
■ 6. Amend § 405.924 by:
■ A. In paragraph (b) introductory text,
removing the phrase ‘‘with respect to:’’
and add in its place the phrase ‘‘with
respect to any of the following:’’
■ B. In paragraph (b)(1) through (b)(11)
removing ‘‘;’’ and adding in its place ‘‘.’’
■ D. In paragraph (b)(12) introductory
text, removing the ‘‘:’’ and adding in its
place ‘‘—’’.
■ C. Adding paragraph (b)(16).
The addition reads as follows:
§ 405.924 Actions that are initial
determinations.
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(16) Under the Medicare Secondary
Payer provisions of section 1862(b) of
the Act that Medicare has a recovery
claim if Medicare is pursuing recovery
directly from an applicable plan. That
is, there is an initial determination with
respect to the amount and existence of
the recovery claim.
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■ 7. Amend § 405.926 by:
■ A. In the introductory text, removing
the phrase ‘‘not limited to –’’ and
adding in its place the phrase ‘‘not
limited to the following:’’
■ B. In the introductory text of
paragraph (a), removing the phrase ‘‘for
example –’’ and adding in its place the
phrase ‘‘for example one of the
following:’’
■ C. In paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2),
removing ‘‘;’’ and adding in its place ‘‘.’’
■ D. Adding paragraph (a)(3).
■ E. In paragraphs (b) through (j),
removing ‘‘;’’ and adding in its place ‘‘.’’
■ F. Revising paragraph (k).
■ G. In paragraphs (l) through (q),
removing ‘‘;’’ and adding in its place ‘‘.’’
■ H. In paragraph (r), removing ‘‘; and’’
and adding in its place ‘‘.’’
The addition and revision read as
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§ 405.926 Actions that are not initial
determinations.
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(3) Determination under the Medicare
Secondary Payer provisions of section
1862(b) of the Act of the debtor for a
particular recovery claim.
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(k) Except as specified in
§ 405.924(b)(16), determinations under
the Medicare Secondary Payer
provisions of section 1862(b) of the Act
that Medicare has a recovery against an
entity that was or is required or
responsible (directly, as an insurer or
self-insurer; as a third party
administrator; as an employer that
sponsors, contributes to or facilitates a
group health plan or a large group
health plan; or otherwise) to make
payment for services or items that were
already reimbursed by the Medicare
program.
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■ 8. Add a new § 405.947 to read as
follows:
§ 405.947 Notice to the beneficiary of
applicable plan’s request for a
redetermination.
(a) A CMS contractor must send
notice of the applicable plan’s appeal to
the beneficiary.
(b) Issuance and content of the notice
must comply with CMS instructions.
■ 9. Amend § 405.980 by revising the
section heading to read as follows:
§ 405.980 Reopening of initial
determinations, redeterminations,
reconsiderations, hearings, and reviews.
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Dated: November 20, 2014.
Marilyn Tavenner,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services.
Approved: January 15, 2015.
Sylvia M. Burwell,
Secretary, Department of Health and Human
Services.
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Correcting amendment.
The Federal Communications
Commission (Commission) published a
document in the Federal Register at 79
FR 3123, January 17, 2014 announcing
the effective dates of rules requiring 911
communications providers to take
reasonable measures to provide reliable
service, as evidenced by an annual
certification. That document
erroneously stated the date of an initial
reliability certification for covered 911
service providers. This document
corrects the date of the initial
certification.
This correcting amendment is
effective February 27, 2015. An initial
certification will be due October 15,
2015.
DATES:
Eric
P. Schmidt, Attorney Advisor, Public
Safety and Homeland Security Bureau,
(202) 418–1214 or eric.schmidt@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
document published by the Commission
in the Federal Register at 79 FR 3123,
January 17, 2014, correctly noted that 47
CFR 12.4(c) and (d)(1), which pertain to
annual and initial certifications, contain
information collection requirements that
had not been approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) and
would not take effect until such
approval was announced in the Federal
Register. However, the document
erroneously stated that an initial
certification pursuant to 47 CFR
12.4(d)(1) would be due ‘‘[o]ne year
after February 18, 2014,’’ rather than
one year after OMB approval of the
associated information collection. In the
Federal Register at 79 FR 61785,
October 15, 2014, the Commission
announced that OMB has approved the
information collection for a period of
three years and issued Control Number
3060–1202. Accordingly, 47 CFR
12.4(d)(1) became effective October 15,
2014, and an initial certification will be
due October 15, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 12
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
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Certification, Telecommunications.
Accordingly, 47 CFR part 12 is
corrected by making the following
correcting amendments:
47 CFR Part 12
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Technologies
Federal Communications
Commission.
AGENCY:
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PART 12—RESILIENCY,
REDUNDANCY AND RELIABILITY OF
COMMUNICATIONS
1. The authority citation for part 12
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: Sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 4(o), 5(c),
218, 219, 301, 303(g), 303(j), 303(r), 332, 403,
621(b)(3), and 621(d) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151,
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154(i), 154(j), 154(o), 155(c), 218, 219, 301,
303(g), 303(j), 303(r), 332, 403, 621(b)(3), and
621(d), unless otherwise noted
2. Amend § 12.4 by revising the first
sentence in paragraph (d)(1) to read as
follows:
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§ 12.4 Reliability of covered 911 service
providers
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(1) Initial reliability certification. One
year after October 15, 2014, a certifying
official of every covered 911 service
provider shall certify to the Commission
that it has made substantial progress
toward meeting the standards of the
annual reliability certification described
in paragraph (c) of this section. * * *
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
49 CFR Chapter VI
[Docket No. FTA–2014–0012]
RIN 2132–ZA02
Interim Safety Certification Training
Program Provisions
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Final Interim Safety
Certification Training Provisions.
AGENCY:
This document announces
interim safety certification training
provisions for Federal and State Safety
Oversight Agency personnel and their
contractor support who conduct safety
audits and examinations of public
transportation systems not otherwise
regulated by another Federal agency.
This document also announces interim
safety certification training provisions
for public transportation agency
personnel who are directly responsible
for safety oversight of public
transportation systems that receive
Federal transit funding. Additionally,
the document outlines voluntary,
scalable training available to personnel
of State Departments of Transportation
and personnel directly responsible for
safety oversight of urban and rural bus
transit systems.
DATES: The interim provisions are
effective May 28, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
program issues, contact Ruth Lyons,
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SUMMARY:
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FTA, Office of Safety and Oversight,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 202–
366–2233 or email: Ruth.Lyons@
dot.gov). For legal issues, contact Bruce
Walker, FTA, Office of Chief Counsel,
same address as above, (telephone: 202–
366–9109 or email: Bruce.Walker@
dot.gov). Office hours are Monday
through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(EST), except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Overview
II. Public Comments to the Proposed Interim
Safety Certification Training
Provisions Federal Register Notice and
FTA’s Response to Public Comments
III. Purpose
IV. Applicability
V. Interim Safety Certification and Training
Components—Revised
1. Safety Management System Training
Component (all participants)
2. Technical Training Component (FTA/
SSOA/contractor support)
VI. Paper Reduction Act
VII. Next Steps
I. Overview
On October 1, 2012, the Moving
Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century
Act (MAP–21) (Pub. L. 112–141)
authorized the Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) to develop
interim safety certification training
provisions (interim program) for: 1) FTA
and State agency personnel and their
contractor support who conduct safety
audits and examinations of public
transportation systems; and 2) public
transportation agency personnel who
are directly responsible for safety
oversight. A notification announcing
FTA’s proposed implementation of the
interim program and request for
comments was published in the Federal
Register on April 30, 2014. (See 79 FR
24363).
In that document, FTA stated that the
focus of the interim program would be
directed primarily towards requirements
for Federal and State Safety Oversight
Agency (SSOA) personnel and their
contractor support while designated
safety oversight personnel of both rail
and non-rail transit agencies that receive
FTA funding would be voluntary
participants. FTA received comments
from nineteen entities regarding its
proposed implementation of the interim
program. This document addresses
comments received and explains
changes FTA has made to implement
the interim program in response to those
comments.
Summary of Changes to the Proposed
Interim Program
The primary focus for the interim
program remains on the training
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requirements for Federal personnel and
their contractor support who conduct
safety audits and examinations of public
transportation systems, and SSOA
personnel and their contractor support
who conduct safety audits and
examinations of rail transit systems.
However, as recommended by
commenters, FTA is expanding the
interim program pursuant to 49 U.S.C.
5329(c)(2), to also require rail transit
agency employees who are directly
responsible for safety oversight as
mandatory instead of voluntary
participants. Compliance with the
interim program will remain a grant
condition for applicable recipients of
Federal transit funding.
Additionally, as a result of comments
received, FTA has revised the interim
program to recognize the experience and
training of those safety professionals
who have already completed the
curriculum for the Transit Safety
Security Program (TSSP) certificate
program. These participants will only be
required to complete specific Safety
Management System (SMS) courses and
applicable technical training in
accordance with section V of this
document. For those who have not yet
completed the TSSP program, FTA is
updating the curriculum to include an
emphasis on SMS tools and techniques
to promote the development,
implementation and oversight of SMS
safety policies, risk management, safety
assurance, and safety promotion
programs and initiatives. The revised
curriculum will continue to support the
requirements of 49 CFR part 659, by also
providing for organization-wide safety
policy, formal methods of identifying
hazards and controlling their potential
consequences, continual assessment of
safety risk, and an effective employee
safety reporting system.
Recognizing that safety enhancement
and promotion is of universal interest to
the public transportation industry, FTA
continues to encourage recipients with
both bus and rail transit systems, as well
as bus-only systems, to voluntarily
participate in appropriate components
of the interim provisions and to
continue to avail themselves of FTAsponsored voluntary bus safety training
programs.
As a reminder, pursuant to 49 U.S.C.
5329(c)(1), FTA will establish the
permanent Public Transportation Safety
Certification Training Program
(PTSCTP) through the rulemaking
process. To that end, FTA issued an
Advance Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (ANPRM) on all aspects of
FTA’s safety authority, including the
training program, which was published
in the Federal Register on October 3,
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 12
[PS Docket Nos. 13-75 and 11-60; FCC 13-158]
Improving 9-1-1 Reliability; Reliability and Continuity of
Communications Networks, Including Broadband Technologies
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Correcting amendment.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) published a
document in the Federal Register at 79 FR 3123, January 17, 2014
announcing the effective dates of rules requiring 911 communications
providers to take reasonable measures to provide reliable service, as
evidenced by an annual certification. That document erroneously stated
the date of an initial reliability certification for covered 911
service providers. This document corrects the date of the initial
certification.
DATES: This correcting amendment is effective February 27, 2015. An
initial certification will be due October 15, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric P. Schmidt, Attorney Advisor,
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, (202) 418-1214 or
eric.schmidt@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The document published by the Commission in
the Federal Register at 79 FR 3123, January 17, 2014, correctly noted
that 47 CFR 12.4(c) and (d)(1), which pertain to annual and initial
certifications, contain information collection requirements that had
not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and
would not take effect until such approval was announced in the Federal
Register. However, the document erroneously stated that an initial
certification pursuant to 47 CFR 12.4(d)(1) would be due ``[o]ne year
after February 18, 2014,'' rather than one year after OMB approval of
the associated information collection. In the Federal Register at 79 FR
61785, October 15, 2014, the Commission announced that OMB has approved
the information collection for a period of three years and issued
Control Number 3060-1202. Accordingly, 47 CFR 12.4(d)(1) became
effective October 15, 2014, and an initial certification will be due
October 15, 2015.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 12
Certification, Telecommunications.
Accordingly, 47 CFR part 12 is corrected by making the following
correcting amendments:
PART 12--RESILIENCY, REDUNDANCY AND RELIABILITY OF COMMUNICATIONS
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1. The authority citation for part 12 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 4(o), 5(c), 218, 219, 301,
303(g), 303(j), 303(r), 332, 403, 621(b)(3), and 621(d) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151,
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154(i), 154(j), 154(o), 155(c), 218, 219, 301, 303(g), 303(j),
303(r), 332, 403, 621(b)(3), and 621(d), unless otherwise noted
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2. Amend Sec. 12.4 by revising the first sentence in paragraph (d)(1)
to read as follows:
Sec. 12.4 Reliability of covered 911 service providers
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(d) * * *
(1) Initial reliability certification. One year after October 15,
2014, a certifying official of every covered 911 service provider shall
certify to the Commission that it has made substantial progress toward
meeting the standards of the annual reliability certification described
in paragraph (c) of this section. * * *
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
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