HHS Delays Trump’s Retrospective Review of All Agency Rules

The Health and Human Services Department on Thursday delayed until 2022 a rule that would cause health regulations to expire if they aren’t reviewed every 10 years.

The rule, (RIN 0991-AC24), published in the Federal Register Jan. 19, one day before President Joe Biden took office. Under it, the HHS would have had five years to assess regulations that are more than 10 years old, and the department could have extended that deadline one time per regulation, for up to a year.

The final rule exempted certain Food and Drug Administration regulations and annual Affordable Care Act rules, in ...