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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On 1 July 2021, the United Stated Office of Personnel Management, and the Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (collectively, the Departments) issued an Interim Final Rule 1 (the IFR) implementing the No Surprises Act, 2 enacted to ban surprise medical bills effective 1 January 2022. For out-of-network providers, the IFR bars health care providers who are not contracted to health plans from billing patient...

NCLA Files Comments Deeming Treasury’s “Tax Cut Ban” Final Rule Opaque and Unconstitutional Interim Final Rule – Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, 31 CFR Part 35 Washington, D.C., July 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Interim Final Rule (IFR) implementing the “Tax Cut Ban” provision of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) is unconstitutional, NCLA warns in comments filed today. ARPA offers approximately $195 billion to states...

Tuesday, July 13, 2021 Today, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury (the Departments) published an interim final rule (the Interim Final Rule) implementing certain provisions of the No Surprises Act,[1] which aims to address balance bills on a national scale. Effective for health insurance plan years beginning January 1, 2022, the legislation limits patient payment responsibility for certain unavoidable out-of-network services, prohibits providers and...

7 hrs ago The Norman City Council will convene next month for a two-day retreat — open to the public — to discuss how it will spend millions in federal aid, upcoming elections and goals for the remainder of the fiscal year. Council and staff will meet at the NCED Hotel & Conference Center in Norman July 16-17, beginning at 9 a.m. on both days. The public is welcome to attend, City Clerk Brenda Hall said. “The meeting is open to the public to observe only because a quorum of counc...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On April 16, 2021, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an Interim Final Rule which, effective May 3, 2021, requires all “debtor collectors” pursuing an eviction to provide written notice to the tenant(s) of possible protections and rights provided by the CDC Eviction Moratorium.   “Debt collector” is defined in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act as any person who regularly collects or attempts to collect ...

About the Interim Final Rule - On January 19, 2021, the Small Business Administration (SBA) published new Loan Forgiveness Requirements and Loan Review Procedures pursuan...

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “CAA”) that was signed into law on December 27, 2020, amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), the Public Health Service Act and the Internal Revenue Code to include new provisions that specifically require the Secretaries of the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury (the “Secretaries”) to request documents that demonstrate compliance with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction E...

What’s in the Final Rule? How is it different from the Interim Final Rule? How will farmers be affected? To find out, we talk to hemp farmer Ben Davies from

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Most Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) borrowers are working toward full forgiveness of their PPP loans and are anxious to get this process started. A borrower generally may submit a loan forgiveness application any time on or before the maturity of the loan—including before the end of the covered period—if the borrower has used all of the loan proceeds. But that does not mean a borrower should submit a loan forgiveness appl...