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These regulations amend certain sections of Medicare and Medicaid rules to reflect 15 self-executing provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA '87) and changes made by sections 102, 103, and 211(b) of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 (MCCA), section 608(d)(3)(G) of the Family Support Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-485), and sections 6113 and 6301 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 (OBRA '89). ⋯ The amendments are needed to make HCFA rules consistent with current provisions of law and to ensure that users of the regulations are not confused by outdated provisions or unclear language. This document also makes technical amendments, primarily to correct internal cross-references, make nomenclature changes, and revise an outdated definition.
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These final rules implement sections 9141 and 9142 of Public Law 100-203, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, which amended title IV-D of the Social Security Act (the Act). Section 9141, effective December 22, 1987, amended section 457(c) of the Act to require State child support enforcement (IV-D) agencies to provide appropriate notice and to continue to provide IV-D services to persons no longer eligible for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) under title IV-A of the Act. The IV-D agency must continue to provide services and pay any amount of support collected to the family on the same basis and under the same conditions as pertain to other non-AFDC families, except that no application, other request to continue services or any application fee for services may be required. Section 9142, effective July 1, 1988, amended section 454 of the Act to require State IV-D agencies to provide IV-D services to families who receive Medicaid and have assigned to the State, under section 1912 of the Act, their rights to medical support and to payment of medical care from any third party, and to provide for distribution by the State of medical support collections under section 1912 of the Act.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the establishment by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee and the termination of the existing devices panels. This document revises the agency's list of standing advisory committees to show these actions.
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This rule amends the Medicaid regulations to incorporate or revise the following mandatory and optional eligibility groups of individuals for Medicaid coverage: (1) Pregnant women; (2) qualified children under a specified age; (3) children in adoptions and foster care; (4) certain disabled widows and widowers; and (5) certain disabled children being cared for at home. The rule also adds a condition of eligibility relating to third party liability for medical assistance expenditures. The amendments conform the regulations to certain statutory provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, and the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982.
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This rule amends the Medicaid regulations to specify, for Medicaid coverage, a permanent eligibility group of qualified individuals who, although severely impaired, work and demonstrate ability to perform substantial gainful activity and who are considered to be Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients. It also specifies how SSI payments made to certain institutionalized individuals are to be disregarded as income under Medicaid for a limited period. The amendments conform the regulations to provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 and the Employment Opportunities for Disabled Americans Act.