# Annual Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustment
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final rule. · Published 2020-01-17 · Effective 2020-01-17 · 85 FR 2869
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-00738
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 2869
- **CFR reference:** 45 CFR 102
- **Publication date:** 2020-01-17
- **Effective date:** 2020-01-17
## Abstract

The Department of Health and Human Services is updating its regulations to reflect required annual inflation-related increases to the civil monetary penalties in its regulations, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, and to make changes to reflect an amendment to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (effective January 1, 2020).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/01/17/2020-00738/annual-civil-monetary-penalties-inflation-adjustment)
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