REGU;ATORY

Regulatory Assignment (Due 11/20/2022) (20% of final grade)

Examine proposed and final regulations and write a 3-5-page summary/analysis of the

regulations. Choose any regulation that interests you at the federal or state level and look at both

the proposed and final versions of the regulation. Below are instructions on how to find

regulations at the federal level, which are generally easier to follow. However, you are free to do

this at the state level if you can obtain the needed information.

To find the final and proposal regulations, start by going to the federal register website:

https://www.federalregister.gov/. Then go to search documents (at the top right hand side) and

enter a search term (e.g., Medicaid, health, tobacco control). That will give you a list of

documents. You want to look for something interesting with a circled R next to it (which means

final rule). Click on the final rule and then open the PDF version. (You want to quickly scroll

through the final version to make sure they have a section with responses to comments. You also

want to look at the summary in the beginning, as well as reference to the proposed rule that

preceded the final rule which is often found in the Executive Summary section).

Please include the following information in your regulatory summary:

Proposed regulations:

• Legal cite (to the Federal Register or state Register—i.e., date of publication, Register

number and page number)’

• The agency that is issuing the proposed regulations;

• The legal authority for publishing the regulation (i.e., what is the statute that gives the

agency the authority to issue regulations in this area);

• A summary of the proposed rule (no more than a paragraph), including a description of

the problem the rule is meant to address or the goal it intends to accomplish;

• Process for commenting on the rule (i.e., whether a person can request a public hearing,

whether a public hearing has been scheduled by the agency, where a person can submit

public comments, the comment period, etc.).

Final regulations:

• When were the final regulations issued (date of publication, register number and page

number);

• A short summary of the comments and agencies’ response. (Note: I only want you to

summarize one or two of the comments/responses. Some of the final regulations in state

or federal registers can be very long.). I want to be able to determine that you have

reviewed some part of the final regulations in the register, to see how the comment and

agency response process works. Look at the final regulations published in the federal

register, not the Code of Federal Regulations (which is where the final regulations are

codified. The CFR does not include summaries of comments and agency responses).

• Your assessment of whether the regulation is an effective way to address the

problem/accomplish its goal. You may want to consider cost (to the federal/state

government), impact, equity/justice/fairness, and any practical concerns with

implementation. You may also want to consider how the rule compares to other policy

options.

Turn in your assignment on Canvas by 11:59 pm on 11/20/22.

Grading Rubric

Points

Proposed regulation 5

Legal cite 5

The agency that is issuing the proposed regulations 5

The legal authority for publishing the regulation 10

Summary of the proposed rule, including a description of the problem the rule

is meant to address or the goal it intends to accomplish;

20

Process for commenting on the rule 10

Final regulation

Date of publication, register number and page number); 5

A short summary of the comments and agencies’ response 20

Your assessment of whether the regulation is an effective way to address the

problem/accomplish its goal.

20

TOTAL 100