HHS Finalizes Automatic SUNSET Dates and Mandatory Reassessment Requirements for Most Regulations
By EsqSocial Corporation 15/01/21
The Big Picture - On January 8, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released a final rule that imposes a ten-year sunset date on most regulations that have ever been, or will ever be, issued by HHS and its component agencies, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). To preserve a rule past this automatic expiration date, HHS must assess whether the rule significantly affects “small entities”; if so, HHS must...
By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP