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Policymakers face a Jan. 30 deadline to extend telehealth funding, or coverage that has been in effect since March 2020 will lapse.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 24, 2026

In the memo, the Office of Budget and Management directs federal agencies to begin drafting "reduction in force" plans for programmes whose funding will lapse if Congress fails to meet a 30 September budget deadline.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025

Funding for most of the jobs will lapse by July 2024 and all federal COVID-19 funds for staff will end by July 2025, according to an agency spokesperson, Roberto Bonaccorso.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2023

While the plaintiffs’ ability to enforce the injunction will lapse after that time period, one of their attorneys, Juan Chavez, said he would be “perplexed” if the city reintroduced the devices.

From Washington Times • Nov. 29, 2022

The five-hundred notes will lapse at the same time.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank