Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Standards for Health Care Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures, and Modification to Referral Certification and Authorization Transaction Standard; Extension of Comment Period, 17780-17781 [2023-06034]

Download as PDF 17780 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 57 / Friday, March 24, 2023 / Proposed Rules an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. Contact: RD. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with PROPOSALS1 C. New Tolerance Exemptions for NonInerts (Except PIPS) 1. PP 1F8927. EPA–HQ–OPP–2023– 0008. Danisco US, Inc., 925 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, requests to establish exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide, bactericide and nematicide Gluconobacter cerinus strain BC18B and Hanseniaspora uvarum strain BC18Y in or on all food commodities. The petitioner believes no analytical method is needed because a petition from the required tolerance is being proposed. Contact: BPPD. 2. PP 1F8955. EPA–HQ–OPP–2023– 0143. Marrone Bio Innovations, D/B/A Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., 1540 Drew Avenue, Davis, CA 95618, requests to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the insecticide, fungicide, miticide, and nematicide inactivated Burkholderia rinojensis A396 cells and spent fermentation media in or on all agricultural commodities. The petitioner believes no analytical method is needed because a petition for exemption from a tolerance is being submitted. Contact: BPPD. 3. PP 2F8991. EPA–HQ–OPP–2023– 0083. BioConsortia, Inc., 279 Cousteau Place, Davis, CA 95618, requests to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the fungicide and bactericide Bacillus velenzensis strain 11604 in or on all food and feed commodities. The petitioner believes no analytical method is needed because a petition from the required tolerance is being proposed. Contact: BPPD. 4. PP 2F9017. EPA–HQ–OPP–2023– 0146. UPL NA Inc., 630 Freedom Business Center, Suite 402, King of Prussia, PA 19406, requests to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the insecticide and nematicide Bacillus licheniformis strain 414–01 in or on all raw agricultural commodities. The petitioner believes no analytical method is needed because of the lack of toxicity and pathogenicity demonstrated in the available toxicological data. Contact: BPPD. D. New Tolerance Exemptions for PIPS IN 11746. EPA–HQ–OPP–2022–0990. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., 7100 NW 62nd Avenue, P.O. Box 1000, Johnston, Iowa 50131, requests to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance in 40 CFR part 174 for residues of the plant- VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:51 Mar 23, 2023 Jkt 259001 incorporated protectant (PIP) inert ingredient DGT–28 EPSPS protein derived from Streptomyces sviceus in or on maize. The analytical method a validated ELISA was used to determine the concentration of DGT–28 EPSPS protein in maize tissues, including grain and forage is available to EPA for the detection and measurement of the inert residues. Contact: BPPD. E. New Tolerances for Non-Inerts 1. PP 0F8857. EPA–HQ–OPP–2021– 0290. This posting is amending the previous NOF dated October 21, 2021, by announcing commodities that were not included in the previous NOF. Taminco US LLC, a subsidiary of Eastman Chemical Company, 200 S Wilcox Drive, Kingsport, TN 37660– 5147, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the plant growth regulator chlormequat chloride in or on Aspirated grain fractions (AGF) at 30 ppm; barley, hay at 90 ppm; barley, straw at 50 ppm; horse, meat byproducts at 1 ppm; horse, meat at 0.2 ppm; oat, forage at 15 ppm; oat, hay at 100 ppm; oat, straw at 50 ppm; wheat, bran at 15 ppm; wheat, germ at 20 ppm; wheat, forage at 30 ppm; wheat, hay at 90 ppm; and wheat, straw at 80 ppm. The validated LC/MS/MS method is used to measure and evaluate the chemical residues of chlormequat chloride in plants and animal products. Contact: OPP–RD. 2. PP 1E8945. EPA–HQ–OPP–2021– 0853. Corteva Agriscience, 9330 Zionsville Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46268, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of the insecticide, sulfoxaflor, in or on the raw agricultural commodity coffee, green bean at 0.3 ppm and coffee, instant at 0.5 ppm. The LC/MS/MS analysis is used to measure and evaluate the chemical sulfoxaflor, 1-(6trifluoromethylpyridin-3-yl) ethyl(methyl)-oxido-l4sulfanylidenecyanamide. Contact: RD. 3. PP2F8983.EPA–HQ–OPP–2022– 0354.Valent U.S.A. LLC, 4600 Norris Canyon Road, P.O. Box 5075, San Ramon, CA 94583, requests to establish a tolerance in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of theherbicide epyrifenacil in or oncanola, seed at0.005 ppm; corn, field, forage at 0.01 ppm; corn, field, stover at 0.01 ppm; corn, field, seed at 0.005 ppm; corn, field, hulls at 0.005 ppm; corn, field, meal at 0.005 ppm; soybean, forage at 0.01 ppm; soybean, hay at 0.01 ppm; soybean, seed at 0.005 ppm; soybean, hulls at 0.005 ppm; soybean, meal at 0.005 ppm; wheat, seed at 0.005 ppm; wheat, forage at 0.01 ppm; wheat, hay at 0.01 ppm; wheat, straw at 0.01 ppm; wheat, bran at 0.005 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 ppm; wheat, flour at 0.005 ppm; wheat, middlings at 0.005 ppm; wheat, shorts at 0.005 ppm; and wheat, germ at 0.005 ppm. Thehigh-performance LC/MS/MS methods are used to measure and evaluate the chemicalepyrifenacil (S– 3100). Contact: RD. Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a. Dated: March 20, 2023. Delores Barber, Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, Office of Program Support. [FR Doc. 2023–06112 Filed 3–23–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Parts 160 and 162 [CMS–0053–N] RIN 0938–AT38 Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Standards for Health Care Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures, and Modification to Referral Certification and Authorization Transaction Standard; Extension of Comment Period Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period. AGENCY: This document extends the comment period for the proposed rule that appeared in the Federal Register on December 21, 2022, titled ‘‘Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Standards for Health Care Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures, and Modification to Referral Certification and Authorization Transaction Standard. The comment period for the proposed rule, which would end on March 21, 2023, is extended until April 21, 2023. DATES: The comment period for the December 21, 2022 proposed rule (87 FR 78438) is extended to 5 p.m., eastern daylight time, on April 21, 2023. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as outlined in the December 21, 2022 proposed rule (87 FR 78438). Please choose only one of the methods listed. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geanelle G. Herring, (410) 786–4466 and Christopher Wilson, (410) 786–3178. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Inspection of Public Comments: All comments SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\24MRP1.SGM 24MRP1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 57 / Friday, March 24, 2023 / Proposed Rules lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with PROPOSALS1 received before the close of the comment period shall be made available for viewing by the public, including any personally identifiable or confidential business information that is included in a comment. We will post all comments received before the close of the comment period on the following website as soon as possible after they have been received: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the search instructions on that website to view public comments. In the December 21, 2022 Federal Register (87 FR 78438), we published a proposed rule titled ‘‘Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Standards for Health Care Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures, and Modification to Referral Certification and Authorization Transaction Standard’’ (hereinafter referred to as the December 2022 proposed rule). This rule would implement requirements of the Administrative Simplification subtitle of the Health Insurance Portability and VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:51 Mar 23, 2023 Jkt 259001 Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, enacted on March 30, 2010— collectively, the Affordable Care Act. Specifically, this proposed rule would adopt standards for ‘‘health care attachments’’ transactions, which would support both health care claims and prior authorization transactions, and a standard for electronic signatures to be used in conjunction with health care attachments transactions. To better support the use of the proposed standards for attachments transactions with prior authorization transactions, this rule also proposes to adopt a modification to the standard for the referral certification and authorization transaction (X12 278) to move from Version 5010 to Version 6020. In the March 17, 2023 Federal Register (88 FR 16392), we published a correcting document to correct typographical and technical errors in the December 2022 proposed rule, for PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 9990 17781 which we had provided for 90 days for public comment. That correcting document simply conformed the regulations text to the proposed policies discussed in the preamble to the December 2022 proposed rule. But, we believe it is important to allow the public to have the benefit of reviewing the proposed rule as we intended it, particularly because most of the errors in the proposed rule were in the regulations text. Therefore, we are extending the comment period for the December, 2022, proposed rule by 30 days. This document announces the extension of the public comment period for the proposed rule, which will now end at 5 p.m., eastern daylight time, on April 21, 2023. Dated: March 20, 2023. Xavier Becerra, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services. 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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 57 (Friday, March 24, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 17780-17781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06034]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

45 CFR Parts 160 and 162

[CMS-0053-N]
RIN 0938-AT38


Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Standards for Health 
Care Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures, and 
Modification to Referral Certification and Authorization Transaction 
Standard; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This document extends the comment period for the proposed rule 
that appeared in the Federal Register on December 21, 2022, titled 
``Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Standards for Health Care 
Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures, and Modification to 
Referral Certification and Authorization Transaction Standard. The 
comment period for the proposed rule, which would end on March 21, 
2023, is extended until April 21, 2023.

DATES: The comment period for the December 21, 2022 proposed rule (87 
FR 78438) is extended to 5 p.m., eastern daylight time, on April 21, 
2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as outlined in the December 21, 2022 
proposed rule (87 FR 78438). Please choose only one of the methods 
listed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geanelle G. Herring, (410) 786-4466 
and Christopher Wilson, (410) 786-3178.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Inspection of Public Comments: All comments

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received before the close of the comment period shall be made available 
for viewing by the public, including any personally identifiable or 
confidential business information that is included in a comment. We 
will post all comments received before the close of the comment period 
on the following website as soon as possible after they have been 
received: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the search instructions 
on that website to view public comments.
    In the December 21, 2022 Federal Register (87 FR 78438), we 
published a proposed rule titled ``Administrative Simplification: 
Adoption of Standards for Health Care Attachments Transactions and 
Electronic Signatures, and Modification to Referral Certification and 
Authorization Transaction Standard'' (hereinafter referred to as the 
December 2022 proposed rule). This rule would implement requirements of 
the Administrative Simplification subtitle of the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and 
Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, enacted on March 30, 2010--
collectively, the Affordable Care Act. Specifically, this proposed rule 
would adopt standards for ``health care attachments'' transactions, 
which would support both health care claims and prior authorization 
transactions, and a standard for electronic signatures to be used in 
conjunction with health care attachments transactions. To better 
support the use of the proposed standards for attachments transactions 
with prior authorization transactions, this rule also proposes to adopt 
a modification to the standard for the referral certification and 
authorization transaction (X12 278) to move from Version 5010 to 
Version 6020.
    In the March 17, 2023 Federal Register (88 FR 16392), we published 
a correcting document to correct typographical and technical errors in 
the December 2022 proposed rule, for which we had provided for 90 days 
for public comment. That correcting document simply conformed the 
regulations text to the proposed policies discussed in the preamble to 
the December 2022 proposed rule. But, we believe it is important to 
allow the public to have the benefit of reviewing the proposed rule as 
we intended it, particularly because most of the errors in the proposed 
rule were in the regulations text. Therefore, we are extending the 
comment period for the December, 2022, proposed rule by 30 days. This 
document announces the extension of the public comment period for the 
proposed rule, which will now end at 5 p.m., eastern daylight time, on 
April 21, 2023.

    Dated: March 20, 2023.
Xavier Becerra,
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2023-06034 Filed 3-21-23; 11:15 am]
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