# Grants, Contracts, and Other Agreements: Fraud and Abuse; Information Blocking; Office of Inspector General's Civil Money Penalty Rules
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final rule. · Published 2023-07-03 · Effective 2023-08-02 · 88 FR 42820
## Document
- **Document number:** 2023-13851
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 88 FR 42820
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 1003
- **Publication date:** 2023-07-03
- **Effective date:** 2023-08-02
## Abstract

This final rule amends the civil money penalty (CMP) regulations of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) to: incorporate new CMP authority for information blocking; incorporate new authorities for CMPs, assessments, and exclusions related to HHS grants, contracts, other agreements; and increase the maximum penalties for certain CMP violations.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/07/03/2023-13851/grants-contracts-and-other-agreements-fraud-and-abuse-information-blocking-office-of-inspector)
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