Released Dec. 16, the HHS bulletin previews the regulatory approach the department plans to propose to define covered services under the EHB standard, which must be followed by plans participating in state-based insurance exchanges that will start operating in 2014 under the Affordable Care Act.

Tactic aims to allow incoming Administration to scrutinize so-called ‘midnight rules’ issued in the final days of the Trump Administration before they take effect. Regulators may also solicit stakeholder comments on delayed rules.

The tactic aims to allow the new Biden administration to scrutinize so-called “midnight rules” issued in the final days of the Trump administration before they take effect. One reg targeted by the freeze is the recent SUNSET rule from the US HHS, which would require the department and its agencies – including the FDA – to review all regulations every 10 years to determine whether they’re still necessary.