# Annual Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustment
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final rule. · Published 2022-03-17 · Effective 2022-03-17 · 87 FR 15100
## Document
- **Document number:** 2022-05648
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 87 FR 15100
- **CFR reference:** 45 CFR 102
- **Publication date:** 2022-03-17
- **Effective date:** 2022-03-17
## Abstract

The Department of Health and Human Services is updating its regulations to reflect required annual inflation-related increases to the civil monetary penalty amounts in its regulations, under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015; adding references to new penalty authorities; and making technical changes to correct errors in the regulation.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/03/17/2022-05648/annual-civil-monetary-penalties-inflation-adjustment)
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