HHS finalizes plan to review and eliminate old regulations
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HHS on Friday finalized a rule requiring the department to review all of its regulations every 10 years to determine if they're still making the desired impact. Any rule that is not assessed will expire.
Additionally, the Trump administration said current rules older than a decade must be checked in the next five years, an extension from a two-year deadline in the proposed rule.
The review process won't apply to food and drug regulations or payment rules, according to the agency.
"Every one of our regulations is effectively a law," HHS Chief of Staff Brian Harrison said on a press call Friday. "It was passed by no House, passed by no Senate and signed by no president."