Laws and Regulations

• Grants Streamlining Initiative
  The Grants Streamlining Initiative is a government-wide project to improve the effectiveness of Federal Financial Assistance. The Grants Policy Committee (GPC) is charged with the development of policy recommendations to the Office of Management and Budget oversight of government-wide grants policy initiatives.
  • Federal Financial Management Improvement Act 1999, P.L. 106-107 (PDF) [107 KB]
    • P.L. 106-107 Summary (Library of Congress)
    • Chief Financial Officers Council, Grants Policy Committee (CFO)
    • Grant Reform (OMB)
      • Use of a Universal Identifier by Grant Applicants [PDF - 79.48KB] (OMB)
      • Standard Data Elements for Electronically Posting Synopses of Federal Agencies’ Financial Assistance Program Announcements at Grants.gov FIND [PDF - 90.58KB] (OMB)

• Health Insurance Portability Act (HIPAA)
  The HIPAA Privacy Rule protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information.
  • Understanding HIPAA Privacy
  • Summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule

• Patient Safety Act (OCR)
  The Patient Safety Act establishes a voluntary reporting system designed to enhance the data available to assess and resolve patient safety and health care quality issues.
  
  
• Cash Management Improvement Act (CMIA) (US Treasury)
  The Cash Management Improvement Act provides the general rules and procedures for the efficient transfer of Federal financial assistance between the Federal Government and the States (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Territories of American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands).
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• Executive Orders
  • E.O. 12372: Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs
  • E.O. 13410: Promoting Quality and Efficient Health Care in Federal Government Administered or Sponsored Health Care Programs [PDF - 39.35KB]
  • E.O. 12549: Debarment and Suspension
  • E.O. 13202, Preservation of Open Competition and Government Neutrality towards Government Contractors' Labor Relations on Federal and Federally Funded Construction
  • Amendments to E.O. 13199: Establishment of the President's Advisory Council fro Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

• HHS Code of Federal Regulations Title 45
  • All Title 45 Parts
  • Part 16: Procedures of the Departmental Grant Appeals Board
  • Part 74: Uniform Administration Requirements
  • Part 76: Debarment/Suspension & Governmentwide Requirements for Drug-free Workplace
  • Part 92: Uniform Administration Requirements (State and Local Governments)
  • Part 93: New Restrictions on Lobbying
  • Part 96: Block Grants
  • Part 100: Intergovernmental Review of DHHS Programs and Activities
  • 2 CFR Part 215 (PDF) [189 KB]
    
    
• The Code of Federal Regulations (Government Printing Office)
  The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. It is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. Each volume of the CFR is updated once each calendar year and is issued on a quarterly basis.

Last Updated: 02/12/2009