Securing Updated and Necessary Statutory Evaluations Timely; Proposal To Withdraw or Repeal

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or Department) is proposing to withdraw or repeal a final rule entitled "Securing Updated and Necessary Statutory Evaluations Timely" (SUNSET final rule) and published in the Federal Register of January 19, 2021. The SUNSET final rule was originally scheduled to take effect on March 22, 2021. However, after a lawsuit was filed on March 9, 2021, seeking to overturn the SUNSET final rule, HHS issued an administrative delay of effective date that extended the effective date of the SUNSET final rule until March 22, 2022. HHS is now proposing to withdraw or repeal the SUNSET final rule.

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