# Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Regulatory Changes to the Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Requirements; Additional Policy and Regulatory Changes to the Requirements for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs-IID) To Provide COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Offer Vaccinations to Residents, Clients, and Staff; Policy and Regulatory Changes to the Long Term Care Facility COVID-19 Testing Requirements
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2023-06-05 · Effective 2023-08-04 · 88 FR 36485
## Document
- **Document number:** 2023-11449
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 88 FR 36485
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 416
- **Publication date:** 2023-06-05
- **Effective date:** 2023-08-04
- **HHS docket:** CMS-3415-F, CMS-3414-F, CMS-3401-F
## Abstract

This final rule removes expired language addressing staff and patient COVID-19 testing requirements for LTC Facilities issued in the interim final rule with comment "Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), and Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency" published in the September 2, 2020 Federal Register. The rule also finalizes requirements for these facilities to provide education about COVID-19 vaccines and to offer COVID-19 vaccines to residents, clients, and staff. In addition, the rule withdraws the regulations in the interim final rule with comment (IFC) "Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination" published in the November 5, 2021 Federal Register, and finalizes certain provisions of the "COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs-IID) Residents, Clients, and Staff" IFC, published in the May 13, 2021 Federal Register.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/06/05/2023-11449/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-policy-and-regulatory-changes-to-the-omnibus-covid-19-health-care)
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