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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
Vol. 89, No. 14
Monday, January 22, 2024
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains notices to the public of the proposed
issuance of rules and regulations. The
purpose of these notices is to give interested
persons an opportunity to participate in the
rule making prior to the adoption of the final
rules.
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 890
RIN 3206–AO48
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
U.S. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCE CORPORATION
Internal Revenue Service
26 CFR Part 54
2 CFR Chapter XVI
[REG–122319–22]
Nonprocurement Suspension and
Debarment; Correction
RIN 1545–BQ55
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
U.S. International Development
Finance Corporation.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Proposed rule; correction.
This document corrects a U.S.
International Development Finance
Corporation (DFC) proposed rule
published in the Federal Register on
January 5, 2024, regarding
nonprocurement suspension and
debarment (S&D). This correction
clarifies that contracts where DFC has a
privity of contract (first-tier
procurement) should be covered
transactions under the nonprocurement
S&D requirements.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
January 22, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Agency Submitting Officer: Deborah
Papadopoulos, (202) 357–3979, Email:
fedreg@dfc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Correction
§ 1600.220
[Corrected]
In the proposed rule, FR Doc. 2023–
28838, in the issue of January 5, 2024,
on page 715, in the third column,
§ 1600.220 is corrected by removing
‘‘None’’ and adding ‘‘First-tier
procurements (i.e., primary contracts)
under a covered nonprocurement
transaction are covered transactions’’ in
its place.
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Dated: January 17, 2024.
Dev Jagadesan,
Deputy General Counsel, Office of the General
Counsel, U.S. International Development
Finance Corporation.
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Administration
29 CFR Part 2590
RIN 1210–AC17
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
45 CFR Part 149
[CMS–9897–N]
RIN 0938–AV15
Federal Independent Dispute
Resolution Operations; Reopening of
Comment Period
Office of Personnel
Management; Internal Revenue Service,
Department of the Treasury; Employee
Benefits Security Administration,
Department of Labor; Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services,
Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Proposed rules; reopening of
comment period.
AGENCY:
This document reopens the
comment period for the proposed rules
entitled ‘‘Federal Independent Dispute
Resolution Operations’’ that appeared in
the November 3, 2023, issue of the
Federal Register. The comment period
for the proposed rules, which closed on
January 2, 2024, is reopened from
January 22, 2024 to February 5, 2024.
DATES: The comment period for the
proposed rules published November 3,
2023, at 88 FR 75744, is reopened. To
be assured consideration, comments
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must be received at one of the addresses
provided below, no later than February
5, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted to the addresses specified
below. Any comment that is submitted
will be shared among the Department of
the Treasury, the Department of Labor,
the Department of Health and Human
Services (the Departments), and the
Office of Personnel Management. Please
do not submit duplicates.
Comments will be made available to
the public. Warning: Do not include any
personally identifiable information
(such as name, address, or other contact
information) or confidential business
information that you do not want
publicly disclosed. All comments are
posted on the internet exactly as
received and can be retrieved by most
internet search engines. No deletions,
modifications, or redactions will be
made to the comments received, as they
are public records. Comments may be
submitted anonymously.
In commenting, please refer to file
code RIN 0938–AV15. Because of staff
and resource limitations, the
Departments cannot accept comments
by facsimile (FAX) transmission.
Comments, including mass comment
submissions, must be submitted in one
of the following three ways (please
choose only one of the ways listed):
1. Electronically. You may submit
electronic comments on this regulation
to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the ‘‘Submit a comment’’ instructions.
2. By regular mail. You may mail
written comments to the following
address ONLY: Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, Department of
Health and Human Services, Attention:
CMS–9897–P, P.O. Box 8016, Baltimore,
MD 21244–8016.
Please allow sufficient time for mailed
comments to be received before the
close of the comment period.
3. By express or overnight mail. You
may send written comments to the
following address ONLY: Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services,
Department of Health and Human
Services, Attention: CMS–9897–P, Mail
Stop C4–26–05, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850.
For information on viewing public
comments, see the beginning of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Padma Babubhai Shah, Office of
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Personnel Management, at 202–606–
4056; Shira B. McKinlay, Internal
Revenue Service, Department of the
Treasury, at 202–317–5500; Elizabeth
Schumacher or Shannon Hysjulien,
Employee Benefits Security
Administration, Department of Labor, at
202–693–8335; Zarah Ghiasuddin or
Bryan Kirk, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, Department of
Health and Human Services, at 301–
492–4308.
Customer Service Information:
Information from the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) on health benefits
plans offered under the Federal
Employees Health Benefits (FEHB)
Program can be found on the OPM
website (https://www.opm.gov/
healthcare-insurance/healthcare/).
Individuals interested in obtaining
information from the Department of
Labor (DOL) concerning employmentbased health coverage laws may call the
Employee Benefits Security
Administration (EBSA) Toll-Free
Hotline at 1–866–444–EBSA (3272) or
visit the DOL’s website (www.dol.gov/
agencies/ebsa). In addition, information
from the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) on private
health insurance coverage and coverage
provided by non-Federal governmental
group health plans can be found on the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) website (https://
www.cms.gov/marketplace), information
on health care reform can be found at
https://www.healthcare.gov, and
information on surprise medical bills
can be found at https://www.cms.gov/
nosurprises.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and
HHS (collectively, the Departments) and
the Office of Personnel Management
(OPM) published proposed rules
entitled ‘‘Federal Independent Dispute
Resolution Operations,’’ which
appeared in the Federal Register on
November 3, 2023 (88 FR 75744). In the
proposed rules, the Departments and
OPM proposed requirements related to
the Federal independent dispute
resolution (IDR) process established
under the No Surprises Act, including
new requirements for disclosing
information along with the initial
payment or notice of denial of payment
for certain items and services subject to
the surprise billing protections in the
No Surprises Act and when initiating
the Federal IDR process and the
provision of certain Claim Adjustment
Reason Codes (CARCs) and Remittance
Advice Remark Codes (RARCs) with
paper or electronic remittances.
Additionally, those proposed rules
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would define bundled payment
arrangements and would amend certain
requirements related to the open
negotiation period, initiation of the
Federal IDR process, eligibility
determinations, batched disputes,
extensions due to extenuating
circumstances, selection of the certified
IDR entity, and the collection of
administrative fees and certified IDR
entity fees. Lastly, the proposed rules
would require plans and issuers to
register in the Federal IDR portal.
The Departments published the final
rules entitled ‘‘Federal Independent
Dispute Resolution Process
Administrative Fee and Certified IDR
Entity Fee Ranges’’ (the IDR Fees final
rules), which appeared in the Federal
Register on December 21, 2023 (88 FR
88494). The IDR Fees final rules amend
existing regulations to provide that the
administrative fee amount charged by
the Departments to participate in the
Federal IDR process and the ranges for
certified IDR entity fees will be
established by the Departments in
notice and comment rulemaking. The
preamble to the IDR Fees final rules also
sets forth the methodology used to
calculate the administrative fee and the
considerations used to develop the
certified IDR entity fee ranges. The IDR
Fees final rules also finalize the amount
of the administrative fee and the
certified IDR entity fee ranges for
disputes initiated on or after the
effective date of the IDR Fees final rules.
In addition, the preamble to the IDR
Fees final rules addresses how changes
in that rulemaking relate to the
proposals contained in the Federal
Independent Dispute Resolution
Operations proposed rules, for which
the comment period closed on January
2, 2024. To provide additional time for
interested parties to consider and
comment on any implications of the IDR
Fees final rules, the Departments and
OPM are reopening the comment period
on the Federal Independent Dispute
Resolution Operations proposed rules
for all comments from January 22, 2024
to February 5, 2024. To be assured
consideration, comments on the
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proposed rules must be received no later
than February 5, 2024.
Laurie Bodenheimer,
Associate Director, Healthcare and Insurance,
Office of Personnel Management.
Douglas W. O’Donnell,
Deputy Commissioner for Services and
Enforcement, Internal Revenue Service.
Lisa M. Gomez,
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits
Security Administration, Department of
Labor.
Xavier Becerra,
Secretary, Department of Health and Human
Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 39
[Docket No. FAA–2024–0029; Project
Identifier MCAI–2023–01182–T]
RIN 2120–AA64
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS
Airplanes
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking
(NPRM).
AGENCY:
The FAA proposes to
supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD)
2021–20–08, which applies to certain
Airbus SAS Model A318, A319, A320,
A321, A330–200, A330–200 Freighter,
A330–300, A330–800, A330–900, A340–
200, A340–300, A340–500, A340–600,
and A380–800 series airplanes. AD
2021–20–08 requires replacing certain
parts manufacturer approval (PMA)
nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries with
serviceable Ni-Cd batteries. Since the
FAA issued AD 2021–20–08, it was
determined that the on-wing
preservation procedures originally
provided in the service information did
not ensure the expected preservation of
the battery capacity. This proposed AD
would add airplanes to the applicability
and require replacement of certain
affected parts with serviceable parts as
a precondition for return to service of
airplanes from storage or parking, as
specified in a European Union Aviation
Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is
proposed for incorporation by reference
(IBR). The FAA is proposing this AD to
address the unsafe condition on these
products.
DATES: The FAA must receive comments
on this proposed AD by March 7, 2024.
SUMMARY:
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[Proposed Rules]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 890
RIN 3206-AO48
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
26 CFR Part 54
[REG-122319-22]
RIN 1545-BQ55
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employee Benefits Security Administration
29 CFR Part 2590
RIN 1210-AC17
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
45 CFR Part 149
[CMS-9897-N]
RIN 0938-AV15
Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations; Reopening of
Comment Period
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management; Internal Revenue Service,
Department of the Treasury; Employee Benefits Security Administration,
Department of Labor; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,
Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Proposed rules; reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: This document reopens the comment period for the proposed
rules entitled ``Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations''
that appeared in the November 3, 2023, issue of the Federal Register.
The comment period for the proposed rules, which closed on January 2,
2024, is reopened from January 22, 2024 to February 5, 2024.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rules published November 3,
2023, at 88 FR 75744, is reopened. To be assured consideration,
comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no
later than February 5, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted to the addresses specified
below. Any comment that is submitted will be shared among the
Department of the Treasury, the Department of Labor, the Department of
Health and Human Services (the Departments), and the Office of
Personnel Management. Please do not submit duplicates.
Comments will be made available to the public. Warning: Do not
include any personally identifiable information (such as name, address,
or other contact information) or confidential business information that
you do not want publicly disclosed. All comments are posted on the
internet exactly as received and can be retrieved by most internet
search engines. No deletions, modifications, or redactions will be made
to the comments received, as they are public records. Comments may be
submitted anonymously.
In commenting, please refer to file code RIN 0938-AV15. Because of
staff and resource limitations, the Departments cannot accept comments
by facsimile (FAX) transmission.
Comments, including mass comment submissions, must be submitted in
one of the following three ways (please choose only one of the ways
listed):
1. Electronically. You may submit electronic comments on this
regulation to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the ``Submit a
comment'' instructions.
2. By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the following
address ONLY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of
Health and Human Services, Attention: CMS-9897-P, P.O. Box 8016,
Baltimore, MD 21244-8016.
Please allow sufficient time for mailed comments to be received
before the close of the comment period.
3. By express or overnight mail. You may send written comments to
the following address ONLY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,
Department of Health and Human Services, Attention: CMS-9897-P, Mail
Stop C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850.
For information on viewing public comments, see the beginning of
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Padma Babubhai Shah, Office of
[[Page 3897]]
Personnel Management, at 202-606-4056; Shira B. McKinlay, Internal
Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, at 202-317-5500; Elizabeth
Schumacher or Shannon Hysjulien, Employee Benefits Security
Administration, Department of Labor, at 202-693-8335; Zarah Ghiasuddin
or Bryan Kirk, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of
Health and Human Services, at 301-492-4308.
Customer Service Information: Information from the Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) on health benefits plans offered under the
Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program can be found on the
OPM website (https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/).
Individuals interested in obtaining information from the Department of
Labor (DOL) concerning employment-based health coverage laws may call
the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) Toll-Free Hotline
at 1-866-444-EBSA (3272) or visit the DOL's website (www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa). In addition, information from the Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS) on private health insurance coverage and
coverage provided by non-Federal governmental group health plans can be
found on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website
(https://www.cms.gov/marketplace), information on health care reform
can be found at https://www.healthcare.gov, and information on surprise
medical bills can be found at https://www.cms.gov/nosurprises.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and
HHS (collectively, the Departments) and the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) published proposed rules entitled ``Federal
Independent Dispute Resolution Operations,'' which appeared in the
Federal Register on November 3, 2023 (88 FR 75744). In the proposed
rules, the Departments and OPM proposed requirements related to the
Federal independent dispute resolution (IDR) process established under
the No Surprises Act, including new requirements for disclosing
information along with the initial payment or notice of denial of
payment for certain items and services subject to the surprise billing
protections in the No Surprises Act and when initiating the Federal IDR
process and the provision of certain Claim Adjustment Reason Codes
(CARCs) and Remittance Advice Remark Codes (RARCs) with paper or
electronic remittances. Additionally, those proposed rules would define
bundled payment arrangements and would amend certain requirements
related to the open negotiation period, initiation of the Federal IDR
process, eligibility determinations, batched disputes, extensions due
to extenuating circumstances, selection of the certified IDR entity,
and the collection of administrative fees and certified IDR entity
fees. Lastly, the proposed rules would require plans and issuers to
register in the Federal IDR portal.
The Departments published the final rules entitled ``Federal
Independent Dispute Resolution Process Administrative Fee and Certified
IDR Entity Fee Ranges'' (the IDR Fees final rules), which appeared in
the Federal Register on December 21, 2023 (88 FR 88494). The IDR Fees
final rules amend existing regulations to provide that the
administrative fee amount charged by the Departments to participate in
the Federal IDR process and the ranges for certified IDR entity fees
will be established by the Departments in notice and comment
rulemaking. The preamble to the IDR Fees final rules also sets forth
the methodology used to calculate the administrative fee and the
considerations used to develop the certified IDR entity fee ranges. The
IDR Fees final rules also finalize the amount of the administrative fee
and the certified IDR entity fee ranges for disputes initiated on or
after the effective date of the IDR Fees final rules.
In addition, the preamble to the IDR Fees final rules addresses how
changes in that rulemaking relate to the proposals contained in the
Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations proposed rules, for
which the comment period closed on January 2, 2024. To provide
additional time for interested parties to consider and comment on any
implications of the IDR Fees final rules, the Departments and OPM are
reopening the comment period on the Federal Independent Dispute
Resolution Operations proposed rules for all comments from January 22,
2024 to February 5, 2024. To be assured consideration, comments on the
proposed rules must be received no later than February 5, 2024.
Laurie Bodenheimer,
Associate Director, Healthcare and Insurance, Office of Personnel
Management.
Douglas W. O'Donnell,
Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement, Internal Revenue
Service.
Lisa M. Gomez,
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration,
Department of Labor.
Xavier Becerra,
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
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