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B-332758 1 (2020-12-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaecgk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: c)AO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-332758 December 2, 2020 The Honorable Lamar Alexander Chairman The Honorable Patty Murray Ranking Member Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions United States Senate The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr. Chairman The Honorable Greg Walden Ranking Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary: Information Blocking and the ONC Health IT Certification Program: Extension of Compliance Dates and Timeframes in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary (HHS) entitled Information Blocking and the ONC Health IT Certification Program: Extension of Compliance Dates and Timeframes in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (RIN: 0955-AA02). We received the rule on November 23, 2020. It was published in the Federal Register as an interim final rule with comment period on November 4, 2020. 85 Fed. Reg. 70064. HHS opened a comment period closing on January 4, 2021. The effective date of the rule is December 4, 2020. According to HHS, the interim final rule gives health IT developers and health care providers flexibilities to effectively respond to the public health threats posed by the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Recognizing the urgency of this situation, and understanding that caring for patients with COVID-19 is of utmost importance, HHS stated it is issuing the interim final rule to extend certain compliance dates and timeframes adopted in the 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program Final Rule (ONC Cures Act Final Rule), including compliance and applicability dates for the information blocking provisions, certain 2015 Edition health IT certification criteria, and Conditions and Maintenance of Certification requirements under the ONC Health IT Certification Program (Program). HHS also stated the interim final rule makes programmatic changes to the Program by updating standards. HHS further stated the interim final rule also makes corrections and clarifications to the ONC Cures Act Final Rule. The Congressional Review Act (CRA) requires a 60-day delay in the effective date of a major rule from the date of publication in the Federal Register or receipt of the rule by Congress,

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