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Federal policy efforts to advance health data exchange and interoperability are continuing to change rapidly. The latest changes are the publication of two final rules by the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC) finalizing parts of the of the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability (HTI-2) Proposed Rule. These rules adopt requirements regarding the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) (HTI-2 Final Rule), and create a new Information Blocking exception under Protecting Care Access (HTI-3 Final Rule), on December 16thand 17th, respectively.