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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
42 CFR Parts 431, 433, 435, 441, and
483
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RIN 0938–AT95
Medicaid Program; Preadmission
Screening and Resident Review;
Extension of Comment Period
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; Extension of
comment period.
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AGENCY:
This document extends the
comment period for the proposed rule
entitled ‘‘Medicaid Program;
Preadmission Screening and Resident
Review’’ that appeared in the February
20, 2020 Federal Register. The comment
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period for the proposed rule, which
would end on April 20, 2020, is
extended 30 days to May 20, 2020.
DATES: The comment period for the
proposed rule (85 FR 9990) is extended
to 5 p.m., eastern daylight time, on May
20, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
as outlined in the February 20, 2020
proposed rule (85 FR 9990). Please
choose only one method listed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anne Blackfield, (410) 786–8518.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
‘‘Medicaid Program; Preadmission
Screening and Resident Review’’
proposed rule that appeared in the
February 20, 2020 Federal Register (85
FR 9990), we solicited public comments
on proposed policies that aim to
modernize the requirements for
Preadmission Screening and Resident
Review (PASRR), currently referred to
in regulation as Preadmission Screening
and Annual Resident Review, by
including statutory changes, reflecting
updates to diagnostic criteria for mental
illness and intellectual disability,
reducing duplicative requirements and
other administrative burdens on State
PASRR programs, and making the
process more streamlined and personcentered.
Since the issuance of the proposed
rule, the United States and its citizens
have endured a dramatic upheaval to
our way of life as a result of the COVID–
19 global pandemic. The federal and
state governments, as well as private
businesses, have made drastic but
necessary decisions to restrict access to
buildings, businesses, and
transportation to slow the spread of the
disease. As a result, many workplaces
are dealing with changed priorities, new
work procedures, and a limited
workforce. We acknowledge the
difficulties the current situation
presents, including the limited ability of
states and stakeholders to analyze and
respond to our proposed rule. To
maximize the opportunity for the public
to provide meaningful input to CMS, we
believe that it is important to allow
additional time for the public to prepare
comments on the proposed rule. In
addition, we believe that granting an
extension to the public comment period
in this instance would further our
overall objective to obtain public input
on the proposed provisions to
modernize PASRR requirements.
Therefore, we are extending the
comment period for the proposed rule
for an additional 30 days.
The Administrator of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS),
Seema Verma, having reviewed and
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approved this document, authorizes
Evell J. Barco Holland, who is the
Federal Register Liaison, to
electronically sign this document for
purposes of publication in the Federal
Register.
Evell J. Barco Holland,
Federal Register Liaison, Department of
Health and Human Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
42 CFR Parts 431, 433, 435, 441, and 483
[CMS-2418-N]
RIN 0938-AT95
Medicaid Program; Preadmission Screening and Resident Review;
Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; Extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: This document extends the comment period for the proposed rule
entitled ``Medicaid Program; Preadmission Screening and Resident
Review'' that appeared in the February 20, 2020 Federal Register. The
comment period for the proposed rule, which would end on April 20,
2020, is extended 30 days to May 20, 2020.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule (85 FR 9990) is
extended to 5 p.m., eastern daylight time, on May 20, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as outlined in the February 20, 2020
proposed rule (85 FR 9990). Please choose only one method listed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Blackfield, (410) 786-8518.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the ``Medicaid Program; Preadmission
Screening and Resident Review'' proposed rule that appeared in the
February 20, 2020 Federal Register (85 FR 9990), we solicited public
comments on proposed policies that aim to modernize the requirements
for Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR), currently
referred to in regulation as Preadmission Screening and Annual Resident
Review, by including statutory changes, reflecting updates to
diagnostic criteria for mental illness and intellectual disability,
reducing duplicative requirements and other administrative burdens on
State PASRR programs, and making the process more streamlined and
person-centered.
Since the issuance of the proposed rule, the United States and its
citizens have endured a dramatic upheaval to our way of life as a
result of the COVID-19 global pandemic. The federal and state
governments, as well as private businesses, have made drastic but
necessary decisions to restrict access to buildings, businesses, and
transportation to slow the spread of the disease. As a result, many
workplaces are dealing with changed priorities, new work procedures,
and a limited workforce. We acknowledge the difficulties the current
situation presents, including the limited ability of states and
stakeholders to analyze and respond to our proposed rule. To maximize
the opportunity for the public to provide meaningful input to CMS, we
believe that it is important to allow additional time for the public to
prepare comments on the proposed rule. In addition, we believe that
granting an extension to the public comment period in this instance
would further our overall objective to obtain public input on the
proposed provisions to modernize PASRR requirements. Therefore, we are
extending the comment period for the proposed rule for an additional 30
days.
The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
(CMS), Seema Verma, having reviewed and approved this document,
authorizes Evell J. Barco Holland, who is the Federal Register Liaison,
to electronically sign this document for purposes of publication in the
Federal Register.
Evell J. Barco Holland,
Federal Register Liaison, Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2020-08329 Filed 4-17-20; 8:45 am]
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