The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on May 14 issued a new request for information (RFI), entitled, “Ensuring Lawful Regulation and Unleashing Innovation To Make American Healthy Again.” The RFI is an effort by the department to implement recent executive orders focused on deregulation. Specifically, the HHS seeks public input to assist in identifying “any opportunities to produce cost savings, increase efficiency, and stoke health and economic innovation through deregulation.” Questions seek stakeholders’ feedback regarding regulations that: are unlawful, should be reconsidered to focus on reversing chronic disease, are confusing or unnecessarily complicated, could be replaced with less burdensome approaches, are based on outdated technology, or are inconsistent with executive orders.
Comments are due July 14.