Extension of Compliance Dates for Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Applications of Recipients of Departmental Financial Assistance

What it does

By this interim final rule ("IFR"), the Department of Health and Human Services ("Department") is revising the Department's regulations implementing section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act ("section 504") to extend the compliance dates for the requirements for web content and mobile application ("app") accessibility that were adopted on May 9, 2024. The compliance date for recipients with fifteen (15) or more employees is extended from May 11, 2026, to May 11, 2027. The compliance date for recipients with fewer than fifteen (15) employees is extended from May 10, 2027, to May 10, 2028.

The Health and Human Services Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

45 CFR 84

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Health and Human Services Department has published 11 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 13 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 0945-AA30 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Effective date: This IFR is effective May 7, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket HHS-OCR-2026-0133 on Regulations.gov
• Title 45 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register