Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation
other · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 2016-09-06 · Effective 2016-09-06 · 81 FR 61538
Document
Document number
2016-18680
Federal Register citation
81 FR 61538
CFR reference
42 CFR 3
Type
Rule
Action
Interim final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
2016-09-06
Effective date
2016-09-06
Abstract
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing a new regulation to adjust for inflation the maximum civil monetary penalty amounts for the various civil monetary penalty authorities for all agencies within HHS. We are taking this action to comply with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (the Inflation Adjustment Act), as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. In addition, this interim final rule includes updates to certain agency-specific regulations to identify their updated information, and note the location of HHS-wide regulations.