NILC Comments on Affordable Care Act Implementation Regulations

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS)

Application

• HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2016 (CMS-9944-P) (12/22/14, PDF)
• Applications to Support Eligibility Determinations for Enrollment through the Health Insurance Marketplace and for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (2/28/13, PDF)
• Data Collection to Support Eligibility Determinations for Insurance Affordability Programs and Enrollment through Affordable Insurance Exchanges, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Agencies (9/4/12, PDF)
• Data Collection to Support Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment for Employees in the Small Business Health Options Program (9/4/12, PDF)
• Data Collection to Support Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment for Small Businesses in the Small Business Health Options Program (9/4/12, PDF)

Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Exchanges

• Proposed Rule: Marketplace Renewal (CMS-9941-P) and Guidance on Annual Redeterminations for Coverage for 2015 (7/28/14, PDF)
• Proposed Rule: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Exchange Functions: Eligibility for Exemptions; Miscellaneous Minimum Essential Coverage Provisions (3/18/13, PDF)
• Proposed Rule: Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Programs, and Exchanges (2/21/13, PDF)
• Final Rule: Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans; Exchange Standards for Employers (5/11/12, PDF)
• Proposed Rule: Medicaid Program: Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments—Uninsured Definition (2/17/12, PDF)
• CMS’s State Exchange Certification Application Use (1/9/12, PDF)
• Proposed Rule: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health Plan (10/31/11, PDF)
• Proposed Rule: Exchange Functions in the Individual Market: Eligibility Determinations; Exchange Standards for Employers (10/31/11, PDF)
• Proposed Rule: Exchange-Related Provisions in Title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (10/4/10, PDF)
• Proposed Rule: Medicaid Eligibility Changes under the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (10/28/11, PDF)
• Proposed Rule: Federal Funding for Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment Systems (1/7/11, PDF)

Other ACA Programs

• Comments on CMS Notice of Proposed Rule Concerning Basic Health Program (11/25/13, PDF)
• Request for Information Regarding Nondiscrimination in Certain Health Programs or Activities (9/30/13, PDF)
• Final Rule: Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan Program (10/29/12, PDF)
• Request for Information Regarding State Flexibility to Establish a Basic Health Program under the Affordable Care Act (10/31/11, PDF)
• Interim Final Rule: Pre-existing Condition Insurance Program (9/24/10, PDF)

OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, DEPT. OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Nondiscrimination provisions of the ACA (notice of proposed rulemaking re § 1557 of the ACA) (11/9/15, PDF)

 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS)

• Comments on IRS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Information Reporting of Minimum Essential Coverage (11/08/13, PDF)
• Comments on IRS’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Information Reporting by Applicable Large Employers on Health Insurance Coverage Offered Under Employer-Sponsored Plans (11/08/13, PDF)
• Proposed Rule: Shared Responsibility Payment for Not Maintaining Minimum Essential Coverage (5/02/13, PDF)
• Proposed Rule: Shared Responsibility for Employers Regarding Health Coverage (3/18/13, PDF)
• Proposed Rule: Additional Requirements for Charitable Hospitals (9/24/12, PDF)
• Final Rule: Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit Final Rule (8/12/12, PDF)
• Proposed Rule: Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit (10/31/11, PDF)