Rule2024-23032
Supporting the Head Start Workforce and Consistent Quality Programming; Announcement and Correction
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Published
October 31, 2024
Effective
October 31, 2024
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services Department
Abstract
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.
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[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 [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23032]
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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.
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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
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1. The authority citation for part 1302 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9801 et seq.
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2. Amend Sec. 1302.52 by revising paragraph (d)(2)(i) to read as
follows:
Sec. 1302.52 Family partnership services.
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(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.
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3. Amend Sec. 1302.90 by revising paragraphs (f)(1) through (4) to
read as follows:
Sec. 1302.90 Personnel policies.
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(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.
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(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.
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Elizabeth J. Gramling,
Executive Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2024-23032 Filed 10-30-24; 8:45 am]
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