# Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies; Delay of Effective Date
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule; delay of effective date. · Published 2017-07-10 · Effective 2018-01-13 · 82 FR 31729
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-14347
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 31729
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 409
- **Publication date:** 2017-07-10
- **Effective date:** 2018-01-13
- **HHS docket:** CMS-3819-F2
## Abstract

This final rule delays the effective date for the final rule entitled "Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies" published in the Federal Register on January 13, 2017 (82 FR 4504). The published effective date for the final rule was July 13, 2017, and this rule delays the effective date for an additional 6 months until January 13, 2018. This final rule also includes two conforming changes to dates that are included in the regulations text.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/07/10/2017-14347/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-conditions-of-participation-for-home-health-agencies-delay-of)
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