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The October 15 policy coordinates DOJ corporate-enforcement and OIG self-disclosure benefits for qualifying criminal healthcare disclosures. A duplicate OIG portal submission is unnecessary, but eligibility conditions, prosecutorial discretion and mandatory-exclusion limits remain.
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An October 13 coordinated enforcement announcement identifies healthcare companies among victims of alleged North Korean remote IT-worker schemes. The new arrests and announcement are distinct from the September searches.
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FDA's October 13 availability notice identifies final recommendations for manufacturing changes to licensed biosimilars and interchangeable biosimilars. HHS dates issuance October 9. The guidance addresses reporting categories, comparability evidence, shared manufacturing facilities and new strengths or dosage forms, without creating a general provider deadline.
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California's Dental Board proposes annual infection-control plan review, employer-provided training, package-level sterilization indicators, waterline testing and respiratory-hygiene measures. Written comments are due November 30. The proposal would revise the existing dental standard; it does not establish a new implementation date.
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CDPH’s October 16 letter restates existing unusual-occurrence reporting for thirteen facility types during Public Safety Power Shutoff outages. It identifies the reporting recipients, outage and backup-power information to supply, and separate after-hours routes for facilities inside and outside Los Angeles County.
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The October14 notice delegates Social Security Act section1128(b) permissive exclusion authority to the CMS Administrator. OIG retains its authority; hearings and regulation issuance are excluded from the CMS delegation. This is an agency-authority change, not an exclusion of a named provider.
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The October 14 final rule adopts the 2025 interim rule without change. The filing cutoff remains October 30, 2025; eligible earlier renewals and extensions provided by law or notice retain their separate treatment.
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DEA’s October14 notice proposes revised threshold-based ScheduleI controls for 7-hydroxymitragynine and mitragynine pseudoindoxyl. A later temporary order, announced for on or after November13, is required. The existing pseudoindoxyl order continues; below-threshold status is not a safety finding.
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FDA launched a prospective rare-disease framework initiative October 14, seeking more consistent, tailored development and review while preserving statutory safety and effectiveness standards. A hybrid meeting is scheduled October 28, and the public docket will run October 28 through December 11.
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OHCA’s labor-cost adjustment process took effect October 12. Eligible requestors must support projected nonsupervisory organized labor costs under the adopted specifications; 2026 requests are due November 16. Submitted material, including labor agreements, is public by default unless OHCA accepts confidentiality.
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The Civil Rights Council proposes broader pregnancy-accommodation guidance, tighter limits on medical-certification requests, faster individualized responses and removal of the two-week CFRA bonding-leave minimum. The package also addresses interaction with PWFA leave. Comments are due December 8 at 5 p.m.; the changes remain proposed.
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Cal/OSHA proposes regulatory procedures for existing SB 606 egregious and enterprise-wide violation categories, including penalties tied to exposed employees or covered worksites. The package also changes history, posting and abatement provisions. Written comments are due November 30, with further submission permitted at the December 3 hearing.
Medium priority · Oct 18, 2026 editionRead story →
EPA's October 13 final rule will move the initial Clean Water Act hazardous-substance facility response-plan deadline from June 1, 2027, to June 1, 2030, effective December 14, 2026. Other facility categories retain distinct submission schedules. Hospitals appear among potentially affected industries, but coverage requires a facility-specific applicability determination.
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EPA's interim final rule, effective October 14, moves the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program deadline for reporting-year 2025 annual reports from October 30, 2026, to March 10, 2027. It changes no other requirements. Comments are due November 30; the October 29 virtual hearing is conditional on a timely hearing request.
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