Healthcare Finance News February 13, 2024
The rule improves the flexibility and accessibility of federal funding so that Tribes can provide citizens with services, HHS said.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), has released a final rule eliminating cost sharing requirement for Tribal child support programs, consistent with President Biden’s recent executive order to more effectively support tribal governments.
The rule, HHS said, “cuts red tape” and improves the flexibility and accessibility of federal funding so that Tribes can grow their economies and provide their citizens with services.
“These changes will make it easier and less expensive for Tribal community-run child support programs to meet the needs of their communities,” said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra....