(July 17, 2019, 2:03 PM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal agency improperly skipped the notice-and-comment period in expanding exemptions to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) contraceptive mandate, and the resulting final rules violate the statute, a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held July 12 (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al. v. President United States of America, et al., Nos. 17-3752, 18-1253,19-1129, 19-1189, 3rd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 20778)....