Health and Human Services Department: federal rules
The Health and Human Services Department published 11 final rules in 2026 so far and 13 in 2025, counted by the Tribune from the Federal Register.
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Final rules 24
- Nov. 3, 2026
- Oct. 28, 2026Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: ONC Deregulatory Actions To Unleash Prosperity
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR parts 170, 172
- Sept. 23, 2026Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Temporary Moratoria on Certain Agent and Broker Registration To Participate in the Exchanges
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR part 155 · Opens the Federal Register
- July 24, 2026Rescinding Portions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Title VI Regulations To Align With the Statutory Text and Conform to Executive Order 14281
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR part 80 · Opens the Federal Register
- July 23, 2026Rescinding Guidelines for Eliminating Discrimination and Denial of Services on the Basis of Race, Color, National Origin, Sex, and Handicap in Vocational Education Programs
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR parts 80, 84, 86 · Opens the Federal Register
- May 27, 2026Control of Communicable Diseases; Foreign Quarantine
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · 42 CFR part 71 · Opens the Federal Register
- May 12, 2026Restoring Flexibility in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR part 98 · Opens the Federal Register
- May 11, 2026Extension of Compliance Dates for Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Applications of Recipients of Departmental Financial Assistance
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR part 84 · Opens the Federal Register
- March 24, 2026Administrative Simplification; Adoption of Standards for Health Care Claims Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR parts 160, 162 · Opens the Federal Register
- March 13, 2026Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs-Authorized Testing Panels
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · Opens the Federal Register
- Jan. 28, 2026Annual Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustment
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR part 102 · Opens the Federal Register
- Dec. 4, 2025Expiration of Interim Final Rule: Control of Communicable Diseases; Foreign Quarantine
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · 42 CFR part 71 · Opens the Federal Register
- Aug. 26, 2025Terminating National Institutes of Health Minority Biomedical Research Support Program and Rescinding the Program's Related Regulation
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · 42 CFR part 52 · Opens the Federal Register
- Aug. 22, 2025Standards of Conduct; Revocation of Superseded Regulations; Revision of Residual Provisions
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR parts 73, 73 · Opens the Federal Register
- Aug. 21, 2025Administrative Simplification: Modifications of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) Retail Pharmacy Standards; and Modification of the Medicaid Pharmacy Subrogation Standard; Updates to Compliance and Other Related Dates
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR part 162 · Opens the Federal Register
- June 25, 2025Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR parts 147, 155, 156 · Opens the Federal Register
- May 27, 2025World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program; Expanded Eligibility for Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania Responders
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · 42 CFR part 88 · Opens the Federal Register
- May 14, 2025Notification of HHS Documents Identified for Rescission
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · 4 parts · Opens the Federal Register
- April 11, 2025Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance; Clarification
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR part 84 · Opens the Federal Register
- March 3, 2025Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative Procedure Act
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · Opens the Federal Register
- Feb. 14, 2025Exchange Establishment Standards and Other Related Standards Under the Affordable Care Act
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR part 155 · Opens the Federal Register
- Jan. 16, 2025Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs-Authorized Testing Panels
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · Opens the Federal Register
- Jan. 16, 2025Privacy Act; Implementation
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR part 5 · Opens the Federal Register
- Jan. 15, 2025Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2026; and Basic Health Program
Final rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR parts 153, 155, 156 and 1 more · Opens the Federal Register
Proposed rules 16
- Oct. 29, 2026
- Oct. 29, 2026
- Oct. 27, 2026Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Exchange Pre-Eligibility Verification
Proposed rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR part 155
- July 7, 2026Recission of the National Cancer Institute Clinical Cancer Education Program Regulation
Proposed rule · Health and Human Services Department · 42 CFR part 52 · Opens the Federal Register
- June 24, 2026Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Request for Information Regarding the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and Beneficiary Inducements CMP
Proposed rule · Health and Human Services Department · 42 CFR parts 1001, 1003 · Opens the Federal Register
- June 15, 2026Request for Information; Comprehensive Review of the Essential Health Benefits Framework and Typical Employer Plan Standard
Proposed rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR part 156 · Opens the Federal Register
- March 6, 2026Designated Placement Requirements Under Titles IV-E and IV-B for LGBTQI+ Children; Rescission
Proposed rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR part 1355 · Opens the Federal Register
- Feb. 2, 2026Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance
Proposed rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR part 84 · Opens the Federal Register
- Jan. 30, 2026Request for Information: Diagnostic Imaging Interoperability Standards and Certification
Proposed rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR part 170 · Opens the Federal Register
- Jan. 14, 2026Tribal Consultation on Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule
Proposed rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR parts 160, 164 · Opens the Federal Register
- Jan. 5, 2026Restoring Flexibility in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)
Proposed rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR part 98 · Opens the Federal Register
- Dec. 29, 2025Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: ASTP/ONC Deregulatory Actions To Unleash Prosperity
Proposed rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR parts 170, 171 · Opens the Federal Register
- Dec. 19, 2025Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance
Proposed rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR part 84 · Opens the Federal Register
- Dec. 9, 2025Solicitation of Proposals for New and Modified Safe Harbors and Special Fraud Alerts
Proposed rule · Health and Human Services Department · 42 CFR part 1001 · Opens the Federal Register
- March 19, 2025Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability
Proposed rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR parts 147, 155, 156 · Opens the Federal Register
- Jan. 6, 2025HIPAA Security Rule To Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information
Proposed rule · Health and Human Services Department · 45 CFR parts 160, 164 · Opens the Federal Register