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HHS/CMS RIN: 0938-AS94 Publication ID: Spring 2019 
Title: Fire Safety Requirements for Certain Dialysis Facilities (CMS-3334-F) 
Abstract:

This final rule updates fire safety standards for Medicare and Medicaid participating end-stage renal disease facilities by adopting the 2012 edition of the Life Safety Code (NFPA 101) and eliminating references in our regulations to all earlier editions of the Life Safety Code; and adopt the 2012 edition of the Health Care Facilities Code (NFPA 99), with some exceptions.

 
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 13771 Designation: Not subject to, not significant 
CFR Citation: 42 CFR 494   
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  MMA sec. 902 requires Medicare final rules publish within 3 years of a proposed or interim final rule.  11/04/2019 

Overall Description of Deadline: Per the CMS notice published December 30, 2004 (69 FR 78442), except for certain Medicare payment regulations and certain other statutorily-mandated regulations, we schedule all Medicare final regulations for publication within the 3-year standardized time limit in the current Unified Agenda. We do not intend to delay publishing a Medicare final regulation for 3 years if we are able to publish it sooner.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  11/04/2016  81 FR 76899   
NPRM Comment Period End  01/03/2017 
Final Action to be Merged With 0938-AT23 Final Rule  11/00/2019 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Kristin Shifflett
Health Insurance Specialist
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, MS: S3-02-01, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21244
Phone:410 786-4133
Email: kristin.shifflett@cms.hhs.gov