Opportunity
Federal Register #2026-21524
HHS notice on civil monetary penalty inflation adjustments
Buyer
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources
Posted
October 21, 2026
Identifier
2026-21524
HHS issued an administrative notice about civil monetary penalty amounts for the coming year. - Government buyer and issuing office: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources. - HHS will not make a new inflation adjustment to civil monetary penalties; it will continue using the amounts adjusted in the prior year. - The required Consumer Price Index data was unavailable, and the Office of Management and Budget canceled the adjustment. - No OEMs, vendors, products, services, part numbers, or quantities are identified. This is not a procurement opportunity or an award.
Description
The Department of Health and Human Services is notifying the public that there will be no civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment for 2026. This follows Office of Management and Budget guidance issued April 17, 2026, after the October 2025 CPI-U data was unavailable. HHS will continue using the penalty amounts adjusted for inflation in 2025 for penalties imposed after January 15, 2025.