Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Exchange Pre-Eligibility Verification

Open for public comment until Nov. 27, 2026. Comment on Regulations.gov

What it does

This proposed rule would implement new requirements specified under the Working Families Tax Cut (WFTC) legislation related to Exchange eligibility and verification. This proposed rule contains related updates to provisions affecting inconsistency periods, inconsistency verification procedures, annual eligibility redeterminations and eligibility redeterminations during the plan year, as well as expanding enrollment methods during the verification process and establishing new coverage effective dates.

The Health and Human Services Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

1 part of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

45 CFR 155

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 0938-AW03 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, by November 27, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket CMS-2026-3367 on Regulations.gov
• Title 45 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register