Rescinding Portions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Title VI Regulations To Align With the Statutory Text and Conform to Executive Order 14281

Document 2026-15000 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Health and Human Services in the Federal Register on July 24, 2026, with an effective date of July 24, 2026. By this rule, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) to remove provisions that impose or exemplify liability based on disparate impact. These amendments align the Department's regulations with the best reading of Title VI's statutory text, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs and uncertainty for recipients, and serve the public interest. In addition, these revisions conform to Executive Order 14281. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/24/2026-15000/rescinding-portions-of-the-us-department-of-health-and-human-services-title-vi-regulations-to-align.

No. Document 2026-15000 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.