Chip, I was able to access the document. The proposed rule is open for comments, which must be submitted by October 21. Richard
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If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, disclosure, copying, distribution or other transmission is prohibited, improper and may be unlawful. If you have received this email in error, you must destroy this email and kindly notify the sender by reply email. If this email contains the word CONFIDENTIAL in its Subject line, then even a valid recipient must hold it in confidence and not distribute or disclose it. In such case ONLY the author of the email has permission to forward or otherwise distribute it or disclose its contents to others. From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Ira Lupu Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 3:59 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: "Administration to ‘Augment’ ACA Contraceptive Rules" Thanks, Tom. I cannot get either link to work. Have others been able to access these documents? May I ask if the expansion of the accommodation to for-profits is a proposal put out for notice and comment over a prescribed number of days? Chip On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Berg, Thomas C. <tcb...@stthomas.edu<mailto:tcb...@stthomas.edu>> wrote: The two proposals from HHS are out now: http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2014-20252_PI.pdf (interim final rules allowing non-profits to notify HHS to claim the accommodation) http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2014-20254_PI.pdf (proposal to expand the accommodation to closely held for-profits) ----------------------------------------- Thomas C. Berg James L. Oberstar Professor of Law and Public Policy University of St. Thomas School of Law MSL 400, 1000 LaSalle Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55403-2015 Phone: 651 962 4918 Fax: 651 962 4881 E-mail: tcb...@stthomas.edu<mailto:tcb...@stthomas.edu> SSRN: http://ssrn.com/author='261564 Weblog: http://www.mirrorofjustice.blogs.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________ From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu<mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu> [religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu<mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu>] on behalf of Marty Lederman [lederman.ma...@gmail.com<mailto:lederman.ma...@gmail.com>] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 11:05 AM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: "Administration to ‘Augment’ ACA Contraceptive Rules" I blogged about it here: http://balkin.blogspot.com/2014/07/confirmation-that-supreme-courts.html DOJ has now told the 10th Circuit that the new reg will be issued no later than a week from today (Aug. 22). On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Conkle, Daniel O. <con...@indiana.edu<mailto:con...@indiana.edu>> wrote: This is old news, but I hadn’t seen it and so pass it along in case others missed it as well. Administration to ‘Augment’ ACA Contraceptive Rules July 24 — The Obama administration intends to issue interim final rules within a month regarding the “accommodations” granted to religious nonprofit organizations that object to providing contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act, according to a government brief<http://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/document/Little_Sisters_of_the_Poor_et_al_v_Burwell_et_al_Docket_No_130154> filed July 22 (Little Sisters of the Poor v. Burwell, 10th Cir., No. 13-1540, brief filed 7/22/14). . . . . . “The Wheaton College injunction does not reflect a final Supreme Court determination that RFRA requires the government to apply the accommodations in this manner,” the July 22 DOJ brief said. “Nevertheless, the Departments responsible for implementing the accommodations have informed us that they have determined to augment the regulatory accommodation process in light of the Wheaton College injunction and that they plan to issue interim final rules within a month. . . .” “The administration believes the accommodation is legally sound, but in light of the Supreme Court order regarding Wheaton College, the departments intend to augment their regulations to provide an alternative way for objecting non-profit religious organizations to provide notification, while ensuring that enrollees in plans of such organizations receive separate coverage of contraceptive services without cost sharing,” a senior administration official told reporters in a briefing July 22. 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