# Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Interim final rule. · Published 2016-09-06 · Effective 2016-09-06 · 81 FR 61538
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-18680
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 61538
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 3
- **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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/09/06/2016-18680/adjustment-of-civil-monetary-penalties-for-inflation)
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