Department of Health and Human Services March 23, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This final rule implements a further delay until July 20, 2021, of the effective date of the rule entitled ``Implementation of Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-saving Medications'' published in the Federal Register on December 23, 2020. This rule was scheduled to take effect on March 22, 2021, after a delay from its original effective date of January 22, 2021. HHS is delaying the effective date of the rule to July 20, 2021, to ensure that implementation of the rule does not impede HHS's and health centers' immediate priority work, on a nationwide basis, of responding to and mitigating the spread of COVID-19, including ensuring widespread and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, and maintaining the delivery of comprehensive primary health services to medically underserved populations, while considering how to address administrative/ implementation issues raised by commenters and further address comments regarding the impact of the rule.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or Department) is postponing, pending judicial review, the effective date of a final rule entitled ``Securing Updated and Necessary Statutory Evaluations Timely'' (SUNSET final rule) and published in the Federal Register of January 19, 2021. This document also corrects certain errors in the SUNSET final rule.

This document corrects an error that appeared in the notice published in the August 16, 2018, Federal Register entitled ``Opportunity to Co-Sponsor Office of Research Integrity Workshops.'' The document contained an incorrect suite number in the address of the Office of Research Integrity.