[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 211 (Thursday, October 31, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 86759-86760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23032]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

45 CFR Parts 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, and 1305

[Docket No. HHS_FRDOC_0001-0957]
RIN 0970-AD01


Supporting the Head Start Workforce and Consistent Quality 
Programming; Announcement and Correction

AGENCY: Office of Head Start, Administration for Children and Families, 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement and correcting amendment.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services is correcting a 
final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on August 21, 2024. 
The effective date of that final rule was listed in the preamble as the 
date of publication, August 21, 2024, when it should have had the 
required 60-day delay to comply with the Congressional Review Act. The 
effective date should have been October 21, 2024. Additionally, the 
final rule inadvertently included an incorrect citation in the 
requirements for family partnership services, and failed to include the 
compliance date for the requirements for staff benefits (August 1, 
2028) in the regulatory text.

DATES: The corrections in this document are effective October 31, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Bialecki, Office of Head 
Start, 202-240-3901 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#367c5345455f555718745f575a53555d5f76575550185e5e4518515940"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ca80afb9b9a3a9abe488a3aba6afa9a1a38aaba9ace4a2a2b9e4ada5bc">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 21, 2024, HHS published a final 
rule amending 45 CFR parts 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, and 1305. We 
incorrectly established the effective date as August 21, 2024. The 
intention was for the rule to become effective on October 21, 2024. The 
earliest compliance date was correctly identified as October 21, 2024, 
in the final rule.

List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 1302

    Compensation, Early education, Grant programs, Head Start, Mental 
health, Quality improvement, Social programs, Workforce.

    For reasons stated in the preamble, ACF corrects 45 CFR part 1302 
by making the following correcting amendments:

PART 1302--PROGRAM OPERATIONS

0
1. The authority citation for part 1302 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9801 et seq.


0
2. Amend Sec.  1302.52 by revising paragraph (d)(2)(i) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  1302.52  Family partnership services.

* * * * *
    (i) When the responsible HHS official grants a waiver if the 
program can demonstrate staff competencies at Sec.  1302.92(b)(5); 
program outcomes at paragraph (b) of this section; and reasonable staff 
workload as described in paragraph (d)(3) of this section.

0
3. Amend Sec.  1302.90 by revising paragraphs (f)(1) through (4) to 
read as follows:


Sec.  1302.90  Personnel policies.

* * * * *
    (f) Staff benefits. (1) By August 1, 2028, for each full-time staff 
member, defined as those working 30 or more hours per week with the 
Head Start program during the program year, a program must:
    (i) Provide or facilitate access to high- quality affordable health 
care coverage;
    (ii) Offer paid leave; and,
    (iii) Offer access to short-term, free, or minimal cost behavioral 
health services.
    (2) By August 1, 2028, for each part-time staff member, a program 
must facilitate access to high- quality, affordable health care 
coverage.

[[Page 86760]]

    (3) By August 1, 2028, for each staff member, a program must 
facilitate access to available resources and information on child care, 
including connections to child care resource and referral agencies or 
other child care consumer education organizations and, for staff who 
meet eligibility guidelines, facilitate access to the child care 
subsidy program.
    (4) By August 1, 2028, for each staff member who may be eligible, a 
program must facilitate access to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness 
(PSLF) program, or other applicable student loan debt relief programs, 
including timely certification of employment.
* * * * *

Elizabeth J. Gramling,
Executive Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2024-23032 Filed 10-30-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE P


</pre><script data-cfasync="false" src="/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js"></script></body>
</html>