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and recordkeeping requirements, State 

fair hearings. 

42 CFR Part 457 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Grant programs—health, 

Health insurance, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services corrects 42 CFR 

chapter IV by making the following 

correcting amendments: 

PART 431—STATE ORGANIZATION 

AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 431 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302. 

■ 2. Section 431.60 is amended by 

revising paragraph (g) to read as follows: 

§ 431.60 Beneficiary access to and 

exchange of data. 

* * * * * 

(g) Beneficiary resources regarding 

privacy and security. The State must 

provide in an easily accessible location 

on its public website and through other 

appropriate mechanisms through which 

it ordinarily communicates with current 

and former beneficiaries seeking to 

access their health information held by 

the State Medicaid agency, educational 

resources in non-technical, simple and 

easy-to-understand language explaining 

at a minimum— 

(1) General information on steps the 

individual may consider taking to help 

protect the privacy and security of their 

health information, including factors to 

consider in selecting an application 

including secondary uses of data, and 

the importance of understanding the 

security and privacy practices of any 

application to which they will entrust 

their health information; and 

(2) An overview of which types of 

organizations or individuals are and are 

not likely to be HIPAA covered entities, 

the oversight responsibilities of the 

Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the 

Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and 

how to submit a complaint to— 

(i) The HHS Office for Civil Rights 

(OCR); and 

(ii) The Federal Trade Commission 

(FTC). 

* * * * * 

PART 457—ALLOTMENTS AND 

GRANTS TO STATES 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 457 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302. 

■ 4. Section 457.730 is amended by 

revising paragraph (g) to read as follows: 

§ 457.730 Beneficiary access to and 

exchange of data. 

* * * * * 

(g) Beneficiary resources regarding 

privacy and security. A State must 

provide in an easily accessible location 

on its public website and through other 

appropriate mechanisms through which 

it ordinarily communicates with current 

and former beneficiaries seeking to 

access their health information held by 

the State CHIP agency, educational 

resources in non-technical, simple and 

easy-to-understand language explaining 

at a minimum— 

(1) General information on steps the 

individual may consider taking to help 

protect the privacy and security of their 

health information, including factors to 

consider in selecting an application 

including secondary uses of data, and 

the importance of understanding the 

security and privacy practices of any 

application to which they will entrust 

their health information; and 

(2) An overview of which types of 

organizations or individuals are and are 

not likely to be HIPAA covered entities, 

the oversight responsibilities of OCR 

and FTC, and how to submit a 

complaint to— 

(i) The HHS Office for Civil Rights 

(OCR); and 

(ii) The Federal Trade Commission 

(FTC). 

* * * * * 

Elizabeth J. Gramling, 

Executive Secretary to the Department, 

Department of Health and Human Services. 

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45 CFR Part 98 

RIN 0970–AD02 

Improving Child Care Access, 

Affordability, and Stability in the Child 

Care and Development Fund (CCDF); 

Corrections 

AGENCY: Office of Child Care (OCC), 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Correcting amendments. 

SUMMARY: On March 1, 2024, the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services published a final rule to 

improve child care access, affordability, 

and stability in the Child Care and 

Development Fund. An amendment in 

the final rule was incorporated 

incorrectly due to technical inaccuracies 

in the instructions. Additionally, this 

document addresses one reference error 

of the rule. This document makes 

technical changes to correct the final 

regulations. 

DATES: Effective on October 25, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Megan Campbell, Office of Child Care, 

202–690–6499 or megan.campbell@

acf.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

‘‘Improving Child Care Access, 

Affordability, and Stability in the Child 

Care and Development Fund (CCDF)’’ 

rule, published at 89 FR 15366 on 

March 1, 2024, included an inaccurate 

amendatory instruction for § 98.21. 

Another reference error in § 98.83 dates 

to a previous amendment to the CCDF 

rule, published at 81 FR 67438 on 

September 30, 2016. This document 

corrects the final regulations. 

List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 98 

Child care, Grant programs—social 

programs. 

Accordingly, 45 CFR part 98 is 

corrected by making the following 

correcting amendments: 

PART 98—CHILD CARE AND 

DEVELOPMENT FUND 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 98 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 618, 9858. 

§ 98.21 [Amended] 

■ 2. Amend § 98.21 by removing 

paragraph (h) and redesignating 

paragraphs (i) through (k) as paragraphs 

(h) through (j). 

■ 3. Amend § 98.83 by revising 

paragraph (j)(2) to read as follows: 

§ 98.83 Requirements for tribal programs. 

* * * * * 

(j) * * * 

(2) Federal obligation of funds for 

planning costs, pursuant to paragraph 

(j)(1) of this section, is subject to the 

actual availability of the appropriation. 

* * * * * 

Elizabeth J. Gramling, 

Executive Secretary, Department of Health 

and Human Services. 

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