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ACH Fraud Monitoring Mandate
Nacha phase two fraud monitoring rules take effect for all receiving banks on June twenty second. The mechanism rewrites private ACH network rules removing the ten million entry volume threshold and requiring uniform risk based monitoring f
IDR Process Reset
Agencies finalized updates to No Surprises Act independent dispute resolution on May twenty eighth. The rule revises administrative mechanics of claim batching, fees, data codes and registry requirements that determine which disputes enter
The Safe Drinking Water Determination
EPA proposed rescinding maximum contaminant levels for four PFAS citing incomplete findings under the Safe Drinking Water Act. The Safe Drinking Water Act requires four sequential determinations on health effects occurrence risk reduction a
Overtime Salary Threshold Reset
Department of Labor issued technical amendment rescinding parts of the twenty twenty four overtime rule with July first compliance. Agency uses Bureau of Labor Statistics wage percentiles from the lowest census region as proxy for duties te
FHA Property Standards RFI
Federal Housing Administration issued request for information May twenty ninth on modernizing minimum property requirements. Agency uses handbooks and mortgagee letters to define acceptable collateral for insurance rather than statute alone
The Eighty Hour Threshold
CMS issued an interim final rule this week requiring community engagement for certain Medicaid adults. The rule reconfigures state administrative systems to verify eighty hours of monthly activity through automated payroll data matches self
Union Financial Reporting Thresholds
The Department of Labor finalized updates to union annual financial disclosure forms this week. The Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act sets receipt thresholds that dictate the level of itemized schedules on receipts disbursements
The Ballot Barcode Mandate
The Postal Service proposed new data requirements for federal election mail ballots on May twenty ninth. The proposal requires states to transmit registered voter lists matched to unique barcodes on every outbound ballot enabling USPS to va
Medicaid Verification Process
CMS released an interim final rule on June third detailing community engagement requirements for certain Medicaid adults. The rule specifies data matching protocols between unemployment insurance wage records and Medicaid systems, defines t
The Disclosure Boundary
The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rescinding its two thousand twenty four climate related disclosure rules. Agencies expand reach by mandating disclosures that steer capital and operations beyond investor materiality standards