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Regulatory dates for health documents
The federal compliance dates that change what your notices, letters and posted documents must do. Each date is checked against its primary source, and a rule that is rescinded or being re-checked is taken off this page.
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Prior authorization: a specific reason for every denial, and shorter decision times
Medicare Advantage organizations, Medicaid and CHIP programs and managed care plans, and QHP issuers on the federal exchanges
CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization final rule (CMS-0057-F), 89 FR 8758 (Federal Register 2024-00895) · checked 2026-10-08
Upcoming
Prior authorization API
Medicare Advantage organizations, Medicaid and CHIP programs and managed care plans, and QHP issuers on the federal exchanges
CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization final rule (CMS-0057-F), 89 FR 8758 (Federal Register 2024-00895) · checked 2026-10-08
Upcoming
ADA Title II web and document accessibility
State and local government entities serving a population of 50,000 or more
DOJ interim final rule, 91 FR 20902 (Federal Register 2026-07663) · checked 2026-10-08
Upcoming
HHS Section 504 web and document accessibility
Recipients of HHS funding with 15 or more employees
HHS interim final rule, 45 CFR 84.84(b) (Federal Register 2026-09266) · checked 2026-10-08
Upcoming
ADA Title II web and document accessibility
Smaller state and local government entities and special districts
DOJ interim final rule, 91 FR 20902 (Federal Register 2026-07663) · checked 2026-10-08
Upcoming
HHS Section 504 web and document accessibility
Recipients of HHS funding with fewer than 15 employees
HHS interim final rule, 45 CFR 84.84(b) (Federal Register 2026-09266) · checked 2026-10-08
What each rule asks of your documents
- Section 1557 and your health documentsWhat the 2024 Section 1557 rule asks of the documents a covered health program sends: the notice of availability, translation by qualified translators, and human review of machine translation.
- 42 CFR 438.10: plain-language rules for Medicaid managed care materialsThe federal rules for how Medicaid managed care plans write, format and translate member materials, and where the state’s own rules take over.
- CMS-0057-F: prior-authorization denials your members can followFrom 2026, impacted payers must give a specific reason when they deny a prior authorization request, and decide faster. Here is what changed and what it means for the denial notice a member reads.
- ADA Title II and Section 504: accessible web content and documentsState and local governments and recipients of HHS funding must make web content, mobile apps and the documents posted on them meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA. Here is what is covered, what is excepted, and when.
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