Biden Regulatory Freeze May Pause Sunset Rule, Medicare Rebate, Medicaid Line Extension Regs
BY CATHY KELLY Executive Summary Tactic aims to allow incoming Administration to scrutinize so-called ‘midnight rules’ issued in the final days of the Trump Administration before they take effect. Regulators may also solicit stakeholder comments on delayed rules.
The incoming Biden Administration is following tradition by announcing a regulatory freeze on Inauguration Day to pause action on recent Trump Administration regulations in order to consider withdrawing or revising them. White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain sent a regulatory freeze memo to the heads of executive departments and agencies on 20 January requesting that they “consider” suspending action on any new regulations that the Trump Administration tried to finalize in its last days and confer with the director of the Office of Management and Budget before renewing any regulatory activity. This action will allow the Biden Administration to prevent any detrimental so-called ‘midnight regulations’ from taking effect, while ensuring that urgent measures in the public’s interest can proceed.
21 / January 2021
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