Department of Health and Human Services July 10, 2017 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces technical corrections to the final rule (82 FR 6890) published on January 19, 2017. These technical corrections remove grammatical errors, remove a reference to reports of deaths or illness by ``radio,'' change regulatory text to match previously updated and approved language, and amend a reporting date for a retrospective review so that the date does not coincide with a Federal holiday.

The Food and Drug Administration is correcting a notice entitled ``Authorizations of Emergency Use of In Vitro Diagnostic Devices for Detection of Zika Virus; Availability'' that appeared in the Federal Register of June 30, 2017 (82 FR 29886). The document announced the issuance of two Emergency Use Authorizations for in vitro diagnostic devices for detection of the Zika virus in response to the Zika virus outbreak in the Americas. The document was published with the incorrect docket number. This document corrects that error.

This final rule delays the effective date for the final rule entitled ``Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies'' published in the Federal Register on January 13, 2017 (82 FR 4504). The published effective date for the final rule was July 13, 2017, and this rule delays the effective date for an additional 6 months until January 13, 2018. This final rule also includes two conforming changes to dates that are included in the regulations text.