Notice2025-21394
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program; Correction
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Published
November 28, 2025
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Abstract
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a notice of a new (re- established) matching program in the Federal Register of November 18, 2025, describing a matching program between CMS and State-Based Administering Entities (AEs), titled "Determining Eligibility for Enrollment in Applicable State Health Subsidy Programs Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act." The notice failed to include a plain-language description of the matching program in the Summary, stated incorrect dates, and mistakenly used the term "return information" instead of "Federal Tax Information (FTI)" consistently throughout.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 227 (Friday, November 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54692-54693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-21394]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program; Correction
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health
and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a notice of a new (re-
established) matching program in the Federal Register of November 18,
2025, describing a matching program between CMS and State-Based
Administering Entities (AEs), titled ``Determining Eligibility for
Enrollment in Applicable State Health Subsidy Programs Under
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the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.'' The notice failed to
include a plain-language description of the matching program in the
Summary, stated incorrect dates, and mistakenly used the term ``return
information'' instead of ``Federal Tax Information (FTI)'' consistently
throughout.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about the
matching program, you may contact: Robert Yates, Deputy Director,
Division of State and Grant Operations, State Marketplace and Insurance
Programs Group, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance
Oversight, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 7500 Security
Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21224, or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ccef3fef9eee8b2c5fde8f9efdcfff1efb2f4f4efb2fbf3ea"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="72201d101700065c2b1306170132111f015c1a1a015c151d04">[email protected]</span></a>, or
Jenny Chen, Director, Division of State Technical Assistance, State
Marketplace and Insurance Programs Group, Center for Consumer
Information and Insurance Oversight, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, 7501 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814, or by email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#49032c272730670a212c27092a243a6721213a672e263f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="400a252e2e396e0328252e00232d336e2828336e272f36">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Correction
In the Federal Register of November 18, 2025, in FR Doc. 2025-
20058, on page 51764, in the first column, correct the ``Summary''
caption to read: In accordance with subsection (e)(12) of the Privacy
Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing
notice of the re-establishment of a matching program between CMS and
State-Based Administering Entities (AEs), titled ``Determining
Eligibility for Enrollment in Applicable State Health Subsidy Programs
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).'' The
matching program provides AEs with data CMS receives from federal
agencies under other matching programs to use in determining
individuals' eligibility for enrollment in state health subsidy
programs under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and to
avoid dual enrollments.
In the Federal Register of November 18, 2025, in FR Doc. 2025-
20058, on page 51764, in the first and second columns, correct the
``Dates'' caption to read: The deadline for comments on this notice is
December 29, 2025. The re-established matching program will commence
not sooner than 30 days after publication of this notice, provided no
comments are received that warrant a change to this notice. The
matching program will be conducted for an initial term of 18 months
(from approximately January 2026 to July 2027) and, within three months
of expiration, may be renewed for up to one additional year if the
parties make no changes to the matching program and certify that the
program has been conducted in compliance with the matching agreement.
In the Federal Register of November 18, 2025, in FR Doc. 2025-
20058, on page 51765, in the first column, correct the ``Categories of
Records'' caption to read: The categories of records that will be used
in the matching program are identifying records; minimum essential
coverage period records; Federal Tax Information (FTI) (household
income and family size information); citizenship status records; birth
and death information; disability coverage and income information; and
imprisonment status records. The data elements CMS will receive from
AEs may include: Social Security Number (if applicable), Last Name,
First Name, and Date of Birth. The data elements the AEs will receive
from CMS may include: Validation of SSN; Verification of citizenship or
immigration status; Incarceration status; Eligibility and/or enrollment
in certain types of MEC; Income, based on FTI, Title II benefits, and
current income sources; Quarters of Coverage; and Death Indicator.
Barbara Demopulos,
Privacy Act Officer, Division of Security, Privacy Policy and
Governance, Office of Information Technology, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services.
[FR Doc. 2025-21394 Filed 11-26-25; 8:45 am]
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