# Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Repeal of Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Interim final rule with comment period. · Published 2025-12-03 · Effective 2026-02-02 · 90 FR 55687
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-21792
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 55687
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 483
- **Publication date:** 2025-12-03
- **Effective date:** 2026-02-02
- **HHS docket:** CMS-3442-IFC
## Abstract

This interim final rule with comment period repeals provisions of the final rule titled "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting." This action is taken in view of changes made by by public law, which precludes HHS from implementing, administering, or enforcing certain provisions of the final rule until September 30, 2034.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/03/2025-21792/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-repeal-of-minimum-staffing-standards-for-long-term-care-facilities)
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